Miscellaneous Hacks - Ban some words/links from using on the forum

Product was updated to version 1.2.1

Changelog v1.2.1 :

• Fixed bug, when guests was able to read posts (with parsed bbcodes) even after option - "Disable BBCodes in all existing posts, which already include denied words/links" was enabled.

Changelog v1.2 :

• Threads/Posts and Pm's titles will be checked for banned strings too.
• Now it is possible to customize your own error message for every banned word/link/string.

Changelog v1.1 :

• Now error message are provided with banned word/link which was used in users message. So users will know which word they must delete to continue.
• All links are urldecoded before checking, so trick with posting urlencoded links will not work anymore.

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In some time, every VB forum admin have an situation, when someone or some spam-bots, or groups of peoples starting writting every time same "bad" words or when they every time publishing a links on their web-sites. They think that referals from your site will help them to grow up in search systems and e.t.c.

Vbulletin have an normal autocensor, which can change some words to the "*****", but it allows to the users to write a post... Also after using autocensor, if sometimes we will want to disable it - all this links/words must be resaved in every post to see them again (because even after disabling autocensor - peoples will see same - "*******").

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So... With using "BannedWords" plugin, you can ban/deny some words/links(or their parts) from using in new posts/pm's. Users will see an error after trying to add new reply/start new thread or so... (error with text that he used banned word. To be clear - I am used "word" as any string which can be an part of users message).

This plugin allows you to specify banned words, users and usergroups which will be ignored by plugin (let's say - situation, when we want to leave possibility to publish forbidden links for moderators and admins) and others options.

Plugin options (screenshot) - vBulletin Options->Banned Words Plugin Settings :

Error which users will see after creating messages with denied words (screenshot) :

If you want to customize error message for every banned word, you must make new vbphrase (for needed banned word) in Languages & Phrases->Phrase Manager->Add New Phrase :

• Phrase Type=Error Messages
• Product=BannedWords
• Varname=AnyYourVarName
• Text=AnyYourErrorMessage (your error message can contain this word - "!bword!",which will be replaced by banned word which cause the error.

After you will make new vbphrase, you must go into this plugin options and type your banned word and phrase name as shown in Example #2 :

somelink.com,my_error_vbphrase1

(Banned Word/Link and Phrase/Var name must be separated by comma).

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If you will enable option with disabling bbcodes in all posts (with denied words), which was created recently, they (posts) will looks as shown in this screenshot (with disabled bbcodes) :

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Also you can disable this product in any time, and all recently blocked words will be allowed and bbcodes in old posts with denied words will works automatically.

Product was tested on VB 3.8.6 and VB 4.0.1, but must works also on every VB 3 or 4 version...

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How to install :

Just import xml file as usual VB product.

Uninstallation :

Just uninstall this product as any other VB product.

How to update :

Uninstall and then reinstall product (before that, it is recomended to save your old options into some place).

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For multilanguage forums :

After installing of "Ban some words/links from using on the forum" product, you will be able to find and edit needed vbphrases :

• bannedwords_error
• setting_bannedwords_onoff_desc
• setting_bannedwords_onoff_title
• setting_bannedwords_list_desc
• setting_bannedwords_list_title
• setting_bannedwords_exception_usrgroups_desc
• setting_bannedwords_exception_usrgroups_title
• setting_bannedwords_exception_users_desc
• setting_bannedwords_exception_users_title
• setting_bannedwords_use_in_pm_desc
• setting_bannedwords_use_in_pm_title
• setting_bannedwords_disable_bb_in_exist_post_desc
• setting_bannedwords_disable_bb_in_exist_post_title

[Jackie1]

Don't work in vbb 4.1.1.
Pls help me

[LordOfWAR_PC]

Originally Posted by Jackie1

Don't work in vbb 4.1.1.
Pls help me

Just tested it on Vb 4.1.1 forum and all works fine. Banned links was blocked.

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Or you are telling about Blog (not a forum ?). If yes, then sorry, it was developed for using on the forum only.

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"Not work" means not working everywhere or only in some place ?

After installing the product, you must go to the "Vbulletin Options->Banned Words Plugin Settings", then enable and configure it (example was shown in the first screenshot there).

If plugin will be configured, then users will not be able to create new thread/new reply/save edited post/send PM/ShowPosts with denied words (depending on you plugin configuration). Others actions, like send public messages will not be checked.

Also you must understand, that if you added your user id or usergroup id into exceptions, then there will not be any restrictions for you (you will be able to make new posts with denied links/words, edit them, see them with enabled bbcodes and e.t.c., so if you want to test plugin - at the first step do not add any exceptions (or then test it from different user accounts with different usergroups). And if all will works fine, then you can think about usergroups or users exceptions).

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If you do all what I wrote before and it's doesn't help, then check "Vbulletin Options->Plugin/Hook System". It must be enabled too :

[rajubd]

it will be very usefull for me will install it soon..

[rajubd]

work well in vb 4.1.1
moninated also...

[Blackbeard02]

Thank you, this may save me some headaches

[Jasem]

Thank you :up:

[g0dfather1984]

Any chance of letting a user know what word they exactly said wrong?

[LordOfWAR_PC]

Originally Posted by g0dfather1984

Any chance of letting a user know what word they exactly said wrong?

Yes, i will add this option in next version

[LordOfWAR_PC]

Product was updated to 1.1 version.

Changelog :

• Now error message are provided with banned word/link which was used in users message. So users will know which word they must delete to continue.
  
  
  
  
  
• All links are urldecoded before checking, so trick with posting urlencoded links will not work anymore.