Flagging Particular Posts

[BettorsTalk.com]

Does anyone know if there is a hack for vbulletin that will flag certain messages that contain certain words for example "+++++++" and once it flags it the post doesn't get posted, but is sent to a moderator or administrator and a warning is sent to the user that posted the message?

If so can someone please direct me to this hack. And what kind of resources or should I say strain would this put on a server/database? In other words wouldn't the software have to filter every single post to through out a post by the definition above?

[Wired1]

Don't think it would put much strain on a server, as vB already scans for words in posts via the Replacement Variable Manager (and the banned word list of course). Actually, it'd just be an if/then in the right place (if you don't mind hard coding it). It'd only get a bit more complicated if it was a dynamic option within the admin menu, but no more strain than any other switch.

[Andreas]

Just some idea:

Create a new setting and call it flagwords.

In functions_newpost.php

FIND

PHP Code:

// ### DUPE CHECK ### 


ABOVE that ADD

PHP Code:

        if (!empty($vboptions['flagwords']))
        {
                $found = false;
                $lcpost = strtolower($post['message']);
                foreach (explode(' ', strtolower($vboptions['flagwords'])) as $flagword)
                {
                        $found |= strpos($lcpost, $flagword);
                }
                if ($found) {
                        $post['visible'] = 0;
                }
        } 


Then posts containing any of the words in flagwords will go into moderation.

[BettorsTalk.com]

Originally Posted by KirbyDE

Just some idea:

Create a new setting and call it flagwords.

In functions_newpost.php

FIND

PHP Code:

// ### DUPE CHECK ### 


ABOVE that ADD

PHP Code:

        if (!empty($vboptions['flagwords']))
        {
                $found = false;
                $lcpost = strtolower($post['message']);
                foreach (explode(' ', strtolower($vboptions['flagwords'])) as $flagword)
                {
                        $found |= strpos($lcpost, $flagword);
                }
                if ($found) {
                        $post['visible'] = 0;
                }
        } 


Then posts containing any of the words in flagwords will go into moderation.

What do you mean the flagged words would go into moderation? And is there anyway to have it send an e-mail to the person that made the post with a comment on why the post didn't show up?

[Andreas]

Originally Posted by BettorsTalk.com

What do you mean the flagged words would go into moderation?

Let's say you've specified bad words as the words that should trigger this.
Now a user posts

This sentence contains bad words

Then this post will go into the moderation queue.

And is there anyway to have it send an e-mail to the person that made the post with a comment on why the post didn't show up?

Sure. Create a new phrase postflagged with appropriate text in phrasegroups Email Subject Text and Email Body Text.
Then place the following code after $post['visible'] = 0;

PHP Code:

eval(fetch_email_phrases('postflagged', $bbuserinfo['languageid']));
vbmail($bbuserinfo['email'], $subject, $message, true); 


[BettorsTalk.com]

KirbyDE,

Now would this work with the Replacement Variable Manager hack that I had installed ?

In other words I want this to only work with certain banned words that I have in the replacement variable manager hack as I have other words in the Vbulletin Options Censorship Options that I don't need this associated with.

Thanks

[Andreas]

Originally Posted by KirbyDE

Create a new setting and call it flagwords.

This means that this modifications has it's own wordlist, which is totally independant from Replacement Variables and Censored Words.

[BettorsTalk.com]

KirbyDE,

What you told me to do then will work with say more than 1 word?

Example: Northcoast Trivia
Example: Northcoast Trivia Tests

Thanks!

[Andreas]

Sure, just separate them by space

[Willard Reece]

Originally Posted by KirbyDE

Just some idea:

Create a new setting and call it flagwords.

In functions_newpost.php

FIND

PHP Code:

// ### DUPE CHECK ### 


ABOVE that ADD

PHP Code:

        if (!empty($vboptions['flagwords']))
        {
                $found = false;
                $lcpost = strtolower($post['message']);
                foreach (explode(' ', strtolower($vboptions['flagwords'])) as $flagword)
                {
                        $found |= strpos($lcpost, $flagword);
                }
                if ($found) {
                        $post['visible'] = 0;
                }
        } 


Then posts containing any of the words in flagwords will go into moderation.

Create a new setting and call it flagwords. where?
explain more please