Forbid Users from Posting Links or Images if They Have Fewer than 15 Posts

Just as the title says - if a user has fewer than 15 posts, he will be unable to post a link or an image within a message.

This mod was originally done by Erwin for VB 2.x, and is ported with his kind permission.

It is a product. To install, simply import the xml.

(please note Andreas's fixes below if you have problems with scripts that post automatically)

Amy

[bondjetta]

Originally Posted by JumpD

******************HACK*******************

If you are using my Articlebot hack you will need to implement this hack to amykhar's so that the two can coexist. You should probably implement it if you want to ensure it will not interfere with any automated posting script.

Simply change the plugins so they are wraped in this if clause that checks if the post/thread is being made by human or bot.

replace the code in the plugins with:

PHP Code:

if(!SKIP_SESSIONCREATE)
{
    global $vbulletin;
    $pagetext =& $this->fetch_field('pagetext', 'post');
    if (($vbulletin->userinfo[posts] < 15) and (stristr($pagetext,'[url') or stristr($pagetext,'[URL') or stristr($pagetext,'www.') or stristr($pagetext,'http://'))) 
    {
        //eval(standard_error(fetch_error('error_nourlallowed')));
        $this->error('error_nourlallowed');
        $return_value = false;
    }
} 


Enjoy

Jump

Thank you Jump!!!

[Bulent Tekcan]

Future release maybe inline address bypass Because message says

You are only allowed to post URLs to other sites after you have made 15 posts or more.

But not accept normal forum address

Thanks

[Pink-Lotus]

Thanks a lot Amy x]

[kira]

Many many thanks for the incredibly useful product. Ah, think of the trouble I'd've saved if I'd only had this over the past seven years of my site ... !

[bluecat]

Anyone know if this works in 3.5.4? Thanks.

[dethfire]

Originally Posted by bluecat

Anyone know if this works in 3.5.4? Thanks.

yes it works just fine

[Turbosport]

This stops smilies from working as well, can this be fixed ?

[Megareus Rex]

I don't think this has been addressed...

For my site, when a member with less than 15 posts tries to log on, instead of the "you've logged on" page, they get the "users with too few posts cant post links" page. They still log on successfully, but it doesn't redirect them, and could cause confusion.

EDIT: Hmmm, apparently, it only happened once, with an admin-created account. Odd.

[nathanrich]

Quick question, and a newbie one at that. Can I modify this to require a minimum amount of User Reputation instead of a minimum number of posts? What would I need to change to do this? Thanks.

[Todd123]

Nice. Just what I was looking for. Clicks install .