Annoy the free iPod spammers with referral ID replacement

[Annoy the free iPod spammers with referral ID replacement]

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• [high]vBulletin Version:[/high] 3.0.6
  
  
• [high]Author:[/high] Dean Clatworthy
  
  
• [high]Copyright:[/high] You may use this modification at your own risk. I cannot and will not be held responsible for any damage you may cause to your forums during installation or thereafter. You may not distribute this modification in whole or parts and anyone found doing so faces risk of prosecution. All my modifications are released at vBulletin.org and anyone found releasing them elsewhere also faces risk of prosecution. You may not translate this modification without my prior permission.
  
  
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What does this modification do?
Getting annoyed by those pesky free iPod spammers? You're not the only one. Get a free iPod in the process by replacing their ID with yours

Installation

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Find in includes/functions_showthread.php:

PHP Code:

// hide edit button if they can't use it 


Above it add:

PHP Code:

$refid['freeipods'] = 0;
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.freeiPods\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=' . $refid['freeipods'], $post['message']);
$post['signature'] = preg_replace('/www\.freeiPods\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=' . $refid['freeipods'], $post['signature']); 


Be sure to change the value of $refid['freeipods'] to your referralid otherwise this won't work!

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[djjeffa]

its not working for me here is my code http://www.freeiPods.com/?r=14713038
and here is what i added

$refid['freeipods'] = 14713038; 
          $post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.freeiPods\.com\/default\.aspx\?referer=([0-9]+)/', 'www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=' . $refid['freeipods'], $post['message']);

i guess i messed up?

[Dean C]

Hmm, since when did they have so many different url formats I'll work on it now

[Dean C]

Ok updated the first post with the fix

[EcpHosting]

Ok, I have an interesting question...

The unique question involves 3 things you should know in advance:

1) We just launched a site in favor of this: myfreeipodguide.com

2) We need referral links showing in the header, however these links are not static... they are dynamic as they change depending on who referred who to our site. For example, if Bob refers you to our site, then all the links in the header will be Bob's.

3) We are currently using vbAdvanced Portal (in which the entire guide works from the Forum Style)

The Question: Is this set to only work in posts and sigs (this is where we only want it to work, as we do not allow referral links in our boards) or do you think it could override our system? I'm not asking if our system is compatable, I'm just asking where the limitations are for this hack (if it also looks outside of posts and sigs).

A side question: If the above is limited to only those areas, is it possible to expand this for all the other links as well (freeipodshuffle.com, freeminimac.com, notebooks4free.com, etc...)?

Your kind valuable input would be appreciated.

[EcpHosting]

Originally Posted by EcpHosting

...

The Question: Is this set to only work in posts and sigs (this is where we only want it to work, as we do not allow referral links in our boards) or do you think it could override our system? I'm not asking if our system is compatable, I'm just asking where the limitations are for this hack (if it also looks outside of posts and sigs).

A side question: If the above is limited to only those areas, is it possible to expand this for all the other links as well (freeipodshuffle.com, freeminimac.com, notebooks4free.com, etc...)?

Your kind valuable input would be appreciated.

Ok, I answered my own questions... it all seems to be working very well without any problems. I have added all the gratis links, as well as all the offer centric links, PLUS all the links to our sites (all being nullified) and all is working beautifully even for links already posted.

If you would like to add the ULTIMATE nullification to your boards (nullifing 17 known links, including the free ipods site), you can use the following code:

includes/functions_showthread.php

Find:

PHP Code:

// hide edit button if they can't use it 


Above that add:

PHP Code:

// nullify links on boards

// gratis links

$refid['freedesktoppc'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.freeDesktopPc\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.freeDesktopPc.com', $post['message']); 

$refid['freeflatscreens'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.freeFlatScreens\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.freeFlatScreens.com', $post['message']); 

$refid['freegamingsystems'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.freeGamingSystems\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.freeGamingSystems.com', $post['message']); 

$refid['freeipodshuffle'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.freeiPodShuffle\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.freeiPodShuffle.com', $post['message']); 

$refid['freeipods'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.freeiPods\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.freeiPods.com', $post['message']); 

$refid['freephotoipods'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.freePhotoiPods\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.freePhotoiPods.com', $post['message']); 

$refid['freeminimacs'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.freeMiniMacs\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.freeMiniMacs.com', $post['message']); 

// offer centric links

$refid['cameras4free'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.cameras4free\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.cameras4free.com', $post['message']); 

$refid['notebooks4free'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.notebooks4free\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.notebooks4free.com', $post['message']); 

$refid['mp3players4free'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.mp3players4free\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.mp3players4free.com', $post['message']); 

$refid['ipodshuffles4free'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.ipodshuffles4free\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.ipodshuffles4free.com', $post['message']); 

$refid['macminis4free'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.macminis4free\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.macminis4free.com', $post['message']); 

$refid['pvps4free'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.pvps4free\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.pvps4free.com', $post['message']); 

// myfreeipodguide links

$refid['myfreeipodguide'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.myfreeipodguide\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.myfreeipodguide.com', $post['message']); 

$refid['howigotmyipod'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.howigotmyipod\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.howigotmyipod.com', $post['message']); 

$refid['myipodguide'] = 0; 
$post['message'] = preg_replace('/www\.myipodguide\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.myipodguide.com', $post['message']); 


This will nullify ALL links from both Gratis and Offer Centric.

[djjeffa]

ok here is my referall link http://www.freeiPods.com/?r=14713038
could some one show me how the codes would look? I want to do it to my signs as well as my posts.
thank you

[TheComputerGuy]

I have a user that posts a simple site to his personal site. I would like for it to be changed to something I want. How can this be done?

its like www.dot.msn.com/community

or something do I need to do anything special to it?

[djjeffa]

Originally Posted by juanph

Nice idea, but didn't work fo rme either....He has it linked to an image in his sig...is this the reason??

EDIT:: DUH!!! I just added this underneath the original code and noe it changes it in the signature also.

$post['signature'] = preg_replace('/www\.freeiPods\.com\/default\.aspx\?referer=([0-9]+)/', 'www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=' . $refid['freeipods'], $post['signature']);

Thanks.....

that didnt work for me but this did

$post['signature'] = preg_replace('/www\.freeiPods\.com\/(?:default\.aspx)?\?(r|referer)=([0-9]+)/i', 'www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=' . $refid['freeipods'], $post['signature']);

[dwh]

Originally Posted by Dean C

Give me the URL and i'll write the replacement for it

Are you saying replacements could work for any affiliate program? Canyou do this instead of the long hack by amyhkhar for amazon and ebay?

[Dean C]

There is no one line I could write which would work for every site. Amazon uses a completely different URL to freeipods.com for example. Btw ECPhosting, all those lines can be combined into one, and it is of no benefit to anyone who wants to put their own ID in there. However, you have a nice list of sites in there so I'll write a regexp for all gratis sites tonight The main idea of this is not to censor them, as you can do this with replacement, but to replace their ID with yours.

Cheers,
- Dean