Miscellaneous Hacks - Stop Spam Links 1.2 Gold

Stop Spam Links 1.2 Gold

As of 3.8 this mod seems to have lost some/all of it's functionality depending on your vb settings. If anyone wishes to build on this mod, please feel free to as I do not have the time anymore.

What does this hack do?

This hack will replace a users entire post with a predefined message that you can edit in the adminCP should the user's post contain a TLD such as .de .com etc. This will only affect people in usergroups of your choice. By default only usergroup 1 is selected (Meaning Guests).

If you enter a usergroup ID, those user's will never be able to post links as long as they are a member of that group.

If the user's usergroup ID is not entered, then you can use a minimum postcount value which all users need to meet in order to post links.

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Example: You enter usergroupID 2 (registered members). All registered members will not be able to post links.

You enter 5 for the postcount. Registered members will not be able to post links. Everyone else will need 5 posts before they can post links.
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Example2: You enter 1 for usergroupID (guests). No guest will be able to post links.

You enter 5 for the postcount. Everyone, except for guests, will need 5 posts before they can post links. Guests will never be able to.
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Installation Stats:

• 1 Product
• 4 Plugins

Installation Instructions

• Import the Product file via the AdminCP
• Go into Vbulletin Settings > Stop Spam Links
• Suit to your needs

Install Time: 1 min


If you like this hack, please click INSTALL ----->>


UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS

Simply go into the AdminCP > Manage Products > Find Stop Spam Links > Remove

Then reinstall the new product.

MAKE SURE TO COPY YOUR PERSONAL MESSAGE, USERGROUP ID's, AND DOMAIN ENDINGS YOU'VE ENTERED TO NOTEPAD SO YOU CAN COPY/PASTE THEM BACK IN AFTER THE UPGRADE. OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE THE DEFAULT VALUES AGAIN.


Updates:
1.2 Added Restrictions for Editing posts, PM's, and Quotes1.1 Added the use of Postcount
1.0 Initial Stable Release
Attached are 3.6 versions in English and German.

Special Thanks go out to extremeTim.

[solokron]

header already sent typically represents a carriage or space before the <?php entry.

Originally Posted by sam anders

when i install this product i receive the following error:

Warning: strpos(): Empty delimiter. in /includes/class_dm_user.php(2385) : eval()'d code on line 11

at the top above my header and then in a vb error box like a postbit placement:

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/forums/includes/class_core.php
Line: 3036

when ever a new member trys to create a new account, i have disabled the product and then create a new user account and no issues

any suggestions what could be causing the issue?

[sam anders]

on which file would this be? header.php ?

only reason is that when this hack is not installed the site works all ok its only when the hack is installed, and i would of thought that if the header file had the gap that you mentioned then i would be getting the error all the time? or does this hack change coding?

sorry still a newbie to the forums

[solokron]

What occurs when you save your templates and then revert back to the originals with this hack?

Originally Posted by sam anders

on which file would this be? header.php ?

only reason is that when this hack is not installed the site works all ok its only when the hack is installed, and i would of thought that if the header file had the gap that you mentioned then i would be getting the error all the time? or does this hack change coding?

sorry still a newbie to the forums

[sam anders]

sorry what do you mean by saving my templates? i am new

all i have done is installed the product, then it did not work so i disabled it via the option in the product manager and created the a new account and all working all ok, reenabled the product and then the error comes back when a new user account is created

[SkyCatcher]

Just a thought, but try uninstalling and then installing this attached product.

Maybe another hack is using the same hook and they're conflicting so I changed one of the variables.

Give it a try and let me know.

[sam anders]

thats worked all ok, created a new users reg and no error message displayed :-)

thank you ever so much!!!

what hook did you change? i will have a look and see if i can work out what other plugin was using the same hook

[SkyCatcher]

Originally Posted by sam anders

thats worked all ok, created a new users reg and no error message displayed :-)

thank you ever so much!!!

what hook did you change? i will have a look and see if i can work out what other plugin was using the same hook

Cool, glad that worked. I didn't change the hook, just a variable... I used $value as one of the variables, although I didn't deem it a big deal. Changed that to something else to prevent that conflict

[sam anders]

ok, well thank you for making the change its a great hack

[kawzaki]

Originally Posted by SkyCatcher

(v1.2)Ok, now it checks:

When the user creates a new thread
When the user edits a post (quick & advanced)
When the user quotes or replies to a thread
When the user Creates or Replies to a PM
When the user Previews a post

the most irritating part for me is when spammers register to spam the members using PMs, and this modification is going to solve my problem.

I'll try it, and give you a GO (installed) once tested and found working

Thank you for the efforts.

[kawzaki]

Hey, it's working nice..
i just thought there should be an option to change the whole message, or just replace the URL entered with a ***** instead of taking the whole message out.

A member ( trusted one ) just had his post edited, he only used SMILIES from the images listed in the forum. I asked for the post before being edited so i can study where possible it was recognized a URL.

thanks again