Add-On Releases - Link Anonymizer and Censor

Link Anonymizer and Censor 1.20

Author: MarcoH64

vBulletin Version: 3.6.x

Description:
This Product will add a self configurable anonymising link to all external urls in posts. Optionally it will also give you a Whitelist or Blacklist option for URL's. With this option you can censor URL's replacing those on the Blacklist (or not on the Whitelist) with a predefined text and/or link.

Installation:
Install the XML-file as Product.
Upload the contents of the 'upload' folder to your forumhome directory.

Configuration:
vBulletin Options->Link Anonymizer and Censor:

• Local Addresses

Local addresses are not anonymized. If you leave this option blank, the value for vBulletin Options Cookie Domain will be used. Do not use a http:// prefix.

If you start the name with a dot (.mydomain.com) all server addresses ending with this will be considered local. If you want to add mulitple domain/servernames, seperate them by a single space.

• Anonymizer (default: http://anonym.to/?)

Link to a anonymizer function. Use preceding / if needed. Other Usable Anonymizers:

http://anon.free.anonymizer.com/

http://anonym.webgurus.de (Thanks Wachtmeister)

• Allways anonymize Unparseble URLs
• Other options are explained in the vBulletin Options

Alternative local redirect script that can be used with this modification can be found at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....3&postcount=64

Please click install if you are using this hack.

Change log:
vBulletin 3.5 versions
6-9-2005 v1.01
- 1 setting was missing from product file due to wrong Product. Fixed
7-9-2005 v1.02
- Under some conditions a newly posted post with only a link would not get anonymized. Fixed.
7-9-2005 v1.02a
- Fixed bug when handling generic local domain (starting with a dot '.'') Sorry for the many updates.
8-10-2005 v1.03
- Totally new way of doing this, on view instead of on write.
- Solved doubling the anonym link on edit
10-10-2005 v1.04
- Link not didn't get anonym prefix if URL= didn't contain http://. Solved.
- Added truncate table post_parsed to install routine.
1-11-2005 v1.05
- Standard Editor fixed
- Simple URL's in standard editor fixed.
- Default anonymizer changed
2-11-2005 v1.05.1
- Fixed bug where only the last url to the same domain in a single post was anonymised.
9-11-2005 v1.05.2
- Added option to ignore certain protocols in the vBulletin Options (ie. ignore https, ftp, ....).
- Attempt to fix reported bug where an inline fragment (#fragment) would also be anonymized.
10.11.2005 v1.05.3
- Another attempt to ignore fragments
25.11.2005 v1.10
- Fixed a bug where some urls could lead to a parse error. Example of an url leading to this error:

http://mymail@mymail.com:password@www.mydomain.com

- Added new parameter to vB Options: Always anonimyze unparseble URLs
- This is considered a very stable release. No bug reports pending
- All previous versions are from now on unsupported

vBulletin 3.6 versions:

30.03.2007 v1.20:
- Upgraded for vB 3.6
- Links can now optionally be anonymized in: Posts, Private Messages and/or Signatures
- Added White- and/or Blacklist Censor
Upgrades:
If you are running an older version and want to upgrade, simply do an overwrite install.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by bplinson

Hmmm. I have the "Anonymize links in posts" and "Anonymize links in Private Messages" set to yes with and links in posts are being anonymized but links in PMs are not.

Also I wanted the link http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/XX-REMOVED-XX/ redirected back to my website so I put it in the blacklist with

<a href="http://X-REMOVED-X.net/vbportal">CLICK HERE</a>

in the White/Blacklist replacement URL but it is not being redirected

You can empty the anonymising link, this will turn off the anonymising part of the code. Keep the selection for post/pm&signatures set to yes.

The "White/Blacklist replacement URL" is the replacement for URLs that are blocked because of black/white list. You would typically use the link to your forum rules for example.

You can only add domains to the black/whitelist, not full URLs

[Tarvim]

Links in the preview and the profile are not anonymized

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Correct links in preview are not handled (and i don't really see a reason to do so).
Where exactly in the profile are links not handled? If you are talking about a profile field, then yes that is correct.

[SCORPION1]

i have installed this mod seems to be running but when i click on any link in the site it does not link to the site in question meaning all i get is a link to the Anonymizer site does this mean all members will have to copy and paste links in a new window or have i set this up wrong

[Glynn58]

Cool. Just what I needed.
I was looking to ban links to a certain site.
Installed

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by SCORPION1

i have installed this mod seems to be running but when i click on any link in the site it does not link to the site in question meaning all i get is a link to the Anonymizer site does this mean all members will have to copy and paste links in a new window or have i set this up wrong

How did you set it up?

If setup correctly then all (non censored links) should keep the original URL, but prefixed with the anonymising link.

[richTV]

could this be modified so that even the shout box will follow this anonymizing product?

vBShout, 2.1, AJAX Shoutbox for vBulletin

tnx for sharing this add-on, btw.

[bulbasnore]

What we'd like to do possibly is allow [IMG] or IMG SRC= and force all those links (and I guess any other links) to come from our site. This way we could allow members to display pictures from the gallery (ONLY) in their posts.

WILL it serve this function?

It would be helpful if it did have the ability to process input to profile fields... we'd like to blacklist some sites people put in those fields.

WOULD you consider hooking it there also?

[Majest]

Installed, no problems discovered so far.

[AsianKid]

Any way you can edit this to like http://slickdeals.net/'s mod...
They have it so the links are encrypted..
Example:
http://slickdeals.net/?pno=9434&lno=1&afsrc=1

^ Thread ID + Link Number

Thanks!