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    Paid Mod Stop Links in Posts

    Tired of spam bots or humans posting spammy links? Worry no more! This Stop Links in Posts mod allows you to prevent users from posting external links based on their usergroup and/or post count.

    This plugin is very useful for forums that want to reduce spam and unwanted links on their site. It helps you to control the quality and relevance of the content posted by your users. It also enhances the user experience and makes your forum more secure and trustworthy.

    Features:
    1. Can easily enable or disable mod without entirely disabling or uninstalling the mod.
    2. Can validate users posting external links by usergroup(s) only, post count only, either or both. For example, you could easily target users if they belong to Registered Usergroup, or if post count is less than 6, either or both.
    3. Can either prevent saving of posts with external links and display validation error, or allow posts to be saved but automatically place it under moderation.
    4. Only external links are detected and internal links (must be same domain as forum) are allowed.
    5. Also checks Link and Video content types.
    6. Validation error messages uses Phrase Manager so it can be re-worded or translated to another languange.
    7. Uses PHP hooks. This means that link detection is done on the server-side which is good because even if user is using an automated tool (which spam bots usually use) to post spammy links, the server will still be able to catch the error and prevent the posting or moderate the post.
    8. Uses Product XML system and requires file upload of the mod package to the server.
    See screenshot of the AdminCP settings of the mod below:

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    Compatibility:
    • For vB 5.5.0 and older, an existing PHP file in the vB5 codebase needs to be edited to manually add the needed missing PHP hooks that will be added in vB 5.5.1. Once vB 5.5.1 (which is the upcoming version at the time of this writing) is released, editing is no longer needed. A step-by-step process to edit the file is included in the installation instructions included in the package.
    • For vB 5.6.6 and older, it also requires editing existing PHP file for v1.3 of this mod until the vB bug (https://tracker.vbulletin.com/vbulle...sues/VBV-21050) which I opened is resolved. Please vote for it.
    • For vB 5.6.8 and newer, the above vB bug has been fixed so PHP edit is no longer needed.
    • Compatible with vB5 (self-hosted)
    • Compatible with vB6 (self-hosted). Requires a small PHP tweak in /core/packages/stoplinksinposts/product.php by changing the vB Max Version variable from '5.9.9' to '6.9.9'.
      PHP Code:
          $vbMaxVersion '6.9.9'
    • Not compatible with vBCloud.
    Demo:
    This mod is installed on this site vbmods.rocks. Members of this site who have 5 posts or less will not be able to post external links. You can also watch the video screencast below to see the mod in action.



    Version History:
    v1.4
    - Fix for detecting links when posting comments without requiring to edit a PHP file. This requires vB 5.6.8 or newer. Thanks to ayjayef for testing the fix.

    v1.3
    - Fixed an issue where links were not being detected when posting comments. Requires editing a PHP file for vB 5.6.7 and older. Thanks to ayjayef for reporting this bug.

    v1.2
    - Fixed an issue where if the mod is configured to moderate posts, subscribers of the topic or channel where the offending post belongs to, were receiving message center and email notifications of new posts even if the post was automatically placed in moderation queue. Thanks to ayjayef for reporting this bug.

    v1.1
    - Fixed an issue where some external links were not being detected as external thereby allowing posts with external links to be posted.

    v1.0
    - Initial version


    Price 1:

    $40 (with vbmods.rocks branding in the footer)

    Buy Now Add to Cart View Cart

    Price 2:

    $65
    ($40 base price + $25 branding-free)

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    Product Installation Add-On: $20
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    Last edited by glennrocksvb; 08-26-2023, 10:40 PM.

    #2
    This will be an upcoming purchase I feel, now that I am on 5.5.1, this should hopefully yield a super easy install which is a bonus.

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      #3
      Very important option, bought (branding-free).
      Thank you!

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      • glennrocksvb
        glennrocksvb commented
        Editing a comment
        Thanks for your purchase.

      #4
      Glenn, does it work the same for embedded links?

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        #5
        NumNum, by "embedded links", did you mean links posted via the chain icon at the upper left corner of the editor? If so, then yes.

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        • NumNum
          NumNum commented
          Editing a comment
          That is what I meant. Thank you.

        • glennrocksvb
          glennrocksvb commented
          Editing a comment
          If in case the plugin couldn't do it, you could still use the Can Create Link permission to control the visibility of the Link icon.

        #6
        I am thinking about to get this is on my get list
        my problem is some user they just copy and paste from other forum and some time the user paste 10 picture in one post
        I was wonder if this plugin I can limit picture post from some user?
        voyger.: In Almighty God I trust, everyone else has to provide evidence."

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          #7
          If the images are embedded using [img] bbcode and pointing to an external URL, then yes. If images are uploaded to your server, then no since they don't point to external URL.

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            #8
            some user they just copy and past from facebook can't see any link where come from
            when click on the picture view surce look like the picture come from facebook.net
            voyger.: In Almighty God I trust, everyone else has to provide evidence."

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            • glennrocksvb
              glennrocksvb commented
              Editing a comment
              Can you post the source?

            #9
            Glenn, this is a little issue.
            Please see the example below.

            https://example.com

            If the link is inside BB-code (bold font), then the mod does not stop it., that's what i mean:

            HTML Code:
            [b]https://example.com[/b]

            Is there any way to solve this?

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            • glennrocksvb
              glennrocksvb commented
              Editing a comment
              Thanks for reporting. I'll take a look.

            #10
            sorry glen don't get where they come from this **** picture this is what I get from source


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            voyger.: In Almighty God I trust, everyone else has to provide evidence."

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            • glennrocksvb
              glennrocksvb commented
              Editing a comment
              That image was embedded using [img] bbcode and pointing to an external URL, so yes it will be blocked by the mod.

            #11
            thanks glen
            ok gives bit of time will come back to you really I am look for another mod you got here need to save some money
            regard
            voyger.: In Almighty God I trust, everyone else has to provide evidence."

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              #12
              Originally posted by glennrocksvb View Post
              Thanks for reporting. I'll take a look.
              Hi Glenn., please see the one more report.
              Links inside the URL BB-Code are also skips and not checked by mod.

              example:
              HTML Code:
              Test link in post [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlDzYIIOYmM"]GoPro[/URL]

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              • glennrocksvb
                glennrocksvb commented
                Editing a comment
                Noted. Thanks.

              #13
              Originally posted by elektro-kot View Post

              Hi Glenn., please see the one more report.
              Links inside the URL BB-Code are also skips and not checked by mod.

              example:
              HTML Code:
              Test link in post [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlDzYIIOYmM"]GoPro[/URL]
              elektro-kot I cannot reproduce the issue using the exact sample message you posted.

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                #14
                Originally posted by elektro-kot View Post
                Glenn, this is a little issue.
                Please see the example below.

                https://example.com

                If the link is inside BB-code (bold font), then the mod does not stop it., that's what i mean:

                HTML Code:
                [b]https://example.com[/b]

                Is there any way to solve this?
                I also cannot reproduce this issue.



                Please review your mod settings to double-check the user falls under the combination of options you set.
                Last edited by glennrocksvb; 10-02-2019, 01:30 PM.

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                  #15
                  Originally posted by glennrocksvb View Post
                  Please review your mod settings to double-check the user falls under the combination of options you set.
                  Hi Glenn!
                  Thank you for your answer.

                  Here are my module settings.
                  Forbidden to everyone if less than 300 posts.

                  Click image for larger version

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                  I am using vBulletin 5.5.4 and did not follow the readme 3.1 - 3.6 steps. Maybe this is the problem?

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