VBulletin5 unregistered member hiding link how ?

[By_umut]

How to find hidden links to visitors

[glennrocksvb]

What did you exactly mean?

[By_umut]

VBulletin5 unregistered member hiding link!!

[glennrocksvb]

Did you mean you want to hide links in the posts from guests including search bots?

[willie53]

How to find hidden links to visitors

Easy way set forum permissions so that only registered members can view the forum with the links in

[Brad Padgett]

I'd also like to know how to hide links from unregistered users, the real way.

For Xenforo it requires a modification. Any input on vBulletins way?

[glennrocksvb]

I see 2 possible "hacky" solutions to this and each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

1. Client-side
   • Removes links in posts dynamically using Javascript.
   • Survives upgrades. No need to re-apply mod after upgrading vB.
   • Guests can't see the links.
   • Search engines can still see the links. Might be good for external links and bad for internal links?
   • Web savvy users might still figure out the links. But for average users, they might not.
2. Server-side
   • Removes links in posts dynamically using PHP.
   • Does not survive upgrades. Need to re-apply mod after upgrading vB.
   • Guests and search engines can't see the links.

The above "hacky" solutions take into consideration that currently vB5 lacks suitable PHP Hook location to be able to create an elegant solution.

Which solution do you prefer?

[Brad Padgett]

I see 2 possible "hacky" solutions to this and each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

1. Client-side
   • Removes links in posts dynamically using Javascript.
   • Survives upgrades. No need to re-apply mod after upgrading vB.
   • Guests can't see the links.
   • Search engines can still see the links. Might be good for external links and bad for internal links?
   • Web savvy users might still figure out the links. But for average users, they might not.
2. Server-side
   • Removes links in posts dynamically using PHP.
   • Does not survive upgrades. Need to re-apply mod after upgrading vB.
   • Guests and search engines can't see the links.

The above "hacky" solutions take into consideration that currently vB5 lacks suitable PHP Hook location to be able to create an elegant solution.

Which solution do you prefer?

Well it's not something I currently need, I just thought there might be a solution that did not require an actual modification.

If you had a solution that didn't, I'm sure it would be valuable to some users. That's why I asked. It's not a big deal or anything though. Thanks for the response.

EDIT: I just noticed for client side you put that there's a way with javascript. Sounds interesting.

[glennrocksvb]

There's no BBCode settings to hide a BBCode from guests. So either solution would require some sort of a mod or plugin. Even if there was a suitable PHP Hook location, it would still require a mod.

[Sp0rtsJunki3]

How about something similar that allows us to hide phone numbers and/or email addresses from unregistered users.

Because users enter their phone numbers in different ways, we'd need to make sure it had the ability to recognize different user formatting, example: 555-555-1234 or (555)555-1234 or 555-1234. Of course, you can this a step further by adding the number 1 in front of the examples.

[glennrocksvb]

Users shouldn't post personal information such as phone numbers and email addresses in a public forum. But to answer your question, there is no BBCode for both so it would be harder as you would have to create a script that parses the content to find a phone number and email looking text in a post.

[Sp0rtsJunki3]

I tend to agree with you, but because certain parts of my website include ads, that info is the norm.

If this is something you're interested in creating, shoot me a PM and let me know the cost.