Turning "ask question" on and off

[sallygreen100]

hi,

is there a way to turn the "ask question feature on and off?

regards,
sally.

[Thorsten]

Hi Sally,

sure. Just remove the link in index.tpl.

bye
Thorsten

[sallygreen100]

hi,

is there an easier way?

one where i can just click a link from the admin panel and questions can be stopped.

I can delete the link, but the people i am setting it up for a not technicle and wont understand what to do.

thank you.
sally.

[Thorsten]

Hi,

no, there's no option for that in the admin panel. Sorry.

bye
Thorsten

[BSOD2600]

Why not add it as a feature in 1.5.6?

[Thorsten]

Hi,

this isn't as possible as it might be and there are no new features in 1.5.x.

bye
Thorsten

[jazcyk]

Just removing the link won't do! I have been spammed after doing so. The PHP page is still available! I don't know if robots can track it or some people just know it is there!

Is there a function/routine/module that can be deleted/renamed/commented_out to COMPLETELY disable it? Or change something to display "GO PLAY SOMEWHERE ELSE"

I don't mean to say it is a big problem! But removing LINKS is not a proper way. FUNCTIONALITIES should be removed.

[Thorsten]

Hi,

okay, but this needs a big enhancement to our template engine to support blocks which ca be enabled or disabled.

bye
Thorsten

[jazcyk]

As I wrote it is not a big problem. I have banned a few ip's and it stopped!

[tmonaghan]

I'm being repeatedly spammed despite removing links to the ask questions part. Banning IP's doesn't work. How can I stop this from happening?

[Thorsten]

Hi,

delete the file savequestion.php.

bye
Thorsten

[jazcyk]

of course

[bouton]

I am a beginner too - and the spammers on ask question were driving me nuts

so with php book in hand i wrote a banned word function and did some tweaking

1. added to functions.php

function checkBannedWord($content)
{
require_once('inc/fileIterator.php'); //http://www.phpguru.org/

// Set the block counter

foreach (new FileIterator('inc/blockedWords.txt') as $line)
{
if (preg_match("/$content/i", $line)) {
return FALSE;
}
}
}


2 in savequestion.php i changed
A)
if (isset($_REQUEST["username"]) && $_REQUEST["username"] != '' && isset($_REQUEST["usermail"]) && checkEmail($_REQUEST["usermail"]) && isset($_REQUEST["content"]) && $_REQUEST["content"] != '' && IPCheck($_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"])) {

to

if (isset($_REQUEST["username"]) && $_REQUEST["username"] != '' && isset($_REQUEST["usermail"]) && checkEmail($_REQUEST["usermail"]) && isset($_REQUEST["content"]) && $_REQUEST["content"] != '' && checkBannedWord($_REQUEST["content"]) && IPCheck($_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"])) {

B) changed
if (checkEmail($usermail)) {

to
if (checkEmail($usermail)&& checkBannedWord($_REQUEST["content"])) {

C) changed


if (IPCheck($_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]) == FALSE) {
$tpl->processTemplate ("writeContent", array(
"msgQuestion" => $PMF_LANG["msgQuestion"],
"Message" => $PMF_LANG["err_bannedIP"]
));
} else {
$tpl->processTemplate ("writeContent", array(
"msgQuestion" => $PMF_LANG["msgQuestion"],
"Message" => $PMF_LANG["err_SaveQuestion"]
));
}


to

if (IPCheck($_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]) == FALSE) {
$tpl->processTemplate ("writeContent", array(
"msgQuestion" => $PMF_LANG["msgQuestion"],
"Message" => $PMF_LANG["err_bannedIP"]
));
} elseif (checkBannedWord($_REQUEST["content"]) == FALSE) {
$tpl->processTemplate ("writeContent", array(
"msgQuestion" => $PMF_LANG["msgQuestion"],
"Message" => $PMF_LANG["err_bannedWord"]
));
} else {
$tpl->processTemplate ("writeContent", array(
"msgQuestion" => $PMF_LANG["msgQuestion"],
"Message" => $PMF_LANG["err_SaveQuestion"]
));
}

3) and last added
$PMF_LANG["err_bannedWord"] = "Your content has been banned.";
to language_en.php

i got blocked words from the pmwiki cookbook blocklist2

[bouton]

oops
typo in function - add last lines

function checkBannedWord($content)
{
require_once('inc/fileIterator.php');

// Set the block counter

foreach (new FileIterator('inc/blockedWords.txt') as $line)
{
// gets the content as part of a whole if (preg_match("/$content/i", $line)) {
if (preg_match("/\b$content\b/i", $line)) {
return FALSE;
} else {
return true;
}
}
}

[Thorsten]

Hi,

can I take your code under the terms of the MPL and add it into 1.6? If yes, please write me an e-mail and tell me your full name for your credits.

bye
Thorsten