vBulletin LTS

Ain - Advanced Prevention Copies & Shading
Mod Version: 3.1, by al3bed

hi all,

attention: Support questions from members who have not marked this as installed - as same as - who have marked as installed will be considered high priority. I believe that who 'mark as Installed' it will make it easy to him to get updates.

About this add-on:
This hack find the advanced options to prevent copies of the topics easily - which I mean source code not easily way to copy threads - This hack leaves several disrupt things in the face when visitor wants copies topic - see characteristics.

why this mod:
may someone wondering why this hack? because it work only if javascript is enabled. so if any one disable javascript he/she will able to do every things this hack may prevent from them. every one want to use this have a reason, I guess you have an answer for this.

I really agree to not to insult human intelligence. Its never a good idea to fight with your users but I need to protect my content from kids?! beleive me! my society have many kids which they competing which one of them will steal new topics first. this hack helped me more than I expected.

characteristics:

• main options:
  • prevent members you want them unable to copy texts.
  • prevent groups you want them unable to copy texts.
  • prevent newbies from quoting before x posts.
  • exclude or add forums from shading and selecting text.
• data protection options:
  • disable right click visitor will be prohibited to right click on text, graphics and links.
  • disable off-line page viewing vistor cannot view the webpage in offline status.
  • disable page printing, when printing the content of web page will be automatically hidden.
• prevent browsers options:
  • prevent opera browser
  • prevent Mozilla firefox browser
  • prevent Apple safari browser
  • prevent Microsoft Internet Explorer browser
• meta tags options:
  • disable image toolbar
  • disable page caching
  • disable smart tags
  • disable search engine robots
• other features:
  • forcing to use Javascript, some intelligent people disable JavaScript in his browser and easily copies text. I do a meta refresh to redirect people not using JavaScript to page that tell them they need to activate it. this also by the way can be overmaster by someone.
  • message to show to users who are prevented from using right-click.
  • this hack work on 5 places: showtheard, printtheard, archive, showpost and newreplay templates.
  • we cannot completely prevent the visitors from copies if we want search engines archiving our sites, but if we cover up and hide entire text from visitors... this shortcoming will reduce the number of visitors and search spiders expelled completely and reduce archiving. so many of sites take off from the way that hide links and topics and start to think in prevent copying.

Installation:
Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

Versions:

• v1.0 -
  • first release beta.
• v2.0 -
  • correcting some phrase with wrong information about java and javascript.
  • add option to prevent users from quote before x posts.
  • add new javascript code and correct some bad code.
  • add option to exclude forums from prevent users.
• v2.1 -
  • option added: to choose either you want add forums or exclude.
• v2.2 -
  • option added: to choose user id you want to prevent them from copies.
  • new css code added to prevent users who disabled javascript.
• v2.3 -
  • correcting & enhancing some codes in plugins.
  • activate all options on archive.
  • option added: to disable print page.
  • fixed bug: this hack work now with showpost page.
  • coordinate options in ACP.
• v3.0 -
  • options categorize, some of them removed & others added.
  • options added to prevent browsers.
  • options added to use meta tags in thread pages.
  • option added to write message show up on thread page.
  • enhancing codes and security.
• v3.1 -
  • bug fixed: users can copy text from newreply page.
  • option added to choose the show type of prevent right click message.

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