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Strok

03-18-2009, 02:53 AM

Hi guys, as you already know we no longer displaying signatures for registered users due to a huge amount of spam via fake users.
I think we found a solution on how to deal with this issue.
We testing a script which will disable a signature in case if user didn't visit the actionscript.org for at list 15 days.
If user came back on actionscript.org, his/her signature will start displaying again on next day.
So, most of you guys should get the signature back in next few days.
Hey guys, there's some changes to the rules, please check the link below:
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showpost.php3?p=859957&postcount=11

ASWC

03-18-2009, 03:01 AM

Makes sense thx!

Cota

03-18-2009, 03:13 AM

Sounds like a neat little feature.

yell0wdart

03-18-2009, 06:55 AM

Thank you for the update. :)

Strok

03-18-2009, 10:53 AM

should work now... we set the OFF time to 30 days....

kkbbcute

03-18-2009, 11:49 AM

Okay, thanks for the update.

Paul Ferrie

03-18-2009, 11:50 AM

Great news
Pretty cool feature if all goes well with it.

CyanBlue

03-18-2009, 04:21 PM

Just a random thought...

If a new user signs up, put that user into a usergroup where they are not allowed to create a signature nor create any visitor messages... and then move them up to a usergroup where they have full features once they post like 50 messages...
Not sure if that can be done automatically or not, but just thinking outloud...

Thanks, Strok... ;)

ASWC

03-18-2009, 05:44 PM

ACtually there's some forums where you can't post links in your post until you did 50 posts or so. So all this makes sense.

wvxvw

03-19-2009, 12:38 AM

Now I can imagine myself trying to sneak in the link to AS library I've written to the hostile forum that won't allow me to post it untill my PC will count 50... yeah... ;)
Or another sort of forums (experts[dash]exchange[dot]com -like, eternally banned from each and every computer / network I had any access to :P ) because you have to pay to view the posts... (though they are visible to SE)

Sorry, this reminded me of the "war" AP lost to Google, when they wanted Google to display AP's copyrights on their images... Google refused to display them at all... ;) You can imagine what happened next...

Strok

03-19-2009, 03:55 AM

Hi CyanBlue,
That was my original idea, but I wasn't able to find the script to perform the task. Apparently, I found this feature directly built into the vbulletin (under Usergroup Promotions) .
So we have a change of the rules now :)
To display a signature you need at list 50 posts!

Just a random thought...

If a new user signs up, put that user into a usergroup where they are not allowed to create a signature nor create any visitor messages... and then move them up to a usergroup where they have full features once they post like 50 messages...
Not sure if that can be done automatically or not, but just thinking outloud...

Thanks, Strok... ;)

kkbbcute

03-19-2009, 02:28 PM

Paul Ferrie

03-19-2009, 02:38 PM

Hey, just wanted to tell you guys something, your quick reply buttons suddenly do not work, as of the time I'm writing this.
Never use it.

Paul Ferrie

03-19-2009, 02:39 PM

sig parser seems to be wacked

Cota

03-19-2009, 03:04 PM

Its like christmas..all these new toys..

CyanBlue

03-19-2009, 04:00 PM

Thanks, Strok... ;)

Quick Reply... Hm... Who use IE??? :p

wvxvw... Regarding EE, you don't have to pay for it to see the answers there... It's all there at the bottom of the screen even if it says pay us... Just google for something like 'actionscript site:experts-exchange.com' and scroll all the way down where it says Solution... ;)

CyanBlue

03-19-2009, 04:07 PM

Strok... Can you somehow throw in this into the usergroup policy as well???
Could be cool to not be able to post links AND pictures until you get 50 posts like that no SPAMMMM anymore!
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=200997
Yeah... Some of the broken signatures look quite bad... :(

wvxvw

03-19-2009, 04:23 PM

wvxvw... Regarding EE, you don't have to pay for it to see the answers there... It's all there at the bottom of the screen even if it says pay us... Just google for something like 'actionscript site:experts-exchange.com' and scroll all the way down where it says Solution... ;)

Oh, really, things must've changed since the last time I checked...

CyanBlue

03-19-2009, 04:30 PM

I thought it was like that from the getgo... I could be wrong though... I am pretty much always logged in...

wvxvw

03-20-2009, 12:52 AM

Hm... seems like my memory has a huge black out... I really don't know :) I keep those filtering settings for years... and, I was totally under impression that's what the situation looks like :) shame I haven't bothered to check it at least once a year :)

CyanBlue

03-20-2009, 04:44 PM

You are getting older... That's all... :p

Jesse

03-21-2009, 01:29 PM

Strok... Can you somehow throw in this into the usergroup policy as well???

http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=200997
Yeah... Some of the broken signatures look quite bad... :(

Personally I don't think we can do this because I know a lot of users will want to post links to their broken FLA, or similar, in their first 50 posts...

Jesse

03-21-2009, 01:34 PM

kkbbcute

03-21-2009, 01:35 PM

Personally I don't think we can do this because I know a lot of users will want to post links to their broken FLA, or similar, in their first 50 posts...

In fact that's what many new users do, post broken flas whcih they can't fix, I see them very often.

ASWC

03-21-2009, 01:44 PM

So it appears that sigs aren't working for anyone other that moderators... Let me check with Strok to see what's up, and if we can't fix it in the next few days we'll return things to normal and look for another solution.
I have my signature and I'm not a moderator! Maybe it's moderator and authors ...

Jesse

03-21-2009, 01:48 PM

True, you are listed as a Site Contributor, and yours is working... More evidence to go on that it's a user-permission based issue...

ASWC

03-21-2009, 01:59 PM

In fact that's what many new users do, post broken flas whcih they can't fix, I see them very often.
It makes sense I did not think about that. But thinking further they often have to do that because the size limit of the zip file they can add is very small so what about making it bigger?

kkbbcute

03-21-2009, 02:08 PM

Actually why don't we just allow everyone to post their flas straight in instead of zipping it up?

wvxvw

03-21-2009, 04:40 PM

Actually why don't we just allow everyone to post their flas straight in instead of zipping it up?

So far I remember vB limits total size of attachments one user can have. And that's not to much (around 50M, if I remember well), and, actually, hosting files of 50M+ at the forum expense isn't very good idea... just because you'll need additional space on the server + more traffic -> pay more for the hosting...

CyanBlue

03-22-2009, 03:42 AM

Jesse, xxneon is a moderator and his signature is not working...

As for the file attachment... I think we've got to educate people so that they can create a sample out of their working copy so that they can strip out the part that is not causing problem and then upload it to the forum... That way, the probably learn what's going on in their file and could potentially solve the problem by themselves... and if they upload the file to the forum, we have that information in tact as well...

Enforcer

03-22-2009, 03:52 AM

What about these 2 signatures?

http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=185303

CyanBlue

03-22-2009, 04:00 AM

What about those???

Enforcer

03-22-2009, 04:11 AM

You find this normal?

CyanBlue

03-22-2009, 05:00 AM

So it appears that sigs aren't working for anyone other that moderators... Let me check with Strok to see what's up, and if we can't fix it in the next few days we'll return things to normal and look for another solution.
It's not normal, but it is what it is for now... Jesse and Strok will work on the issue... They'll figure something out sooner or later... :)

Strok

03-22-2009, 05:14 AM

The signatures were disabled in the last VB update (part of update), as you can see my signature is not showing-up as well.
I'll look into it tomorrow morning again, will perform a new update of VB software too.

drkstr

03-24-2009, 03:22 AM

Looks like the sigs are back, thanks Strok!

Should we remove any tags out of the signature, or is that being worked on too?

Thanks for your time!
~Aaron

CyanBlue

03-24-2009, 03:38 PM

I don't think it's fixed yet...

Paul Ferrie

03-24-2009, 03:42 PM

certainly isn't

Jesse

03-28-2009, 09:15 AM

Well Paul, I used your account a test account, and changed your user group to try and get your signature links working. When we put you in the rescticted group, your signature doesn't show up at all, as we hope (this is to prevent spammers with signatures). When I put you back in your normal group, the signature shows but the links don't work.

I also tried making you a site contributer, a moderator and a few other types of user, but nothing seemed to fix it. I think perhaps it may be the code itself in your footer which is the issue...

Jesse

03-28-2009, 09:22 AM

OK, I fixed it. It was a usergroups permission error. Newbie users still wont have signatures (to protect against spammers) but regulars will.