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Topic: How can I block HTML in signature? or turn off sig

Posted By: markomeara
Subject: How can I block HTML in signature? or turn off sig
Date Posted: 26 August 2009 at 4:30am

Hi,

Is there any way to turn block html in member signatures? I've got a moderated forum and I have people register and then reply to a post and put links to debt consolidation companies, casinos etc... in their signature... its a new form of spamming...

The forum is moderated, so I catch these when I do the approval of posts, but its becoming a significant number of posts and member accounts to deal with.

Is there any way I can turn off signatures? I set the 'long form' to off, but the user can still enter the signature after they register and validate the account by going to their profile page.

Thanks

Mark

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 26 August 2009 at 12:46pm

In the forum configuration page in the admin area there is an option to turn off signatures.

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Posted By: markomeara
Date Posted: 26 August 2009 at 3:48pm

Thanks for your reply Bruce,

Perhaps I'm missing something... I cant find an option to just turn off signatures. Maybe I'm having a slow morning? :)

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 26 August 2009 at 4:25pm

Very sorry it looks like it is not in the present version but will be in the next major release.

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Posted By: markomeara
Date Posted: 26 August 2009 at 4:33pm

In the meantime I can do a work around to avoid further spamming. I've turned off the long form registration and will modify the register.asp to not show the signature field. That way any new users will not be able to fill in the signature field.

Thanks..

Mark