Module: Hide Signatures

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hide_signatures-1.0.1.tar.gz	3 KB	open | download	Maurice Makaay	08/21/2006	Read message
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This mod adds a configuration option for users that can be used
to disable viewing of user signatures. The option can be found in
the user's control center under the forum settings option.

For running this mod, you need Phorum 5.1.7-RC1 or later, because
of the features that are used. You could try to run the mod on an
earlier 5.1.x release, but then you will have to add the following
code to the cc_usersettings.tpl template manually, just before the
ending </table> of the settings table:

  {HOOK tpl_cc_usersettings PROFILE}

Install:
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- Install this file in the directory "mods" within your
  Phorum installation;

- Login as administrator in Phorum's administrative interface and
  go to the "Modules" section;

- Enable the module "Hide Signatures".

- At the first time that this module is run (by visiting the forums),
  the module will automatically create a custom profile field for
  storing the user setting for this module. You should be able to
  see the mod_hide_signatures field in the admin interface under
  "Custom Profile".

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Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauce



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/21/2006 05:48PM by mmakaay.

Would it be possible to use/modify this to disable signature completely?

You could change the code so it will always disable signatures. But it's not what the mod is intended to do. You would have to disable the part of the mod that adds an option to the user control center (since that option doesn't make sense anymore) and you would have to change the control center templates to not show the signature editor (doesn't make sense anymore as well).

IMO it's not what you should use this mod for, because you have to hack the mod to get to your goal. Instead, you could create a new simple mod that will always empty user signature when saving the user data (cc_save_user is the hook you're looking for). Next to that, remove the signature editor from the templates. That way you prevent users from entering a signature in the first place instead of hiding it afterwards for all viewers.

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Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauce

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mmakaay
...Instead, you could create a new simple mod that will always empty user signature when saving the user data (cc_save_user is the hook you're looking for). Next to that, remove the signature editor from the templates. That way you prevent users from entering a signature in the first place instead of hiding it afterwards for all viewers.

Maurice----
Do you have any such as a module? Have searched the Wiki but the emphasis is on tweaking or hacking various (sanctioned) signatures. My local problem is that off site image file links are being used...;~/ At the moment I have the current ones on hold by programming a packet-sniffing router for the target domain. As a new adopter of Phorum I was somewhat perturbed to find that there are little/no controls for whatever the user considers as being 'OK' in his/her signature file.
----best wishes, Robert

No, I never wrote such a module. All my modules are published here.

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Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauce

Maurice----

Is there anything else that I might do to Phorum to suppress signatures?

----best wishes, Robert

clean up signatures from html tags before displaying/saving them.

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-=[ Panu ]=-

Easier said than done, I'm not used to Phorum's code yet.
IMOH leaving the signature block open to this sort of
code abuse is tantamount to a security risk. In another
vein why am I metaphorically obliged to even consider
displaying or saving the darned contents of the signature
block when I'd very much rather NOT have anything to do
with these security risk zones! Not impressed;~/ Caught
me by surprise as I never use signature blocks in other
peoples' forums and so wasn't fully aware of just what
poeple put in them.
----best wishes, Robert

remove the link in cc_menu.tpl, remove the template part in cc_usersettings.tpl and in the posting.tpl (for not showing the option to add the signature to the post).

I see no security risk in the signatures. if so, every forum-post is a security risk as the same rules apply to the signature as to the post itself.

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Thomas Seifert

Will get to work using your suggestion, my thanks.
There is a security risk for my forum as this sort of
off site image linking will destroy the parent club's
ability to apply and sustain 'Charter' (safe) status.
So I must expect the same code insertion attempts to
occur in the main body of their posts too? (hope not)
----best wishes, Robert