Comments on: Clean up spam words http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:02:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Kitten http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5928 Kitten Fri, 11 Jun 2004 06:55:54 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5928 On the user-options front, I've come up with a way to make the plugin fully customisable from the plugins page. Allowing for install/uninstall/and option setting via links in the plugin listing. I'll be rolling this out soon. On the user-options front, I've come up with a way to make the plugin fully customisable from the plugins page. Allowing for install/uninstall/and option setting via links in the plugin listing. I'll be rolling this out soon.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5912 Jennifer Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:43:50 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5912 Shelagh - I copied my blacklist into a text editor and removed those lines (or added the base of whatever the line had)... If you want to copy what I have, there's a link in the sidebar to my blacklist - that is what i'm using in WP. I should warn you that some of the items are on the broad side... but with the way WP handles it, they'll just put the comment in "moderation" mode - and then you can decide if it's really spam or not (as opposed to mt-blacklist which wouldn't even allow the comment to go through at all - which, with broad terms, was more problematic) Shelagh - I copied my blacklist into a text editor and removed those lines (or added the base of whatever the line had)… If you want to copy what I have, there's a link in the sidebar to my blacklist - that is what i'm using in WP. I should warn you that some of the items are on the broad side… but with the way WP handles it, they'll just put the comment in "moderation" mode - and then you can decide if it's really spam or not (as opposed to mt-blacklist which wouldn't even allow the comment to go through at all - which, with broad terms, was more problematic)

]]> By: Shelagh http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5911 Shelagh Thu, 10 Jun 2004 07:29:54 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5911 On a slightly different note, I wanted to add the MT Blacklist to my WP spamlist but it includes things like <strong>8th\S*street\S*latina\S*\.[a-z]{2,}</strong> Can WP cope with this? On a slightly different note, I wanted to add the MT Blacklist to my WP spamlist but it includes things like

8th\S*street\S*latina\S*\.[a-z]{2,}

Can WP cope with this?

]]> By: Kitten http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5345 Kitten Wed, 09 Jun 2004 22:08:50 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5345 I'll reply in both places. Making the email/IP address to be options is no big deal, but have them become user choices each time it's run, it a bigger deal. Basically, there's no good way for a WP plugin to interact with the user. So to have a popup list of what was being added is quite an undertaking. If you have any ideas about the best way to go about it, I'm all ears. I'll reply in both places. Making the email/IP address to be options is no big deal, but have them become user choices each time it's run, it a bigger deal. Basically, there's no good way for a WP plugin to interact with the user. So to have a popup list of what was being added is quite an undertaking. If you have any ideas about the best way to go about it, I'm all ears.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5334 Jennifer Wed, 09 Jun 2004 11:41:57 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5334 kitten - can you optionally have it NOT add the email and IP, and just have it add the URLs you specifically indicate? The reason I ask is because very often the IPs are bogus, as well as the emails they use - and even the URLs are usually SUBDOMAINS of ONE URL. So if you can't go in and selectively indicate WHICH THINGS you want it to add - it may add alot more lines than you really need it to... kitten - can you optionally have it NOT add the email and IP, and just have it add the URLs you specifically indicate? The reason I ask is because very often the IPs are bogus, as well as the emails they use - and even the URLs are usually SUBDOMAINS of ONE URL. So if you can't go in and selectively indicate WHICH THINGS you want it to add - it may add alot more lines than you really need it to…

]]> By: christian http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5331 christian Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:42:51 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5331 Kitten, that's exactly what i was talking about.. sounds like the same functionality as the MT blackmailer thingo. Kitten, that's exactly what i was talking about.. sounds like the same functionality as the MT blackmailer thingo.

]]> By: Kitten http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5330 Kitten Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:41:01 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5330 I did something similar, except it adds a "delete as spam" button to the mass edit page, then any comments being deleted as such, have their email address, IP, domain of the url, and the domain of any links in the comment body all added to the spam words list. Then the list is nicely sorted, and dupes removed. I did something similar, except it adds a "delete as spam" button to the mass edit page, then any comments being deleted as such, have their email address, IP, domain of the url, and the domain of any links in the comment body all added to the spam words list. Then the list is nicely sorted, and dupes removed.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5324 Jennifer Wed, 09 Jun 2004 03:43:24 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5324 <!--important-->Just putting this here for my reference (and anyone else who's interested) I edited options.php (in wp-admin) and added this code:<h3>if ($option->option_name == 'moderation_keys') { $spamarray = explode("n", $new_val); $spamarray = array_unique($spamarray); sort($spamarray); $newmoderation = ""; $cnt = 0; foreach ($spamarray as $spamvalue) { if ($cnt > 0) { $newmoderation .= "n"; } if ($spamvalue != " ") { $newmoderation .= trim($spamvalue); $cnt++; } } $new_val = $newmoderation; }</h3><p>I put that code above just <b>after</b> the lines that looked like this (last line was 77?) :</p><h3>if ($user_level >= $option->option_admin_level) { $old_val = stripslashes($option->option_value); $new_val = $_POST[$option->option_name];</h3> Just putting this here for my reference (and anyone else who's interested)

I edited options.php (in wp-admin) and added this code:

if ($option->option_name == 'moderation_keys') {
$spamarray = explode("n", $new_val);
$spamarray = array_unique($spamarray);
sort($spamarray);
$newmoderation = "";
$cnt = 0;
foreach ($spamarray as $spamvalue) {
if ($cnt > 0) {
$newmoderation .= "n";
}
if ($spamvalue != " ") {
$newmoderation .= trim($spamvalue);
$cnt++;
}
}
$new_val = $newmoderation;
}

I put that code above just after the lines that looked like this (last line was 77?) :

if ($user_level >= $option->option_admin_level) {
$old_val = stripslashes($option->option_value);
$new_val = $_POST[$option->option_name];

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5316 Jennifer Tue, 08 Jun 2004 22:23:44 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5316 (I fixed the script so that it won't add the ending, extra new line) :) Now I just have to integrate it directly into the admin page... (I fixed the script so that it won't add the ending, extra new line) :)

Now I just have to integrate it directly into the admin page…

]]> By: christian http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5294 christian Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:58:11 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/06/07/clean-up-spam-words/#comment-5294 i haven't actually done much work with WP (still on MT .. but i'm slowly moving over) .. but it'd be interesting to sort of incorporate their URL auto-addition to the blacklist .. so u get a new comment email, you can see it's a spam comment.. click on a URL - the page pulls out all of the URL's from that spammed comment - adds them to the moderation_keys, removes the comment. I'm much more of a PHP programmer than PERL so modifying WP directly seems much easier to me.. but i just haven't got the time .. though when i do there's heaps of things i'd want to change in it.. i guess we'll just have to see what happens. Good luck with the rest of your mods/hacks/etc to WP. i haven't actually done much work with WP (still on MT .. but i'm slowly moving over) .. but it'd be interesting to sort of incorporate their URL auto-addition to the blacklist .. so u get a new comment email, you can see it's a spam comment.. click on a URL - the page pulls out all of the URL's from that spammed comment - adds them to the moderation_keys, removes the comment.

I'm much more of a PHP programmer than PERL so modifying WP directly seems much easier to me.. but i just haven't got the time .. though when i do there's heaps of things i'd want to change in it.. i guess we'll just have to see what happens.

Good luck with the rest of your mods/hacks/etc to WP.

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