Posted by Chilly8 on 12/03/07 21:54

"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Chilly8 wrote:
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>> Chilly8 wrote:
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>>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>>>> Chilly8 wrote:
>>>>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>>>>>> Chilly8 wrote:
>>>>>>>> How to I change the HTML portiion of a PHP script? I want to modify
>>>>>>>> the HTML portion of phpBB, and the code in there to have
>>>>>>>> StatCounter
>>>>>>>> record hits to that part of my web site. I already have the main
>>>>>>>> web
>>>>>>>> site logged with StatCounter, but I would like to be able to modify
>>>>>>>> the HTML portion of PHP scripts for WikiMedia and phpBB, so
>>>>>>>> I can have those logged by phpBB as well
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I can see the HTML portion when I ask for the source in my
>>>>>>>> browser, but I cannot find the place in any of the PHP scripts
>>>>>>>> to change the HTML portion of the code
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You need to ask in the PhpBB support forums, not here. It's more
>>>>>>> complicated than just changing text files.
>>>>>> I have figured out one way to do it, which works with ANY
>>>>>> PHP page. Just load it into your browser, select the option
>>>>>> for viewing the source, and then save that as an index.htm or
>>>>>> index.html page, then have the web crawlers crawl that
>>>>>> instead of the php file. I have so far gotten this to work with
>>>>>> my phpBB and Wiki pages, then just change the redirects
>>>>>> on my domain to take users to the HTML-translated
>>>>>> version of the page. Then you can put in things like
>>>>>> Statcounter, or banner ads into WikiMedia, PhpBB,
>>>>>> VBulletin, or anything else. Now, you will need to have
>>>>>> the original php version, so that users can login. If the
>>>>>> index.php file has been erased or renamed, a user will
>>>>>> not be able to log on, but if anyone else asks about this,
>>>>>> that is how you do it. Log off and delete all cookies. Go
>>>>>> back to the main page, open the source in your browser,
>>>>>> and then save the HTML-translated page, then submit
>>>>>> the HTML version of hte page to Google and Yahoo
>>>>>> so that users get directed to that, instead of the PHP
>>>>>> version of the page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> And pretty soon you'll figure out why that doesn't work.
>>>> Its so far worked for me. Just have the original PHP version
>>>> of the page, so that users can log in, if logins are required.
>>>>
>>> Keep it up. You'll find why it doesn't work. Then you can come back
>>> here and look at the advice given you in this thread.
>>
>> Its already bearing fruit. I have found two networks, one in Germany
>> and one in Ukraine, where a lot of the porn links are coming from, and
>> have already blocked them at the firewall level, so I won't see any more
>> from those networks. Statcounter is already revealing to me where these
>> assholes are coming from.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> And if you chase them down, chances are you'll find they are coming from
> anonymous proxies.

I dont know, some seem to come from whole class C IP blocks.
I have had to block entire class C IP blocks to shut off the
worst offenders, which are coming from server colocation
facilities in Germany and Ukraine. Just blocking those two, at
the firewall level, has shut mot of those that create screen names,
put porn links in the profile, and then dissapear. You create a
profile when you register, so someone could register, put their
porn, or other spam link in the profile, and never come back.
They don't even have to login, one they have registered, and
placed the porn link in their profile.
>
> One non-PhpBB board I manage had a major problem with Spam until we
> implemented CAPTCHA. We were getting 200-400 spam posts per hour at
> times, and every one of them came from a different IP address. But the
> content was always the same.


Well, what they are doing is creating accounts, and then putting
porn links in the profile. The create the accounts and then
never return, and I then have to edit those profiles to get rid
of the spam, and then ban them, on the off chance the do
decide to try and come back.

Some of the scrren names that are created, I can Google,
and find them on a number of phpBB, vBulletin, and punBB
boards.

Google any of these strange screen names that appear, and
post porn links in their profiles, and chances are you will
find it being done to other boards running vBulletin,. phpBB,
or punBB.

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