Posted by David Pyles on 12/03/07 23:19

On 12/3/2007 4:54 PM, Chilly8 wrote:
> "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.
>
>
If you want to keep the porn bots out of your phpBB 2 board, log ontp
phpBB's community forum and search on GMT-12. You will find an answer
there that stops them flat.

As to adding your counter, you can do that by editing the
overall_footer.tpl file in your style template. Just read through the
file and you should be able to find a place to put your counter.

If you are using phpBB 3 the above advice may not apply.
Dave Pyles

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