Comments on: Spam blogs and Buddypress http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/ WordPressMU how to - tips, hints, tricks and explainations for multiple blogs in WordPress Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:20:40 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dmitri http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/#comment-6242 Dmitri Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:20:08 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=230#comment-6242 Sorry it might not be a correct place to ask, but it seems you know quite a lot about bp and I cant find this info anywhere else. My question: As I have a site in russian lang and when the group is created or forum it tries to use cyrillic in a slug, which messes everything up. How can I change rewrite rules for bp, so that instead of slug id is used? Thanks in advance Dmitri Sorry it might not be a correct place to ask, but it seems you know quite a lot about bp and I cant find this info anywhere else.

My question:
As I have a site in russian lang and when the group is created or forum it tries to use cyrillic in a slug, which messes everything up.

How can I change rewrite rules for bp, so that instead of slug id is used?

Thanks in advance

Dmitri

]]> By: Ron http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/#comment-5898 Ron Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:33:02 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=230#comment-5898 Did you also upgrade BP? Did you also upgrade BP?

]]> By: kwatog http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/#comment-5891 kwatog Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:42:05 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=230#comment-5891 This worked prior to wpmu2.9. I got tons of splogs right after I upgraded. I don't know if it's a coincidence. This worked prior to wpmu2.9. I got tons of splogs right after I upgraded.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence.

]]> By: Amir http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/#comment-5862 Amir Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:46:35 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=230#comment-5862 it doesn't work. I pasted the following code in .htaccess file. # BEGIN ANTISPAMBLOG REGISTRATION RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .register* RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*mysitename.com.* [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$ RewriteRule (.*) http://die-spammers.com/ [R=301,L] # END ANTISPAMBLOG REGISTRATION but still blogs are being made by spammers. Is there any other solution to stop spammer? it doesn’t work. I pasted the following code in .htaccess file.

# BEGIN ANTISPAMBLOG REGISTRATION
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .register*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*mysitename.com.* [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$
RewriteRule (.*) http://die-spammers.com/ [R=301,L]
# END ANTISPAMBLOG REGISTRATION

but still blogs are being made by spammers. Is there any other solution to stop spammer?

]]> By: Fouad http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/#comment-4723 Fouad Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:01:38 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=230#comment-4723 Thank you! Here is a modified re-Captcha to work with BuddyPress. Hope this will help :) http://team.pookeo.net/2009/12/22/re-captcha-for-buddypress/ Thank you!
Here is a modified re-Captcha to work with BuddyPress.
Hope this will help :)

http://team.pookeo.net/2009/12/22/re-captcha-for-buddypress/

]]> By: Tom http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/#comment-4640 Tom Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:44:07 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=230#comment-4640 Would the slug always be register? I have RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .register* as the entry for the slug and have deleted the WP MU register file and the bbPress ones also. I have no idea how splog registers are signing up but I am close to looking elsewhere for a solution 12 -20 splogs a day and a deny list of close to 120 IP addresses. It is getting real old using 1/2 hour a day of my life to clean up after these jerks. I know they are using an automated method because I installed BP-Registration-Options and although it does not really work well enough to use yet I could tell the amount of automated to actual sign ups. Almost all sploggers are automated on my site. Would the slug always be register? I have
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .register*
as the entry for the slug and have deleted the WP MU register file and the bbPress ones also.

I have no idea how splog registers are signing up but I am close to looking elsewhere for a solution 12 -20 splogs a day and a deny list of close to 120 IP addresses. It is getting real old using 1/2 hour a day of my life to clean up after these jerks.

I know they are using an automated method because I installed BP-Registration-Options
and although it does not really work well enough to use yet I could tell the amount of automated to actual sign ups. Almost all sploggers are automated on my site.

]]> By: Ron http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/#comment-4252 Ron Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:21:38 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=230#comment-4252 If you visit your site while not logged in, the signup link will be in the admin bar. Just hover over it to see the slug. If you visit your site while not logged in, the signup link will be in the admin bar. Just hover over it to see the slug.

]]> By: Kevin Heath http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/#comment-4251 Kevin Heath Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:28:12 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=230#comment-4251 How do I know what my sign up slug is? Sorry - I'm a WP newbe. How do I know what my sign up slug is?

Sorry – I’m a WP newbe.

]]> By: Prentiss Riddle http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/#comment-1333 Prentiss Riddle Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:07:19 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=230#comment-1333 This would also block users who have turned off referrer reporting in their browsers. I'm guessing that is not a significant portion of users, but does anyone know? (It would also fail to block spambots smart enough to fake their referrer info. Just the usual arms race.) This would also block users who have turned off referrer reporting in their browsers. I’m guessing that is not a significant portion of users, but does anyone know?

(It would also fail to block spambots smart enough to fake their referrer info. Just the usual arms race.)

]]> By: Mes bookmarks du 22.09.2009 au 23.09.2009 http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/#comment-1196 Mes bookmarks du 22.09.2009 au 23.09.2009 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:01:46 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=230#comment-1196 [...] Spam blogs and Buddypress – WPMU Tutorials – [...] [...] Spam blogs and Buddypress – WPMU Tutorials – [...]

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