Question Link Spam with Kunena 2.0

Hi, to reduce spam, I allow users to post urls to websites, as long as they're not clickable links. Normally if you remove the http and www. from links, they aren't clickable. In Kunena 2.0 however, it seems to automatically make links clickable links regardless, even if a user omits the http and www. portion of the link. How do I fix this? This is a spam issue and prefer to keep links non-clickable when a user omits the http or www from the link.

Hello,

You can't do that, in Kunena configuration panel, in security tab, you can use the Moderate New Users function.

I don't see an option about making links non-clickable?

I'm going to include some examples, to be describe the link glitch. I'm trying to make a non-clickable link, by pasting a url without the http:// or www. link elements. Many forums allow urls, as long as they're aren't clickable links.


Example 1: example.com (this is the homepage url, but without the http:// or www. link elements) it's not clickable (this is correct and how it should be)


Example 2: example.com/page1 (note: the only diffrence is it's not the homepage. It's also without the http:// or www. link elements added to is, just likethe example above) it is clickable? The trailing page or folder makes Kunena "convert" it into a clickable link in error.


Why does the homepage work correctlyhhowever other pages are clickable (when they shouldn't be)?


Again, these are the two examples (only difference being one is the homepage, the other isn't):

example.com
example.com/123


Only difference is one is homepage, the other isn't the homepage. Both are without the http:// and www. link elements, so neither should be clickable, when they are without http:// and www. link elements.

Its really easy to fight link spam if you have 2 - 3 moderator on you forum that "punish" the members that do link spam with 1 - 2 day "soft" ban (still be able to log in but not able to post), but you will need a basic regulation for users to go by.

And also xillibit option is very good because you can set a limit of 15 messages, if that user in this limit shows that the only interest shown is spamming them just ban him because you wont need that person!

THank you Skybax, but I really need this glitch fixed. It's not a new user issue or a post count issue.. Ths glitch is Kunena is conveting urls without http or www. into clickable links. This hasn't existed in previous Kunena versions. I don't want even veteran users to post clickable links. Right now, it's not possible to post non-clickable urls, even without http:// or www. added to them, unless it's a homepage url. Homepages work okay, however non-homepage urls are the ones that do this in error.

Again, the users understand the rules, and prior they understoode how to make links unclickable, however now ability has been removed, because it's not possible post non-clicable urls now, because Kunena is converting non-homepage urls without the www. or http link attributes, into clickable links in error.