[code] tag alert...

Would it be possible to have a little bit of JavaScript that when a
new post or thread was made or edited would check the post for
the existance of keywords like <script or <?php or <% or anything
else specific to various programming languages, and also look for
the existance of [code] or [php] tags, and if not, then create an
alert() box saying something like "It seems you are posting some
code, but it appears you have omitted [code] or [php] tags!".

I'm sure plenty of other people tire of seeing pages and pages of
code posted by n00bs who "didn't know any better".

Whatcha reckon?

I reckon it would be simple enough if you can workout where the code is that doesn't let you post less than 2 characters, etc.

That's done in a function called validateMessage() in global.js.

write the patch and submit it

me, I need to get to work on the shoutbox bracket bug

Yeah, I think this would be an awesoem idea. The only problem, is you can't really just check for code (other than markup languages) because the code can start with everyday words. And you can't really just check for ( or ) because they're common. The only thing you could really check for is { and } and MAYBE #.
Again this is talking everything that is not a markup language :P

He's not saying check for everything. Check for <?, <% and <script and you'll catch quite a few instances. The goal isn't to catch everything, just most of it.

---John Holmes...

Send them a fix that encodes the shout value when you edit it, also. Type </textarea><script>alert('hi');</script> as your shout and then edit it for an example.

I sent a ticket in about it, but it confused them, I think.

---John Holmes...

sorry, I'm limited to one fix at a time till I get pomoted to mod

OK we are going to look into these 2 fixes, can someone provide detailed step by step on how to fix both issues as that will expedite it.

what fixing B-Con and the mods?

The shoutbox I think needs striphtmlentities() or something added to it, because from what Sep is saying (don't want to try it myself), when editing your should it's putting html straight onto your front page (bad!).

I'm not sure about the two javascript fixes though.

I requested a detailed step by step walk thru - personally I think this stuff is nitpicky but Im willing to devote developer time to it if you guys are willing to provide a step by step on each thing you want modded.