How to remove the rel="nofollow" for links in discussions and comments

moose

I found a similar discussion by @dtbaker where he was able to remove the rel="nofollow" in links for specific users, see here.

When implemented, it removed the rel="nofollow" from the first post in a discussion for a specific user, however, the rel="nofollow" still showed up in the comments underneath the first post for the same specified user.

My question: Is there any way to remove the rel="nofollow" attribute for a specific user, both in the first post of a discussion and for all subsequent comments by that user?

In case anybody's wondering, I added

Gdn_Format::$DisplayNoFollow = ($Aut``hor->UserID!=1);

to helper_functions.php, to remove the rel="nofollow" from the first post of a discussion.

@peregrine - You seem like a smart ole chap, any advice?

x00

Don't modify the core like that, restore it. Post parse with AfterCommentFormat hook in a plugin, using

$Sender->EventArguments['Object']; //comment body
$Sender->EventArguments['Author']->UserID; 

x00

you would

$Sender->EventArguments['Object'] = preg_replace('`(<a [^>]*)rel="nofollow"([^>]*>)`i','\1\2',$Sender->EventArguments['Object']);

x00

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moose

Thanks @x00 - I'll give that a try.

somesh

A lot of links are shared on my forum. Is the "nofollow" enabled by default on Vanilla 2.0?

hgtonight

@somesh said:
A lot of links are shared on my forum. Is the "nofollow" enabled by default on Vanilla 2.0?

IIRC, yes. Any site that doesn't put nofollow on links that are user generated are a prime target for spammers.

LeftBrain

@x00 said:
Post parse with AfterCommentFormat hook in a plugin, using
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Could you explain what this means? I only know enough coding to get things working but I don't understand the jargon.

If someone wanted to remove "nofollow" tags from say the administrator, are you saying you need to do the following.

1. Create a new plugin
2. Put that code in there that you posted
3. Enable the plugin

Or is there some existing file you're supposed to add the code to?

Thanks!

hgtonight

The preferred method of modifications is to run them through plugins.

So download the example plugin and put in the hooks and code you want.

LeftBrain

Downloaded the example plugin, but I fear this has gone beyond my programming abilities. I'm assuming the changes would be made in the class.example.plugin.php file?

Any tutorial out there on how to make a plugin? Or maybe, does a plugin already exist to do this?

hbf

@LeftBrain said:
Downloaded the example plugin, but I fear this has gone beyond my programming abilities. I'm assuming the changes would be made in the class.example.plugin.php file?

Any tutorial out there on how to make a plugin? Or maybe, does a plugin already exist to do this?

http://vanillawiki.homebrewforums.net/index.php/Writing_Plugins_for_Vanilla

hbf

also http://vanillawiki.homebrewforums.net/index.php/Hello_World_Plugin

hbf

and a few other pages on the wiki. you can find them.

R_J

@LeftBrain said:
Downloaded the example plugin, but I fear this has gone beyond my programming abilities. I'm assuming the changes would be made in the class.example.plugin.php file?

1. Start where @hbf has pointed you to
2. When your're stuck: show us what you've got
3. Explain what you would like to achieve

Your first plugin will be up and running faster than you ever thought it would be possible!