Stop Users from Rating Own Links

[lostcode]

Hello,

I think I saw this, but now I can't find it :confused:

How do we stop users from rating the links they post?

Thanks!

[Brian]

Admin CP => vBa Links => Usergroup Permissions => Can Rate Links

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[lostcode]

Hi Brian,

Sorry, but you advised "Can Rate Links" ....

This was not my question, my question was "Can Rate Own Links"

There is quite a big difference between permission to rate links and permission to rate own links.

[Brian]

Sorry I misread that. Currently there is not an option to prevent users from rating their own links.

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[lostcode]

Hi Brian,

No worries.

Please consider adding this option in the next release. Thanks.

We have users submitting links and immediately rating their own contibutions as 5 stars, which is not appropriate for some (our) rating systems. It is best when others rate the link, not the poster.

If it becomes a serious problem, I'll have to disable all ratings or hack the code....

Cheers.

[Brian]

Now that I think about it, in the mean time you could prevent that with a simple pluign added to the 'vba_links_functions_savelink_rate_link' hook location.
if ($link['userid'] AND $link['userid'] == $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'])
{
$votedmsg = 'We\'re sorry, but you may not vote for your own links';

if ($vbulletin->GPC['ajax'])
{
$xml->add_tag('error', $votedmsg);
$xml->print_xml();
}

eval(standard_error($votedmsg));

}

[brad2010]

how do i install this plugin ?

Now that I think about it, in the mean time you could prevent that with a simple pluign added to the 'vba_links_functions_savelink_rate_link' hook location.
if ($link['userid'] AND $link['userid'] == $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'])
{
$votedmsg = 'We\'re sorry, but you may not vote for your own links';

if ($vbulletin->GPC['ajax'])
{
$xml->add_tag('error', $votedmsg);
$xml->print_xml();
}

eval(standard_error($votedmsg));

}

[Brian]

Admin CP => Plugins & Products => Add New Plugin

Product: vBadvanced Links
Hook Location: 'vba_links_functions_savelink_rate_link'
Title: {whatever}
Execution Order: 5
Plugin PHP Code: {the code above}