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Hack to Limit Number of Smileys?

JI jim
jim
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Member since Feb 2008
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Jun 1, 2013 · 8:47 am · Edited

Is there any way to limit the number of smileys per post? We have some members going overboard on a regular basis, and I can’t help but think the number of smiley images being posted is contributing to the recent challenges we’ve been facing with HTTP requests flooding or server…

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Can anyone recommend a code hack that would limit the number of smileys (or any images) that can be included in a single post? Or, perhaps this might be considered a feature request to add an admin function to the for throttling over-usage of smileys.

Thanks for any feedback!

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MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
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Member since Dec 2006
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Jun 2, 2013 · 1:03 am

lol… use the sp ban plugin and give them a short temp ban… ;)

afraid there currently is no way to limit number of smileys or images… not something that has come up before…

have to think on relatively simple code hack as non comes to mind this late Sat night…

JI jim
jim
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Member since Feb 2008
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Jun 2, 2013 · 9:28 am

Thank you for the feedback, I didn’t figure there would be a “simple” fix, but I’m all ears if you think of something.

We do implement temporary and permanent bans at the server level, but that doesn’t keep members from posting 200+ smileys before they get booted, which in turn affects others loading the same topic. We experienced what resembled a ddos attack recently, and I can’t help but think it had something to do with the number of members loading a topic with hundreds of http requests each. [end rant]

Thanks again, back to member education about forum etiquette…