A different kind of "blocked URL" question

[fingerprn]

I'm not sure if you've noticed, but a small number of URLs just pop up as being blocked, even though Digg takes them without any problem. For example, try to submit anything from the news site Arizona Local News - Phoenix Arizona News - azcentral.com and you'll get the invalid or blocked URL message.

I'd like to modify the code so that Validate URL is set to true (so that I keep the title and trackback capturing features), but it doesn't give me an error if the URL is blocked.

So far, I've figured out that I can get half of the job done by removing the following in submit.php

	check_actions('submit_validating_url',array("url" => $url,'linkres'=>&$linkres));
	if(!$linkres->valid) {
		$main_smarty->assign('submit_error', 'invalidurl');
		$main_smarty->assign('tpl_center', $the_template . '/submit_errors');
		
		$main_smarty->display($the_template . '/pligg.tpl');
		return;
	}

However, when I submit the link of a blocked story, it updates the link in the database as "1" instead of the actual link (even though it shows up correctly in Submit Step 2).

It looks like I'm missing something here.

Any ideas?

[fingerprn]

Still seeking someone's wisdom.

[GeneralLedger]

I am having the same problem... for some reason my pligg install blocks anything from bloomberg.com

[fingerprn]

Still hoping for enlightenment. Any ideas from anyone on this issue?

[digduality]

same issue here with youtube videos and quite a bit of stuff from maxim magazine.

[fingerprn]

I figured it out. Go to libs/link.php and comment out the following:

if($xxx == "BADURL") {
$this->valid = false; return;
}

I haven't done extensive testing, so let me know if you discover that this causes new problems.

NOTE: You do not have to remove the code from submit.php that I mentioned in my original post.

[maxi]

Hi guys,

Modify the "link.php" file (libs/link.php) on line 85.

-------------------
if($xxx == "BADURL") {
$this->valid = false; return;
-------------------

Change false to true and it will work fine..

Hope this help :smile:
Bye.


maxi...