Http://example.com/[submit this only] or block sites?

[Requiem]

Hello,

I'm wondering how difficult it would be to make it so we can only submit articles from a particular site? For example,

Http://www.example.com/[submit this only]

The part in the end is the only part that the person needs to submit, can we do that?

If not, can we block all sites except for a single one?

Thanks!

[ThemesHowTo]

Maybe you should coded the template by adding the domain name at the submit code. And if someone trying to add other site it will rejected due not valid url.

[Requiem]

Maybe you should coded the template by adding the domain name at the submit code. And if someone trying to add other site it will rejected due not valid url.

Ok, I'll give that a shot. Thanks

[Requiem]

Can someone tell me what to re-write to only allow a single website to be submitted? I've been trying to alter the code, but I just can't seem to get it to work. No matter what I alter, it always allows other websites to be submitted. Any help is appreciated! I need to get this figured out before I buy a skin and plugins.

[channelztv]

You could try in submit_step_1.tpl
find <input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="http://" size="55" />
Change to <input type="hidden" name="url" id="url" value="http://domain u want" size="55" />

[Requiem]

You could try in submit_step_1.tpl
find <input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="http://" size="55" />
Change to <input type="hidden" name="url" id="url" value="http://domain u want" size="55" />

I just tried that, when I made it hidden it completely hid the text area where you would enter a link. I originally had my value set at the domain I wanted, but people (and I suppose bots) can erase it and type in the URL to whatever site they wanted.

I wonder if there is a way to block *all* sites, except for the one that I allow? Perhaps that's an easier method?

[channelztv]

Did you try removing "type" ?
<input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="http://" size="55" />
Like this?
<input name="url" id="url" value="http://" size="55" />

[Requiem]

Did you try removing "type" ?
<input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="http://" size="55" />
Like this?
<input name="url" id="url" value="http://" size="55" />

Yup, just copied and pasted what you had in there (including adding the domain in the value), didn't work. It still shows up like it would normally with input type="text"

[channelztv]

Try this
<input type="radio" checked="checked" name="url" id="url" value="http://your site"
/> http:// your site

Ok i edited this (forgot URL id) the trailing http: // your site will put text by a checked radio button

[Yankidank]

Sorry to be a few days late to this discussion, but I have an idea that might work for you.

Step 1
Open up the submit_step_2.tpl template file. Put the following on line 1, replacing the domain name with the domain(s) that you want to only allow them to post.

{if $url_short neq "http://domain.com" || $url_short neq "http://www.domain.com"}

Step 2
At the bottom of the same submit_step_2.tpl template file, place the following. You can substitute the error message with your own HTML.

{else}
Sorry, but you are trying to submit a domain that we do not accept. Please go back and try again.
{/if}

Result
The end result is that users will only be able to submit stories to the domains that you put in that {if} statement. If they try to submit a domain other than the ones specified they will see the error message letting them know that they are not submitting a supported URL.

I use a similar method to alter what data appears on the Cuteaholic.com submission pages. If they are posting a video URL it shows that the video will automatically embed itself. If they don't post a known video domain URL it will give them an upload field to attach an image to the post.