Project: Drupal Version: cvs Component: filter.module Category: feature requests Priority: normal Assigned to: walkah Reported by: walkah Updated by: Anonymous Status: patch IMO this should not be part of core. Why not add this to either the weblink module, or spam.module? Bèr Anonymous Previous comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 19, 2005 - 16:01 : walkah Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/filter-no-follow.patch (1.74 KB) google just announced a new attribute rel="nofollow" in an attempt to combat comment spam. the attached patch adds the option to add rel="nofollow" as part of HTML Filter for more info check: http://www.google.com/googleblog/2005/01/preventing-comment-spam.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 19, 2005 - 16:35 : Steven Google dictates and the people follow ;). Personally I don't think implementing it will stop comment spam much as there will always be blogs and guestbooks that will not have this feature. Experience has shown that making a medium less effective for spam simply causes spammers to spam harder. It's only when the medium becomes 100% ineffective, that they stop. Still, it's a tiny patch and a popular thing to have. Notes: - The default value for the variable is 0 in one place, FALSE in the other. While it won't alter functionality, it's still iffy. - Bad code style ;) (space in front of parameter) - The title for the option could be clearer. Something like "Link spamming discouragement" ? The option's description already tells you about the rel="nofollow" attribute and what it is for. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 19, 2005 - 16:50 : walkah Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/filter-nofollow2.patch (2.27 KB) OK, while Dries committed the first patch, he also asked for a bit more info in the explanation. Here's another patch that should address all the nitpicks ;) -- View: http://drupal.org/node/15847 Edit: http://drupal.org/project/comments/add/15847