Question2Answer Q&A - Recent questions tagged validation

allow regsiter only from email ends with "LTD"

Wed, 05 Apr 2023 19:46:16 +0000

i got i nice way to stop spammers, it's work for me, i allow only domain LTD, i can do that in Python Django, But i don't have any idea about PHP or question2answer.

How can i do this in question2answer, So the user in the register form well be validate if email LTD allowed, if not user can't register, And need invite from the admin.

# Python Django framework
def clean_email(self):
email = self.cleaned_data['email'].lower()
LTD = email.split('@')[1].split('.')[-1]
domain = email.split('@')[1]
if LTD != "uk":
raise forms.ValidationError(_("Only .UK emails are allowed."))
if User.objects.filter(email__iexact=email).exists():
raise forms.ValidationError(f"Email {email} Is used.") 
return email

How to validate tags?

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:29:54 +0000

I would like to use question tags as input for a JSON-LD file. However, I realize that tags are not validated during the process of creating questions. So saboteurs can input with scripts, for example: <script>alert("test");</script> . Also the appearance of single or double quotes marks also make a JSON-LD file dysfunctional.

Do you happen to see a way to validate tags?

How can I validate fields in registration form ?

Sat, 28 Nov 2020 02:55:00 +0000

The registration is important part for an admin . Admin wants the data should be in correct form and all fields .

How can I apply validations ?

1. User fill fields atleast 3 length.

HTML validation with https://validator.w3.org

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 16:04:15 +0000

I run the html validator ( https://validator.w3.org ) through the Q2A home page and show many errors. Even here, the official Q2A page: http://www.question2answer.org/qa/

Scott are you aware of this?

I also thought to run HTML Validation in the new 1.8 version demo: http://demo18.question2answer.info/

I entered one question and then run the test. I saw 3 errors and 1 warning:

Warning: The border attribute is obsolete. Consider specifying img { border: 0; } in CSS instead.

From line 102, column 62; to line 102, column 164

answers"><img src="./qa-theme/Snow/images/rss.jpg" alt="" width="16" height="16" border="0" class="qa-rss-icon"></a>↩<
Error: The itemprop attribute was specified, but the element is not a property of any item.

From line 119, column 38; to line 119, column 78

nt-data">0<meta itemprop="upvoteCount" content="0"></span
Error: The itemprop attribute was specified, but the element is not a property of any item.

From line 131, column 35; to line 131, column 56

-bbc-ggf"><span itemprop="name">Hello
Error: The itemprop attribute was specified, but the element is not a property of any item.

From line 137, column 35; to line 137, column 132

hen-data"><time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2017-02-21T21:01:31+0000" title="2017-02-21T21:01:31+0000">25 sec

how to add validation in user fields ?

Mon, 27 Jan 2014 06:36:12 +0000

I want to validate a extra field in registration like checkbox, this check box is my custom code.

Please help

PHP on homepage security questions

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 06:26:36 +0000

I'm fairly new to php and I'm having problems understanding how to grab content from the DB using qa functions.

I'm trying to display a random user on the homepage and have sucsessfully connected and displayed content from the database using the following code in the qa-theme.php

Can you tell me of any protential problems connecting to the DB in this way, security e.t.c

Thanks in advance

function main(){

if($this->request=='')

{

$con = mysqli_connect("localhost","user","password","database");

// Check connection

if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {

echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();

}

$result = mysqli_query($con,"SELECT * FROM qa_users");

echo "<table border='1'>

<tr>

<th>User ID</th>

<th>Handle</th>

</tr>";

while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {

echo "<tr>";

echo "<td>" . $row['userid'] . "</td>";

echo "<td>" . $row['handle'] . "</td>";

echo "</tr>";

}

echo "</table>";

mysqli_close($con);

qa_html_theme_base::main();

}

else {

qa_html_theme_base::main();

}

}

Where would I find this please?

Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:17:24 +0000

Where can I get access to the following code, I'm trying to add a / at the end of the inputs for validation.

Thanks in advance

<div class="qa-q-view-buttons">

<input name="q_doedit" value="edit" title="Edit this question" type="submit" class="qa-form-light-button qa-form-light-button-edit">

<input name="q_doclose" value="close" title="Close this question to any new answers" type="submit" class="qa-form-light-button qa-form-light-button-close">

<input name="q_dohide" onclick="qa_show_waiting_after(this, false);" value="hide" title="Hide this question" type="submit" class="qa-form-light-button qa-form-light-button-hide">

<input name="q_doanswer" id="q_doanswer" onclick="return qa_toggle_element('anew')" value="answer" title="Answer this question" type="submit" class="qa-form-light-button qa-form-light-button-answer">

<input name="q_docomment" onclick="return qa_toggle_element('c2231')" value="comment" title="Add a comment on this question" type="submit" class="qa-form-light-button qa-form-light-button-comment">

<input name="dosomethingq" value="-" title="Hi! This is a custom button created by a plugin." type="submit" class="qa-form-light-button qa-form-light-button-custombtn">

<input name="custom_postid" type="hidden" value="2231" title="" class="qa-form-light-button qa-form-light-button-hidden_id">

</div>

Iconic One theme for Q2A - beta version

Fri, 04 Oct 2013 04:08:35 +0000

This is Q2A theme that matches the Wordpress Iconic One ( http://demo.themonic.com/io/ ).

So far I have made some progress without making any changes to the original Iconic One theme style sheet, and without changes to the Q2A core files.

HOWEVER .....

When I check the code using http://validator.w3.org/ and I get two errors from qa-widget-ask-box.php (Core file or Plugin file?)

<table class="qa-form-tall-table" style="width:100%">
<tr style="vertical-align:middle;">
<td class="qa-form-tall-label" style="padding:8px; white-space:nowrap; <?php echo ($region=='side') ? 'padding-bottom:0;' : 'text-align:right;'?>" width="1">
<?php echo strtr(qa_lang_html('question/ask_title'), array(' ' => ' '))?>:
</td>
<?php
if ($region=='side') {
?>
</tr>
<tr>
<?php
}
?>
<td class="qa-form-tall-data" style="padding:8px;" width="*">
<input name="title" type="text" class="qa-form-tall-text" style="width:95%;">
</td>
</tr>
</table>

The width attribute on the td element is obsolete. Use CSS instead. - referring to width="1" and width="*"

Does anyone have a clue how to correct these two errors.

Thanks

Snow theme has pixel opacity

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:45:21 +0000

In qa-styles.css in the Snow theme, search for opacity:0.5px;

Opacity, of course, is not measures in pixels. The "px" should be dropped to ensure browsers don't get cofnused.

Actually, according to the validation report, it looks like there is a lot of CSS cleanup required.

Disable user login until email is validated

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:47:27 +0000

Default Q2A behaviour is that new user is allowed to login and update his/her profile even email is not verified. I want to prevent lurkers from login to the site and setup their website field on user profile page if the email is not verified.

I enabled both options in Admin > Spam, Request confirmation of user emails and New users must complete confirmation but new users are still automatically loggedin during registration process and able to update their profiles.

Is there any way to prevent user login if email is not confirmed?

Why not replace all SPAN tags with DIV tags?

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:40:05 +0000

Mainly because of html validation.

I got many validation errors, see example using tidy html mostly:

line 428 column 13 - Warning: missing </span> before <div>

line 429 column 60 - Warning: inserting implicit <span>

line 430 column 13 - Warning: discarding unexpected </span>

line 541 column 125 - Warning: trimming empty <span>

line 389 column 11 - Warning: <a> cannot copy name attribute to id

Using DIV instead of SPAN would solve those issues. So what is the reason not to use div?

How do enable input validation on profile extra fields

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:24:43 +0000

I want to create an extra profile field to hold a user's telephone number. I have created the extra field in the admin console under the users section. How do I enable an input validation contraint on the extra field that limits a user to only entering numeric values

How to trigger the default validation in filter modules?

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:48:56 +0000

In a filter module plugin, you can edit the content passed to it. But if your edits break other validation rules, the post still goes through. Here's an exaggerated example:

public function filter_question( &$question, &$errors, $oldquestion )
{
$question['title'] = '';
}

Now the question title ends up blank and no error is given. It's very reasonable that a question could replace some words and end up at say 19 characters instead of your set minimum of 20.

Is there a way to call Q2A's regular post validation after making changes?

Comment about bad html at the bottom of a page

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:27:46 +0000

I've the text on the very end of my page html



but validator said that it is all ok. How to fix it?

or how to just remove this notice from html?

For Admin - sugestions!

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:50:34 +0000

You can improve your variant:
- Adding friends
- Sending messages to users
- Sending messages from admin

- invite friends on email and win points

Good Look!

Edit : - affiliates link for recruted new users!

Vote this question please!

Where to add the alt attribute for the logo - Validation

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:34:48 +0000

I tried to validate my site and received an missing ALT attribute error.

As well tried to add it with the logo name but this triggered just a database warning.

I added this: mylogo.png" ALT="mysitename thinking that it would be closed correctly inside the program...

Thanks so far

post ID in HTML

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:59:23 +0000

qa-include/qa-app-format.php (L164)
$fields['tags']=' ID="'.qa_html($postid).'" ';

Above cord outputs ID="999" in HTML, then becomes HTML validation error.
When I add prefix(eg:"postid_") in the upper line to evade a validation error, will it cause other bugs?

About email-check at feedback form.

Mon, 24 May 2010 05:10:54 +0000

There is a confirmation(request) about email-address of feedback.
If email is not blank, hope to check it before qa_send_email() like user's registration. Now, if email-address is invalid, transmit it(?).

Thanks in advance.

User Validation ?

Sun, 23 May 2010 10:25:14 +0000

Is there a way to validate user email before he can start posting questions ?