Bad words

On this tab, you can see a list of defined bad words. For each bad word, you can see the the expression and the action to be taken when a user inputs the expression. In case that the Replace action is set for a word, the replacement word is listed as well. You can edit (

) or delete (

) listed bad words.

The top part of the page is a filter. Using it, you can display only those bad words that match the specified criteria. You can filter by the Expression and by the Action that has been set for it. After specifying the filtering criteria and clicking the Show button, only those items that match the specified criteria will be displayed in the list.

Bad word

Bad word that should not appear in the text.

Bad word is a regular expression

If checked, you can also enter regular expressions into the previous field.

Action

Action that will be taken in case that the bad word is detected; the possibilities are:

•	Remove - the bad word is removed from the entered text with no substitution for it

•	Replace - the bad word is removed and replaced with a predefined word

•	Report abuse - a report will be created in CMSDesk -> Tools -> Abuse report

•	Request moderation - the post becomes automatically moderated; this also happens in case that the forum, message board or blog comments are not moderated by default

•	Deny - a warning message will be displayed when the user tries to post the inadequate text, telling which words are to be removed

Inherit from global settings - if checked, global value will be used as set in Site Manager -> Settings -> Bad words -> Bad word action

Replace by

In case that the Replace action is selected, substitute for the bad word is defined here.

Inherit from global settings - if checked, global value will be used as set in Site Manager -> Settings -> Bad words -> Bad word replacement

The following table shows which of the word actions are available for each of the supported modules:

Blog comments

Forums

Messaging

Message boards

Remove

•

Replace

•

Report abuse

•

Request moderation

•

Deny

•

In case that there is more than one bad word detected in an entered text and the words have different actions set, the actions will be taken according to their hierarchy. Remove, Replace and Report abuse actions have the same "strength", which means that the actions can be taken simultaneously. Request moderation is stronger than Report abuse and Deny is the strongest of all.

The following list shows which actions will be taken in some specific cases in order for you to easily understand their hierarchy:

Remove and Replace - the first one will be removed and the second one will be replaced with the defined substitute

Remove, Replace and Report abuse - the first one will be removed, the second one replaced and an abuse report will be logged

Remove, Replace and Request moderation - the first one will be removed, the second one will be replaced and the post will have to be approved

Report abuse and Request moderation - the post will have to be approved and no abuse report will be logged

You can set for which cultures will a certain bad word be used. If you choose to Edit (

) a bad word in the list in Administration -> Bad words and switch to its Cultures tab, you will be offered the following two options: