NuHIT URLs: Add rel=nofollow and control where links are opened

[ElfMage]

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Description

This small mod let's you control how URLs should be processed in your forum.

Adding rel="nofollow" to links in your forum will help improve your sites overall pagerank by reducing pagerank leak due to link to external sites added by your members.

This mod lets you do this for all URLs posted by your members.

In addition, you can control whether URLs should open in a new window, or should open in the same window the user is on.

Installation
Download and extract .zip
Upload product xml ( Admin CP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > Import Product )
Configure your internal domains from vBulletin Options > NuHIT URL Settings
Click Mark as Installed (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/vborg_miscactions.php?do=installhack&threadid=145402), and you get this cool image for your signature :D
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2007/04/4.gif


Features
No vBulletin core files modified.
No new files to add.
Add rel=nofollow only to external links.
Allow internal URLs to open in current window.
Support multiple domains for internal URLs (e.g. forums.vbulletin.org,wiki.vbulletin.org)
Easy to use and manage from vBulletin's Admin CP

[ElfMage]

FAQ

Are there any vBulletin core files modified?
No. NuHIT URLs uses vBulletin hooks to extend vBulletin's BBCode parser.

Hasn't this being implemented before?
I have seen posts where you need to modify files, or are limited in functionality. I may be mistaken.. :rolleyes:

Will this change my existing posts?
To rebuild the links in your existing posts, you need to go to AdminCP > Maintenance > Update Counters > Rebuild Post Cache.

This is from vBulletin's documentation:
Rebuild Post Cache:
vBulletin doesn't parse vB code in posts every time they are displayed. Instead the parsed posts are saved in the "postparsed" table. In this way vBulletin reduces the processing time needed to display a post. Update this counter to rebuild the parsed posts. This needs to be done after changing vB codes, posting allowances (like HTML code), etc.

[kall]

FAQ

Are there any vBulletin core files modified?
No. NuHIT URLs uses vBulletin hooks to extend vBulletin's BBCode parser.

Hasn't this being implemented before?
I have seen posts where you need to modify files, or are limited in functionality. I may be mistaken.. :rolleyes:
You are totally mistaken on the file edits part.

Mine (the original you sarcastically refer to) has been a plugin since about a week after it was released.

*edit* Grats on the internal domains part. How much extra overhead does that add?

[rjmjr69]

I've never really caught on to what the whole parse the url is for and when why to use it. I'll wait for some more comments lol. Or if you could explain a bit more about it.

Thanks
Reserved until I learn a bit more

[MaestroX]

Great stuff Elfmage. I'm sure alot of non-vbseo users will enjoy the added feature :)

Allow internal URLs to open in current window.

Also a neat feature

[projectego]

Awesome! Just what I was looking for! Thank you. :)

[ElfMage]

You are totally mistaken on the file edits part.

Mine (the original you sarcastically refer to) has been a plugin since about a week after it was released.

Well, I did say that I could be mistaken... :rolleyes: The 'totally' was added by you :D

I actually referred to some posts that programmers make from time time with instructions on changing class_bbcode.php.

I just saw your mod linked in the 'Similar Threads'. If it is the one listed here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93780, it seems to require editing class_bbcode.php. Again, I may be partially mistaken... :D I'll check it out later.

*edit* Grats on the internal domains part. How much extra overhead does that add?

Thanks. Not much overhead added, it uses the same logic as the rel=nofollow. The extra overhead is just a call to strpos for each URL that gets parsed (this usually happens only after a thread or post is added or edited, since vBulletin caches the parsed HTML).

[djbaxter]

Adding rel="nofollow" to links in your forum will help improve your sites overall pagerank by reducing pagerank leak due to link to external sites added by your members.

There may be some good reasons for using "nofollow". "PageRank leak" is NOT one of them. In fact, "PageRank leak" doesn't exist. It is a myth, a very persistent myth despite the fact that it was long ago and repeatedly debunked.

[ElfMage]

There may be some good reasons for using "nofollow". "PageRank leak" is NOT one of them. In fact, "PageRank leak" doesn't exist. It is a myth, a very persistent myth despite the fact that it was long ago and repeatedly debunked.

Hi djbaxter, you may know about this more than I do... :cool:

I have read many articles and debates about Pagerank leak. Some say it doesn't exist, others swear by it.

It is a documented fact that incoming links will boost your pagerank. The reverse, pagerank leak due to outbound links, has been speculated ad nauseam, and no proof has been established on either side.

Again, that's my understanding. The initial purpose of rel=nofollow was to fight spamdexing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamdexing).

Let's say that pagerank leak doesn't exist, and search engines ignore this entirely, you don't loose anything adding the rel=nofollow to your external links. On the other hand, if rel=nofollow does in fact help boost your pagerank, you may lose significant traffic due to having a pagerank "lower than your site deserves".

On one hand, if wrong, you don't lose anything, on the other, if right, you gain a lot. I think it is an easy choice.

[djbaxter]

Hi djbaxter, you may know about this more than I do... :cool:

I have read many articles and debates about Pagerank leak. Some say it doesn't exist, others swear by it.

It is a documented fact that incoming links will boost your pagerank. The reverse, pagerank leak due to outbound links, has been speculated ad nauseam, and no proof has been established on either side.

Actually, there's an abundance of evidence that it's a myth and no evidence whatsoever that it exists. The value of any one of your outgoing links is a function of the PageRank of that page divided by the number of outgoing links. That means that the more outgpoing links you have, the less PR value each of the recipients gets from their single link.

But the original page containing all those outgoing links loses nothing. It will still retain the same PageRank it always had. PageRank is a measure of INCOMING links - links pointing to that page - NOT outgoing links.

[ElfMage]

I think that the evidence you mention is nothing more than what is documented on how pagerank works for incoming links, which is described in the Wikipedia link I included above.

It is not evidence that pagerank leak does not exist.

Again, this is a simple mod that was requested by some of our members because NuWiki (http://www.nuhit.com/nuwiki) was doing this for wiki articles that were not created.

The name of the game is choice. You can download and install this mod, or you can choose not to install it.

Even if you choose not to install it, please click the 'Mark as Installed' above. It will increase my vBulletin.org Pagerank.. :D

[djbaxter]

My comments are NOT a criticism of your add-on. There arf some reasons for or circumstances where using nofollow is a good strategy.

But if you understand what PageRank is, and how it is calculated, you'll also understand that PR leak is as mythical as the unicorn.

That was my sole point. Congratulations to you for creating this add-on. My only concern is that it not be marketed as an antidote for unicorns.

[ElfMage]

:D, nah. I welcome debate, feedback and criticism.

That was my sole point. Congratulations to you for creating this add-on. My only concern is that it not be marketed as an antidote for unicorns.

Thanks. I wrote this add-on per the request of some members.

Besides the rel=nofollow, I always find it annoying that vBulletin opens all links in a new page. Over at nuhit.com we have multiple packages running: Joomla (although I may drop this soon), vBulletin, Wiki, etc. And whenever there was a link from a forum post to the other parts, it always opened on a new page.

[Lionel]

after installing and setting up, my internal pages still open in a new window. Not a vbulletin page, but still part of domain

[ElfMage]

Are these new posts or previously existing posts? If the latter, please read the FAQ on how to re-parse existing posts.

[arabsdesign]

thanks sir....

i install it...

and when i see view source of my page ...i did not see rel=nofollow beside the link ??

[Lionel]

I just rebuilt the post cache and nothing changed

[Lionel]

not even for new posts

[Lionel]

sory, I had forgotten to reenable the plugin how ever rebuilding the post gave me

Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in /var/www/forums/includes/class_bbcode.php(2339) : eval()'d code on line 37

[Tulsa]

An enjoyable mini-debate to read to be sure. After reading it, it's clear to me a disclaimer should be added to the initial posting.

**Warning - This modification, either by way of direct use or osmosis acts in any manner as to allow the individual user(s) protection from or as an antidote to Unicorns.**

:D

[ElfMage]

sory, I had forgotten to reenable the plugin how ever rebuilding the post gave me

Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in /var/www/forums/includes/class_bbcode.php(2339) : eval()'d code on line 37


Oops .. :rolleyes:. There was a bug with long URLs. Redownload and import. Let me know if there are any issues. Thanks.

[ElfMage]

An enjoyable mini-debate to read to be sure. After reading it, it's clear to me a disclaimer should be added to the initial posting.

**Warning - This modification, either by way of direct use or osmosis acts in any manner as to allow the individual user(s) protection from or as an antidote to Unicorns.**

:D

:D I'll add it later.

[ElfMage]

thanks sir....

i install it...

and when i see view source of my page ...i did not see rel=nofollow beside the link ??

Hi, did you enter your internal domains in the Admin CP > vBulletin Options > NuHIT URL Settings?

Also, are you testing with new posts, or with existing posts. Read the FAQ on existing posts.

Thanks.

[Lionel]

Oops .. :rolleyes:. There was a bug with long URLs. Redownload and import. Let me know if there is any issues. Thanks.

That fixed everything. Thanks. I've always wanted to open internal URL in same browser. Nice work!

[ElfMage]

That fixed everything. Thanks. I've always wanted to open internal URL in same browser. Nice work!

Thanks. Glad to hear it worked.

[mystery07]

Guys,

In the universe of pages the page-rank average is a constant: 1, 100 or K....
Incoming links increase your page-rank and all agree... but since average of all page-ranks is a constant, clearly outgoing links will decrease your page-rank.

[djbaxter]

Guys,

In the universe of pages the page-rank average is a constant: 1, 100 or K....
Incoming links increase your page-rank and all agree... but since average of all page-ranks is a constant, clearly outgoing links will decrease your page-rank.

That may be true in theory. However, in the real world:

1. how many billions upon billions of pages and links go into that universe of pages?

2. how much influence is 1 link, 100 links, 1000 links, or even 10,000 links going to have on that average?

3. can you point me to a single page, just one, anywhere, where you can discern even a miniscule negative effect of outgoing links?

Hint: The answer to question 3 is "No", just to save you the trouble.

As I said, PR bleed/leakage is a myth. Period.

[Smitty]

3. can you point me to a single page, just one, anywhere, where you can discern even a miniscule negative effect of outgoing links?

Hint: The answer to question 3 is "No", just to save you the trouble.

As I said, PR bleed/leakage is a myth. Period.

nofollow was a Google creation from early 2005 that was supported by both MSN and Yahoo. It was designed to stop the search bots from following links that weren?t necessarily endorsed by the owner of the site it was on. It had a mixed welcome, but was incorporated by many of the major players in blogging. Google implies this is a link spamming issue mostly relevant to blogs. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/preventing-comment-spam.html

Whether or not having lots of outgoing links to sites with unrelated subject matter is a factor in search results is unknown (for years I have heard links to sites with unrelated subject matter was 'bad'), but from reading around a bit most sites are abandoning the tag. Then again, Wikipedia now uses the rel="nofollow" tags on all outgoing links.

We all have our own SEO theories, but since none of us know the actual algorithms used, no matter what we do we're guessing.

Personally I don't use the tag, but that's just my position.

[djbaxter]

The rel="nofollow" tag was designed to reduce link spamming, especially blog comment spamming.

It really hasn't been successful in achieving that goal. It never had "reducing PR leak" as a goal because "PR leak" doesn't exist.

I don't have to know the details of Google's algorithms to know that it's a myth. Neither does anyone else.

But all of this is off-topic. My intent was not to initiate a multi-page debate but just to alert the author to the error in the claim he was making for a mod that otherwise may be useful for many forum owners.

[ThorstenA]

Installed but it's not working for me. What should I enter in Internal Domains? Which format is right?
http://www.vbulletin.com
www.vbulletin.com
www.vbulletin.com/
vbulletin.com

[ElfMage]

I would recommend:

vbulletin.com
This way all the others are matched as well.

Did you test this in a new post, or in an existing post?

[ThorstenA]

I have set settings to vbulletin.com - format. It's not working at new posts. I even had rebuild posts cache. I have vbulletin 3.6.4. What should I do?

[ThorstenA]

Solved problem. I deinstalled another product "Amazon Affiliate URL" which interferes with this product.

[ElfMage]

Solved problem. I deinstalled another product "Amazon Affiliate URL" which interferes with this product.

Interesting.

Glad you figured it out.

I'll take a look at that product, to see the source of the conflict.

Thanks.

[ninjashoes]

there is alot of speculation whether linking to penalized sites could hurt you

I dont know why you think linking to bad sites being a bad thing is a myth, what do we really know about googles algorythms?

[Alfa1]

If I understand it correctly, he was only referring to Google's Page Rank, not to linking in general.

[da420]

Doesn't seem to work with my board on 3.6.7.

[Tulsa]

It's working just fine on 3.6.7..

[da420]

Well, looking at it it adds the rel="nofollow".

With the external urls it's opening it in the same window when I have it set to open in a new window. Internal urls seem to be working as I have it set to open in the same page, and it's opening in the same window.

So, everything of this hack works for me with the excetion of opening the external urls in a new window.

[da420]

Actually, scratch that. One of my FireFox plug-ins is conflicting with it. It works in IE, and when I have Tab Mix Plus disabled in FireFox. So, it works, thanks.

[ElfMage]

Cool. Glad you figured it out.

[dottom]

The rel="nofollow" tag was designed to reduce link spamming, especially blog comment spamming.

It really hasn't been successful in achieving that goal. It never had "reducing PR leak" as a goal because "PR leak" doesn't exist.

I don't have to know the details of Google's algorithms to know that it's a myth. Neither does anyone else.

But all of this is off-topic. My intent was not to initiate a multi-page debate but just to alert the author to the error in the claim he was making for a mod that otherwise may be useful for many forum owners.
But there is one very important reason that does indeed reduce your PR... connecting to bad neighborhood. Link spamming your competitors to bad neighborhoods is a Machiavellian technique used by some forum and blog competitors.

[djbaxter]

But there is one very important reason that does indeed reduce your PR... connecting to bad neighborhood. Link spamming your competitors to bad neighborhoods is a Machiavellian technique used by some forum and blog competitors.

No. You have to link FROM your site TO those "bad neighborhoods".

[obmob]

I'll test this one, thank! :D

[TRR]

I just sifted through all of the off-topic, redundant arguments and it appears that there aren't any real issues with this one, so I just installed it. When adding domains to the list, do we need to put http:// in front of each one, or set it up just like the whitelist? I have a module on my home page (using cmps) that serves as a site map and the internal links in it still open in a new window so I am wondering if this mod isn't intended to work with the cmps links or if I just have my domain list set up wrong. ... I guess I can mess around with it and find out for myself.

Thanks for the mod, btw. :)

update: the issue I was having still exists, even with http:// in the domain names, but the nofollows are working perfect, which is what I really was interested in... so thanks again!

[ElfMage]

:) This mod will modify all URLs in vBulletin's threads/posts. I haven't tested this with vbAdvanced, but there it should only work with pages that are in 'BBCode Mode' (can't recall the exact verbiage).

Regarding the format for the domains, you shouldn't specify the http://, and you should list one domain per line. E.g.:

www.mydomain.com (http://www.mydomain.com)
forums.mydomain.com


Thanks.

[Chachacha]

Works great. Thanks.

[PugWD]

Will this change my existing posts?
To rebuild the links in your existing posts, you need to go to AdminCP > Maintenance > Update Counters > Rebuild Post Cache.

This is from vBulletin's documentation:
* PugWD marks installed.

I'm on 3.6.7 but I don't see Rebuild Post Cache... is Rebuild Thread Information the same thing?

[ElfMage]

Hi.

No, Rebuild Thread Information is a different action.

I am using 3.6.7 PL1, and I have a Rebuild Post Cache right after the 'Rebuild Search Index'. Could you verify if this option is later in the Update Counters page?

[PugWD]

Hi.

No, Rebuild Thread Information is a different action.

I am using 3.6.7 PL1, and I have a Rebuild Post Cache right after the 'Rebuild Search Index'. Could you verify if this option is later in the Update Counters page?
I have Empty Signature Cache after Rebuild Search Index. :erm:
Any idea why that might be (and hopefully, how to fix it)? :confused:

[ElfMage]

After looking at vBulletin's code, it seems that this option is only shown if the Post Cache is being used.

If you don't see this option in the Admin CP it means that your forum is not caching posts, and therefore, it is not needed to rebuild the post cache.

[PugWD]

You're right. I checked on the .com and they said the same.
I couldn't find the option to turn it on either but I won't derail this thread with that, I'll pursue it over there.

Thanks for following it up for me. :up:

[ElfMage]

:) Any time.

[Flexo]

Installed it, but it doesn't do anything. New Links look like always.
Any ideas?

[tokenyank]

links will look no different in postview...

View the source and instead of seeing <a href="http://www.domain.com">blah</a>, it'll be <a href="http://www.domain.com" rel="nofollow">blah</a>

[snerd]

I have vbseo installed, but I sure want the internal links open in same window feature. Will this mod interfere with vbseo? Can the nofollow be turned off without affecting the links opening in a new window?

[ElfMage]

It shouldn't. This mod 'extends' vBulletin's handling of the URL BBCode. It should be compatible with any add-on that does not play with URL BBCodes... I haven't tested this though.

[Pebbled]

I'm new to this plug-in stuff for vbulletin so please excuse my ignorance!!!

Your instructions for install state:

Installation

* Download and extract .zip
* Upload product

My question is, which folder do I upload the .xml file to?

I've had a look around and think it goes in the folder /public_html/forum/includes/xml but just wanted to clarify this before I go ahead.

I assume that after I've uploaded this file I then go into import options in vbulletin and install the plugin.

[Alfa1]

Go to your adminCP and look under plugins & products. There go to the product manager and upload the xml from there.

[Pebbled]

Thanks Alfa1 for your assistance, I never thought of doing that!

Installed in under 1 min:)

Remember to add your URL into 'the internal domain' option in the ADMIN CP > VBULLETIN OPTIONS > NUHIT URL SETTINGS before you rebuild the thread info.

Note that from Admin CP > Maintenance > Update Counters > Rebuild Thread information to update the nofollow on all previous threads.

[ElfMage]

:)

Pebbled, glad you got it working.

Alfa, thanks for the assist.

I'll update the instructions with more details.

[Pebbled]

Hi ElfMage, and no worries! I'm just a newbie with plugins so need accurate instructions sometimes :erm:

For info, my forum is running 3.6.8 -- and it's all apparently still working :)

So a quick thank you to Alfa1 for guidance over me not breaking my forum this morning, and ElfMage for this simple plugin.

NOTE: To anyone considering using this plugin, can I just say it's supremely simple to set up - if I can do it, then anyone can :cool:

[arabsdesign]

sir ...i want to uninstall it...

but it still work in links in my forum ...

i rebulit cach for post ...but it stilll!!!

[Alfa1]

I may be wrong here, but as I understand it, this add on adds rel="no follow"to your links. So you tried this software and now all the links you specified have this added.
Now, you have uninstalled it, so it will not add any more rel="no follow" to your links. :D

Your existing links have been altered. I understand that you want to revert them to their original state. I do not know if Elfmage has a solution to that, but I would not expect it.

[ElfMage]

This add-on works on the translation of the URL BBCode to anchor HTML.
If you uninstall it, and rebuild the post cache all effects should disappear, and everything should be as before.

[Pebbled]

Quick question...

I've looked at the source code and noticed that the rel="nofollow" link doesn't seem to be added to the user homepage link as shown in the menu displayed in the top left link to their username of any posts they make. (I hope you can make sense of that!) i.e.

View Public Profile
Send a private message to myexamples
Visit myexamples homepage! < This one links to their homepage
Find all posts by myexample

Is there any way for this rel="nofollow" to be added?

[ElfMage]

Hi,

This mod works only on links included within user posts. (e.g. using the URL bbcode).

The link you mention is part of the postbit template. You can add the rel="nofollow" manually by editing the corresponding template (e.g. postbit or postbit_legacy).

For instance, in vb 3.6.8 the template snippet looks like this:


<if condition="$show['homepage']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="$post[homepage]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[visit_xs_homepage]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>


Hope this helps.

[Pebbled]

Thanks ElfMage for the info, and yes, I ought to have been paying a bit more attention to what this addon does - as you quite rightly say, it's for user posts, not for existing vb code.

My apologies :o

[Pebbled]

Hi ElfMage, you are going to curse me for this request, but would it be possible for you to twiddle with the code in order to add the rel=nofollow into any images using that users are adding into their posts via the <img src= code!

I've noticed that the rel=nofollow code isn't being added to these images and a few users are now doing this on the forum which are linking to other websites, this use is actually affecting our ranking :eek:

I dread having to go and manually add the nofollow code into every image posted on here by other users :(

[ElfMage]

Hi Pebbled,

Are you referring to the use of the IMG BBCode/tag?, My understanding is that the rel="nofollow" is only used for anchors (e.g. the URL BBCode).

Or are you referring to an anchor, which contains an image tag in it?

Thanks.

[Pebbled]

It's images placed into posts by users using the [IMG] code rather than in a text link.

I'm actually trying to figure out a way of stopping users from posting images into the forum via this [IMG] code rather than using the attachments method - Any ideas how I can do this if the nofollow route isn't possible?

[Pebbled]

One small observation:

I've noticed that when the thread containing any external links in the post is archived by vbulletin, the link displayed in the post seems to lose the nofollow attribute, so I assume that all links are once again followed by search engines who are viewing the archive pages.

You can check this out by clicking on the 'archive' link shown at the bottom of most vBulletin forums, then selecting a thread with an external link in it and viewing the source code.

Is there any way of adding the nofollow code into the archive???

[birdie]

I have it installed and working well.

Is there any way it can be modifed so the the rel="nofollow" is not added to internal links. We do a lot of linking between threads and the rel="nofollow" is added to all links. It would be good if it was applied only to links going off-site/external.

[Alfa1]

In admincp_>vbulletin options -> nuhit urls -> internal domains:
Set internal domains with a comma separated list of domains.

[birdie]

In admincp_>vbulletin options -> nuhit urls -> internal domains:
Set internal domains with a comma separated list of domains.Nope. Thats does not work.

[Alfa1]

You will need to rebuild post cache before any changed take effect.

[birdie]

You will need to rebuild post cache before any changed take effect.Thanks, but tried that and it did not work either.

BUT, I got it working. Changed the domain in the list of internal domains to domain.com and not http://www.domain.com.

The FAQ's and instructions should be changed to reflect that.

[Alfa1]

Indeed. It needs to be domain.com to work. This should be added.

[bluecat]

Hi,

I apologize if I overlooked this, but I've noticed the "nofollow" tag on some other links, and I just want to make sure this is correct. Like on links like this:

<a href="member.php?find=lastposter&amp;f=15" rel="nofollow">

and

<a href="showgroups.php" rel="nofollow">View Forum Leaders ...for example

Just a few examples. Are these suppose to be "nofollow" too (that might even be standard from VB, I'm not sure. But any opinion is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[masterross]

not works in 3.6.9

[deadlychaos25]

not works in 3.6.9

Same here
I cannot see any link in admin CP after importing the product

[steveneff]

Just downloaded this but will hold off instaling as I have 3.6.9

I thought the nofollow was to go in a different part of the link or does this not matter

example
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vbulletin.org/">The Official vBulletin Modifications Site</a>

[Alfa1]

This works well for me in vb 3.7RC3

[FatalBreeze]

does this add rel="nofollow" to signatures too?

I installed this hack and it didn't work at all.

[myown]

does it work for 3.7 Gold ? any one tried

[John Stone]

Not working for me in vB 3.7 gold. :(

[|Jordan|]

Not working for me in vB 3.7 gold. :(

Works for me in 3.7 Gold

[John Stone]

Works for me in 3.7 Gold
How about internal links opening in the same window? That's the part that doesn't seem to work anymore for me.

[Alfa1]

Correct. That setting does no longer work.
The rel="nofollow" tag is still added.

[birdie]

Works perfectly in 3.7. Links open in own window or new depedning on settings.

[munnakv]

Thanks. It works well in 3.7.1

[cionfs]

Thank you but don't Works with VB 3.7.3 :)

Edit: works with vb 3.7.3. After the product import update posts cache :)

PS: sorry for my english :)

[Saviour]

Finally...

Exactly what I was looking for! I'm going to be nominating this for MOTM.

Installed and working perfectly on 3.7.4 PL1.

What gets me...is why this isn't built into the vbulletin core. I mean, think about it...why would anyone want to open 100 different windows if the links are internal? Something vbulletin lacks...and the coders should address. It's been brought up on several different occasions with the usual lack of enthusiasm and/or interest of making this a default vbulletin feature.

My hat's off...as well as two thumbs up to NuHit for creating this mod. It's really quite a shame that the amount of "installs" for this particular mod is so low. Seems to me...everyone must love slowing there system's resources down by having multiple windows open...when, in fact, everyone running a vbulletin forum could benefit from this wonderful mod.

I salute you, ElfMage...wherever you are.

Happy New Year!

[Saviour]

Does it work for 3.8.1?

[Alfa1]

Yes, it does.

[Saviour]

Thank you...

[imported_ahw]

I Own 3.8.0 I tried it, nothing change. I think it doesn't work.

[abilitydesigns]

Does this mod work with 3.8.1 ?

[Phaedrus]

Does this mod work with 3.8.1 ?
Yes.

[Phaedrus]

I Own 3.8.0 I tried it, nothing change. I think it doesn't work.
Did you refresh your post cache?

[obmob]

Hmm... maybe that refresh thing is what i was missing ><

[Ogmuk]

Edit: Nevermind. Don't forget to insert your domain at Internal Domains :)

[Alfa1]

De-installed due to the new way google handles rel="nofollow" (http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/). I understand that rel="nofollow" now only hurts SEO.

I have replaced this with the two-step links hacks, which serves the same purpose, but with a method that is up to date.

[aspen0]

As per Google's recent announcement, using rel=nofollow on your external links now has no impact on saving any PR for your site.

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/

My Two-Step external link mod does work for that though.

[timhj]

brilliant little mod... working with no issues on 3.8.3... cheers!

[KrisP]

Tried many hours to make this mod work. Absolutely nothing happens (3.7.4 PL1) - of course updated post cache also tried disabeling post cache. What can possibly go wrong? Its like the mod is not installed at all ...

[Alfa1]

Elfmage is no longer available and Google changed the way it handles rel="nofollow" so it can hurt SEO. I have de-installed this.

[Zookie]

Just installed and works great. I'm on 3.8.4 Patch Level 2.

Thanks!

[Pro-eSports.com]

So this mod opens external links in a new window? If I'm wrong then please explain it for dummies because I'm no expert with such stuff.

Also, can this mod please get updated to work with vB4?!

[Dan49]

Fantastic mod, works perfectly on 3.8.7. Thank you very much elfmage. The control over how internal and external links are opened is what I was looking for. I'm content with the results my site gets in google search, so the no follow functionality is not important to me.

[career]

Confirmed, it works under vb 3.8

[sergio00]

works in 3.8.5!

I have installed AME( Automedia Media Embedding ) (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=202476&highlight=ame+media) and I see that the video LInks hasnt the NoFolloW :confused:


Any idea to add it?


Regards!!

[kmplex]

Works on 3.8.8 flawlessly