External Link Titles, retrieve descriptive titles for URLs

[magnus]

Keywords: SHOWTHREAD, external, link, titles, URLs, SEO

Description:
Retrieves descriptive titles for external posted links. Allows for better link recognition and, in theory, could help increase page SEO.

Details:
I recall this being requested somewhere, so I decided to take a stab at it. This is yet another feature offered in vBSEO (http://www.vbseo.com).

For those unaware of what this actually does.. by default, when a URL is posted without a description it looks like:
http://www.vbulletin.com (http://www.vbulletin.org)

With this modification enabled, it will now look like:
vBulletin.org Forum - The Official vBulletin Resource! (http://www.vbulletin.org)

Nicer, eh?

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Installation:

Download and import product-linktitles.xml via the Product Manager.
Enable the modification via AdminCP > vBulletin Options > External Link Titles Options (it is disabled by default)
???
Profit!


Notes:
There's really no magic here, it polls for titles using the cURL() function. If for some reason your host does not have cURL() enabled, you're out of luck.

From time to time you may notice the occasional link that does not get titled -- this is due to either the fact that the url is not active or it either timed out waiting for a response. By default, the system will wait for 5 seconds before timing out. If you wish to modify the timeout, you may do so via the AdminCP.

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Comments:
As with all my hacks, this modification is provided free of charge. However, if you find this product useful and have money burning a hole in your pocket, feel free to make a small donation (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=magn2o%40comcast%2enet&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8), I won't mind.. really. :)

Version History:

1.0.0 - Initial release, here's to hoping...
1.1.0 - Added the ability to blacklist specific domains from having link titles retrieved (configurable via the AdminCP)
1.1.1 - Wrapped returned titles in html_entity_decode(); to return properly decoded HTML characters.


Currently Known Bugs:

None


* Please note that this modification was developed on a forum with a userbase of 1 (myself). I've tested it for basic functionality but I cannot guarantee functionality or behavior on your forum. So, please -- make backups before installing this product!

[magnus]

Holding this space..

[Terminatoronly]

First Install

Great Mod :)

[Charlie98902]

Second Install! :)

[Stoebi]

Hello,

thank you very much for this nice hack :)

I've found a little bug in the 2 plug-ins.
Please change

if (isset($vbulletin->options['linktitles_active']))
to

if ($vbulletin->options['linktitles_active'])

Regards,

Stoebi

[projectego]

Awesome!

/me clicks install

[magnus]

Hello,

thank you very much for this nice hack :)

I've found a little bug in the 2 plug-ins.
Please change

if (isset($vbulletin->options['linktitles_active']))
to

if ($vbulletin->options['linktitles_active'])

Regards,

Stoebi

Nice catch, thanks.

[Charlie98902]

For some reason on my board the update fails to work but the initial release does?

[magnus]

For some reason on my board the update fails to work but the initial release does?

Very the product is set to enabled. AdminCP > vBulletin Options > External Link Titles Options > External Link Titles Enabled (Make sure 'Yes' is checked)

[Charlie98902]

Very the product is set to enabled. AdminCP > vBulletin Options > External Link Titles Options > External Link Titles Enabled (Make sure 'Yes' is checked)

Thanks for the support as it is stated not supported. :D

Yes that was the issue, as when I used the initial release I guess it was on by default then as I didn't go into the admin panel.:up:

[Quantnet]

Installed and enabled the hack. Yes is checked.
Server has curl enabled.

When i post something new and click on review, I have this error at the top of the page

Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when in safe_mode or an open_basedir is set in /includes/functions_newpost.php(360) : eval()'d code on line 56

[Quantnet]

As a followup, I edited the functions_newpost.php file and add after the <?php tag

// Turn off all error reporting
error_reporting(0);

Not sure if this is a proper way to do it. If anyone knows , please let me know.

[HMBeaty]

/me installed and works PERFECT. Thank you

[elmati]

installed!
thx!

[Hornstar]

hey nice work, good to see you releasing good stuff, even tho im using vbseo, im sure others will find this usefull.

[bollie]

Nice ;)

[dizzy100]

Excellent addition and works perfectly. Many thanks.

[magnus]

Installed and enabled the hack. Yes is checked.
Server has curl enabled.

When i post something new and click on review, I have this error at the top of the page

Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when in safe_mode or an open_basedir is set in /includes/functions_newpost.php(360) : eval()'d code on line 56

You're running PHP in Safe Mode (http://php.net/features.safe-mode).

[magnus]

Update:
v1.1.0

Added the ability to blacklist specific domains from having link titles retrieved (configurable via the AdminCP)

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This is the only thing that has changed. If you don't care about blacklists, you don't have to upgrade. :)

[Masiello]

Great product, thanks *installed*

[Stoebi]

I've problem with special characters like & in the title.

Example:
http://www.my-vb.de/board/ankuendigungen-my-vb-teams
=>
Ank?ndigungen des my-vB Teams - my-vB - Addons &amp; Styles - Made in Germany (http://www.my-vb.de/board/ankuendigungen-my-vb-teams) https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/


Regards,

Stoebi

[Seb@]

any demo or screenshot ?

[HMBeaty]

any demo or screenshot ?
Screenshot of what???

All it does is change a link, for example you put www.vbulletin.com (http://www.vbulletin.com), it changes it to vBulletin - Home (http://www.vbulletin.com) or something like that.

[magnus]

any demo or screenshot ?

If the original description wasn't enough, sadly a demo or screenshot wouldn't help either.

[magnus]

I've problem with special characters like & in the title.

Example:
http://www.my-vb.de/board/ankuendigungen-my-vb-teams
=>
Ank?ndigungen des my-vB Teams - my-vB - Addons &amp; Styles - Made in Germany (http://www.my-vb.de/board/ankuendigungen-my-vb-teams) http://team.spec-f.org/images/pro_smilies/smile.gif


Regards,

Stoebi

Noted. I'll take a look at that, thanks.

[KiD0M4N]

My friend Ad1tya had requested this and here it is. Mod released. Helluva forum guys :)

Installed :) and working like charm.

[staff80]

seems it doesn't work on 3.6.6. At least for me. It's enabled and nothing changed.

[HMBeaty]

seems it doesn't work on 3.6.6. At least for me. It's enabled and nothing changed.
Works perfectly fine for me

[Surviver]

I would use the function fetch_censored_text() for the title ;)

Greetings Surviver

[C_P]

Installed and enabled the hack. Yes is checked.
Server has curl enabled.

When i post something new and click on review, I have this error at the top of the page

Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when in safe_mode or an open_basedir is set in /includes/functions_newpost.php(360) : eval()'d code on line 56
I get similar error and PHP safe mode is not on:
safe_modeOffOff
safe_mode_gidOffOff
Here is my error:
Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt (http://www.cpfools.com/forum/function.curl-setopt)]: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when in safe_mode or an open_basedir is set in /includes/functions_newpost.php(360) : eval()'d code on line 30and after i resolves back to thread it was posted in, my http://www.vbulletin.org displays this as the hyperlink:
301 Moved Permanently (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.vbulletin.org) link test
Now, this could be do the he anonym modification we have installed. If so, we cannot install this but a nice option none the less.

[magnus]

I get similar error and PHP safe mode is not on:
safe_modeOffOff
safe_mode_gidOffOff
Here is my error:
and after i resolves back to thread it was posted in, my http://www.vbulletin.org displays this as the hyperlink:
301 Moved Permanently (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.vbulletin.org) link test
Now, this could be do the he anonym modification we have installed. If so, we cannot install this but a nice option none the less.

Well, according to the error:
Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when in safe_mode or an open_basedir is set in /includes/functions_newpost.php(360) : eval()'d code on line 30

It's either one of 2 things. You verified safe mode isn't enabled, so there must be an open_basedir set in functions_newpost.php. You'll need to check for plugins that hook into your the file, and see if there's a way to resolve the error.

The reason the link shows as "301 Moved Permanently" is because vBulletin.org has a redirect to the portal page. The CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION option tells the modification to follow all redirect tags until the end. Since you can't use that option, it stops on the first try.

You can still use the modification, you would simply have to disable CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION and occasionally be stuck with links such as "301 Moved Permanently" in such cases.

[C_P]

Thank you for the reply and update.

[Dave Hawley]

Would this work on 3.5.4? If not, is there one for that version?

[Quantnet]

Any update on the &amp and quotation issue ?

I have something like this The iPhone - Doesn&amp;#039;t Slice, Doesn&amp;#039;t Dice, but Will It Blend? | CrackBerry.com

[magnus]

Would this work on 3.5.4? If not, is there one for that version?

It should work, but I haven't tested. It couldn't hurt to try.

[magnus]

Any update on the &amp and quotation issue ?

I have something like this The iPhone - Doesn&amp;#039;t Slice, Doesn&amp;#039;t Dice, but Will It Blend? | CrackBerry.com

To be honest, I completely forgot about that issue. I'll go ahead and take a look at it right now. I'm sure it's an easy fix.

My apologies!

[Dave Hawley]

It shows this error on import into 3.5.4

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.4:

Invalid SQL:

### INSERT QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
INSERT INTO plugin
(`active`, `executionorder`, `title`, `hookname`, `phpcode`, `product`)
VALUES
('1', '5', 'Retreive link titles when editing a post', 'editpost_update_process', 'if ($vbulletin->options[\'linktitles_active\'])\r\n{\r\n preg_match_all(\'/\\[url\\](.*)\\[\\/url\\]/Ui\', $edit[\'message\'], $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);\r\n\r\n foreach($matches as $match)\r\n {\r\n $url = parse_url($match[1]);\r\n $url_host = $url[\'host\'];\r\n $blacklist = preg_split(\'#\\s#\', $vbulletin->options[\'linktitles_blacklist\'], -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);\r\n\r\n $host_is_blacklisted = false;\r\n foreach ($blacklist as $host)\r\n {\r\n if (preg_match(\'#\' . preg_quote($host, \'#\') . \'$#siU\', $url_host))\r\n {\r\n $host_is_blacklisted = true;\r\n break;\r\n }\r\n }\r\n unset($blacklist);\r\n\r\n if ($host_is_blacklisted == false)\r\n { \r\n if (function_exists(\'curl_init\') AND $ch = curl_init())\r\n {\r\n curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $match[1]);\r\n curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $vbulletin->options[\'linktitles_timeout\']);\r\n curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);\r\n curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);\r\n curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);\r\n\r\n $file_contents = curl_exec($ch);\r\n }\r\n\r\n preg_match(\'/<title>(.*)<\\/title>/i\', $file_contents, $title);\r\n\r\n if ($title[1] != \'\')\r\n {\r\n $edit[\'message\'] = str_replace($match[0], \' . \'\"]\' . $title[1] . \' (\"\' . $match[1)\', $edit[\'message\']);\r\n }\r\n }\r\n }\r\n}', 'linktitles');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'executionorder' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054

[Quantnet]

To be honest, I completely forgot about that issue. I'll go ahead and take a look at it right now. I'm sure it's an easy fix.

My apologies!

Any updates ?
This shouldn't take you this long right ? :)

[TheMilkCarton]

My blacklist just doesn't work. I tried blacklisting a .net if that makes any diff.

Everything else works, though. :)

[magnus]

Any updates ?
This shouldn't take you this long right ? :)


No, it shouldn't.. and that's the funny part. Everytime I think I have it fixed, I find a character that for some reason won't translate over. It's as if certain html codes are exempt from being translated. I've gotten most simple characters such as &amp;, &copy;, etc. working fine, but other such as foreign lettering and fractions aren't working. It's the damndest thing..

[dj_f16]

it gives error code and errors cookie... vBulletin version 3.6.7 pl1 ;)

[magnus]

it gives error code and errors cookie... vBulletin version 3.6.7 pl1 ;)

Can't help you if you don't tell me what errors. Also, this has been tested and confirmed working on multiple 3.6.7 PL1 installations nor does it have anything to do with cookies.

[magnus]

Update:
v1.1.1

Wrapped returned titles in html_entity_decode(); to return properly decoded HTML characters.

[magnus]

My blacklist just doesn't work. I tried blacklisting a .net if that makes any diff.

Everything else works, though. :)

I just tested the blacklist and can't seem to replicate the problem. I've blacklisted over a dozen various domains and each time they're excluded.

What version of vBulletin are you using? What's the *exact* string of text entered into the blacklist box?

Remember, you must prefix the domain with a period. For example, if you wanted to blacklist microsoft.com, you would enter .microsoft.com into the blacklist text area.

[magnus]

It shows this error on import into 3.5.4
Ok, this is because v3.5.4 doesn't support execution orders. You can try the attached file, I've removed the executionorder tags -- maybe it will play nice.

[TheMilkCarton]

I just tested the blacklist and can't seem to replicate the problem. I've blacklisted over a dozen various domains and each time they're excluded.

What version of vBulletin are you using? What's the *exact* string of text entered into the blacklist box?

Remember, you must prefix the domain with a period. For example, if you wanted to blacklist microsoft.com, you would enter .microsoft.com into the blacklist text area.
I was fully aware of how to enter the domains. I'll try a few more later when I get time.

[FireFish]

This is a nice mod; but (if I may), I recommend you add the ability for users to toggle this on or off via button on post toolbar or something like that.

Advanced users would appreciate the ability to override this mod & have their link show the URL in some cases while in the majority of others would prefer the page title.

But seriously, nice job! :up:

[Dave Hawley]

Ok, this is because v3.5.4 doesn't support execution orders. You can try the attached file, I've removed the executionorder tags -- maybe it will play nice.Thanks! You have just made my day. Works well.

[TheMilkCarton]

Advanced users would appreciate the ability to override this mod & have their link show the URL in some cases while in the majority of others would prefer the page title.
If the users were that advanced, they could figure out that they could just type out www.whatever.com, highlight it, click the URL button and then add the URL that way.

This mod won't overwrite "custom" URLs

[rainyleaves]

Awesome!!!
Thanks.
Just click INSTALLED & MOTM. :)

[WarLion]

damm dont work for me cool idea i guess mi curl is off

[harmor19]

I experimented with the blacklist and used ".*.xenweb.net:2082" to try and prevent users posting their link to cPanel only to have it converted to "cPanel® 11" (I own a hosting site). To my surprise it worked.

Thanks for the hack.

[magnus]

damm dont work for me cool idea i guess mi curl is off
You would receive an error if cURL wasn't installed. Did you verify the mod was enabled, as it's disabled by default in the AdminCP.

[maxicep]

I have safe mode status "on".

So i getting error while i posting a new topic or reply.

Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when in safe_mode or an open_basedir is set in /includes/functions_newpost.php(360) : eval()'d code on line 56How can fix it ?

Pls dont tell me about make safe mod : off

Can u fix this problem ?

*Now, i disabled the plugin.

[magnus]

I have safe mode status "on".

So i getting error while i posting a new topic or reply.

How can fix it ?

Pls dont tell me about make safe mod : off

Can u fix this problem ?

*Now, i disabled the plugin.

The only way around this other than disabling safe_mode is to edit both the "Retreive link titles when editing a post" and "Retreive link titles when posting a new post" hooks via the Plugin Manager and remove (or comment out) the line:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);

[maxicep]

I edited the ur plugin and

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);

to

// curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);

So it is disabled ? Anything maybe wrong ? But Now working fine ..

[magnus]

I edited the ur plugin and

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);

to

// curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);

So it is disabled ? Anything maybe wrong ? But Now working fine ..


Nope, that's what I said in the previous post. The only catch is that you won't get titles from pages that have redirects, you'll get the occasional title as "301 Moved Permanently". But most pages will work fine.

[maxicep]

And how can i enable that function ? do u know ?

can i enable the curl_setopt function in my server side ?

*P.S: server is mine. So i can configure it too if u know what should i edit on server side about safe mode configuration.

Thx for help

[magnus]

And how can i enable that function ? do u know ?

can i enable the curl_setopt function in my server side ?

*P.S: server is mine. So i can configure it too if u know what should i edit on server side about safe mode configuration.

Thx for help

In your global php.ini file, find the line that says:
safe_mode = On

and change it to:
safe_mode = Off

* Note: To find the location of your php.ini file, in your vBulletin AdminCP click on Maintenance -> View PHP info and look for the line Loaded Configuration File.

Once you make the change, you'll need to restart your web server. Assuming it's apache, it can be done by issuing the command "apachectl restart" (as root) from the command line.

[maxicep]

No no,

i know what u said, i know how disable the safe mode but i asked u how can i allow curl_setopt function while safe mode running. So can i configure safe mode settings like curl_setopt : on ?

[magnus]

No no,

i know what u said, i know how disable the safe mode but i asked u how can i allow curl_setopt function while safe mode running. So can i configure safe mode settings like curl_setopt : on ?

No. The entire point of PHP safe_mode is to disallow certain functions. To circumvent that would defeat the point of safe_mode (to which, honestly, is a pain in the rear).

[maxicep]

Ok so i disable the safe mode on my server for only that mod :(

[magnus]

Ok so i disable the safe mode on my server for only that mod :(

Is there a reason you even had safe_mode enabled? It would be fine and dandy if you were serving static content and not much else, but even vBulletin itself benefits from having safe_mode disabled -- not to mention most of the modifcations available here.

[maxicep]

Of course, i prefer it for more security .

[magnus]

Of course, i prefer it for more security .

The original intent of PHP safe_mode is to provide a bandaid solution for shared server security issues. Since you apparently maintain your own server, you're not really seeing much (if any) benefit to having it enabled.

In fact, it's been removed as of PHP 6.0.0.

[maxicep]

Thanks for help magnus.

Also i have problem with some Turkish Website Titles.
If title include a Turkish character like "ş, ğ, ı, ç" title looking very bad.

I tried edit the plugin
first line

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

i made it

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-9"?>

I added this plugin again but iso charset didnt changed, i cant change it?

Should we change it for solve Turkish character problem ?

[magnus]

Thanks for help magnus.

Also i have problem with some Turkish Website Titles.
If title include a Turkish character like "ş, ğ, ı, ?" title looking very bad.

I tried edit the plugin
first line

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

i made it

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-9"?>

I added this plugin again but iso charset didnt changed, i cant change it?

Should we change it for solve Turkish character problem ?

Could you show me an example of what's happening?

[maxicep]

Sure, see below

Fenerbahçe Fan/FB Videoları, FB Resimleri, FB ?�arkıları, FB Yazıları, FB Hakkında Her?�ey

Some characters look bad on some sites?

But site title looking good when i enter the site.
Site title on my explorer
Fenerbah?e Fan/FB Videoları, FB Resimleri, FB Şarkıları, FB Yazıları, FB Hakkında Herşey :

Url
http://fenerbahce-fan.blogspot.com/

[REIGN SS]

Installed works about 80% of the time... I guess it has to due with the External Links Timeout setting, currently at 6seconds... Thanks for the mod!

[Boothby]

For all, having problems with Save Mode on this is my little fix to solve it.

Find twice

if (function_exists('curl_init') AND $ch = curl_init())
{
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $match[1]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $vbulletin->options['linktitles_timeout']);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);

$file_contents = curl_exec($ch);
}

And replace with:
$file_contents = @file_get_contents($match[1]);

Then I added a small tweak to parse url's without a scheme, like "http://".

find twice:

$url_host = $url['host'];

After it add:
if(!$url['scheme'])
{
$match[1] = "http://" . $match[1];
}

Now it works for me beautyful.

Thanks and installed.

[SC-Bahamut]

Hello

Sorry, for my English, i am German. ;)

I have a little Problem with intern Links in my Forum. Extern Links works perfect, but intern Links shows so:

Original Link:
h**p://w*w.support-community.net/showthread.php?t=1370

was to
Support-Community.net - Support rund um ihren Computer (http://www.support-community.net/showthread.php?t=1370)

Who can i make that the Title of the Tread (Horizontale Balken beim Booten), and not the Title of the Forum, was created ?

Greetz

[magnus]

Hello

Sorry, for my English, i am German. ;)

I have a little Problem with intern Links in my Forum. Extern Links works perfect, but intern Links shows so:

Original Link:
h**p://w*w.support-community.net/showthread.php?t=1370

was to
Support-Community.net - Support rund um ihren Computer (http://www.support-community.net/showthread.php?t=1370)

Who can i make that the Title of the Tread (Horizontale Balken beim Booten), and not the Title of the Forum, was created ?

Greetz

It grabs the title provided by the page (the text found between the <title></title> tags). You would need to edit your templates and remove the forumtitle variable from within those tags.

[TrioxX]

Hi,

great hack! Installed it.

EDIT:

How can we change the pagetitle of internal sites, that all pages of the board will be shown as the real pagetitle (like search, boards...) ?

[Satz]

i have tried everythin still cudnt make it work on my forum :( , wud be pleased if some one can help me out

[TrioxX]

YOu must tell, what not work. Because we're no mindreader ;)

[Satz]

no errors nothin , simply dont work after doing the installation

if i post the link , its good for mods here to treat me with an infraction

[TrioxX]

Link to your board?

[Satz]

ok here comes another infraction

www.wareztalk.com/forum < very new forum , so dont gimme an infraction it is just the domain name

[rwoscott]

Satz, To ask a silly question, have you enabled it, via the admincp?

Installed. Works great. Thanks.

[magnus]

no errors nothin , simply dont work after doing the installation

if i post the link , its good for mods here to treat me with an infraction

The modification is disabled by default. Verify that you enabled it, as per the instructions:
2. Enable the modification via AdminCP > vBulletin Options > External Link Titles Options (it is disabled by default)

[TasariMerkezi]

thanks man

[safakuygur]

thanks.. :)

[iyihost]

thanks ;)

[BuRaCh]

very good hack;)
thanks..

[BuRaCh]

i am very like this hack:)
woult you when release for vb 3.7x?

[magnus]

Have you tried it with 3.7? It may work.

[theFAILURE]

Didnt work on my board, running 3.6.7 PL1

Link to site is in sig.

[NeuroLancer]

Have you tried it with 3.7? It may work.

it does work in 3.7 :) thanks

[fly]

Can anyone think of a way to make this NOT work for links back to the forum itself?

[ArnyVee]

Is there a reason why I would get this message?

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/avarona/domains/waltdisneyboards.com/public_html/includes/class_core.php
Line: 3075

I received it after I installed this mod and tested it in a post.

Edited: I also received some curl message (went by too fast to see it) as well. I guess that I'll wait for this one down the road sometime.

[gim]

Great!

[Forum Lover]

Very the product is set to enabled. AdminCP > vBulletin Options > External Link Titles Options > External Link Titles Enabled (Make sure 'Yes' is checked)


I did that too. but still its not working in my board. What can I do further more?

[mariocaz]

working like a charm in 3.7

[Super Jinni]

I'd like to use that, but someone said that this plugin does not check an URL for size, so if someone posts a link to a large file, it has the possibility of creating a load on the server..

is that so?

thanks

:)

[bc3tech]

just installed; am seeing this work when i link to an external board, but not when i link to another thread on my own board... any insight?

[Peejay]

Id love to see this work for internal threads as well as external threads too.

[squishi]

This is a great mod.
But also a performance killer, I suppose.

[Chachacha]

*Installed* Thank you.

[Shishir]

Installed on 3.7.2

So far working Fine. Lets see. Cool Mod.

Shishir

[AliMadkour]

Nice mod

[KURTZ]

Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when in safe_mode or an open_basedir is set in [path]/includes/functions_newpost.php(376) : eval()'d code on line 30

i'd this error onto 3.7.2 PL2

[nesta1]

this not working on 3.7.3

[Da22Da]

installed and working fine on 3.8.0 WoW
thanks alot

[wideopen]

This isn't working on 3.6.7 any ideas?

[mdawg]

Running 3.8.2 Had this installed for a little while. Works.

Only question is why it takes over most threads, and not others.

For example these URLS, it leaves the same as always:
http://www.ebaydropoffsites.net/
http://877isoldit.com/
http://letssellitonebay.com/

Try it, see if the same for you.

For example this one
http://www.ebay.com/
works fine - it converts it to: "eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices"

but the above three, the hack just leaves alone just like that.

Why?

[Leo Brazil]

Did someone test it on 4.0 ?

[rwoscott]

Did someone test it on 4.0 ?

I have and it works perfectly!!

[Chuta]

Yep, works fine with vB 4.0.2 PL1.

Nice mod. ;D

[afed]

Great +++++ , always wanted one like this. TA

[sonixax]

very ver very fine , works perfectly on 4.0.8

[kjsmith84]

awesome!

[sonixax]

Very nice , but have problem with some Arabic/Persian Sites .

Example : 123394

only If in title use English and Persian/Arabic Charachter's at same time !

[dalreardon]

Hi,

I have searched but can't find a similar mod for VB 4.1.5

Does anyone know if this mod will work on v4.1.5? I don't want to break the forum by installing wrongly.

Thanks,
Dale.
http://www.settledin.com.au/tasforum/
.

[HMBeaty]

Hi,

I have searched but can't find a similar mod for VB 4.1.5

Does anyone know if this mod will work on v4.1.5? I don't want to break the forum by installing wrongly.

Thanks,
Dale.
http://www.settledin.com.au/tasforum/
.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=189658 ;)

[dalreardon]

Many thanks for referral. Will install that one.
Dale.
http://www.settledin.com.au/tasforum/
.

[dalreardon]

Hi again,

Just tried to import that mod and got an error message that it isn't compatible with version 4.1.5.

Any other mod suggestions? Hopefully there is one for v4.x

Dale.
http://www.settledin.com.au/tasforum/
.

[HMBeaty]

Hi again,

Just tried to import that mod and got an error message that it isn't compatible with version 4.1.5.

Any other mod suggestions? Hopefully there is one for v4.x

Dale.
http://www.settledin.com.au/tasforum/
.
Replied in the other thread :)

[Tolden]

The Add-On does not work in our Forum. Only when the first Administrator posts a link, it shows the title of the site. All other users, admins, moderators, etc. only get the normal Hyperlink. There is also a problem displaying "ä ö ü" ! Can you tell me how to fix our issue?

[Nirjonadda]

This mod does not work other usergroup on 4.1.10 ? How to fix ?

[BirdOPrey5]

There's nothing in this mod to change how it works per usergroup- my only guess is $vbulletin may not be global for some reason when an Admin isn't logged in.

Go to the Admin CP -> Plugin Manager -> and edit the TWO plugins for this mod.

At the very top of each of them add the line:


global $vbulletin;


That will force $vbulletin to be available.

Only thing I can think of.

[mdawg]

Is this native in Vbulletin 4 or 5?

[BirdOPrey5]

Not native in any VB version but this mod or a similar one works in VB4 even though it is a VB3 mod and there is a similar one for VB5 as well.

[mdawg]

What is the mod for vb5?

[btedition]

It did work perfectly with 4.2.0

What you all need to know is that it seems to be working based on your brower's reading ability. What I mean is that, for URL X to have its name loaded then you need to have URL X browsed by your web browser to have its title replaced. If you didn't open the URL X and just got the link from a scratch paper which you kept on a side, then most likely the link will not be fetched.

[mdawg]

Will this work with 4.2.2 ? I had it installed but turned it off and I can't recall now why I did turn it off. There was some compatibility issue I believe.

[ozzy47]

Not sure if this one works, but I use this one in vb4 and is still works, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=189658

[mdawg]

I don't think this works in vb 4.2.3 I re-enabled it to give it a try doesn't seem to do anything.