Replace URL's With Page Title

[Jafo232]

If you Install This Mod PLEASE Click INSTALL (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/vborg_miscactions.php?do=installhack&threadid=155909)


This product will automatically take any incoming parsed link and display the title of that page instead of showing the URL.

Example:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/index.php

Is how URL's are displayed by default, after adding this plugin, automatically the page title of that URL will be displayed and linked:

VBulletin.org Forum (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/index.php)

The only thing required to install is to upload the product file (see readme in attached file).

For those asking what the difference is between this mod, and a similar one (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=146679), see my post here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1323207&postcount=23

Limitations:
If the page has no title tag, only the URL will be displayed.
If the title tag does not appear within the first 1000 lines of the page, only the URL will be displayed. To keep the script from locking on URL's that go to large files or other large documents that could put a strain on the server and timeout a post, only the first 1000 lines are accepting when retrieving the page information.
Links on pages posted prior to adding this mod will not be updated.Changelog:
Aug 22-2007: Fixed issue where functions might redeclare themselves, especially with shoutbox.(note 49 downloads v1.0)

If you enjoy this mod, please nominate it for mod of the month (MOTM).

If you Install This Mod PLEASE Click INSTALL (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/vborg_miscactions.php?do=installhack&threadid=155909)

[SuperTaz]

I like this...Thanks. Installed

[cynthetiq]

what an interesting idea, thanks I'm going to sample it. installed

[Jafo232]

I have been testing it for a few days, let me know if you come up with any issues.. So far I have really not found any..

[SuperTaz]

Will do.

[TTG]

I have been testing it for a few days, let me know if you come up with any issues.. So far I have really not found any..

Creates a problem if you're using an Ajax shoutbox (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=147346&highlight=shoutbox)

Message in shoutbox :-
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare convert_url_to_bbcode_callback_auto_title() (previously declared in /home/X/X/forums/public_html/forums/includes/functions_newpost.php(175) : eval()'d code:1)

[Jafo232]

Creates a problem if you're using an Ajax shoutbox (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=147346&highlight=shoutbox)


You could rename the function in the plugin code and any call too it in either product.

[Dave Hawley]

Any chance of this working with 3.5.4? I tried installing but it bugged out :(

[United32]

I like this mod, and this is working except the vbshout! I'm not getting error messages but I cannot post messages in the shoutbox.

[United32]

You could rename the function in the plugin code and any call too it in either product.
What exactly I should do? Is everithing using Ajax effected in some way?

[Jafo232]

What exactly I should do? Is everithing using Ajax effected in some way?

Should not affect Ajax at all.

If there is an issue with a conflicting function name in another plugin, just rename functions. As in the shoutbox example, you would open the plugin called Title_Replace and find any instances of this phrase:

convert_url_to_bbcode_callback_auto_title

Change that to a different name, example:

convert_url_to_bbcode_callback_auto_title_Changed

[United32]

Should not affect Ajax at all.

If there is an issue with a conflicting function name in another plugin, just rename functions. As in the shoutbox example, you would open the plugin called Title_Replace and find any instances of this phrase:

convert_url_to_bbcode_callback_auto_title

Change that to a different name, example:

convert_url_to_bbcode_callback_auto_title_Changed
Huh, I have done that, changed two instances of convert_url_to_bbcode_callback_auto_title in Title-Replace.

Only thing I can do in Shoutbox is to erase all the shout withe the prune-command, and post a smiley! After that I try to post smileys, text etc, nothing happens.

It is possible to erase everything with prune-command and post a thing. After that nothing is happening when I try to post something more. Then I must erase again if I want to post a new thing, and so again...

I think that this mode is in conflict with a function from Shoutbox. When I'm posting a new message then Shoutbox display username instead of http://www.mysite.net/forum/member.php?u=1, and your mode is also trying to do the same thing. I'm I right?

[projectego]

Fantastic SEO hack. I'm definitely installing this. Thanks! :)

[kaptanblack]

Thanks very nice hack

[rainyleaves]

Awesome mod.

But didn't work.
http://****/forums/showthread.php?t=22758
What's wrong?

Please fix.....
Thanks. :)

[993ti]

I'm using this one:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=146679

[baghdad4ever]

Links on pages posted prior to adding this mod will not be updated

what do you mean by that

i have 50000 threads in my forum

if i install the hack

this 50000 will not be include??

[magnus]

How is this any different than: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=146679 ?

Also, fopen() is a cludgy function to use and you'll find that many people will be unable to use it on shared hosting accounts (where fopen() is usually disabled in favor of the cURL() function).

[Luky]

This mod has already been made but..

[Jafo232]

Huh, I have done that, changed two instances of convert_url_to_bbcode_callback_auto_title in Title-Replace.


Not using Shoutbox, I am not sure why there would be a conflict. It is possible that it may just not be compatible with it. You could try altering the order of the plugins execution.

[Jafo232]

Awesome mod.

But didn't work.
http://****/forums/showthread.php?t=22758
What's wrong?

Please fix.....
Thanks. :)

Without seeing a real time example of it not working for you, there is nothing to fix.

[Jafo232]

How is this any different than: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=146679 ?

Also, fopen() is a cludgy function to use and you'll find that many people will be unable to use it on shared hosting accounts (where fopen() is usually disabled in favor of the cURL() function).

Well there are several differences.

One being, there is only one plugin, and it uses one hook: url_to_bbcode.

Second, it uses Vbulletins built in method for matching URL's, instead of the one built into this hack.

If the user chooses not to parse links, during a reply or threadpost, then the hack won't override it as the hack you linked to appears to do.

I have never heard of a host disabling fopen, the only thing is when it used to open FILES, and safe mode is on, it will check the UID. However, I do not believe this applies when calling a remote document via http.

cURL on the other hand, must be installed on the system (well at least the libcurl package) whereas fopen is native.

What happens with the other hack when a user say, posts a link to the latest fedora distribution that is 2.7 GB? From what I see of the other hack, the server will attempt to download this entire package before parsing out a title (that it will never find). Of course, it will time out, or give you an exhausted memory error. My mod by contrast, only downloads the first 1000 lines of any document.

This also works with shoutbox or any other plugin that does not bypass the normal posting process, whereas the other only works with the newpost and and edit post hooks.

I hope this answers any of your questions.

[Jafo232]

what do you mean by that

i have 50000 threads in my forum

if i install the hack

this 50000 will not be include??

All that means is, links in those pages will not be transformed to show titles. The hack will only work on new or edited threads/posts.

[Mrdby]

Installed!!!!

[Mrdby]

UNINSTALL IT MESSED UP MY SHOUT BOX

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare convert_url_to_bbcode_callback_auto_title() (previously declared in //local/home//.net/forum/includes/functions_newpost.php(175) : eval()'d code:1) in //local/home//.net/forum/includes/functions_newpost.php(175) : eval()'d code on line 1

[Jafo232]

UNINSTALL IT MESSED UP MY SHOUT BOX

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare convert_url_to_bbcode_callback_auto_title() (previously declared in //local/home//.net/forum/includes/functions_newpost.php(175) : eval()'d code:1) in //local/home//.net/forum/includes/functions_newpost.php(175) : eval()'d code on line 1

As stated in the limitations, may not be compatible with vbshoutbox..

[Mrdby]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=147346" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=147346</a> oh ok..i use this one.

[Jafo232]

Ok, resolved the issue with shoutbox. When you install, overwrite.

[Mrdby]

so shouldn't you update the verison?

[Jafo232]

so shouldn't you update the verison?

The version is updated (1.1)..

[semauae]

I was searching for this hack

thnx alot , installed and I will try now :)

[iogames]

Ok, I've been waiting for this hack for some time... but I use another hack [AME] that parses the URLs converting them on Video, can this affect the functionality of the other hack?

[magnus]

One being, there is only one plugin, and it uses one hook: url_to_bbcode.
One plugin location vs two.. heh.

Second, it uses Vbulletins built in method for matching URL's, instead of the one built into this hack.
Correct, because if you use any other hacks that toy with vB's internal URL parsing routines it will most likely break this hack.

If the user chooses not to parse links, during a reply or threadpost, then the hack won't override it as the hack you linked to appears to do.
This is true, however, because it's by design. From an Admin's perspective, this mod is a great SEO tool. It's mostly for the admin, not necessarily the users.

I have never heard of a host disabling fopen, the only thing is when it used to open FILES, and safe mode is on, it will check the UID. However, I do not believe this applies when calling a remote document via http.
Well, just to name one.. DreamHost (http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Allow_url_fopen). fopen() is generally considered a security risk on shared hosting servers.

URL on the other hand, must be installed on the system (well at least the libcurl package) whereas fopen is native.
You'd be hard pressed to find a shared hosting provider that doesn't have cURL available. And those not using shared hosting can simply install it themselves. But I digress..

What happens with the other hack when a user say, posts a link to the latest fedora distribution that is 2.7 GB? From what I see of the other hack, the server will attempt to download this entire package before parsing out a title (that it will never find). Of course, it will time out, or give you an exhausted memory error. My mod by contrast, only downloads the first 1000 lines of any document.
Well, the first problem here is that someone is trying to download Fedora.. when obviously they should be downloading a superior distribution such as Debian ;). That being said, there's a nifty (.. and configurable!) timeout option. By default, if a page takes longer than 5 seconds to return a title then the process is aborted and the default URL is used.

This also works with shoutbox or any other plugin that does not bypass the normal posting process, whereas the other only works with the newpost and and edit post hooks.
So.. I can hijack a shoutbox and cripple a server by spamming a bunch of links to 10GB ISO's and waiting for it to parse 1000 lines each time I paste it? However way this hack is implemented, by nature it's going to create additional load on the server. Why would you want to add an additional load to something that already puts a ridiculous strain on a server (re: Shoutbox)?

If you're going to provide a link in the OP to compare the differences, the least you could do is make sure the statements are factual.

[Jafo232]

One plugin location vs two.. heh.


Correct, because if you use any other hacks that toy with vB's internal URL parsing routines it will most likely break this hack.



That is why hacks that do not muck with the internal routines are better as opposed to the one you proposed.


This is true, however, because it's by design. From an Admin's perspective, this mod is a great SEO tool. It's mostly for the admin, not necessarily the users.


Well, from my prospective, it is better to worry about the users experience first, not a search engines. The ability to craft a URL without it being mucked by a hack is a requirement for many sites, especially those dealing with code. Your proposed hack limits a users experience.


Well, just to name one.. DreamHost (http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Allow_url_fopen). fopen() is generally considered a security risk on shared hosting servers.

You'd be hard pressed to find a shared hosting provider that doesn't have cURL available. And those not using shared hosting can simply install it themselves. But I digress..

It isn't hard at all. Look how many hacks that require cURL have questions about error messages regarding unfound functions that are part of cURL. There are numerous. If it wasn't a problem, then I fail to see why you mention it in your hack.


Well, the first problem here is that someone is trying to download Fedora.. when obviously they should be downloading a superior distribution such as Debian ;). That being said, there's a nifty (.. and configurable!) timeout option. By default, if a page takes longer than 5 seconds to return a title then the process is aborted and the default URL is used.


The timeout option does NOT stop the download. It is a timeout for a non-response. Please, let us keep it factual.


So.. I can hijack a shoutbox and cripple a server by spamming a bunch of links to 10GB ISO's and waiting for it to parse 1000 lines each time I paste it? However way this hack is implemented, by nature it's going to create additional load on the server. Why would you want to add an additional load to something that already puts a ridiculous strain on a server (re: Shoutbox)?


You mean like search bombing or a million other techniques you can use to DDOS a server? At least what you are speaking of is an intentional act. Posting a link to a large file is common in a forum with no malicious intent. YOUR plugin however makes it seem that way.


If you're going to provide a link in the OP to compare the differences, the least you could do is make sure the statements are factual.

Is it the fact that your lack of understanding of the overall concept that bothers you or that this plugin already has more than half the amount of installs yours has, yet it only took less than 24 hours for a superior hack to do it?

[magnus]

Wow. Ok, pal. Good luck! :rolleyes:

[home9000]

Is it working in 3.6.5 ?

[home9000]

It's working in 3.6.5

but it' give me the name of the forum also in the title . Is it possible to remove it

[semauae]

I tried it

when I write thread link it will display the Forum name

I want to display the thread name

can I ?

[Handbag]

I was just coming on to say that version 1.0 buggered up my polls (ie. users were shown a blank page when trying to post a poll) but v1.1 fixes this, so thanks! :)

[rayphua]

Interesting debate. I'm using yours Jaro, not that Magnus' version wasn't working. But based on what you're saying, I'd rather be safe than sorry. Anyway, the more important point is this, we're all here to better what's currently available on a standard VB package, so thumbs up to both of you.

[Jafo232]

I tried it

when I write thread link it will display the Forum name

I want to display the thread name

can I ?

It's working in 3.6.5

but it' give me the name of the forum also in the title . Is it possible to remove it

This is the title to your page. You need to remove it from your Vbulletin admin cp. It will display whatever is between the <title></title> tags.

[Jafo232]

I was just coming on to say that version 1.0 buggered up my polls (ie. users were shown a blank page when trying to post a poll) but v1.1 fixes this, so thanks! :)

Yeah, I had a brain cramp in not realizing the function where the hook is might be called multiple times per instance. Since this was not a code edit, I forgot that the hook could be eval'd more than once.

That should all be fixed now.

[Andreas]

Keeping allow_url_fopen off in mind, using fopen() might not be the best choice ...

If you don't want to use cUrl for one or another reason, what about fsockopen()?
Also, I'd prefer not to waste resources for local URLS (eg. showthread, etc.)
Would be nice if those were detected automatically and the titles retrieved directly rather than forking a new vBulletin instance just to get the title :)

[Brandon Sheley]

nice, I didn't know there was a hack for this at the Org :D

Thanks for sharing, I'll install for a client later I'm sure.

[MB-Soft]

Thanks for the great Hack.

Clicked Installed :)

[Jafo232]

Your welcome. :)

[Jafo232]

Keeping allow_ur?l_fopen off in mind, using fopen() might not be the best choice ...

If you don't want to use cUrl for one or another reason, what about fsockopen()?
Also, I'd prefer not to waste resources for local URLS (eg. showthread, etc.)
Would be nice if those were detected automaticvally and the titles retrived directly rather than forking a new vBulletin instance just to get the title :)

That might not be a bad idea. I could definitely craft it with fsockopen. So far, nobody has reported any issue with fopen as of yet. If it becomes one, I will take your advice.

As for the local links. I see your point. If I get some time next week, I might poke around with that.

[Jafo232]

I would like to thank all of you who have donated to me so far. It is appreciated!

[Jafo232]

It should also be noted, that changing safe mode should not be required as with a similar hack. Many hosts require safe mode.

[vuiveclub]

nice hack, installed :) thank you

[schniggl]

nice hack!
My forum ist devided in two parts: One can be seen by registered and unregistered and the other one can only be seen by registered users.
A link to a thread in the area that can only be seen by registered is not replaced correctly. It seems, that the server calls the thread as "unregistered" to find the title tag. How can I tell him, that he should look for the title as a registered user?

Hope you understand my problem!
Greetings from Germany!

[Jafo232]

The problem is that the page is not open to the public. It will only show the page title of that page. If it was to grab the page title of pages that you must be registered to view, then it would take away from security of making the thread hidden to unregistered users.

[KURTZ]

really nice hack ;)

[Jafo232]

really nice hack ;)

Thanks!

[schniggl]

The problem is that the page is not open to the public. It will only show the page title of that page. If it was to grab the page title of pages that you must be registered to view, then it would take away from security of making the thread hidden to unregistered users.
yes I understand the problem. But the unregistered users see the threadtitle anyway. They can see the forum, the threads, but they cannot read the threads.

[Jafo232]

yes I understand the problem. But the unregistered users see the threadtitle anyway. They can see the forum, the threads, but they cannot read the threads.

Perhaps I do not understand the nature of the issue. Could you PM me links illustrating what you are talking about?

[Jafo232]

yes I understand the problem. But the unregistered users see the threadtitle anyway. They can see the forum, the threads, but they cannot read the threads.

The mod needs to be able to see the page title tag, if it cannot, then it will not display the page title.

[XFSImperial]

I saw this modification on another forum. I'm glad I was able to find it. Installed :D

[Jafo232]

I saw this modification on another forum. I'm glad I was able to find it. Installed :D

Glad it worked out! :)

[Jafo232]

nice hack, installed :) thank you

Your very welcome. :)

[yoyoyoyo]

excellent - thanks!

[Jafo232]

excellent - thanks!

You welcome, and don't forget to vote. :)

[Jafo232]

I should remind everyone seeing as how there twice as many downloads as there are installs:


Please Click Install (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/vborg_miscactions.php?do=installhack&threadid=155909)

[Jafo232]

If anyone notices any issues with foreign characters let me know. I think I compensated for it, but please tell me if a problem arises.

[falconKing]

This is the title to your page. You need to remove it from your Vbulletin admin cp. It will display whatever is between the <title></title> tags.

Please help me, I removed the title from my vB Admin cP, but still it will only display the Forum name instead of displaying theThread name :( .

(please note the I have vBSEO installed, and don't know if it's affecting it!)

Thanx in advance :) .

[Jafo232]

Does the thread require the user to be logged in to see it?

[falconKing]

Does the thread require the user to be logged in to see it?

Yes :o but even when I sign in it doesn't show !!!

[jer2eydevil88]

I installed the mod but it doesn't seem to change anything when I post a url... maybe I misunderstand the purpose of this mod?

Does it take a string of text in the shape of a url like http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/ and change it to the title of that page? (i.e. Apple - Mac OS X Leopard)

[Jafo232]

Yes, that is what it does..

[Canis Firebrand]

Nice idea, but I had to uninstall it after I downloaded and installed because I can't use fopen. I hadn't gotten to the post about fopen before I downloaded and installed it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have tried it. Just wanted to explain one download without a marked install.

I had to go with the other plugin because it used cURL and that is what my host, Dreamhost, allows.

[Jafo232]

OK, Just note the security issues I brought up with that plugin.

[Canis Firebrand]

Thanks for the link to your post above.

If yours was able to use fopen or cURL so that both avenues worked, I'd give yours the install. But as it stands with my host, plugins that only use fopen will not work for me.

I'll keep an eye on this incase you do decide to add in cURL support in addition to fopen.

[Jafo232]

The problem with cURL is you cannot tell the script to get X bytes of data and then stop, which you can with fopen. So basically if someone types in a URL to say a 7gb file, your server will attempt to download that entire file before parsing it to get the title tag. Most likely, your server will timeout after 30 seconds (if that is the setting in php.ini) or if it goes above the memory limit.

This could adversely affect your servers performance, and may also greatly increase your bandwidth usage. You should be VERY wary if that plugin works with shoutbox. Someone could easily do a denial of service attack on you relatively quick.

[CP,]

Somebody correct me if im wrong..

but this hack should be good for seo'ing right? as it rewrites the urls?

[djbaxter]

Somebody correct me if im wrong..

but this hack should be good for seo'ing right? as it rewrites the urls?

No, it doesn't rewrite the URLs. What it does is add anchor text to the URL.

This might help with SEO for your forum if the link points to one of your threads. Otherwise, the page at the end of the link may benefit. In both cases, I say "might" and "may" because it depends on the title of the page or thread to which the link is pointing - for many forums, the thread title is often pretty much useless for SEO (e.g., "Hi... I'm new here" isn't likely to rocket that thread to the top of the search engine rankings for anything useful to the forum owner, which is one - but only one - of the problems with trying to use mod_rewrite strategies with vBulletin).

:)

[CP,]

No, it doesn't rewrite the URLs. What it does is add anchor text to the URL.

This might help with SEO for your forum if the link points to one of your threads. Otherwise, the page at the end of the link may benefit. :)

eitherway it benefits! So by anchoring it bots will identify the "text" first and will index it into search engines with the link, right? So when people search for "Basket Nitting" and that was anchored on the forum linking to your own forum then its a good thing..?

[djbaxter]

eitherway it benefits! So by anchoring it bots will identify the "text" first and will index it into search engines with the link, right? So when people search for "Basket Nitting" and that was anchored on the forum linking to your own forum then its a good thing..?

Not necessarily. I was editing my post above as you were replying:

This might help with SEO for your forum if the link points to one of your threads. Otherwise, the page at the end of the link may benefit. In both cases, I say "might" and "may" because it depends on the title of the page or thread to which the link is pointing - for many forums, the thread title is often pretty much useless for SEO (e.g., "Hi... I'm new here" isn't likely to rocket that thread to the top of the search engine rankings for anything useful to the forum owner, which is one - but only one - of the problems with trying to use mod_rewrite strategies with vBulletin).

In those cases, it's not going to help you much if at all. How many people are going to search for ""Hi... I'm new here" or "I have a problem" or "it doesn't work"?

[Dave Hawley]

I highly doubt Google even credits links/anchor text in forum posts. You have to understand that Google passes PageRank and credit for "votes". Forum links could easily be posted by the site owner in the 1000's. Google and it's army of the Worlds best geeks are not that silly.

Even it does, most forum threads have no, or very little PR.

If you use this hack expecting some boost of some sort, you will be dissapointed. If you use this hack for your users, you wont be.

[djbaxter]

I highly doubt Google even credits links/anchor text in forum posts.

They do show up in Google Alerts. That would seem to indicate that Google does recognize them as incoming links.

Even it does, most forum threads have no, or very little PR.

If a thread is indexed, and has at leasr one icnoming link, it should follow that it has some PR, no matter how small. One link in a thread wouldn't be worht much. A lot of similar links could have some impact.

If you use this hack expecting some boost of some sort, you will be dissapointed. If you use this hack for your users, you wont be.

Always true. :)

[Jafo232]

To weigh in here, I wouldn't think it would affect SEO that much, other than it may put keywords into the threads/posts that were not there before..

[PurpleButterfly]

Any advice on why it's not working in my 3.6.8 forum? I installed and it's showing up in the admin CP, but none of the test posts I'm making are showing page titles, only the URL as usual. I've tried all sorts of URL's....

[Jafo232]

Who is your host? Is it dreamhost?

[PurpleButterfly]

Who is your host? Is it dreamhost?

No, Fused Network and they are *awesome*....is there an issue w/this not working with hosting companies who have higher security settings?

[Jafo232]

Some hosts disable the fopen option to URL's, this sounds like the case with your host.

[PurpleButterfly]

Ahhh, okay. Thanks for taking the time to let me know this. :)

[Almotmaiz.Net]

i love it , good work :)

click Installed

[TrioxX]

Really great hack if it would work for me :/ Ive imported the xml, but the urls are the same as before...

i've created a new thread with the text http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=test&meta=. If i understand the function of this plugin correctly, it must show me test - Google-Search and not http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=test&meta=. Right? If yes... Where is the problem?!? Safe mode? Mod Rewrite?

[Jafo232]

Has your host disabled fopen()?

[Phooey]

Yet another vBSEO feature for free, thanks!

/installed

[karnevil]

Probably a daft question - all my links to forums work perfectly with this mod, but links to threads instead of showing the original URL, or the thread title, just show the link as the forum title. I assume it has something to do with title tags - how would I change this to be the Thread title as opposed to the Forum title.

Does that make sense? Thankyou x

[Jafo232]

Hmm, I assume you will have to edit a template or a VB setting to use the threads title for the page title.. I kinda thought they all did already, but maybe your template needs updating..

[karnevil]

Thanks Jafo - been trying to work it out for ages and have got completely nowhere.

Heres how the links come up

http://www.legalbeagles.info/forums/showthread.php?t=3539

On VB org they come up as

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=155909&page=7

On another site where it does work they come up as

www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/general-debt/90409-hfc-bank-restons-solicitors.html


Thats what I want mine to do....

[karnevil]

Ahhh think we ran out of VBSEO.... :(

Is that the only way to do it ?

[Jafo232]

Not sure what is happening, because the site you link to isn't online..

[Jafo232]

Ahhh think we ran out of VBSEO.... :(

Is that the only way to do it ?

I have no idea what you are saying.

[Satz]

i tried everythin..still no luck for me :(

there is no way otherthan buying VBseo ? for Title_based_url.html ?

[katan]

thanks you!!!

[Jafo232]

i tried everythin..still no luck for me :(

there is no way otherthan buying VBseo ? for Title_based_url.html ?

This mod does not create title_based_url.html. Your misunderstand it.

[sweede]

Go to the admin CP

Plugins & Products -> Plugin Manager

Look for "Product : Title Replace"

Edit the plugin labeled Title Replace
Replace the contents of the Plugin PHP Code with the code below.

The code below does NOT use cURL or fopen and does not run into the problem of either cURL not being installed or hosts that have URL opens with fopen disabled.

fsocketopen will retrieve the first 8k of the HTML file to look for the <title></title> tags. if it does not find them, it will end the connection and return the pasted URL as is.

I should warn you that i havent tested this code for basic PHP Errors. it would be wise to copy the existing plugin PHP Code to notepad for a backup before pasting the code below.

-- See my post below with the change that uses fread() opposed to while(!feof(resource) )

[Jafo232]

This above code entry does NOT just open the first 8k.. Consider:

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

function auto_title_http_get($url){

$url_stuff = parse_url($url);
$port = isset($url_stuff['port']) ? $url_stuff['port'] : 80;

$fp = fsockopen($url_stuff['host'], $port);

$query = "GET " . $url_stuff['path'] ."?". $url_stuff['query'] . " HTTP/1.0\n";
$query .= "Host: " . $url_stuff['host'];
$query .= "\n\n";

fwrite($fp, $query);

while ($tmp = fread($fp, 8192))
{
$buffer .= $tmp;
}

preg_match('/Content-Length: ([0-9]+)/', $buffer, $parts);

return substr($buffer, - $parts[1]);

}


echo auto_title_http_get('http://fedora.inode.at/6/i386/iso/FC-6-i386-DVD.iso');

?>

And watch your servers memory get gobbled up and and PHP timeout.. Hence why fopen is preferred.

[sweede]

while(!feof) , while NOT end of file. the correct methon would be to use fread(resource, bytes) , which reads the stream until bytes and then closes the stream.

I actually tested this one.




if (!function_exists(convert_url_to_bbcode_callback_a uto_title)) {
function convert_url_to_bbcode_callback_auto_title($message text, $prepend)
{
// the auto parser - adds tags around neccessary things
$messagetext = str_replace('\"', '"', $messagetext);
$prepend = str_replace('\"', '"', $prepend);

static $urlSearchArray, $urlReplaceArray, $emailSearchArray, $emailReplaceArray;
if (empty($urlSearchArray))
{
$taglist = '\[b|\[i|\[u|\[left|\[center|\[right|\[indent|\[quote|\[highlight|\[\*' .
'|\[/b|\[/i|\[/u|\[/left|\[/center|\[/right|\[/indent|\[/quote|\[/highlight';
$urlSearchArray = array(
"#(^|(?<=[^_a-z0-9-=\]\"'/@]|(?<=" . $taglist . ")\]))((https?|ftp|gopher|news|telnet)://|www\.)((\[(?!/)|[^\s[^$`\"'|{}<>])+)(?!\[/url|\[/img)(?=[,.!)]*(\)\s|\)$|[\s[]|$))#siU"
);

$urlReplaceArray = array(
"[url]\\2\\4"
);




$emailSearchArray = array(
"/([ \n\r\t])([_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[^\s]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,4}))/si",
"/^([_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[^\s]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,4}))/si"
);

$emailReplaceArray = array(
"\\1\\2",
"\\0"
);
}

$text = preg_replace_callback($urlSearchArray, "auto_title", $messagetext);

if (strpos($text, "@"))
{
$text = preg_replace($emailSearchArray, $emailReplaceArray, $text);
}

return $prepend . $text;
}

function auto_title_http_get($url){

$url_stuff = parse_url($url);
$port = isset($url_stuff['port']) ? $url_stuff['port'] : 80;

$fp = fsockopen($url_stuff['host'], $port);

$query = "GET " . $url_stuff['path'] ."?". $url_stuff['query'] . " HTTP/1.0\n";
$query .= "Host: " . $url_stuff['host'];
$query .= "\n\n";

fwrite($fp, $query);

$buffer = fread($fp, 8192);

preg_match('/Content-Length: ([0-9]+)/', $buffer, $parts);

return substr($buffer, - $parts[1]);

}
function auto_title ($text)
{

if ($text[2] == 'www.' or $text[2] == 'WWW.') {
$text[4] = $text[2] . $text[4];
$text[2] = 'http://';
}

$paged = @fopen( $text[2] . $text[4], "r" ); #echo $page . "DONE";

$page = auto_title_http_get($paged);

preg_match("/<title>[\n\r\s]*(.*)[\n\r\s]*<\/title>/", $page, $title);

if ($title[1] == '') {
$title[1] = $text[2] . $text[4];
}
return " . $text[4] . "\"]" . preg_replace("/\&.+\;/", '', $title[1]) . " (\"" . $text[2)";
}

}

$messagetext = preg_replace(
'#(^|\[/(' . $skiptaglist . ')\])(.*(\[(' . $skiptaglist . ')|$))#siUe',
"convert_url_to_bbcode_callback_auto_title('\\3', '\\1')",
$messagetext
);

[Jafo232]

You are going to find that fsockopen can fall under the same security restrictions as fopen depending on the host.. Examples:

http://www.110mb.com/forum/external-off-site-smtp-access-failed-fsockopen-has-been-disabled-t3690.0.html

http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread2690.html

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/archive/index.php/t-501791.html

http://forum.unlimitedmb.com/showthread.php?t=799

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=zKQ&q=fsockopen+disabled&btnG=Search

So, yeah, I suppose your method COULD replace fopen, but the same reason why you would want to, could apply also to your solution.

[HDT]

After installed look like old thread that contains link do not retrieve the title,this need to rebuild thread and post cache?

Work on new parsed link only.

Please advise.

[Jafo232]

Works on new threads only.

[HDT]

Thanks Jafo for your confirmation.great work!

[ymy]

Yet another vBSEO feature for free, thanks!

/installed

No, vBSEO feature work with external and internal URL
this hack only external URL :confused:

[VADOS]

*installed*
Thanx 4 the hack.

But could you tell me please how can I make links will be parsing without any external info, such as
- Page 2 - My Board Name

I want to make links only with the name of the thread, but no more external info.

[Jafo232]

*installed*
Thanx 4 the hack.

But could you tell me please how can I make links will be parsing without any external info, such as


I want to make links only with the name of the thread, but no more external info.

It only reads the pages title. So my advice would be to work on your page titles. :)

[VADOS]

So sorry... =(
*uninstalled*

[KURTZ]

runs perfectly on 3.7.0B3 :D

[Jafo232]

It should.. Only really uses one hook, and I don't think it will change until around version 4.0.

[Bexter]

Lovely mod, been looking for something like this for ages, but havent found something as perfect :D

It automatically converts URLs in the shoutbox as well.

Was wondering if there was a way for it to convert the urls in cyb chatbox too as i've just installed that on my test forum, and the admins are leaning more towards cyb chatbox than vbshout :O


Thanks :D

[Jafo232]

It all depends on how the plugin works. If it isn't converting URL's already, then it probably won't work with it.

[Jase2]

This work with vB 3.7 ??

Regards Jason :)

[Jafo232]

I have no idea and will not know until 3.7 is officially released. Right now, those using it in production environments are being a bit reckless..

[Bexter]

I installed this on my test forum, which is running 3.7 beta 3, and it works great.

I've not got 3.7 beta 4 on my main site (:O :S) and installed this on there and again works great :D

[Baldilocks]

Installed!! Nice mod!

[Jafo232]

Great, glad it worked out!

[dieselpowered]

Works perfect, thanks!

[dieselpowered]

Oh one question...is there a way to limit the number of characters that are displayed?

[Jafo232]

Not built in, no.

[ArnyVee]

Why is this not working for me? Is there anything else outside of the .xml product import that needs to occur for it to work?

I've got 3.6.8 p2 running for reference.

[gim]

Great!

[ArnyVee]

Good stuff! :)

[Charlie98902]

Running 3.7.0 Gold and yes this mod works just fine. Might want to port it over in that section now too?

[Jafo232]

It is on the list to be ported, I just have a lot of work to do currently.

[KURTZ]

perfect :)

[Super Jinni]

nice one

giving it a try

[Super Jinni]

it works but in the wrong way

it doesn't show the title of threads from the forum itself, instead it shows the forum's title..

but it does work with the main forums and subforums titles..

so how to make it work with the the threads titles and links?

thanks

[Newfarm]

I'm experiencing the same behavior as the guy above me here, just shows forumtitle and not the entire thread title, running on 3.7 gold.

[Jafo232]

Is the entire thread title in the PAGE TITLE? If not, then it will not show up.

[Newfarm]

Yes it is but I'm starting to wonder if the transition to vb 3.7 have pushed the title more then 1000 chars down for me (just to clarify, it's probably the style I'm using, not 3.7 per se).

[Jafo232]

I would edit the template then and get the title towards the top of the page (where it belongs :) )..

[bc3tech]

hm. i installed this and verified the plugin is running and whatnot, but don't see the desired behavior.
does it happen after a particular amount of time?
should i see it on a "preview" or "go advanced" (from quick reply)?

any steps you'd like me to try for debugging purposes?

also, have you considered writing an admin maintenance task that would process all the links posted prior to installing this mod? would be most awesome.

i'm also finding that altering the plugin (basically clicking "save" after doing "edit" on the plug) after installation is impossible. every time i try i get a Service Temporarily Unavailable error from the site. However i can do anything else i want w/ any other plugins i have installed. the only way i've been able to change the plugin code is to change it in the XML and re-upload w/ overwrite... pretty weird if i do say so myself (and i do)

[falconKing]

Hi, I'm getting this error message from time to time in my error_log file on my 370Gold board:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /home/********/public_html/vb/includes/functions_newpost.php(175) : eval()'d code on line 58

I have been advised by the vB team with the following:

You have a plugin on the url_to_bbcode hook that is taking more than 30 seconds to complete its work. You will either need to fix the plugin, get support from its author or increase the max_execution time in your php.ini file to accomodate this.

The first two options are the preferable ones.

How can I resolve this, please?

Thanks!

[bc3tech]

Hi, I'm getting this error message from time to time in my error_log file on my 370Gold board:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /home/********/public_html/vb/includes/functions_newpost.php(175) : eval()'d code on line 58

I have been advised by the vB team with the following:



How can I resolve this, please?

Thanks!
looks like some user has put in a link that's taking more then 30s to resolve, so likely their link is "bad"

[falconKing]

@ bc3tech - Thanx for your reply, I think that's what happened!

[bc3tech]

np; ideally this mod would account for that as well...

I wonder when Jafo's going to get around to addressing the other concerns posted here.

[Super Jinni]

np; ideally this mod would account for that as well...

I wonder when Jafo's going to get around to addressing the other concerns posted here.

what do you mean?

[iettafune]

work on 3.7.1 PL1????

[Jafo232]

work on 3.7.1 PL1????

Yes it does.

[bc3tech]

Yes it does.
really? answer that and not the other problems (particularly mine)?
here i'll even save you the trouble of going back a page:
hm. i installed this and verified the plugin is running and whatnot, but don't see the desired behavior.
does it happen after a particular amount of time?
should i see it on a "preview" or "go advanced" (from quick reply)?

any steps you'd like me to try for debugging purposes?

also, have you considered writing an admin maintenance task that would process all the links posted prior to installing this mod? would be most awesome.

i'm also finding that altering the plugin (basically clicking "save" after doing "edit" on the plug) after installation is impossible. every time i try i get a Service Temporarily Unavailable error from the site. However i can do anything else i want w/ any other plugins i have installed. the only way i've been able to change the plugin code is to change it in the XML and re-upload w/ overwrite... pretty weird if i do say so myself (and i do)

[Jafo232]

Sorry I haven't been helpful, should I give you a refund? :rolleyes:

Anyway does your server allow you to use fopen() to open URL's? That would be where I would check first..

[bc3tech]

Sorry I haven't been helpful, should I give you a refund? :rolleyes:

Anyway does your server allow you to use fopen() to open URL's? That would be where I would check first..
am nearly positive it does; what could i do to verify? i'm using a hosting company not my "own" server per se.

[Jafo232]

I would think a little script like this would tell you:


if (!fopen("http://www.yahoo.com/", "r")) {

echo "Cannot open site";

}

else {

echo "Success!";

}

[Super Jinni]

sometimes I got this error if I post some links:

Network Error (tcp_error)

A communication error occurred: "Operation timed out"
The Web Server may be down, too busy, or experiencing other problems preventing it from responding to requests. You may wish to try again at a later time.

but sometimes it works ok and have no problem.. is there anyway to avoid this error?

thanks

:)

[bc3tech]

I would think a little script like this would tell you:


if (!fopen("http://www.yahoo.com/", "r")) {

echo "Cannot open site";

}

else {

echo "Success!";

}



thanks. it appears as though fopen() is blocked by hoster's server configuration. any way around this?

[Jafo232]

thanks. it appears as though fopen() is blocked by hoster's server configuration. any way around this?

Not with this plugin, but you may want to try this one (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=146679), but note that 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..

[Super Jinni]

and what about my issue?!!!

[hotpursuite]

thank you. Very beautiful plunigs.

[Super Jinni]

it does not work with a lot of urls and gives instead this error:

Network Error (tcp_error)

A communication error occurred: "Operation timed out"
The Web Server may be down, too busy, or experiencing other problems preventing it from responding to requests. You may wish to try again at a later time.

how to disable this as needed in some threads.. and make only URLs displayed?

[KURTZ]

hi jafo what about a 3.7.x upgrade (compatible with the new passive vid)?

[djbaxter]

This is working for me on vBulletin 3.72 PL2.

[KURTZ]

This is working for me on vBulletin 3.72 PL2.

yes it runs but isn't compatible with the passive vid 2.0 hack ... :(

[x-death]

thanks

[Harley D]

How can I prevent it from doing this?

This is what is showing:
Guaging Intrest on Powerball Gyroscope Group Buy - Laser Enthusiast Community

This is what I want to show:
Guaging Intrest on Powerball Gyroscope Group Buy

The plugin seems to be adding the Forums Name from the VB OPTIONS in the adminCP:
"Name of your forum. This appears in the title of every page."

[Patrick Simmons]

Is there an option I am missing. None of the links changed and even when testing new links it still showed only te full url

[Mrdby]

update for 3.7.3?

[djbaxter]

It works fine as is in 3.73.

[sectomy]

on my 3.7.3 it doesnt work, too...
any changes made ?

[thecore762]

Mine doesn't work any longer.

[iyama]

not working on 3.8.1 . Thnx for in/unstalling and the good job :)

[denman75]

does not work anymore
tnx for the time being that it worked

[Elric]

works not on 3.8.2...

[wideopen]

I have it loaded on two sites it works on the 3.6.8 but only sometimes on the 3.6.7 Any ideas?

[tunistunis]

not working on 3.8.1

[denman75]

not working on 3.8.1

same here ,its not working :(

[j1mmy]

Doesn't work with 3.7.3

[cynthetiq]

i found that this works with 3.8.3
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=189658&highlight=Title+Tag+Fetcher&page=2

[djbaxter]

Doesn't work with 3.7.3

I really wish that people would stop posting inane statements like this.

I accept that it's not working for you. That may be for any one of several reasons:


you didn't install it correctly
you have a custom style missing some of the standard vBulletin code
you have a conflict between this add-on and other add-ons that you've previously installed
something else is messed up with your vBulletin installation
etc.

That doesn't mean the add-on "Doesn't work with 3.7.3". It worked for me in 3.73 and all the way through to 3.83. It obviously worked for a lot of other people to.

If you want to make a statement like, "I can't get this to work on my forum", fine. Then perhaps someone can begin the process of trying to determine why it's working for others and not for you.

[j1mmy]

Okay, I can't get this to work on my forum running 3.7.3...

Perhaps you can guide me through the installation process and possibly help me identify where I might be going wrong?

[djbaxter]

Start by looking at the suggestions I listed above regarding your theme/style and other plug-ins.

1. Check to see if it works in the vBulletin default style.

2. Disable ALL other add-ons except this one - does it work now?

If the answer to either 1 or 2 is "No", try cynthetiq's suggestion: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=189658

[cfww2]

Thank you. Seems to work fine on 3.8.4

CF

[MagicThemeParks]

Works as described on 3.8.4 :up:

Good work!

[trotskid]

Doesn?t work on my forum (3.8.3).

If the answer to either 1 or 2 is "No", try cynthetiq's suggestion: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=189658

And this one either lol

[Charlie98902]

Can you please port this over to vb4? Thanks

[BadgerDog]

I've temporarily disabled the OTHER mod (with 5 sec timeout) to try this one, as the former seemed to be hit and miss replacing links with names.

So far, this one seems to work well on v3.67pl1 ...

Thanks Jafo232 ... :)

Regards,
Badger

[BadgerDog]

A follow up ... :)

This seems to be working fine, but if a user puts the [ur][/url] codes around his link, then the link shows, but not the page translation with this mod.

I think it's because people have got used to selecting the LINK button in the editing page for a post and that's how the links get bracketed. Is there any way of having this mod work around those brackets, or perhaps eliminate the option in post editing to use the link button from appearing there?

Thanks for any feedback ...

Regards,
Badger

[UKCE_Hitman]

thanks installed .

[UKCE_Hitman]

thanks installed

[Manoel J?nior]

Thanks functionally in vbb4.x

[SanaLTutsaK]

thank you

[teenage.vn]

Can I ask if this mod works for vb4 ? ...

Thanks for this great mod and further support :) ...

[BadgerDog]

vb4 support would be great !!

Thanks ... :)

Regards,
Badger

[mry]

yes we wait vb4 mod :)

[Quads]

Any idea if this works with 3.8.x?

[MagicThemeParks]

Works as described on 3.8.4 :up:

Good work!

One page back, I confirmed it working on 3.8.4, but I haven't tested it on 3.8.5 yet. :)

[Quads]

Gotcha. I missed it. Thanks.

[Quads]

Installed and tested on 3.8.2

Works as described! Marked installed. Thanks!

[Cadellin]

Is there any plan to update this to a vB4 mod?

If not can I have permission to port to vB4 and release it please?

Cheers

[BadgerDog]

It seems to work fine with v4.03 for me as is ...

Am I missing something?

Regards,
Badger

[cfww2]

It seems to work fine with v4.03 for me as is ...

Am I missing something?

Regards,
Badger

It works fine for me in v4.03 too, though not retrospectively. That's not a problem as there were only a few posts between me upgrading from 3.8.5 and Vb4.

So, excellent to see that not all add-ons are redundent. :)

cheers

[Charlie98902]

This mod works with vbulletin 4.03 PL1

[karabaja3]

I've uninstalled this hack, but links remains to get replaced with site title. What should I do?

[MagicThemeParks]

karabaja3, do you happen to have vBSEO or another hack that may do it automatically?

[karabaja3]

karabaja3, do you happen to have vBSEO or another hack that may do it automatically?

Yes I have the vBSEO. But I didn't know he does the same thing. :(

[MagicThemeParks]

karabaja3, you may want to go to vBSEO.com and see if there's an option to turn that off. Good luck! :up:

[djbaxter]

karabaja3, you may want to go to vBSEO.com and see if there's an option to turn that off. Good luck! :up:

Why would you want to turn it off to install an extra add-on which does the same thing? That makes little sense.

[MagicThemeParks]

djbaxter, in his previous posts, he mentioned that he uninstalled this hack, but still showing the URL changes.

So, he's not installing the hack, but uninstalling it. :)

[blackberry]

Its not properly working on 3.8

[MagicThemeParks]

blackberry, it works properly in several 3.8x sites that I've installed it on.

[ehsanch]

tested and work on version 4.0.7

[sonixax]

its work on 4.0.8 .
but have problem with some Websites like : Wikipedia.org
How to solve ?

[michael24179]

tested and work on version 4.1.7

[fajny_nick]

Hi,

I have problem with this mod, when title have polish chars.

Can anybody help me with this?

[dougdirac]

Was there ever an updated version of this mod. I have an issue with members posting links with the editor in WYSIWYG mode and the editor automatically ads [URL] tags around the link such that this mod doesn't get a chance to work.

[Tyluur]

Works on 4.2.0.

[zaimbat]

Works on 4.2.0.

I have just tried it on 4.2.0 but looks like is not working here. As a matter of fact if I import the XML I cannot post at all on the forum! The message I want to post stays there on hold forever.

[zaimbat]

Nevermind! It now works!!! Thanks so much!

[Jackchan]

A stranger error happen, the title replace "Account Suspended" thou my site active and no problem at all!

Any solution for this? Thank you.