AutoLinker Lite, keyword linker for vBulletin 3.7 and 4.x, and vbcms

[kermit2]

AutoLinker Lite is a keyword linker for vBulletin 3.7 upwards, 4.x, and vBulletin CMS. It allows the webmaster to configure particular words or phrases as keywords, which will then be automatically linked when they appear in user posts. As well as being hyperlinked, keywords can have pop-over info boxes, as in the image below:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/03/4.gif

These info boxes are highly configurable (colours, borders, fade in/fade out effect etc), and can contain html - meaning you can embed images, videos etc. Balloon-style boxes are also supported.

AutoLinker Lite has a flexible permissions system, allowing you to control which forums a given link appears in, and which usergroups it is visible too.

This is a free version of a commercial product, and contains a limit on the number of AutoLinks that you may create. Other than that, it is fully functional.

Please note that AutoLinks in the CMS do not work in vBulletin 4.0.0 and 4.0.1. 4.0.2 and upwards are fine.

A couple more images to hopefully whet your appetite:

Some of the things you can do with HTML:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Admin control panel:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/03/6.gif

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/03/7.gif

[saadessa]

after installing i get this error on control panal that when i chose any option of hack options

Fatal error: Unable to read 54027 bytes in /home/saad6/public_html/admincp/autolinker_admin.php on line 0

[kermit2]

Sorry, there's a fresh version available to download (from the link in the original post) which should solve that problem

[nomoreturn]

installed

[Alfa1]

Please post a aminCP screen shot showing the functionality.

[kermit2]

I've added a couple to the original post.. There are more sections in the ACP, but I didn't want the post to be too image-heavy

[saadessa]

after installing i get this error on control panal that when i chose any option of hack options

Fatal error: Unable to read 54027 bytes in /home/saad6/public_html/admincp/autolinker_admin.php on line 0

ok ,,,, this is the solution of this problem
i find it after search
simblytransfer files as binary and not ASCII when using FTP

more ditals on this article
https://www.easyphpcalendar.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=6

[dondavis]

Thank you for addon :)
But tell me plz how many links i can create?

[Alfa1]

I've added a couple to the original post.. There are more sections in the ACP, but I didn't want the post to be too image-heavy
Please be so kind to add them. Smaller images are fine. I'd like to see them to find out if it suits the purpose I want to use it for.

[Jabong82]

This is an interesting mod. Do you have a link to the commercial version? Can we use these to create ads to link for example affiliate products? Thank you.

[dondavis]

What about Rissian language?

[kermit2]

Here we go, Alfa1. Along with the images in the original post, this covers all areas of the control panel

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/04/21.gif


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/04/22.gif


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/04/23.gif


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/04/24.gif

[kermit2]

dondavis: the lite version is limited to 5 links. Regarding Russian, do you mean a language pack for the admin console, or support for hyperlinking russian words? In answer to the first question, the admin area is only in English I'm afraid. For the second question, there shouldn't be any problems using it on a forum with Russian posts.

[soundbarrierpro]

I sent you a message from your site.

[Bankfodder]

We have a very large forum - 253,000 members, 700,000 visitors per month.
We use AutoLinker for all sorts of things including affiliate links. It makes a huge difference because our members ask questions about where to source some item or other and when they submit their post and go and check it - as they all do, - they generally find that they have typed in a keyword and it has been automatically linked with our affilliate code already in place.

[Bankfodder]

It makes for very tight targeting of affiliate advertising. Forum users are given a link to exactly whatever it was they were looking for.

Very nice.

[Alfa1]

How does this mod handle keywords that include other keywords? For example if I enter both product and production, then what will happen when someone types the word production ?
And if I only enter 'product' then what will happen when someone posts the word 'production' ?

[kermit2]

If you had 'product' as a keyword, and someone typed 'production', it wouldn't link it - it understands word boundaries, and doesn't hyperlink keywords that are part of a large word.

Hopefully that answers the question about if you had 'product' and 'production'; If 'production' was typed, only the 'production' keyword would be linked

[SteveV]

Hi i am going to test the lite version on my VB4.0.2 PL4 installation and when i am satisfied can i upgrade to the commercial version without any problems ?

[kermit2]

Hi i am going to test the lite version on my VB4.0.2 PL4 installation and when i am satisfied can i upgrade to the commercial version without any problems ?

Yep, that won't be a problem. You'll be able to upgrade without losing any existing settings

[angeljs]

What does 'remember to escape double quotes' mean?

[kermit2]

What does 'remember to escape double quotes' mean?

Sorry, it means that if you use double quotes inside the 'content' box, they need to be escaped with a slash - eg \" rather than just "

[Alfa1]

Thanks for the explanation.

[soundbarrierpro]

Bought it, using it with currently over 1,000 links made.

By far and away one of the top mods made. This thing is awesome!

*Installed/Nominated

[Mike_K]

It works for me in the standard settings.

But if I want to edit a display template the following DB error comes:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE `autolinker_templates` SET title="test", tname="test",
style="font-style:Normal;text-decoration:Underline;text-transform:None;font-size:100%;color:#000000;", image="1", mouseover="popup", href="none", link_target="_top",
bgcolor="#DDDDDD", bordercolor="#000000", borderwidth="1", padding="500", windowtitle="", shadow="0",
sticky="1", titlebar="1", opacity="95", fadein="300", fadeout="300",
WHERE id="1";

MySQL-Fehler : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'WHERE id="1"' at line 5
Fehler-Nr. : 1064
Fehler-Zeit : Monday, 05.04.2010 @ 11:38:10
Datum : Monday, 05.04.2010 @ 11:38:10
Skript : http://www.domain.de/test/admincp/autolinker_admin.php?do=updatetemplate
Referrer : http://www.domain.de/test/admincp/autolinker_admin.php?do=edittemplate&id=1
IP-Adresse : 11111.1.111..1111
Benutzername : Mike
Klassenname : vB_Database
MySQL-Version : 5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1

[RedPoint]

Error when i edit a template


Datenbankfehler in vBulletin 4.0.2:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE `vb3_autolinker_templates` SET title="server", tname="server",
style="font-style:Normal;text-decoration:None;text-transform:None;font-size:100%;", image="2", mouseover="popup", href="link", link_target="_blank",
bgcolor="#DDDDDD", bordercolor="#363D9C", borderwidth="1", padding="500", windowtitle="", shadow="1",
sticky="1", titlebar="1", opacity="95", fadein="300", fadeout="300",
WHERE id="1";

MySQL-Fehler : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'WHERE id="1"' at line 5
Fehler-Nr. : 1064
Fehler-Zeit : Monday, 05.04.2010 @ 11:51:48
Datum : Monday, 05.04.2010 @ 11:51:49
Skript : http://www.xyz.ro/forum/admincp/autolinker_admin.php?do=updatetemplate
Referrer : http://www.xyz.ro/forum/admincp/autolinker_admin.php?do=edittemplate&id=1
IP-Adresse : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Benutzername : XYZ
Klassenname : vB_Database
MySQL-Version : 5.0.26-log

[kermit2]

Mike_K, RedPoint : sorry about that, you've both found the same bug. I've fixed it and uploaded version 1.0.1 (the link is on the first post in the thread).

You won't need to reinstall to apply the fix - just extract the zip file, and upload admincp/autolinker.php (overwriting the existing file). No need to upload any of other files

[RedPoint]

thanks, its run now

[tazattitude]

Hello,
Looks like a nice add-on!

I installed it and am getting an error on the top of the admin settings page

Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in [path]/a_control_panel/autolinker_admin.php on line 1039

Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.autolinker.com/latest_lite.txt) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in [path]/a_control_panel/autolinker_admin.php on line 1039

Any idea what is causing this. It's only on the admin settings page.
I changed the cpanel to a_control_panel, not for sure if this caused the error.

Also, when I set "number of autolinks to show in any post" to 1, it does only show one autolink, but it still highlights all the other keywords... but does not link them. Is there a way not do do both once it's pass the specified amount of autolinks per post (not to link AND not to highlight).
It would be nice to limit it per "thread"

[Mike_K]

You won't need to reinstall to apply the fix - just extract the zip file, and upload admincp/autolinker.php (overwriting the existing file). No need to upload any of other files

Now it works, thank you. But you meant autolinker.php ind the folder /autolinker ?
Only updating the file in the admincdp (autolinker_admin.php) didn't solve the problem.

[Mike_K]

Uninstalled!

It's a very nice mod. But the free version isn't useable because of the limitation of 5 links. This is too less.

And in my opinion 25 - 35 GBP for only one year (!) is too much money for the pro version.

Maybe you will think about your licensing model?

[kermit2]

Now it works, thank you. But you meant autolinker.php ind the folder /autolinker ?
Only updating the file in the admincdp (autolinker_admin.php) didn't solve the problem.

Hmm no, it's definitely autolinker_admin.php that was the problem; that was the only file that had changed from 1.0 -> 1.0.1

[kermit2]

Hello,
Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in [path]/a_control_panel/autolinker_admin.php on line 1039

Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.autolinker.com/latest_lite.txt) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in [path]/a_control_panel/autolinker_admin.php on line 1039

Any idea what is causing this. It's only on the admin settings page.
I changed the cpanel to a_control_panel, not for sure if this caused the error.


It's a security setting in PHP - stops file_get_contents from opening URLs. Eventually we'll probably use cURL as an alternative when PHP is configured like this, but for the meantime I've just suppressed this warning.

If you want to grab v1.0.2 from the first post, it will address this (you'll only need to replace admincp/autolinker.php), but it's only a warning, and not for a particularly important feature (it just checks the latest version of AutoLinker available, and tells you if there's a newer version out)


Also, when I set "number of autolinks to show in any post" to 1, it does only show one autolink, but it still highlights all the other keywords... but does not link them. Is there a way not do do both once it's pass the specified amount of autolinks per post (not to link AND not to highlight).
It would be nice to limit it per "thread"

Hmm, it certainly shouldn't be doing this. Don't suppose you could give me a link to a thread on your forum where this is happening please?

[tazattitude]

I just reuploaded all files inc the product and everything seems to be fine now. It does not show more than the alloted links...great!
Thanks

[Bankfodder]

Uninstalled!

It's a very nice mod. But the free version isn't useable because of the limitation of 5 links. This is too less.

And in my opinion 25 - 35 GBP for only one year (!) is too much money for the pro version.

Maybe you will think about your licensing model?

I'm not aware that it expires after a year. I think that tech support expires but I don't expect the links to stop working

[kermit2]

Uninstalled!

And in my opinion 25 - 35 GBP for only one year (!) is too much money for the pro version.

Maybe you will think about your licensing model?

I think you've misunderstood the license. 25 - 35 GBP buys you the full version, with 1 year of updates and support. At the end of that year, AutoLinker will still work, and you can continue using it for as long as you like. You simply won't be entitled to free support or updates. So after the initial purchase, you could use it for years without having to pay anything again.

[Mike_K]

I understand this. But I must calculate that I have to buy every year a new license, because we don't know if the mod is working with VB 4.08, 4.2 ....whatever comes after one year.

I don't say that mod is not worth it. The mod is really professionell made.

But for me it is too much. I do need only 30 - 40 acronyms / autolinks.

So I use furthermore the more simple made Acronym Mod (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=113846) which works fine also with VB 4.02

[kermit2]

That's a good point. We haven't finalised the pricing for renewals yet, but plan on offering a discount of around 50% for existing customers, and obviously that would still be optional

[mandingo]

uhhh.getting this error

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/autolinker/autolinker.php on line 79

[kermit2]

mandingo: the good news is that it's just a warning, although you shouldn't be seeing it in the first place, as that file has error warning suppressed.

It looks as if either you hadn't assigned a template to your link, or the link had no keywords.

Anyway, I've added some error checking to that file, which will stop that warning from happening. So the latest version (1.0.3 - link in the first post) will address this. You'd just need to upload the revised autolinker.php

[mandingo]

mandingo: the good news is that it's just a warning, although you shouldn't be seeing it in the first place, as that file has error warning suppressed.

It looks as if either you hadn't assigned a template to your link, or the link had no keywords.

Anyway, I've added some error checking to that file, which will stop that warning from happening. So the latest version (1.0.3 - link in the first post) will address this. You'd just need to upload the revised autolinker.php

Thanks. I'll grab that now and check that other stuff.

[SteveV]

Just installed it but when i go to settings it says:

You are running AutoLinker Lite v1.0.2
The zip i downloaded said AutoLinker_Lite-1.0.3.zip ?

Anything i did wrong ?

[kermit2]

Sorry, SteveV - I'd forgotten to increment the version number in one of the files. It's nothing to worry about, but I've corrected it now

[RoughOcean]

I installed according to the instructions, but do not see an AutoLinker menu in the AdminCP.

I have renamed my /admincp/ directory. Could that be causing a problem?

I did upload autolinker_admin.php to my renamed /admincip/ directory.

[kermit2]

Uploading autolinker_admin.php to the wrong location wouldn't stop AutoLinker from show in the ACP menu (although it would stop those links from working).

The menu is actually controlled by includes/xml/cpnav_autolinker.xml , so you might want to double-check that this file has been uploaded. Maybe do a refresh of the ACP menu frame too (or just log out and then back in)

[RoughOcean]

I'm stumped.
includes/xml/cpnav_autolinker.xml is where is should be, I see autolinker tables in the db, and there is AUTOLINKER_CP in the phrases.

I have uninstalled, deleted the files and re-installed a few times.

There just is no Autolinker menu in the AdminCP.

Is there anything else I can check?

[kermit2]

Yep, I'm stumped by this too. I've not see anyone else with this problem, and everything looks fine :/

[TimberFloorAu]

Lets say we opted for the free/paid version.

Can the content of the popup be external html ?

Reason I ask.

We have profile fields filled out by members. I would like the autolinker on hover over the keywrd ( which is for example fieldx ) to reflect dynamic content from external page, based on the word field x represents.

So if field x is lets say RABBIT
then on hover over the word rabbit ( produced in postbit by displaying FIELD x ) then the content within the autolinker could reflect a variable within a url.. such as:

www.anywebpage.com/keywords/rabbit.html

Is this dooable ? If so show me the license !

[kermit2]

That's not available as such at the moment (although certainly something we'll be thinking about for the next version), but with a little bit of fiddling I think we could figure something out - I'll PM you

[Extra PC]

How to make this MOD work ? i try word like winrar and add link for this but in the post nothing happened

[RedPoint]

I make a upgrade to 4.0.3 and see, my Autolinker dont pop-it-up :O
...we make tests in IE, FF and Chrome, no popup

[kermit2]

Extra PC and RedPoint - if you want to PM me with some details, I'll happily take a look for you both

[tobe12]

Hi All

I am so glad I found this mod. I was using GAL before. GAL has no support for 4.0.x and that was a bummer.

I just installed the commercial pro version of AutoLinker a few days ago on my forum (http://sadoun.net).

It was a simple procedure, every admin should have no problem installing the software on VB4.0.x

I ran into a few issues that were resolved for me quickly by the staff at http://www.autolinker.com.

The issues will be listed here including the solutions.

Problem: After I installed Aurolinker on my forum, I started getting the following message:
Fatal error: Corrupted encoded data detected in /home/XXXXX/public_html/forums/admincp/autolinker_admin.php on line 0

Solution: This was because autolinker_admin.php and AutoLinker.php were
FTP uploaded in ASCII mode - I re-uploaded those two files and made sure they are uploaded in
binary mode.

Problem: I have added new Links and keywords. The problem is that these keywords are
not getting AUTOLINKED in the posts.

Solution: It was a simple problem - the permissions template was restricting who
could see the link. I've made the template viewable to all usersgroups in all forums, and now the links are showing.

Problem: When I click on highlighted keyword in a post, it opens a new blank window not a the desired link page.

Solution: This was easily fixed too... If you look at the display template, there is a field 'href action'. Just change this to 'link' and it will work (the setting means that when someone clicks on the keyword, it should take them to a link) destination.

Once I added the new links and keywords, I discovered another issue:

Problem: Posts will not show in threads. Basically empty thread.

Solution: Discovered some of my keywords had a / in them, and this was being treated as an escape character by AutoLinker. They were removed and Pete at Autolinker also did some changes to autolinker.php, so all are working now.

Hopefully this will help others who may run into the same issues.

Thanks to the staff who helped me sort these issues and get my mod up and running.

Money well spent on this much needed mod. :D

Satisfied User - 5 Stars for the staff so far :up:

[TimberFloorAu]

Pete sent you a PM, could you respond please.

[gothicuser]

Wanted to purchase commercial product, but when I tried visiting your site (autolinker.com) got a 'Server not found' error.
Has your URL changed?

[kermit2]

Sorry, had a few DNS problems over the weekend - should all be sorted out now

[gothicuser]

Sorry, had a few DNS problems over the weekend - should all be sorted out now
Just registered, many thanks.

[RoughOcean]

I had the problem above where Autolinker Lite didn't appear in the AdminCP after installation.
I moved to a new host and server a week ago, so I thought I'd try again.

Good news that Autolinker Lite does now appear in the AdminCP!

But, I have another problem...

If I try to Add Display Template, the Template Name and Properties are not saved. I give it a name and set the properties. After I hit save, it says 'Template added successfully.' Then when I go to Display Templates, there is no Template Name. It is blank (see the screenshot).
Also the preview and delete links on that page don't work.

If I look in the autolinker_templates table, I can see that it created a row but didn't add any data. (see the screenshot)

Adding Links has the same problem. It add rows, but no data.

I tested some other plugins and they are able to create rows and add data to their tables.

Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this problem?

[kermit2]

That's odd. It's v1.0.3 that you're using, yes? Downloaded from here? When you mouse over the delete link, your browser status bar should show the url as something like http://yoursite.com/forum/admincp/autolinker_admin.php?do=delete&id=123 . Is the id= parameter set? Does the id correspond to the 'id' column in the database?

[RoughOcean]

Yes v1.0.3 as downloaded and installed today. Although in Installed Products, it says version 0.01 for Autolinker.

The delete link url does look like that and the id parameters match.

[kermit2]

Would you like me to take a quick look at your admin cp? If so, just PM me the details and I'll take a look today. Off the top of my head I can't think what the problem is, but I might get a bit of inspiration from looking around

[TimberFloorAu]

Did you sort the "alt" attributes for "paid version" mate ?

[kermit2]

Sorry yes, that was fixed last week if you want to re-download

[TimberFloorAu]

Cheers.

Have you also fixed the image path in autolink.js for tip_balloon

This is returning multiple 404/410 bad requests.
Seems the path is faulting out to:

forum/tip_balloon/image

This folder doesnt exist, also doesnt exist in d/l package.

Line: config.BalloonImgPath="tip_balloon/"

[kermit2]

You're right. That was fixed a few weeks ago, but hadn't made it into the released version yet (it has now). A quick fix is just to edit the line to read:

config. BalloonImgPath = "autolinker/images/balloons/yellow/"

[LoveStream]

Thanks man of your good module.

I had a uni_code problem in my MySQL while import from old GAL tables.

Of course I could NOT add a new with Korean Character to a link entry.

I will attach here two capture shot for your update release.

Could you fix that for the non-english users.

Yours.

[kawe]

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\xampp\htdocs\test\admincp\autolinker_admin.php on line 1815

[RedPoint]

You're right. That was fixed a few weeks ago, but hadn't made it into the released version yet (it has now). A quick fix is just to edit the line to read:

config. BalloonImgPath = "autolinker/images/balloons/yellow/"

I make your changes but dont help me.

The following requests are returning 404/410 responses. Either fix the broken links, or remove the references to the non-existent resources.

* http://xxx/autolinker/images/b.gif
* http://xxx/autolinker/images/background.gif
* http://xxx/autolinker/images/l.gif
* http://xxx/autolinker/images/lb.gif
* http://xxx/autolinker/images/lt.gif
* http://xxx/autolinker/images/r.gif
* http://xxx/autolinker/images/rb.gif
* http://xxx/autolinker/images/rt.gif
* http://xxx/autolinker/images/stemb.gif
* http://xxx/autolinker/images/stemt.gif
* http://xxx/autolinker/images/t.gif

The files dont exist in your download here.

[kermit2]

The files dont exist in your download here.

Sorry yes, think my brain was on strike. I've just updated the original post with an updated version (1.0.4) which should correct this. In your case you just need to replace autolinker.js with the new version (no need to reinstall everything)

[kermit2]

I had a uni_code problem in my MySQL while import from old GAL tables.

Yours.

In v1.0.4, I've changed the charset on the tables to utf8 (rather than latin1) ... hopefully this will solve the problem.

If you don't want to re-install, you could manually change the charset (through the mysql command line client, or phpmyadmin or similar):

alter table xxx default charset utf8

, where xxx is the table name (which in turn will depend on any table name prefix you're using).

There are 9 tables to modify, each beginning {PREFIX}_autolinker_

Hope that helps

[kermit2]

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\xampp\htdocs\test\admincp\autolinker_admin.php on line 1815

Don't suppose you've modified the file have you? Sounds like a missing } somewhere, but it's certainly not giving an error here. Maybe it's been mangled during upload?

[iamacyborg]

I'm very interested in this mod, but I've got a question.
I want the links to take a specific table from various mediawiki pages, is there any way I could get it to do that automatically, or would I have to create everything manually (meaning updating whenever wiki pages update, etc)?

[kermit2]

There's not a way to do that automatically at the moment I'm afraid, although we could custom code it for you probably

[iamacyborg]

That would be good. Is there any chance you could email me at jacques [at] iamacyborg.com with details about pricing if you were to custom code it?
I'll definitely be purchasing the product anyway, it's too useful to pass up on.

[Haywire0311]

I really want to install this and if all is good go for the pro version but I can't get past the darn install.

I uploaded everything to the appropriate folders (used the v 1.0.4 file) and when I go to upload the XML file, I get this error in the admincp:

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.3:

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE `autolinker_links` DEFAULT CHARSET utf8;

MySQL Error : Table 'bmtanner3.autolinker_links' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Wednesday, May 19th 2010 @ 07:44:16 PM
Error Date : Wednesday, May 19th 2010 @ 07:44:16 PM
Script : http://www.m3orpg.com/admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer : http://www.m3orpg.com/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd

I gave it a shot by using the 1.0.3 file and was able to get around that error. However, once I go to create a new display template or even a new link, I get this error:

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) in [path]\admincp\autolinker_admin.php on line 517

HELP!

[kermit2]

Sorry about the delay in getting back to you ...

Firstly, the SQL error during installation was a stupid mistake that I've now corrected in 1.0.4

The second error that you're getting is more of a problem. Which versions of PHP and vBulletin are you using please? What platform are you running on, Linux?

[Haywire0311]

Sorry about the delay in getting back to you ...

Firstly, the SQL error during installation was a stupid mistake that I've now corrected in 1.0.4

The second error that you're getting is more of a problem. Which versions of PHP and vBulletin are you using please? What platform are you running on, Linux?

vBulletin 4.0.3
PHP 5.2.5

Platform is Windows.

[Mahfouz]

there's a problem ,, if keyword has a link this MOD change it

for example if there is a word like download Linux program and it has a link this mod will change the link so it must check if the work has link or not before autolink it.

and another thing, for example if i choose games as a keyword and if this word repeated for 3 times on the post it must autolink the first one only, not all the three.
sorry for my English.

[kermit2]

Haywire: I've been trying to replicate this problem, but haven't yet been able to. We don't tend to use Windows and I'm not yet sure if it's a Windows-specific issue.

Mahfouz: You can limit the number of times a keyword is linked to per-post (it's under the Settings menu)

[Welshy2008]

** Tagged for future use - Thank You **

[Haywire0311]

Haywire: I've been trying to replicate this problem, but haven't yet been able to. We don't tend to use Windows and I'm not yet sure if it's a Windows-specific issue.

Mahfouz: You can limit the number of times a keyword is linked to per-post (it's under the Settings menu)

kermit, i can give you temp access to my site settings if you'd like so you can see what the problem may be. Let me know via PM and i'll send you the info for the site.

[kermit2]

Following on from Mahfouz's other point (that existing links sometimes get converted to AutoLinks), I've released v1.0.5 now, which fixes this issue. For anyone wanting to upgrade from 1.0.4, it's just a case of uploading the new autolinker/autolinker.php file.

[Samsine]

and another thing, for example if i choose games as a keyword and if this word repeated for 3 times on the post it must autolink the first one only, not all the three.


Mahfouz: You can limit the number of times a keyword is linked to per-post (it's under the Settings menu)


kermit,

thank you for this mod. :up:

I like it, but I've the same problem as mahfouz. The number of times reduce links per post.

I miss the following function:
In case the plugin finds more of once the same word in a post, it will only change the first one.
This is to avoid inconveniences to the users.


Regards Samsine

[remotay]

Edited:
Thanks =]. Beautiful plugin. Well worth buying guys!

[kermit2]

Hi Omer, I've replied to you via email (we probably shouldn't be discussing the non-free version here)

[soundbarrierpro]

I've been using this mod for almost a year now. I guess I would consider my site pretty heavily modified. It works fantastically. I have well somewhere in the vicinity of 500-1000 definitions. And by now, I've got well over 1,000 links auto created throughout my site.

Excellent modification, and well worth the extremely modest price, for the future growth of your site.

[Storyteller69]

I've been using this mod for almost a year now. I guess I would consider my site pretty heavily modified. It works fantastically. I have well somewhere in the vicinity of 500-1000 definitions. And by now, I've got well over 1,000 links auto created throughout my site.

Excellent modification, and well worth the extremely modest price, for the future growth of your site.
Something I just can totally agree with!

Greetings
Storyteller

[Welshy2008]

Is this working in 3.8.4, 3.8.5 and 3.8.6 Please?

And also 4.0.4, 4.0.5 & 4.0.6 too Please?

Many Thanks.

[Welshy2008]

Can someone PM me the link for the Paid Version Please?

[kermit2]

Is this working in 3.8.4, 3.8.5 and 3.8.6 Please?

And also 4.0.4, 4.0.5 & 4.0.6 too Please?


Many Thanks.

Sorry, only just noticed this. It's certainly working on all the 3.8 series. I've not tested it in anything higher than 4.0.2 yet, but I can't see any reason for it not to work. Obviously if you bought the paid version and it didn't work you'd get a refund; but the paid version is more of the same - so if the Lite version works in > 4.0.2 so should the full version

[Front Range 4x4]

A quick question: I've installed this and made 2 links. On my test page one works the other doesn't, any suggestion as to why?

[kermit2]

I'd be happy to take a look if you want to give me the URL (and the words that should be linked)

[Front Range 4x4]

I figured it out kermit2 but now I'm trying it again with a two word link but only the first word of each two word link is the link, is this the way it's supposed to work?

ex: "linked word" shows only "linked" as the link.

[kermit2]

No, definitely not - it should be linking both words.

The only reason it should be happening this way is if you have "linked" and "linked word" as two different AutoLinks. In that situation the first might take priority

[Front Range 4x4]

As a linked word I'm using "Red Cone" and "Red" is being linked, this isn't right, correct?

[kermit2]

No, it's not right - the whole thing should be linked. If you want to send me a URL (via PM if you prefer) I'll happily take a look

[Front Range 4x4]

I figured it out as a conflict with Vault Wiki's linking. It's their link that's bad, not yours. Once I make sure I can totally disable that I'm heading towards your full version. Thanks for the willingness to dig deeper for me.

[Front Range 4x4]

Ordered the full version, thanks!

[kharmer]

I tried the demo install on our vB 4.0.5 instance.

It worked fine without errors; however there was one thing that put me off using it right now.

I ticked the 'case sensitive' box and expected matches to 'poker' to be replaced with a linked 'poker' but instead it replaced all instances of 'poker', 'Poker', 'poKer' etc.

Probably a minor niggle to most, but I think it is quite important to be able to provide a like-for-like match so the keyword in the post doesnt look out of place!

Uninstalled for the time being.

[kermit2]

kharmer - I'd been meaning to take a look at this for a while, so thanks for the nudge. I've corrected this in v1.0.6, which is now available for download on this thread

[BadgerDog]

Installed for testing ....

Thank you very much for your efforts kermit2 ... :up:

This could be very valuable to our aging demographic membership, by using it to point to reference articles (via links) in your vbCMS system which houses research material.

Will let you know how it works ... :)

If it does, where can I find the commercial version, although we are a "not for profit" site, so I'm not sure we'd be considered commercial?

Regards,
Badger

[momon]

This is a great plugin, I used it for a while on the lite version. As I was getting ready to purchase I realized this functionality is included in vbseo for which I own a license. So if you have vbseo, this functionality is included there.

By this I do not mean the plugin is not great, just thought that I would share my findings for other users who like me may be new to vbseo and perhaps not realize that this functionality is built into it.

Cheers,
Jose R. Lopez

[kermit2]

Hi Jose,

Are you sure about this? I don't have the latest version of vbseo, but I have been using it for a couple of years and haven't seen this.

vbseo does have the ability to hyperlink keywords, but those are just standard html anchor links

[Stefanus]

In "header" the following causes a script error in IE8:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/forum/autolinker/autolinker.js"></script>


vBulletin™ Version 4.0.7

[jmw]

This is a great plugin, I used it for a while on the lite version. As I was getting ready to purchase I realized this functionality is included in vbseo for which I own a license. So if you have vbseo, this functionality is included there.

By this I do not mean the plugin is not great, just thought that I would share my findings for other users who like me may be new to vbseo and perhaps not realize that this functionality is built into it.

Cheers,
Jose R. Lopez

Where in vbseo is that? What version is that because I don't see that anywhere.

[klaush]

Well, this modification is fantastic. And so we bought the pro version.

Poor is the support, even in the forum of the programmer, sorry bout to say this!

[kermit2]

Stefanus: hmm. I've just tried it out in IE 8 (the machine was a P3 with 256MB RAM), and didn't experience this, but I'm not sure how IE decides that a script is running too slowly. When do you get the error? When the page is loaded, when you mouse-over an AutoLink? If it's the latter, it could be the fade in/out effects or opacity - you could try turning those off. Possibly also if you have a large number of AutoLinks on the page

[kermit2]

Sorry klaush, the forum tends to get overlooked - people tend to just email us if they have questions, or ask on this thread. I'll try to keep up to date with the forum

[AURFSCAN]

nice.. testing now

anyway to enable result in thread preview?

[klaush]

Thanks for the response. I felt a little sad for this fantastic modification, even when bought the pro version without any support.

I understand that you will give support here at vb.org or what way do we have to choose to contact with the programming staff?

Sorry klaush, the forum tends to get overlooked - people tend to just email us if they have questions, or ask on this thread. I'll try to keep up to date with the forum

[kermit2]

Usually emailing us is the quickest way, but I'm going to try to keep on top of the forums too - probably shouldn't use vb.org for discussing the pro version

[Stefanus]

Stefanus: hmm. I've just tried it out in IE 8 (the machine was a P3 with 256MB RAM), and didn't experience this, but I'm not sure how IE decides that a script is running too slowly. When do you get the error? When the page is loaded, when you mouse-over an AutoLink? If it's the latter, it could be the fade in/out effects or opacity - you could try turning those off. Possibly also if you have a large number of AutoLinks on the page

This when the page is loaded, the page does load very slowly with this active, could be a conflict with another mod/script.

[DAMINK]

Not working correctly for me.
I was at no point able to get the popup to work.
And even the link appeared buggy.
Pitty really as i could have quite a bit of fun with this mod.
I get a javascript message at the bottom of browser or rollover but no popup.
Any help appreciated.

[kermit2]

If you want to send me a link to your forum (well, specifically a page on which an AutoLink appears) I'll take a look - either post it on the thread or PM it if you wish

[bongmatinhoc]

No work with vbb4.0.7

[kermit2]

Can you be a bit more specific please bongmatinhoc? Your problems may or may not be down to the vbulletin version

[AURFSCAN]

Hi DAMINK

the line you add in the header, the path to the .js file, is it correct?

<script type="text/javascript" src="/forum/autolinker/autolinker.js"></script>


also Im testing this just for the links function and dont want the popups so I havent added this to the header, dont need to

[DAMINK]

Hey guys.
@AURFSCAN yep that was the problem.
I was able to get it working with this edit.
However i cant seem to use that script.
If i place it in the header template it removes my navbar and shoutbox?
I tried placing it at the bottom and top of header. And tried headerinclude and no luck either.

[DAMINK]

I would really love to get this working.
Anyone able to help?

[kermit2]

If you want to give me your forum URL (either on this thread or in private) I'll happily help

[DAMINK]

Forum URL is in my sig.
Example of this here.
http://www.ftw.net.au/testing-area/10231-testing-grim-hook.html

[kermit2]

Thanks. It looks like you're just missing the bit of html to load the js code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/testing-area/autolinker/autolinker.js"></script>

Add that to your templates (at the top of the 'header' template), so that it appears directly after your opening <body> tag in the outputted html.

[exportforce]

It's a shame.
A good addon but as always, just drop a demo and limit is so that the light version is almost useless. I would have almost used it, but now I just read here, you can only use 5 Links? Those 5 I can do manually. Too bad, really.

[klaush]

Buy the full version; its ok.

[onehost]

any updates for 4.1

[onehost]

It's a shame.
A good addon but as always, just drop a demo and limit is so that the light version is almost useless. I would have almost used it, but now I just read here, you can only use 5 Links? Those 5 I can do manually. Too bad, really.

Thats the purpose of a demo so see if you like the mod.
as long as there are updates, and the mod is supported, then
I do not mind buying, as there are coders that sell corrupt
mods, and do not even give your money back, then they
complaint that you are ripping them off....

where can I buy the paid version?

[bada_bing]

Does anyone know how I can get this to work in the PM's also rather then just posts/threads. Would be nice to include PM also

Thanks..

[kermit2]

onehost: you can get the paid version from http://www.autolinker.com

bada_bing: we're working on this for the next full release, which is a week or so away. It'll include support for blogs too (as well as PMs)

[onehost]

onehost: you can get the paid version from http://www.autolinker.com

bada_bing: we're working on this for the next full release, which is a week or so away. It'll include support for blogs too (as well as PMs)

Sounds like a plan. We are talking about VB Blogs right?

If i do the trial...then decide to buy the commercial version...Do
i have to remove the trial files, then install the comm files, or
does it just override everything?

Thanks

[kermit2]

Yes the vb blogs - sorry, should have made that clearer - it's not any blog.

Upgrading from the lite version is basically just a case of uploading, overwriting the existing files

[onehost]

(1) Clicking link does not work, does not take me to the page.
(2) Some posts are highlighted rather then a hyperlink
(3) Links are almost invisible in posts...
(4) We need to be able to assign color to links
(5) We need to be able to control font size of ancor text
(6) could not place text in box, is that a free limitation?

Java is old technology, I knew that when I had to place
a line of your code in the header template, who does
that anymore? Your script needs updating.

I am using 4.1 PL2 - not sure if that helps or not.

[viper357]

Hi there, on your site it states:
AutoLinker 2.0 (scheduled for release late in 2010).
Any idea when version 2 will be released?

Thanks.

[dihuta]

Still request Direct link with AutoLinker 2.0 for SEO purpose.
Thank you.

[onehost]

Coder has not updated since aug
Coder has not logged in since Dec
Coder has yet to answer my questions

[kermit2]

onehost: java and javascript are completely different things.

viper357: in a few days actually. Had a few set backs at the end of last year, and just getting back on track now

[bada_bing]

onehost: you can get the paid version from http://www.autolinker.com

bada_bing: we're working on this for the next full release, which is a week or so away. It'll include support for blogs too (as well as PMs)

Whats the status on the PM support ?

[dondavis]

Why AutoLinker don't work with Russian language.

[viper357]

viper357: in a few days actually. Had a few set backs at the end of last year, and just getting back on track now
Excellent, will definitely be purchasing v2, will it still run on vb 3.8.5?

[Bankfodder]

(1) Clicking link does not work, does not take me to the page.
(2) Some posts are highlighted rather then a hyperlink
(3) Links are almost invisible in posts...
(4) We need to be able to assign color to links
(5) We need to be able to control font size of ancor text
(6) could not place text in box, is that a free limitation?

Java is old technology, I knew that when I had to place
a line of your code in the header template, who does
that anymore? Your script needs updating.

I am using 4.1 PL2 - not sure if that helps or not.

I think that the answer to all of these is that you haven't configured your AutoLinks correctly in your admincp.

All of the features which you refer to are fully configurable - and much more besides.

I notice that you have now posted on the www.autolinker.com forum about this. If you have a look on that website and others which are linked from www.autolinker.com you will get some good ideas as to what can be done.

I'm sure that you will come up with your own interesting AutoLink styles once you get used to it.

One problem might be that there are so many ways of displaying your links and popups that it is difficult to know where to start.

However, once you have done a few, you'll get the hang of it and realise what a flexible system it is.

[djilou]

Note that you can also control the maximum number of times a specific autolink will show in a post by editing the autolink

When I do edit an autolink, I did not see this option?? where can I find it?

Thanks!

[djilou]

This mod generate a lot of queries!!

Page generated in 0,70453 seconds with 145 queries
Without this mod : Page generated in 0,07911 seconds with 11 queries

[bada_bing]

This mod generate a lot of queries!!

Page generated in 0,70453 seconds with 145 queries
Without this mod : Page generated in 0,07911 seconds with 11 queries

Wow is this true for everyone running this mod?

[djilou]

Yes it's true
http://www.autolinker.com/forum/showthread.php?4154-Database-queries&p=4309#post4309

[Bankfodder]

Yes but the issue is being addressed
Yes, I agree, although the nature of the queries is also important when assessing the impact on the MySQL server. The majority of these queries are all simple SELECTs against indexed columns, and because the table being queries is rarely changed, most of these queries should be served from the query cache.

That said, cutting down on the number of queries has been one of our aims in the latest version, which I'm planning to release later today


http://www.autolinker.com/forum/showthread.php?4154-Database-queries&p=4309#post4309

[kermit2]

Wow is this true for everyone running this mod?

Not quite - it's directly proportional to the number of keywords that have been set up. Anyway, it is being addresses

[bigtree]

I bought this and really like what they are doing here but their support is terrible. There are a few issues that I am trying to resolve on my own because they suck at responding or answering people on their own forum! Days go by and nothing.
I contacted them and mentioned that it wasn't linking consistently and if they couldn't help or answer my question I might as well get a refund. Ironically I got a refund!

I told them I would rather not accept the refund and that I would like to see us figure this out! The best they could say is that it works on some big board and bye bye .I haven't heard from them since. Jan 2011

I am still trying to trouble shoot this and really want this to work. What's up!

Needless to say, I've put a good amount of time into linking data and am not ready to drop it. Its very cool but it does have problems. The latest issue after one month ( next months stats graph is now broken ) and some code under forum attachments is now appearing.

Below each image it puts this example:
GR-MixMaster20withbanner.jpg Views: 49 Size: 23.0 KB ID: 582" class="size_thumbnail" />

If I turn off autolinker it resolves this issue.

I wish their support was interested in making this software better. They are very disconnected from improvement from what I've experienced.

PM me if you are listening.

[BadgerDog]

I bought the commercial version and have had great support from him ... :up:

Yes, I agree that at times the response has been a little slow, but essentially it's a one man company so I expect gaps depending on other priorities and real life things that happen. I also take into consideration that it's not a hugely expensive product that I would expect to have a 7x24 help desk available, but for me, it's more akin to shareware where support is proportionate to cost. Nobody's going to make a living selling mods to support vBulletin. :D

He's been really excellent in gradually working through our individual issues and solving them, some of which are due to our own site being highly customized with additional other mods. This latest release is a leap forward and is now operating really stable on our site. It's been an excellent addition to our site and our members love it.

Remember, over used it's like anything else taken to excess and can be annoying and cause problems. Used effectively for the right purposes, it can really add value and differentiate any site from regular vBulletin installations.

I'd recommend folks try the limited (number of links capped) free version here and then ask your pre-sales questions before you buy, to make sure it's going to do what you want it to do.

Regards,
Doug

[klaush]

I can second this! We had some database trouble and the problem was solved in a few hours from and with the programmer of this fantastic stuff.

Please remember that this add is very heavy for all servers to handle but that is for a linking tool like this one just normal, even if you have more than 5 or 7 links with a lot of keywords configured.

I bought the commercial version and have had great support from him ... :up:

[saadessa]

dos,nt support arabic keywords

how can the hack will support
thank you

[kermit2]

I bought this and really like what they are doing here but their support is terrible. There are a few issues that I am trying to resolve on my own because they suck at responding or answering people on their own forum! Days go by and nothing.
.

We issued you a refund because you asked for one; and since you are no longer a customer, you're not actually entitled to be using the software - so we'd appreciate it if you uninstalled it. That's also the reason why your posts have gone unanswered (if you browse the forum you'll notice that yours are the only unanswered posts).

[dihuta]

Any idea when version 2 will be released?
Still hoping Direct Linking option for SEO keywords.

[bigtree]

We issued you a refund because you asked for one; and since you are no longer a customer, you're not actually entitled to be using the software - so we'd appreciate it if you installed it. That's also the reason why your posts have gone unanswered (if you browse the forum you'll notice that yours are the only unanswered posts).

I asked for a refund because you were avoiding helping and dealing with code issues. Your software has been removed because it is full of bugs!!!

I'm making it public that your business practice and software is far from stable. You didn't help resolve my issues because you can't and to shut me up, you gave me a refund and bailed.

Please note... I have no intention to be hurtful towards you, however, I think its my responsibility to question you and to warn others on what I've experienced with your software. You ran instead of helping. You are clearly not 100% upfront here.
You are still taking money from people like this software is stable, when it definitely is not!

For others looking into an autolinking add-on, be very warned that this software caused a permission bridge to the admin section of vbulletin 4. It appears to give registered members admin permissions for some unknown. This is a very serious bug on top of the additional issues.

They/he is winging it here. They have a really cool thing started, but because (it is a one man show) I'm assuming this is why he is not able to keep up with vbulletin upgrades or deal with code issues in a timely manner.

Investing in this will only cause you grief.
You have been warned.

That being said...

I wish you the very best, truly, however, wouldn't it serve you better if you actually made an effort to improve your Mod rather than acting that way you are? Wouldn't it prove to the VB community that you are truly interested in improving this instead of telling me to stop using your product lol. Your response to me here only proves you are not at all interested in finding out why I am having trouble and how to improve your mod so that everyone will have a safer and better autolinking mod? You are defensive.
I asked for help many times and you avoided me.

What do you have to say about this now? You don't answer questions to your software unless you buy it. But you don't support it if there are problems.

You are full of it.:down:

[Bankfodder]

Well we've been using this mod for over two years now in vB3 as well and we have seen no evidence of this security problem which you have identified. No one else seems to either.

Are you able to give better information as to how to replicate the problem or how one can recognise the issue?
Thanks

[kermit2]

For others looking into an autolinking add-on, be very warned that this software caused a permission bridge to the admin section of vbulletin 4. It appears to give registered members admin permissions for some unknown. This is a very serious bug on top of the additional issues.


This is completely untrue, but if you're going to make serious allegations please provide some evidence.

This wouldn't be the first time you've claimed AutoLinker was at fault, only to suddenly change your mind and decide something else was the problem. If you recall, within a few hours of you first installing AutoLinker, you were on our forums kicking up a fuss that it didn't work. You later decided that another mod was actually the problem.

Your hot-headed attitude is the reason we were so happy to give you a refund. When something didn't work as expected you would become aggressive and confrontational, and we wasted a lot of time trying to deal with non-existent bugs.

The quote above illustrates this point. I'm 100% confident that there is no such bug allowing standard users to gain admin permissions, and you seem a bit vague on the details. Is this because you've jumped to conclusions again? Again, please provide something to support your claim, or retract it.

By the way, how are you still managing to find 'bugs' in software that you've uninstalled? I can tell that it's still installed on your forum, despite us asking you to uninstall it over 2 weeks ago (because we had issued you with a refund)

[bigtree]

come on kids, serious... look at you now. One shill added to the equation. I rest my case :rolleyes:

Your software has problems, PLAIN AND SIMPLE! It was installed on a very well tuned server with vb4 and no template mods. I do have vbseo installed but I disabled it to see if it was conflicting and it wasn't.

To help you, The more links I added to it, this more problems occurred to where it finally caused posts to become blank.
It ABSOLUTELY caused security issues as well and you think I'm making this up.... Good luck, you'll need it.

[ text edited ]

[kermit2]

Well yes, I do think you're making it up actually, because you're refusing to provide any details. Also, if this security issue does exist, why do you still have AutoLinker installed on your server? Surely you'd have removed it straight away

[BadgerDog]

come on kids, serious... look at you now. One shill added to the equation. I rest my case :rolleyes:

What a couple of idiots.

I'm surprised a moderator hasn't intervened by now ....

Shill? :mad:

The Internet is full of folks like you, who lack the courage to do anything except publish unsubstantiated claims and get off on belittling others to make themselves feel better.

I'm just an old veteran well into my 60's, so I don't need to get into faked postings to try and demonstrate my virility on-line. If you'd care to have to leave me a phone number via PM and not hide behind insults using an anonymous Internet pseudonym in public postings, I'd be happy to call you at my expense to take this discussion off line where it belongs. :mad:

The commercial software works fine for us and the author has diligently addressed any and all problems we reported. :up:

End of message ...

Regards,
Doug

[bigtree]

You know guys, I'm not your enemy here. I don't know why you are acting like this and have been from the very beginning. Its really bizare and very destructive for you.

As far as backing up my claim. Like I said in the beginning, that something isn't right and could you help. You simply said to me, yes, it isn't working correctly and thats it lol?
I offered the opportunity to have access to my site, to see if you could find something. I asked you if you had tested it with vbseo and that possibly there was a conflict there. And then nothing for days...

I mentioned that if you are not able to help, then I would like a refund, BUT... I would rather find out if we could get it working. That I had invested a lot of time and would like this to work. ''The next day I received a refund. hmmm?

This is really childish going back and forth like this. Support should be support, not defensive like this. It is to your advantage to find out why things don't work so you can help ongoing people using your software, don't you think so?

As far as me using your software STILL! if you look at our site: http:recording.org you will see that we are using vaultwiki 's autolinks that works very well, and I might add, you should take a look at for both how it works and how professional their support is.
If people have issues there, they are kind and respond respectfully.

Good luck, I really wish you well. You have a good thing going here.

Peace

[Leo777]

I just wanted to confirm that the developer is very helpful. I've contacted him with a number of small problems (mostly due to my own non-standard VB and server settings) and he's responded quickly with solutions.

Before purchasing, I read this entire thread from start to finish, and occasionally the developer's response was delayed a little (eg. a week) but he has offered assistance with almost every problem, responding to bug reports and acting on user suggestions. I believe if you have enough customers then eventually one is going to be both dissatisfied and outspoken. I can't say whether the claims of the customer above are valid or not, but I believe if you read the entire thread you get a much better understanding that the developer is in fact very helpful, as has been my personal experience.

I am not a shill, I chose to write this in order to balance the recent negativity a little since I believe it has been undeserved. This product has features that I couldn't find in any other mod (at least in any other working supported 4.x mod) so I'm glad it worked for my needs - thanks developer! :up:

[DNN]

the autolinker is not working

[harm63]

here working fine
just installe lite and thinking of pro version

i have only one small problem 1 line ( word) is not working
and support is not reacting afther 24 hours so only not nice thing sofar is support

[icemanic]

is this good to install for the vbulletin 4.1.9 and how is the support these days...?

[Bankfodder]

Yes, it's fine for 4.1.9.
Support is pretty good too.

[destinatio]

Hi, does anybody know how to prevent autolinker from linking keywords in vbblog headings?

[angeljs]

Can anyone tell me how to retrieve my login details for the pro version on the developer website? I've asked there a few times with no response. :(

[kermit2]

Have you asked on the forum, or via email? I don't think we've had anything come through (although sorry if we've missed it)

[angeljs]

Hi, I have asked via the forum, yes. My username there is the same as it is here.

[kermit2]

I've just pm'd you ....

[angeljs]

Got it, thanks :)

I was just wondering if it was possible to make this work on mods that are installed outside of the forum root? I use vBa Dynamics which installs at forum/dynamics, for example. None of the links work there, so I was wondering if there was something I could do to make them show up.

[Chadi]

For some reason this is not working for me in (Firefox and IE tested). It links and shows the icon, but no pop-up appears. I did enable the mod, the pop-up option and gave it content for a specific word. Running vb 4.2.0

[kermit2]

If you want to send me a link to an example (either here on in private) I'll happily take a look

[Chadi]

Here are screenshot examples.

Example link:
http://www.talkjesus.com/bible-study-hall/42782-how-do-you-reconcile-genesis.html

The word exegesis

Thank you

[kermit2]

Thanks. First thing I notice is that you haven't got a <script> tag to load autolinker.js. You want something like this just after the <body> tag:

script src="/autolinker/autolinker.js"></script>

(there's more info in the README file that comes with Autolinker)

Even then, it looks like there's another problem, as it isn't even attempting to hyperlink the exegesis keyword. Have you checked that the permissions template being used allows this keyword to show in this forum (and to your usergroup) ?

[Chadi]

What permissions template? I do not see anything about "permissions template"

[kermit2]

Oh, sorry - permissions templates aren't part of the lite version. Anyway, I see you've added the script tag to load autolinker.js, and it looks like it's working now

[Chadi]

How does it work on your end when its not on mine? Cleared cache, tried 2 browsers. It shows icon, but nothing pops up.

[kermit2]

If I hover over exegesis, the box pops up (not over the icon though) - are you not seeing that? Any javascript errors in your browser? You might also want to try viewing the thread while not logged in, just in case that is somehow the problem

[Chadi]

Your right, it only works when not logged in. What could be the cause?

[kermit2]

I've registered as a user so that I can see what's going on, and autolinker.js isn't being loaded. So it looks as if the way you've added the <script> tag to your templates is causing it only to be included for guest users. Did you look at the README file included with autolinker? It includes an example of which template to edit

[Krazeguy]

Hi there,

I'm running latest version vBulletin 4.2 PL2 and when I install autolinker lite, the admincp panel is blank.

Any ideas on this one?

[kermit2]

Completely blank, or just the autolinker page? Your error_log is probably the best place to start - sounds like something is throwing an error

[viper357]

AutoLinker 2.0 (scheduled for release late in 2010)Any news on this?

[viper357]

This is a free version of a commercial product, and contains a limit on the number of AutoLinks that you may create. Other than that, it is fully functional.Does the commercial version have the link to your website in the popup box? And the alternative text on the images that says "autolinker.com autolinking image", is that removed or changed?

[kermit2]

No, the commercial version doesn't have the backlink to us, or the alt image text.

Autolinker 2.0 actually became 1.3, and was released at the beginning of 2011 - I'll update the website to correct that

[femsawyer]

I've been trying to access your website to possibly get the full version but I've been getting database errors for a couple of days now.

[mollila]

No, the commercial version doesn't have the backlink to us, or the alt image text.

Autolinker 2.0 actually became 1.3, and was released at the beginning of 2011 - I'll update the website to correct that
Website still says upcoming version will be released late 2010.

Is this mod still alive, and when was the last release? Are there any plans on updating it?

I need a mod like this and interested in buying one, but from the looks of the mods website it appears to be dead. I did see the owner still making some responses on the forums of the mod website.

[kermit2]

Whoops, I've finally corrected that sentence about the 2010 release.

Yes, the mod is still alive. Not sure about a new release at the moment - it really depends if we can think of any significant enhancements. It's certainly still being supported though, and we'll be continuing to ensure that it works with the latest versions of vbulletin

[SadounForums]

Does this mod work well with VB 5.X ?
I want to make sure before upgrading my VB software.

[kermit2]

We haven't tested in on VB5 yet. Did I read somewhere that VB said existing mods (for 4.x) wouldn't work with VB5 ? So the answer is probably not.

We'll certainly be releasing a version for VB5 though - might take a week or two, depending what changes are needed

[Wonksta]

Is this possible to just change an acronmy into a url like so

msn.com

Without the ugly popup box?

[kermit2]

Yes, you could hyperlink a word without it also displaying a popup box. But there are probably simpler ways - the replacement variable manager in the admincp would probably do what you're wanting.

[femsawyer]

I have the commercial version installed and I'm having issues with a couple of things. It seems like it's hit or miss whether the words actually autolink.

Also, the end dates that I setup for numerous links are not being stored.

[kermit2]

I have the commercial version installed and I'm having issues with a couple of things. It seems like it's hit or miss whether the words actually autolink.

Also, the end dates that I setup for numerous links are not being stored.

If you want to send me over a link to one of your forum pages where this is happening, I'll take a look (let me know what the keywords are, and the maximum number of occurances per post that you've set)

[femsawyer]

If you want to send me over a link to one of your forum pages where this is happening, I'll take a look (let me know what the keywords are, and the maximum number of occurances per post that you've set)

Sent via PM.

Thanks

[Cla75]

hi all,
not work with vbulletin 4.2.0 Patch Level 3 version ?

thanks for reply

[kermit2]

As far as I know, it's fine with 4.2. Can you give me any more details on what's not working please? Link to a page where keywords should be showing but aren't? (PM me if you don't want to post it in public)

[conchemimare]

Where can I buy the full version?

[kermit2]

If you pop over to our website at http://www.autolinker.com/forum/content.php?22 , you'll see purchasing options

[bada_bing]

I am wondering if you can help me. I purchased Auto Linker Pro about 2 years ago and we just moved servers and on the new server we are running php 5.3 and the ZEN coding for the version of auto linker is not compatible with php 5.3 I am running version 1.1 of Auto Linker. Is there a newer version???

Thanks You
V

[kermit2]

Just for anyone else having this issue: we ditched Zend after v1.1, so if you grab the latest verson (1.3, from the website) there won't be any Zend/PHP 5.3 issues

[Bubble #5]

Doesn't seem to fully work on 4.2.1. Makes the links but there is no popup window. What a shame, was so looking forward to getting the pro version. Could have used this too:erm:

[kermit2]

I'm not aware of any problems on 4.2.1. If you want to send me over a link to your forum (by private message if you prefer) I'll take a look - my guess would be a javascript error.

[Bubble #5]

OK Thanks. PM sent :)

I think it's javascript related too.

[Spangle]

This conflicts with the last time and date poster online MOD for some reason, turn this MOD off and the board works, turn it on and it doesn't !

Running 4.2.2

[kermit2]

Would you like me to take a look? When you say "doesn't work", what actually happens?

[huevncom]

If you pop over to our website at http://www.autolinker.com/forum/content.php?22 , you'll see purchasing options

not work

[Spangle]

Would you like me to take a look? When you say "doesn't work", what actually happens?

When I enable the MOD with the other plugin I get a white page, when I disable I get the forum back.

[kermit2]

not work

Seems ok to me?

[kermit2]

When I enable the MOD with the other plugin I get a white page, when I disable I get the forum back.

Do you have access to your webserver's error log? If the two mods work on their own, but not when both enabled, my guess would be that PHP is running out of memory. You might see something in your error log along the lines of "Memory exhausted. Tried to allocated xxxx bytes"

[KenDude]

I purchased the full version tonight to set up on my site and import my old GAL links. Upon install when I go to create a new default template or a permission group while it says that it saves successfully, the listings that show up are incomplete as if something isn't getting stored in the database. Furthermore, you cannot choose the one you set up from the drop down list when you go to add a link or to try and do an import. Category creation worked.

I tried to email support@autolinker.com as directed on your site and in the install directions. That email address is defunct.

I tried to log into the forums on autolinker.com but the administrator has disabled new registrations.

So it seems the only place I can report the problem is here. If I don't get a response here I'll seek to have PayPal reverse the charges and this mod changed to unsupported status as it seems to be becoming that...

[kermit2]

Hi, and sorry about that. I've re-enabled forum registrations, and fixed the email problems.

Is this something you'd like me to login and take a look at? If so, just PM your forum details.

[KenDude]

Yes I will PM you my forum details, I'd like to either get it fixed or get the money refunded, but hoping you can get it fixed...

[inigo]

I had purchased the full version but I have problems after upgrading to 4.2.2

I vave the 1.3 autolinker version. I cannot create new permissions, links,... Because the following errors:


PHP Warning: mysql_real_escape_string(): Access denied for user 'nobody'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in ..../admincp/autolinker_admin.php on line 355

PHP Warning: mysql_real_escape_string(): A link to the server could not be established in ..../admincp/autolinker_admin.php on line 355

PHP Warning: mysql_real_escape_string(): Access denied for user 'nobody'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in ..../admincp/autolinker_admin.php on line 356

PHP Warning: mysql_real_escape_string(): A link to the server could not be established in ..../admincp/autolinker_admin.php on line 356

Can you help me? The links created in the past are working fine, but I cannot edit/add new links, categories, permissions,...

Thanks!

[kermit2]

Hi Inigo,

Instances of mysql_real_escape_string need replacing with $db->escape_string in autolinker_admin.php. Just a case of doing a search/replace, but I'll PM you an updated copy of the file.

[ozzy47]

Why not update the mod on here so all users can take advantage of the mod?

[kermit2]

Thank you, yes - I've done that now