VigLink

[vlrick]

Info:
VigLink (http://www.viglink.com) is the easiest way to monetize your outbound links. You get paid when visitors click from your forum to a retailer and buy something. The VigLink analytics dashboard tells you which outbound links are clicked most, which are making you the most money, and more.

You've created something special. Your community is a place where people congregate to discuss their passion. It turns out they also make decisions about what to buy and where to buy it?and that's valuable. VigLink helps you capture this value, effortlessly.

In fact, VigLink is second only to AdSense as the most widely used monetization technology for vBulletin. Don't take our word for it, here's the breakdown (http://w3techs.com/technologies/segmentation/cm-vbulletin/advertising).

This add-on will install the VigLink javascript on your forum, without the need to edit templates.

VigLink Convert
Your members are constantly posting links to retailers. If any go to over 35,000 retailers (http://www.viglink.com/tools/explorer), VigLink will automatically convert them to monetized links that pay you a commission.
Learn More >> (http://www.viglink.com/products/convert)

VigLink Insert
Forum threads often reference products, brands, and retailers. VigLink can automatically link these references, making sure they always go to the most valuable destination.
Learn More >> (http://www.viglink.com/products/insert)

Controls
Version 2.0 now gives more control over how VigLink runs on your site. You can enable or disable VigLink Convert and VigLink Insert for specific user groups and forums.

Tested On:
4.2.0
3.8.7

Installation Instructions

Import the XML file
Go to your AdminCP and edit the VigLink options
Enter the API key from your VigLink account page (http://www.viglink.com/account). (If you don't already have a VigLink account you can sign up here (http://www.viglink.com/sign-up))

[Manoel J?nior]

Demo? Screens?

[vlrick]

There's no real UI to speak of, so screenshots wouldn't be very exciting. It's very much like this Google Analytics add-on (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=229347) in terms of how it affects your forum -- Admins get a very simple options page where they can enter their VigLink API key; Users see no change at all.

As far as a demo, there's a basic demo on VigLink.com (http://www.viglink.com/corp/demo), where you can see plain links being automatically affiliated.

[djbaxter]

I've never heard of VigLink. Who are the owners and what are their credentials?

Frankly, this add-on seems less like a vBulletin add-on and more like spam and self-promotion for VigLink.

[vlrick]

I've never heard of VigLink. Who are the owners and what are their credentials?
VigLink is a venture-backed startup based in San Francisco. Our investors include Google Ventures and First Round Capital. Here's a TechCrunch article about us (http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/12/viglink-affiliate-programs/) from January, when we came out of private beta. There's lots more information about us, individually, on our about page (http://www.viglink.com/corp/about).

Frankly, this add-on seems less like a vBulletin add-on and more like spam and self-promotion for VigLink.
Sorry the description read that way to you. If you'd download it and take a look, you'd see that it does make VigLink installation easier for vBulletin users, by saving you from having to edit templates. As I said above, it's very similar in purpose and implementation to this Google Analytics add-on (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=229347), for example; it inserts a bit of javascript into every page, and lets the javascript do the real work.

Rick

[junaid]

I installed and entered API key
but I didn't see any Links form where I can see those links?

[LouisB]

Installed. Suppose it's worth the try. Thanks :)

[jmw]

I see you bought drivingrevenue.com. How does this viglink exactly work?

1. Does the forum have to have links pointing to supported merchants to work or will it overwrite any links to external products with a Viglink supported merchant affiliate id?

2. How does this play with adsense?

[Taurus1]

Will this work on 3.8.6?

[vlrick]

I see you bought drivingrevenue.com. How does this viglink exactly work?

1. Does the forum have to have links pointing to supported merchants to work or will it overwrite any links to external products with a Viglink supported merchant affiliate id?

2. How does this play with adsense?
If you're familiar with how Driving Revenue's affiliation works, then you're familiar with how VigLink's works, too. They're very similar. That's part of why we've teamed up!

To answer your questions,

1. There are no special VigLink merchant links to use. You (and your users) link wherever you would normally link. When a visitor clicks an external link, our javascript checks to see if that link can be affiliated. If it can be, we affiliate it on the fly. Any time we see a link that's already affiliated, we leave it alone. (If you prefer, you can tell us to overwrite those existing affiliate links in your account settings (http://www.viglink.com/account)).

2. We have lots of users using VigLink and AdSense together, and we aren't aware of any problems.

[vlrick]

Will this work on 3.8.6?
Frankly, I'm not sure. We've only tested it on 4.x. I'll look into setting up a 3.x test forum. If you decide to give it a try on 3.8.6 and find that it works, please let us know!

[Liquid1ce]

how long till ad's show as ive been running for almost 24hours and no ad's showing

[vlrick]

how long till ad's show
VigLink doesn't insert anything into your pages (no ads, no links). We just find unaffiliated links, and affiliate them for you.

[galengt]

Will this work on 3.8.6?

I am a VigLink employee as well. We just tested it successfully on 3.6 and up, so you are good to go with 3.8.6.

[pant]

Installed, don't know if it will make any money but worth a try.

There is no information on how to get paid anywhere though???

[vlrick]

There is no information on how to get paid anywhere though???

From our FAQ (http://www.viglink.com/corp/faq#publishers):
How does payment work?
VigLink will pay by check in the United States and PayPal anywhere it is available. We are expanding our payment options over time. VigLink will ask for payment information and pay publishers as soon as their balance reaches $25. VigLink typically takes 25% on commission earned by publishers. Often publishers still receive higher payouts due to collective bargaining and high volume commission levels. We will issue an IRS Form 1099 to any publisher who makes more than $400 in a fiscal year.

That policy might change soon (I think we're dropping paper checks and switching to PayPal exclusively), but those are the terms as of today.

[pant]

Cheers dude, sorry for being ignorant. :)

Is their a way that I can scan the site to see how many links I could convert?

[vlrick]

Is their a way that I can scan the site to see how many links I could convert?Yup! Submit your site's URL and your email at the bottom of this page (http://viglink.com/corp/publishers) (make sure you're logged out, or the form won't be there). There's a fair amount of estimation going on, so don't put too much stake in the dollar figures, but that report will give you an idea of what kind of links you have, and whether we could affiliate any of them.

[DUI_]

What is the impact on the forum by adding JS to each page? Would it use up more bandwidth? etc..

[vlrick]

There's effectively zero impact on your page load time. The library is downloaded directly from our servers (so the additional bandwidth used is ours), and it's loaded in parallel as your page loads. It won't block the rest of the page from loading as it's being downloaded.

[nascartr]

Viglink is not converting Ebay links.

I've tried just the code in the footer and then this addon but the Ebay links do not convert.

http://diecastcrazy.com/community/ebay-express/198924-danica-patrick-arca-car-jeff-gordon-pepsi-retro-bonus.html

[galengt]

Hey nascartr, send me an email at support at viglink dot com and indicate the email you signed up to VigLink with and I will check it out. We screen all sites we turn on eBay for, so once I take a look at your account I can turn them on.

[nascartr]

Alright, just sent one.

[Bio-Beetle]

Is there a reason not to put it in the "ad_footer_end" template?

[dacho]

I fixed it manually
I'll give it a chance to see if it works

[LordMike]

Awesome program, I was editing all my Amazon links so they add my affiliate but with this I can just keep adding links !

And I can see you added the DrivingRevenue which I wanted to apply for first; again; Awesome !

LOL I was checking to see if the links actually get affiliated and I was looking for my personal Amazon affiliate link and after a while I understood you guys are using your own links and giving me a share of the profit LMAO

One question though;

www.wisehyip.com when you look at the bottom right I've added the Links monetized by VigLink like I'm supposed to do, but when I mouseover the link it just says: http://www.viglink.com/corp/ftc?vgtag=badge shouldn't it be saying http://www.viglink.com/?vgref=9350 like I see in my account ?

Or does it happen one some other way?

[speedracer68]

I have been a member of Driving Revenue for some time. I just heard about this and I am trying to install this. In my account page there is no number next to where I believe my API key should be.

It says "Your API key:" and then nothing to the right.

How do I obtain my number?

[oldford]

I just installed this (vb 3.8.x) and it doesn't appear to be converting links. Using the site checker in my VigLink dashboard it says the script is installed properly. But the links I've checked (Amazon) appear to be totally clean with no ref info added.

[8thos]

Downloaded.

[oldford]

I just installed this (vb 3.8.x) and it doesn't appear to be converting links. Using the site checker in my VigLink dashboard it says the script is installed properly. But the links I've checked (Amazon) appear to be totally clean with no ref info added.Nevermind. It looks like the links are converted on the fly, so hovering over them doesn't show any difference, but clicking on them does. I'm logging clicks now in the VigLink dashboard, so all appears correctly installed.

[10premium]

Hi, I've installed this add-on but cant figure out where API code shud be added...can someone tell me in the simplest way...like

logon as demin> Control panel> left pane > XXX > yyy > VigilLink > zzz

[mavherzog]

Any former Driving Revenue users notice that payments continue to slip from month-to-month since the acquisition by Viglink? I used to get payments every month on the 20th. That continues to slip...last month it was the 26th...this month, I have yet to receive my payment (and it is the 29th).

[8thos]

Installed it just now.

[maryx]

Does viglink convert Etsy.com links? I am looking for a way to monetize these links. My members post lots of things from Etsy.

[maryx]

Hi, I've installed this add-on but cant figure out where API code shud be added...can someone tell me in the simplest way...like

logon as demin> Control panel> left pane > XXX > yyy > VigilLink > zzz

Go to Settings>options in your admin cp, scroll down till you see viglink

[oldford]

Does viglink convert Etsy.com links?No, according to the Viglink "Merchant Coverage" tool. Are you sure Etsy.com even has an affiliate program? I looked on their site and it doesn't look like they do.

[maryx]

etsy doesn't have an affiliate program. someone needs to convince them to make one.

[8thos]

This mod does not seem to work. I checked on the site and it says its been installed when I enter my domain names but...

I see no links being affiliated. Running VB4.1PL2

[oldford]

Octavius, see my post #30 in this thread. The links won't show as affiliated when you hover over them, but they are getting converted.

[daveaite]

Geniusssssssss idea. jealous

[jimmy_bod]

I have installed VigLink on my 4.02 (Problem?) forum, now.
So far, if I post a public 'normal' link to a merchant, the target link will be not converted if I click on it. Do I have to wait some time to bring this system to work?

regards,
Jimmy

[DrivingRevenue]

Awesome program, I was editing all my Amazon links so they add my affiliate but with this I can just keep adding links !

And I can see you added the DrivingRevenue which I wanted to apply for first; again; Awesome !

LOL I was checking to see if the links actually get affiliated and I was looking for my personal Amazon affiliate link and after a while I understood you guys are using your own links and giving me a share of the profit LMAO

One question though;

www.wisehyip.com (http://www.wisehyip.com) when you look at the bottom right I've added the Links monetized by VigLink like I'm supposed to do, but when I mouseover the link it just says: http://www.viglink.com/corp/ftc?vgtag=badge shouldn't it be saying http://www.viglink.com/?vgref=9350 like I see in my account ?

Or does it happen one some other way?

I took a look at your site and could not find the badge. However the vgref and affiliation takes place at click time, so until the link is click, you wouldn't see the vgref



I have been a member of Driving Revenue for some time. I just heard about this and I am trying to install this. In my account page there is no number next to where I believe my API key should be.

It says "Your API key:" and then nothing to the right.

How do I obtain my number?



The API Key should be in the account page once you login to VigLink.com If you are still having issues, please contact us at support@viglink.com

[DrivingRevenue]

Any former Driving Revenue users notice that payments continue to slip from month-to-month since the acquisition by Viglink? I used to get payments every month on the 20th. That continues to slip...last month it was the 26th...this month, I have yet to receive my payment (and it is the 29th).

Our payment terms state the following:

When do I get paid?
Payments are made on or after the 25th of each month. You are paid for the previous month's Net 30 amount and the two month prior Net 60 amount. For example, the payment made October 25th includes the Net 30 amount from September and the Net 60 amount from August. These amounts can be seen on the calendar report page.

We haven't sent out payments on the 20th since eBay changed their payout date to the 25th, which was in April of 2009.

November's payment was after the 25th because of our Thanksgiving break.

[DrivingRevenue]

I have installed VigLink on my 4.02 (Problem?) forum, now.
So far, if I post a public 'normal' link to a merchant, the target link will be not converted if I click on it. Do I have to wait some time to bring this system to work?

regards,
Jimmy


The links are converted into affiliate links once the link is clicked.

[lycheepassion]

this doesn't take adsense revenue from the owner does it?

[oldford]

It's not related to Adsense, so no it won't affect your Adsense earnings.

[DrivingRevenue]

Oldford is exactly right. This has no impact on adsense of other forms of advertising

[Brandon Sheley]

what's the benefits over just adding the DR code in our footer like we've been doing for years?

[DrivingRevenue]

what's the benefits over just adding the DR code in our footer like we've been doing for years?


primary benefit is the ease of install, specifically, with this mod there is no need to edit footer templates in multiple styles. Also, there is no need to add the tag to the footer every time a new style is added.

[Brandon Sheley]

primary benefit is the ease of install, specifically, with this mod there is no need to edit footer templates in multiple styles. Also, there is no need to add the tag to the footer every time a new style is added.

I use master styles, I only add it once :)

thanks for clearing things up :up:

[Marv]

What about VL and vbSEO? Anything we have to take care of? And may be I?m blind - but wth can I add my paypal-adress and billing informations? All I can see in my account settings is my email-adress.. How do you plan to pay me ;)?

[DrivingRevenue]

What about VL and vbSEO? Anything we have to take care of? And may be I?m blind - but wth can I add my paypal-adress and billing informations? All I can see in my account settings is my email-adress.. How do you plan to pay me ;)?

VL and vbSEO work fine together.


As far as payment methods for VigLink (DrivingRevenue is a little different), a PayPal payment will be sent to the email address you registered with. If that email address is not associated with a PayPal account, Paypal provides a simple way to associate it with your existing PayPal account.

[cagbaazee]

The links won't show as affiliated when you hover over them, but they are getting converted.

show us the proof...we want to see it.

[Digital Jedi]

The links won't show as affiliated when you hover over them, but they are getting converted.

show us the proof...we want to see it.
According to previous posts, you get the proof when you click the link.

[DrivingRevenue]

The links won't show as affiliated when you hover over them, but they are getting converted.
show us the proof...we want to see it.

According to previous posts, you get the proof when you click the link.


There are a few FireFox plugins that will let you see what's going on when you click the link.

Use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6647/
or http://www.getfirebug.com

[JeffreyC]

Is Ray on here?

[DrivingRevenue]

Is Ray on here?

He's currently in Vegas at Affiliate Summit. PM me if there's something I can help with.

-Jack

[Digital Jedi]

Alright then, I'll try it. Wasn't real happy with previous affiliate programs I tried. But this is easy enough to implement.

[Digital Jedi]

Note that when you test a link, because JavaScript doesn't run from inside AJAX posts, you wouldn't get an affiliated link when you click through unless you refreshed the page. Other users, would generate the referral link normally, though, on page load.

[captainslater]

Do you support some german affiliate programs like Amazon.de or affili.net?

What's the difference between DrivingRevenue and VigLink? Is VigLink just the newest version/add-on?

[DrivingRevenue]

Do you support some german affiliate programs like Amazon.de or affili.net?

Yes, we have both programs in our system.



What's the difference between DrivingRevenue and VigLink? Is VigLink just the newest version/add-on?

VigLink is a Google backed company that acquired Driving Revenue on August 1st, 2010. For details about the acquisition, Click Here (http://blog.viglink.com/2010/08/02/viglink-acquires-driving-revenue/?vgtag=VBorg)

[mavherzog]

I am a legacy DrivingRevenue customer who is now with VigLink. I make good money every month with this program. Absolutely LOVE IT! No ads to annoy my users and no work required on my part.

As long as your site contains links that can be affliated, you can benefit!

[Hawkmaster]

Installed and look forward to seeing the benefits:)

[scottct1]

I am on Driving Revenue now and doing ok with it... should I switch over to Viglink or can I run them both?

[wraggster]

i went direct to the vigilink site and got the website code from there, ive installed it into a Global ad space on my forum, will that be good enough or do i need to import a plugin etc

also do you have a massive list of what merchants you cover, i see the obviuos ones like Amazon but who else ?

[Booyakan]

If I am buying from these merchants myself, is it ok to set up links on my site, and click through and buy them with viglink?

Because we are not supposed to buy through our own links for most merchants...But they are actually turned into YOUR links correct?

[SamirDarji]

I am on Driving Revenue now and doing ok with it... should I switch over to Viglink or can I run them both?I initially signed up with DR, and I haven't changed the code as far as I can remember and now everthing is with VL. Your DR revenue login will work on the VL site.
If I am buying from these merchants myself, is it ok to set up links on my site, and click through and buy them with viglink?

Because we are not supposed to buy through our own links for most merchants...But they are actually turned into YOUR links correct?This is a very good point. Although you have to realize that VL will be getting the bulk of that commission and you'll be paid for a normal link. I think that's the whole way they're able to make money.

[Booyakan]

.
This is a very good point. Although you have to realize that VL will be getting the bulk of that commission and you'll be paid for a normal link. I think that's the whole way they're able to make money.

I do realize they would get the bulk, but at least I would still get something back, instead of nothing... Just waiting on their answer I guess..

[DrivingRevenue]

I am on Driving Revenue now and doing ok with it... should I switch over to Viglink or can I run them both?

I'd recommend leaving it as is, we're migrating Driving Revenue publishers in batches. Once it's your turn, you'll be notified via email. There's isn't anything you'll need to do, we handle the entire migration on our side.


i went direct to the vigilink site and got the website code from there, ive installed it into a Global ad space on my forum, will that be good enough or do i need to import a plugin etc

I'm not familiar with the Global ad space, but the code needs to be in the footer before the closing </body> tag. PM me a link to your site and I can verify that it's working correctly.



also do you have a massive list of what merchants you cover, i see the obviuos ones like Amazon but who else ?

Log into your VigLink account, click Tools and then Merchant Coverage.

[DrivingRevenue]

If I am buying from these merchants myself, is it ok to set up links on my site, and click through and buy them with viglink?

Because we are not supposed to buy through our own links for most merchants...But they are actually turned into YOUR links correct?

It is against the merchant Terms of Service to knowingly make purchases yourself for the benefit of a discount.


This is a very good point. Although you have to realize that VL will be getting the bulk of that commission and you'll be paid for a normal link. I think that's the whole way they're able to make money.

Not really sure what you're trying to say, or what "VL will be getting the bulk of that commission and you'll be paid for a normal link." means.

As standard practice, we pay out 75% of the revenue and keep 25%

[Breakpoint]

I don't see a button to re-link all old links, will it do this automatically or what?

[SamirDarji]

I don't see a button to re-link all old links, will it do this automatically or what?It does everything transparently and on-the-fly. So all your old links are automatically converted when they're clicked. Pretty slick actually.

[DrivingRevenue]

It does everything transparently and on-the-fly. So all your old links are automatically converted when they're clicked. Pretty slick actually.


You're exactly right

[Brandon Sheley]

I have no API key here...
http://www.viglink.com/account

I've had a DR account for years

[DrivingRevenue]

I have no API key here...
http://www.viglink.com/account

I've had a DR account for years


Hi Brandon, I've responded on http://getsatisfaction.com/viglink/topics/no_api_key

[Dez_U]

does this plug in work with the latest VB? 4.1.1 (well that mine )

[Jampal]

I am in he Edit options of the Viglink product in my Cpanel yet can find no where at all to "Enter the API key". No idea where, how or when I "add this" or to what?

If anyone could help I would be most grateful.

Regards,
James.

[Jampal]

For anyone that struggles to find this, you enter the API key down the VBulletin, Options menu and NOT in the product menu.

James.

[DrivingRevenue]

does this plug in work with the latest VB? 4.1.1 (well that mine )


Yes it does

[karlm]

I just signed up, though I don't expect to make much from it (my site doesn't link much material goods).

I will say though, I used the code given from sign-up page initially and placed it at the bottom (above </body>) of my SHOWTHREAD template. I used the url-checker and it said there was nothing there... I tried several URL's (each one being a thread).

Now I've installed the plugin instead, found the API and pasted it in - all works well.

As I said, I don't expect to make much due to the lack of purchasable content on my site, but if it adds a few quid a year it's better than nothing.

[S3Ponline]

Can Skimlinks and Viglinks work together?

[DrivingRevenue]

I just signed up, though I don't expect to make much from it (my site doesn't link much material goods).

I will say though, I used the code given from sign-up page initially and placed it at the bottom (above </body>) of my SHOWTHREAD template. I used the url-checker and it said there was nothing there... I tried several URL's (each one being a thread).

Now I've installed the plugin instead, found the API and pasted it in - all works well.

As I said, I don't expect to make much due to the lack of purchasable content on my site, but if it adds a few quid a year it's better than nothing.


The showthread template is only used on a thread page, unless you entered the url of a thread page the checker will not show as installed.

[DrivingRevenue]

Can Skimlinks and Viglinks work together?


No, you must use one or the other.

Both plugins do the same thing and would conflict if enabled simultaneously.

[calvinnguyen]

Is this program pay for affiliated clicks, because I got 121 affiliated clicks and earn nothing.

I just wonder how to earn to money. Have anyone here earn money from this problem yet?

[SamirDarji]

Sometimes it's clicks, sometimes it's purchases. And it may take a few days for the earnings to show up on the dashboard.

[zelnik]

Hi just installed this and added my API.

2 Questions:

1> Will this cover old links that were posted prior to installing viglinks?
2> Does it change the url? As the amazon links I've just checked all look like the originals, no affiliate id or anything like that.

Thanks.

[SamirDarji]

Answers:

1. It will. Each link is affiliated on-the-fly, so instantly your entire site's links are affiliated.
2. Not visibly. You or your users won't even see it. You'll only know it's running since you'll see clickthroughs and revenue on the dashboard.

[zelnik]

thanks samir!

[SamirDarji]

Welcome!

[Alfa1]

This slows down my site as the script calls the viglink site and has to wait a long time for api.viglink.com to answer. I hope this is just a hiccup and not the normal reaction time. Otherwise I will need to uninstall this.

[SamirDarji]

This slows down my site as the script calls the viglink site and has to wait a long time for api.viglink.com to answer. I hope this is just a hiccup and not the normal reaction time. Otherwise I will need to uninstall this.It's not normal at all. :confused: What's your site url? I'm on a really slow connection right now (1mb), so let me see how bad it is.

[Hawkmaster]

It has not slowed my site down and has been well worth it:)

[mierzwin]

OMG got my first payment today. Not that I am getting over exited but just logged into my stats. I totally forgot after signing up for viglink but today when I looked I was shocked.

My site gets ~1.2k uniques a day. For that traffic I am getting some money:D

This is since End of Jan:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

I do recommend!

[Breakpoint]

It does not work in FireFox 4, here is a thread example http://www.ps3trophies.com/forums/game-deals/58303-god-war-3-19-99-a.html

It links in IE8 properly with the viglink tag.

Whats up with this?

[Alfa1]

OMG got my first payment today.
You mean your affiliate payment for promoting viglink to us? This is just spam.

[galengt]

Hi Breakpoint,

I just clicked an Amazon link on the example page you gave in Firefox 4 and it did affiliate. Can you tell me the link text of the link you are clicking that you expect to affiliate that isn't working?

[Breakpoint]

Hi Breakpoint,

I just clicked an Amazon link on the example page you gave in Firefox 4 and it did affiliate. Can you tell me the link text of the link you are clicking that you expect to affiliate that isn't working?

Now it is working, that is weird :D

But can you tell me why the link in first post is not re-affiliating to VigLink?

I have Re-Affiliate marked in to Yes on my VigLink.com account
http://www.ps3trophies.com/forums/game-deals/58430-bioshock-2-10-99-a.html

The tag says slicinc for me when I click through it

[SamirDarji]

You mean your affiliate payment for promoting viglink to us? This is just spam.Actually, I don't doubt the numbers. I get almost as much via viglink as I do via adsense. When something works, it just works.

[mierzwin]

You mean your affiliate payment for promoting viglink to us? This is just spam.

didnt know affiliate links are not allowed, but wanted only to share my experience. apology if I hurt anyone with it;)

I didnt even recommended 1 user as I never thought viglink will work.

Google blocked me for adsense so cant compare

[cronjob78]

Thinking of installing this.

Anybody (except Viglink/DR affiliates or employees) willing to give some genuine feedback. A ratio of monthly unique users to revenue etc?

[scottct1]

I tried Skimlinks for a month and my earnings were MUCH better with Driving Revenue. I am now back solid on Driving Revenue.

[DrivingRevenue]

Thinking of installing this.

Anybody (except Viglink/DR affiliates or employees) willing to give some genuine feedback. A ratio of monthly unique users to revenue etc?


Have a look at these links:
http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=539654&postcount=35
http://www.nickloper.com/2011/03/viglink-vs-skimlinks/
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1987427#post15767527

There are also customer testimonials on the site from Internet Brands, AVSforum.com, Vertical Scope and many others. http://www.viglink.com

[DrivingRevenue]

Now it is working, that is weird :D

But can you tell me why the link in first post is not re-affiliating to VigLink?

I have Re-Affiliate marked in to Yes on my VigLink.com account
http://www.ps3trophies.com/forums/game-deals/58430-bioshock-2-10-99-a.html

The tag says slicinc for me when I click through it


We currently have the ability to re-affiliate a handful of retailer domains, unfortunately your site is down so I can't look into it further.

[MagicThemeParks]

Just installed over at WaltDisneyBoards.com and we are looking forward to a great partnership with Viglink :)

Running vB 3.8x and installed the product. Hope all is working well and we start seeing some results.

Will we see click throughs realtime or is there a delay in the results?

[SamirDarji]

I've been using it since it was driving revenue. I didn't see my links change so I initially thought it wasn't doing anything. Then once they changed to viglink and I logged into the dashboard, I saw that there was revenue coming in, but wasn't being paid because of the minimum before the payout. Viglink doesn't have a minimum anymore, so I get the payments each month.

A ratio of uniques to revenue isn't really possible since that varies widely based on your type of traffic and links already on your site. But I can say this much, I'm making almost as much with viglink as I am with adsense each week. And viglink isn't intrusive at all compared to adsense.

[SamirDarji]

Just installed over at WaltDisneyBoards.com and we are looking forward to a great partnership with Viglink :)

Running vB 3.8x and installed the product. Hope all is working well and we start seeing some results.

Will we see click throughs realtime or is there a delay in the results?There's a bit of a delay, but not much. You can see the previous week pretty accurately.

[WebForging]

I installed this on 3.8.1 for two seperate vbulletin installs but the admincp did not update to reflect a spot in the sidebar to configure the product. I am unsure if it is an issue with the particular version or what the problem is. Please advise :)

[MagicThemeParks]

With limited use, we have seen already about 20-25% of our daily adsense total achieved through Viglink :up:

I installed this on 3.8.1 for two seperate vbulletin installs but the admincp did not update to reflect a spot in the sidebar to configure the product. I am unsure if it is an issue with the particular version or what the problem is. Please advise :)

You find it on vBulletin Options >> Viglink

[scubasteve3]

Is there anyway to tell if this is working or not? Just installed

[oldford]

Is there anyway to tell if this is working or not? Just installedSee post #30 in this thread. Once installed your clicks should start showing up on your VigLink dashboard.

[8thos]

Over a three month period I think I earned 2 cents from this modification. Uninstalled it a couple weeks ago.

[MagicThemeParks]

It depends on how you use it. I've been picking up a little extra revenue here and there which is supplementing my Adsense, text link and banner ad income. So, every little bit helps :up:

[ToekneeB]

I'm just installing this now to see how it goes, adsense kicked out my site for some reason they can't explain to me becasue of their security policy so this will hopefully be a good replacement.

[ToekneeB]

Installed, I'm just curious to know how many sites based in the UK are using viglink?

[dutchbb]

This looked promising but then they asked me to fill in some tax form I've never seen anywhere before and don't know how to fill in, so no thanks.

[StonePilot]

Is this is official viglink platform? I signed on with Driving Revenue and was very happy with them as they jumped to be my #3 revenue source ... so far not working with viglink and revenue is down 90%. I hope this version plug-in will fix everything.

[scottct1]

I am seeing the same thing here since my account has been moved from Driving Revenue to Viglink, my earnings have gone down.

But they are still better then what I was getting for when I tried Skimlinks.

[adwade]

I am a VigLink employee as well. We just tested it successfully on 3.6 and up, so you are good to go with 3.8.6.

To save folks from reading through several pages of posts and/or make this mod easier to find, I would suggest the coder: 1)Add a similar mod for the vb v3 section of vB.org or, 2)State the fact that this version works with vB v3 in the mod description.

Personally I never look at the vB v4 section on vB.org, because I don't run it and so few mods are backwards compatible with v3. I only arrived here thanks to an external link from the VigLink website.

[adwade]

Suggestion: It would be nice if this MOD allowed the Admin to pick the VigLink Badge to display, as well as it's location, on their pages from the http://www.viglink.com/policies/ftc page, or similar.

[MyDeathSpace]

Just installed. Interested to see the results. Any $ is better than no $. :)

[ToekneeB]

I'm just coming to the end of an experiment I ran skimlinks for 2 weeks and i'm just coming to the end of 2 weeks with viglink, unless something comes through over the next week to increase the revenue from viglink it wil not beat the revenue from skimlinks.

[ausjeepo]

I migrated from Driving revenue to Viglink and from what the dashboard is saying its much better. Couple of questions though...

Given I migrated, I previously had the code stripped into my template manually, does this download above just do the same thing? Am I ok staying on what Im on?

Secondly, I noticed you can potentially get paid for commissions on ebay sales, saw this at the bottom of the dashboard. How do I get paid for this? I ask as it shows some people buying items that were linked via my site yet no comissions?

My site is ausjeepoffroad.com

[StonePilot]

ebay commissions were broken and I dropped 90% in revenue from Driving Revenue. Did this get fixed?

Skimlinks is a worthless joke. I was making like $1 per day.

[thecore762]

Question VigLink, if someone clicks one of your links, but they buy a different product at that time, will you still earn a commission or do they have to buy the specific product to be able to earn that commission?
Also lets say the person clicks the link but they don't buy the product now, but they end up buying it on a later time, do you still get commission for the original referral?
Thanks in advance!

[gOOvER]

Add German Translation. :)

[davidg]

someone tested this with latest vbulletin version ?

[Booyakan]

ebay commissions were broken and I dropped 90% in revenue from Driving Revenue. Did this get fixed?

Skimlinks is a worthless joke. I was making like $1 per day.


Some of the sites for viglink you have to manually send them an email to get approved for but there is no list to tell you which ones. I had to do it for ebay, then I checked walmart and saw that also wasn't covered so I just disabled it. Who knows what merchants you get covered for and which ones you don't. They should be upfront about this or at least have a list that tells you which ones you are approved for.

See for yourself.. go to http://www.viglink.com/tools/coverage and type in http://www.ebay.com

You will get:
"That merchant is covered, but not for everyone. Links from your site will not be affiliated unless access has been granted by the merchant. If you'd like to request access, please email us."

Viglink, please make it easier to see which merchants are covered.

[chrisngrod]

Wow. I"m glad I read this thread. That's why my revenue dropped. It's eBay. E-mail sent!

[mp3u]

Installed but encountering huge headaches with the Viglink IRS form - unless this is filled in properly I understand that Viglink will make no payments, correct? I'm based in Europe, as an individual rather than a corporation (W-8 ECI ??). I have to fill in the address for American business and tax id number on the Viglink IRS form... are these details supposed to be Viglink business details? If so, please post a link so I know I input them correctly. I am completely unfamiliar with the US tax system and have never had to fill out anything like this before with other affiliate programs. A quick dummies guide through would be helpful.
Thanks in advance,
D

[SamirDarji]

I'd get in touch with viglink as I'm not sure how the US tax reporting would be for a European company. If you talk to Julian, tell him Samir says hi. :)

[DieselTruck]

How would we use this for guests only?

[SamirDarji]

How would we use this for guests only?Why would you want to? The user can't tell the difference if it's on or not unless you use the link insertion option.

[VigLink]

How would we use this for guests only?

Samir is correct in that VigLink link affiliation is very unobtrusive. The experience of a visitor on your site won't change if you are affiliating your outbound links using VigLink.

If you have VigLink link insertion turned on, and would like inserted links to only appear for guests (and not registered users), you can add class="nolinks" to any page element to disable inserted links.

This can be done on an individual post basis or at the page level by adding it to the body tag <body class="nolinks">

On vBulletin, you can take advantage of the yahoo dom event js to add the class name from a footer conditional. For example:

<if condition="(!$show['guest'])"> $footer .= '<script type="text/javascript"> YAHOO.util.Event.onDOMReady( function() { YAHOO.util.Dom.addClass( document.body, "nolinks" ); } ); </script>';
</if>

Hope this helps!

[chrisngrod]

I just submitted an email to Viglink. Unsure of all links being affiliated cause I just have Viglink enabled for Tapatalk sites.

EDIT: Viglink reponds quickly and everything is setup perfectly. Thanks.

[Jonm]

can you run this and skimlinks at the same time?

[ajustesen]

Does exactly as advertised thank for the perfectly simple addon!

[VigLink]

can you run this and skimlinks at the same time?

Hi there -- Anna here w/ VigLink. If you are testing the two solutions, we recommend you test each separately because the two services act on links within your content in a similar way (and both are javascript add-ons). Long-term, it's rare (if not non-existent) that a site would run both in parallel.

Let us know if we can be of help in getting you set-up -- or answering any other integration / testing questions!

Cheers,
Anna

[deverill2010]

Anna are you from the company? If so I have a question it's not really related to this mod, well more about your product.

I run skimlinks on the main site but have viglinks associated with tapatalk, are they able to run alongside each other like that?

[VigLink]

Anna are you from the company? If so I have a question it's not really related to this mod, well more about your product.

I run skimlinks on the main site but have viglinks associated with tapatalk, are they able to run alongside each other like that?

Yes, Anna here again and I am with VigLink. In the scenario you describe above they will be able to run alongside each other -- the implementations are distinct and will not interfere with one another.

Let me know if we can help with anything else (or if you ever want to test VigLink on your full site)!

Best,
Anna

[foudu1030]

vBulletin 4.1.10
Not Working for my ...

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[VigLink]

vBulletin 4.1.10
Not Working for my ...

http://up.marocinoh.net/images/sanstitre1.png
http://up.marocinoh.net/images/sanstitre2.png

Hi, Anna here w/ VigLink -- thanks for providing the screenshots. We're taking a look at it and someone on our customer success team will be following-up with you directly.

If you have any questions in the meantime, feel free to also email us directly at support@viglink.com.

Best,
Anna

[rockerzteam]

Sucks that it wont work with 3.8.7

[BlueCheri]

Setting for using viglinks to particular forums?

G!

[bandit022]

Doesn't seem to be working on vbulletin 4.1.11 Patch Level 1

API key is correct in my settings but VigLink's installation check still says "VigLink was not detected"

Any ideas?

[bandit022]

Nevermind. The installation check is now showing it to be installed correctly. I suppose it takes a while to start working?

[HFB]

Is there a conditional I can use so it excludes the reputation link in the postbit legacy? We're using it on a vb 3.6.8 forum and it breaks the javascript from e-steki Karma version 2.2 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=154264) in Opera. Thanks.

[scottct1]

I use this Plugin... was on Driving Revenue but switched over to this plugin and removed the old Driving Revenue Plugin a long time ago.

Anyways tonight I got the following email from Viglink.

Hello,

We are reaching out as we noticed you are still using the DrivingRevenue JavaScript, and unfortunately this feature will no longer be supported after July 1st, 2012, due to changes outside of our control.

So, we very much need for you to implement the VigLink JavaScript on satelliteguys.us and use this instead of the DrivingRevenue JavaScript. After July 1, clicks will not affiliate through the DrivingRevenue JavaScript, and you may get errors as a result of its use. We expect that you will see performance improvements from using the VigLink JavaScript anyway, so this move should be beneficial for multiple reasons.

If you have any questions, please let us know. Otherwise, you can obtain the VigLink JavaScript bootstrap by navigating to the Install tab of your dashboard and installing it directly onto your sites by pasting it just before the closing body tag in the site's HTML.

Thank you in advance and we appreciate your attention to this important update.

Best,

Brian

I can not find that I am running any of the old Driving Revenue script, the only script I am running is the one inserted by this plugin.

Does this Plugin need to be updated?

[SamirDarji]

Yes, this plugin probably needs to be updated. Viglink bought out Driving Revenue a long time ago. I'd update the code to the current one from the Viglink site and you'll be good to go. :)

[GamBun]

Cannot import for 4.2.x yet. Please let us know ETA on update???

[SamirDarji]

I'd go to Viglink's web site and let them know. I don't think they get on here much.

[IchibanAccord]

Installed thank you!

[hiker]

Samir is correct in that VigLink link affiliation is very unobtrusive. The experience of a visitor on your site won't change if you are affiliating your outbound links using VigLink.

If you have VigLink link insertion turned on, and would like inserted links to only appear for guests (and not registered users), you can add class="nolinks" to any page element to disable inserted links.

This can be done on an individual post basis or at the page level by adding it to the body tag <body class="nolinks">

On vBulletin, you can take advantage of the yahoo dom event js to add the class name from a footer conditional. For example:

<if condition="(!$show['guest'])"> $footer .= '<script type="text/javascript"> YAHOO.util.Event.onDOMReady( function() { YAHOO.util.Dom.addClass( document.body, "nolinks" ); } ); </script>';
</if>

Hope this helps!

This is what I need, I don't want to drive away my loyal members with the appearance of more links, I'm using the link insertion and I'd only like it to be available to guests.

I've got a question, on which template(s) would I insert the class="nolinks" code, and where?

And this would not affect any manual link posted by members, correct? Only the VigLink insertion?

Thanks

[scottct1]

If you could come up with a version of this plugin which lets me specify the usergroups for the Viglink Insert that would be great and I would enable Viglink Insert on my sites.

But there are usergroups I don't want to see links, but other usergroups I do want them to see them.

I do however want Viglink convert on for the entire site.

[VigLink_OD]

Hi there - Oliver D from VigLink here. Scott, this is a common request, and thanks for raising it. We've actually built this into the vBulletin 5 integration. For vB4, your best option is to email us at support@viglink.com so we can discuss some customization options.

[craigvm]

i`ll give it a go an if i earn nothing i`ll just uninstall as i do use the ebay partner network adds too

[sweptwingnut]

Downloaded. Installed. 3.8.7pl3

Thanks!

[vlrick]

Great news! We've just released Version 2.0 of the VigLink Mod. We now offer enhanced controls. For example, forums can now enable or disable VigLink Insert for specific user groups, such as guests or registered users. The same goes for VigLink Convert, and control also extends to specific forum IDs. Download and install the new mod to get these enhanced controls and let us know what you think. Thanks!

[scottct1]

Cool just updated thanks!

[joeychgo]

Rick - can you do an update for 3.8 please?

[Digital Jedi]

Rick - can you do an update for 3.8 please?
Update? I wasn't aware there was 3.x specific version for this mod. I've been using this one.

[vlrick]

Correct, this mod also works on 3.x

[joeychgo]

gotcha

[scottct1]

Since installing this update I noticed that my earnings have declined slightly. Not sure if that is because of the mod, or just the nature of the beast.

I expected it to go up since I enabled Viglink Optimize and Viglink Insert, both of which were not enabled before.

So I figure I would pass that along.

[friendlymela]

Hmmm good will try it soon

[tribedude]

What's the difference between the secret key and the regular key? Do I need both or only one to get this product working? Which one?

[dawges]

Okay, I have installed this on a very busy forum and have 92 monetized clicks today alone so far. 252 clicks so far since i installed it Friday. With 252 clicks you would think i would make something? So far I have 0 dollars yes 0. What gives? Is this just a waste a time?

[Digital Jedi]

Okay, I have installed this on a very busy forum and have 92 monetized clicks today alone so far. 252 clicks so far since i installed it Friday. With 252 clicks you would think i would make something? So far I have 0 dollars yes 0. What gives? Is this just a waste a time?
I don't completely understand how monetize clicks work in the first place, but I would think 252 would hardly be enough to start looking for income yet.

[Goatpod]

I've been using Viglink for a couple of months and been getting around 30 - 50 clicks a day earning around $2-3 per day. Not a lot but it all adds up. Since the 25th Sept. clicks and earning have fallen - now getting about 15 clicks a day and making 20 - 30 cents. I'm pretty sure it's all to do with the EPN new rip off deal for their publishers. I'm going to give it until the end of the month before pulling the lot.

[dawges]

I've been using Viglink for a couple of months and been getting around 30 - 50 clicks a day earning around $2-3 per day. Not a lot but it all adds up. Since the 25th Sept. clicks and earning have fallen - now getting about 15 clicks a day and making 20 - 30 cents. I'm pretty sure it's all to do with the EPN new rip off deal for their publishers. I'm going to give it until the end of the month before pulling the lot.

I will give it one month myself. I want to have patience but I am not going to send traffic and clicks for free.

[dawges]

I don't completely understand how monetize clicks work in the first place, but I would think 252 would hardly be enough to start looking for income yet.

I guess you misunderstood. I am getting close to 100 clicks a day and so far i have earned $0.0

128 clicks just today and still counting.

What does that mean? I have no idea but with those kind of clicks you would think i would get paid a couple of bucks.

[Digital Jedi]

I guess you misunderstood. I am getting close to 100 clicks a day and so far i have earned $0.0

128 clicks just today and still counting.

What does that mean? I have no idea but with those kind of clicks you would think i would get paid a couple of bucks.
I always assumed Viglink worked kinda like Amazon worked, where you don't get any money unless some of those outbound clickers actually bought something.

[dawges]

I always assumed Viglink worked kinda like Amazon worked, where you don't get any money unless some of those outbound clickers actually bought something.
It very well could be. I have been reading everything I can find on the subject and each article says something different.

[Ross L]

It very well could be. I have been reading everything I can find on the subject and each article says something different.

Viglink only pays out on purchases, not on clicks (as they only get paid on purchases too). Also it can take over a week for purchases to register, as retailers need to report purchases to Viglink.

[joeychgo]

I always assumed Viglink worked kinda like Amazon worked, where you don't get any money unless some of those outbound clickers actually bought something.


Basically, yes.

[slherzog]

Function split() is deprecated in PHP 5.3.0.

[ozzy47]

Function split() is deprecated in PHP 5.3.0.

Try this, I corrected the split errors.

[slherzog]

Try this, I corrected the split errors.

I made the exact same changes to mine. :) (split to explode) I just wanted to post a heads up to the developer.

Thanks!

[Dstephan]

I've been using Viglink for a couple of years now - for me it's paid out very well - I have no advertising, it's completely transparent to users and it pays for hosting and all other expenses for the forum plus a little extra every month. Highly recommended.

[aciurczak]

Is anyone else having browser-specific issues with Viglink? Whether I use this plugin or paste the code manually into a footer template, it's now only working for me in Internet Explorer. In Chrome and Firefox, the Viglink Convert links aren't actually converting anything. But in IE, they still work fine. This wasn't the case a few months ago, when I did quite a bit of testing in Chrome and it was working fine. I'm wondering if recent Chrome updates have made a difference.

[elfenny]

There are deals to latin america?

[oldengine]

How do you KNOW if it works or not? I got 60 clicks reported today on my dashboard, but there is absolutely NO clue that the outgoing link is altered in any way. Is this simply a matter of trust? Their support kinda sucks!

EDIT: Firefox or Safari browsers not working! Internet Explorer and Opera work OK.

[aciurczak]

Right-click on an external link on your site that you'd expect to be linked (like to ebay, amazon, or any other web store), and hit copy. Then paste that link into a new browser address window.

If it's working, that link should start with api.viglink.com with a whole bunch of characters at the end of it. When you go to that link, it will immediately bounce you to the correct link at ebay, etc. That's how viglink works.

If it's not working, when you paste the link you'll just see the ebay link directly.

[oldengine]

Apparently NOT working. Checked Amazon and eBay.

I do see the viglink script at the bottom of the page source and my key number is included.

Thanks for the info!

[oldengine]

Links are rewritten on Internet Explorer and Opera, but NOT on Firefox or Safari.

[aciurczak]

I traded some messages with support, who wanted me to clear cookies, identify which extensions I'm running, etc. I'm hoping that they realize that it's unlikely to be a problem that only I'm seeing, and I'm somewhat pleased that it's been verified by someone else at this point.

[lapiervb]

Just added this mod I hope its functioning correctly..... I'll give it a few days and see.

[oldengine]

Apparently it takes more than a few days. 450 monetized clicks for $12 total doesn't cut the mustard. I sincerely hope that they add the final commission to those clicks or this program is going into the shitter. I do see a note on my control panel that, "Some merchants wait a week or more to report revenue, so these totals may not be final." Maybe there's hope yet.

I do not like the fact that they are sniffing my Google Adsense links.

[curriertech]

I've got opt-out disabled but the options still show in usercp. Also these option selections are displayed in everyone's user profile. I'm running vB 4.2.1. I don't do link insertion for members so I'd like them to not see these options at all. Is this a bug?

[Marv]

I've got opt-out disabled but the options still show in usercp. Also these option selections are displayed in everyone's user profile. I'm running vB 4.2.1. I don't do link insertion for members so I'd like them to not see these options at all. Is this a bug?

Can confirm that bug. Same here

[Marv]

Hi Rick,

I have this add-on installed and its working so far. My headaches are coming from another direction. VL is installed with convert/insert options turned on. What I have noticed is, that every converted/inserted link is referring to the merchenats us/en sites - even when there are sites in my forums language and coverage available. My website is a german site and the audience is coming from germany (96%), switzerland (2%) and austria (1%), USA (0,3%), GB (0,3%).

I registered my site with viglink as a german site so I was expecting rewritten german linktargets and landing sites with .de TLDs. What can I do to get matching insert/convert-links with .de instead of .com TLDs? It´s quiet obvious, that the german visitor will click the link, see the english page, deletes the url in the browser and types in the german TLD manually - which won´t be counted as a referal, afaik.

May be VigLink is programmed to serve ONLY us/en sites. But so far I couldn´t find something that would prove that. May be you can lend me a helping hand on that issue.

TIA.

[Marv]

This addon has some issues a VigLink programmer should take care of. I had to disable VL for now:

When you´re writing a PN with a link in it, the links becomes broken. It seems VigLink is programmed that way, that every single URL which becomes parsed is modified with the call of some kind of api at the viglink host. I assume that api is to slow to return the results of a matchanalysis for insert/covert links rewriting and the link becomes parsed half rewritten. At least this isn´t working that way for me.

Just a note to non-us/en users:
VigLink can´t return localized linktargets - i.e. for TLD´s like .nl, .de, .ch. They don´t have VigLink connected to a GeoIP-database yet, so the linktargets of rewritten URL´s end up in 99% on .com sites. Therefore these are nearly all in english, a visitor of a european/non-english forum will close the site - if he´s not aware of the .com TLD in the first place. That way in all the time the AddOn was running I generated zero revenue.

Guess it will take some time until this VigLink is really ready for sites outside the us/en world. A pity..

[webspider]

Wait till you try to uninstall.

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE userfield DROP COLUMN field7;;

MySQL Error : Can't DROP 'field8'; check that column/key exists

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE userfield DROP COLUMN field8;;

MySQL Error : Can't DROP 'field8'; check that column/key exists

[Digital Jedi]

Hrm, I had this turned off for a while while I was working on something unrelated. Turned this back on today, updated and now I get an error:
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare VigLink_injectBootstrap() (previously declared in /*****/public_html/cogonline/forums/includes/functions.php(5737) : eval()'d code:17) in /*****/public_html/cogonline/forums/includes/functions.php(5737) : eval()'d code on line 42

I'm checking to see if it's a mod conflict, but so far it seems to be an independent error. vB 3.8.5

[VigLink]

Hi Digital Jedi,

Sorry to hear you're seeing this error. Can you please email support@viglink.com? We'd like to investigate further in case there's a bug on our end.

Thanks

[VigLink]

When you?re writing a PN with a link in it, the links becomes broken. It seems VigLink is programmed that way, that every single URL which becomes parsed is modified with the call of some kind of api at the viglink host. I assume that api is to slow to return the results of a matchanalysis for insert/covert links rewriting and the link becomes parsed half rewritten.

Hi Marv - if you email us at support@viglink.com we'd love to take a closer look at this issue. If there's indeed a bug, we'd really like to squash it.

[CaptainAwesome]

OK, newbie here. I've installed the product-viglink file, and it shows up under "Manage Products", but i'm not seeing a field to put the API code in.

Exactly where do i put that info?

EDIT: Never mind, found it as i wondered around the CP.

I do, however, have an additional question. What does this mean exactly?

"Maximizes revenue by monetizing clicks that occur before the VigLink JavaScript has loaded. "

There is a warning that it may not play well with others.

What happens when i enable this? What happens if i don't?

[CaptainAwesome]

I see viglink support is as good here as it is by email.

I did have an additional question, but i feel it would be a waste of time posting it.

[apokphp]

I tried to uninstall viglnk (since I've had it for a few years and have no received a dime). When I did, it completely messed up my site. Screwed up the css of every single theme that was installed.

If this plugin is no longer being supported, which it does not appear to be, vb.org ought to take this mod off. It's destructive.

[ozzy47]

I tried to uninstall viglnk (since I've had it for a few years and have no received a dime). When I did, it completely messed up my site. Screwed up the css of every single theme that was installed.

If this plugin is no longer being supported, which it does not appear to be, vb.org ought to take this mod off. It's destructive.

A lot of mods are not supported, that is why care needs to be taken before installing them.

[mdawg]

I found that I have this installed (viglink ver 5.1.6) but disabled on my vb5, and wonder where I got it from? Is there a thread for viglink for vb 5?

[pinkfishmedia]

Hi,

Has anyone got this running on vBulletin 3.8.11 on PHP 7?

Thanks,

Tony.

[ouarsenis]

I cant unistall this plugin and i get this database error message in my vbulletin 3.8.10 admin panel

please help me to remove this plugin

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.10:

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE userfield DROP COLUMN field5;;

MySQL Error : Can't DROP 'field5'; check that column/key exists
Error Number : 1091
Request Date : Monday, May 27th 2019 @ 01:22:26 AM
Error Date : Monday, May 27th 2019 @ 01:22:27 AM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/vb/admincp/plugin.php?do=productkill
Referrer : https://www.mysite.com/vb/admincp/plugin.php?do=productdelete&productid=viglink&s=
IP Address : ***.***.***.**
Username : admin
Classname : vB_Database_MySQLi
MySQL Version : 5.7.26-cll-lve
Server : **.**.**.***
User Agent :

[TAIFUN_T]

I cant unistall this plugin and i get this database error message in my vbulletin 3.8.10 admin panel

please help me to remove this plugin

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.10:

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE userfield DROP COLUMN field5;;

MySQL Error : Can't DROP 'field5'; check that column/key exists
Error Number : 1091
Request Date : Monday, May 27th 2019 @ 01:22:26 AM
Error Date : Monday, May 27th 2019 @ 01:22:27 AM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/vb/admincp/plugin.php?do=productkill
Referrer : https://www.mysite.com/vb/admincp/plugin.php?do=productdelete&productid=viglink&s=
IP Address : ***.***.***.**
Username : admin
Classname : vB_Database_MySQLi
MySQL Version : 5.7.26-cll-lve
Server : **.**.**.***
User Agent :


Because the symbol is not closed in the delete code.

Open .xml file.

Find:
$vbulletin->db->query_write("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "viglink_link_insertion");

Replace with:
$vbulletin->db->query_write("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "viglink_link_insertion`");