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Originally Posted by PHPKD

Rest Features:

• Specific Features:-
  
  • AdminCP Options:
    
    • User Reports
      After each run of the script, if there is punished posts: it's possible to auto send a simple report to their owners using any of the following methods: (PM, Email) telling them that some of their posts has dead links.
      
      • Send Private Message
        
      • Send Email Message (Ultimate Edition Only)
        
      
      
    • Reports Handler Staff User
      Reports (1. Sent as PMs to staff and/or to normal users, 2. Posted as replies or threads) upon script run needs a valid staff member username to use as a sender & poster for these reports. Please enter the valid specified staff username here in this setting's field. Note: If this username is invalid or doesn't has appropriate permissions, then all "PM/Reply/Thread Reports" will be terminated & will not function until it's corrected, only "Email Reports" will be functional -if enabled-.
      
      
    • Report Forum
      If you've chosen to post reports as new threads, so you've to determine that forum from here.
      
      
    • Report Thread (Ultimate Edition Only)
      If you've chosen to post reports as new replies, so you've to determine the specified thread's ID from here. Just enter a valid thread ID.
      
      
    • Punishment Method for Dead posts
      You may want to punish posts that has dead links; If so, then choose which actions you wish to use as punishment for those dead posts.
      
      • Moderate Post (Ultimate Edition Only)
        
      • Close Thread (Ultimate Edition Only)
        
      • Move Thread
        
      
      
    • Punishment Recycle Bin Forum
      If you've chosen to punish dead posts by moving threads, so you've to determine "Recycle Bin Forum" from here. Those punished dead posts will be auto moved to this "Recycle Bin Forum".
      
      
    • On Edit: Revert Actions (Ultimate Edition Only)
      If any of the punished dead posts has been edited, the product will re-check links within again (if this feature enabled), if it passed the check & doesn't reach the "Critical Limit/Red Line" then "Punishment Actions" can be reverted. This means if the recent punishment for a specific post was (Moving to the "Punishment Recycle Bin Forum" & Moderating Posts & Closing Thread), then after successful check the punishment will be taken off & the post/thread will be (Moved back to the original forum & Posts un-moderated "Approved" & Thread re-opened). Choose "Yes" to activate this behavior, or "No" to disable it.
      
      
    • Powerful User Groups
      Powerful User Groups are those user groups that can override/overcome the "Critical Limit/Red Line" & force their posts to be posted despite of having dead links. Please enter User Group IDs separated by commas.
      Note: This powerful ability doesn't affect only posts for those powerful user groups, but affects also any posts edited by those powerful user groups (regardless of being for them or for other users). It means they can overcome limits when posting & when editing others posts (They should have permissions of course -ex: moderators, staff).
      
      
    • Link Status Colors (Ultimate Edition Only)
      You can change link status colors from this setting, just enter the color's name (or hexadecimal code) for each link status as preferred.
      
      
    • Used Phrases
      
      • You've the ability to control/localize the content used in automated messages & reports sent to staff & users.
        
      • Staff PM Reports: [Report Title] [Report Body]
        
      • Staff Email Reports: [Report Title] [Report Body] (Ultimate Edition Only)
        
      • User PM Reports: [Report Title] [Report Body]
        
      • User Email Reports: [Report Title] [Report Body] (Ultimate Edition Only)
        

Translations:

1. Arabic .. (by CUPID)
2. English .. Official
3. French .. (by mitch84)
4. Greek .. (by greek-madness)
5. Italian .. (by network)
6. Russian .. (by xorex)
7. Spanish .. (by owned91)
8. Turkish .. (by laztrix)
   .. and counting!
   Submit new translation & get free 'Ultimate' edition!

Installation Procedure:

1. Upload required files to their appropriate places:
   
   • includes
     
     • cron
       
       • phpkd_vblvb.php
         
     • functions_phpkd_vblvb.php
       
     • md5_sums_phpkd_vblvb.php
       
2. Import the product's XML file "product-phpkd_vblvb.xml" from AdminCP.
3. Configure product's settings.
4. [Optional] Translations: vBulletin AdminCP ? Languages & Phrases ? Download / Upload Languages ? Import Language XML File (Make sure that your forum's Character Set is equivalent to the imported language as follow):
   
   • Arabic ? ISO-8859-6
     
   • English, French, Spanish ? ISO-8859-1
     
   • Greek ? ISO-8859-7
     
   • Italian ? ISO-8859-16
     
   • Russian ? ISO-8859-5
     
   • Turkish ? ISO-8859-9
     You can change language file's encoding before import to whatever encoding you wish/your forum works on (ex: UTF-8) using the wonderful applications "Encoding Master".
     
5. You're Done .

Upgrade Procedure:

1. Same as "Installation Procedure", but "Allow Overwrite" for both file uploads & product import.

Controls:

• AdminCP Settings:
  vBulletin AdminCP ? Settings ? Options ? PHPKD - Link Verifier Bot 'Lite'
• Scheduled Task:
  vBulletin AdminCP ? Scheduled Tasks ? Scheduled Task Manager ? PHPKD - Link Verifier Bot 'Lite'

Help with:

• Suggestions & feature requests to develop this product.
  
• Contributing any updates, upgrades and/or any new features.
  
• Translations to benefit more users (Translate the product & win a free 'Ultimate' edition).
  
• Spreading the 'Lite' edition of this product product. Yes, you're free to re-distribute 'Lite' edition of this product as it is (See 'Free' license details).

Known Issues:

• None!

Future TO-DO-LIST:

1. Post flag - Last checked in Date/Time
2. Change thread title's color in forumdisplay according to it's status (alive/dead)
3. Modify posts & colorize Active/Dead Links
4. Reply to thread when dead links found
5. Critical Limit/Red Line for each filehost in one thread
6. Add cronjob status messages & configuration conclusion
7. Administration Maintenance tools
8. Notifier system within AdminCP for new releases
9. Include/Exclude alive links/posts from reports
10. Post flag - How many dead links included
11. Intelligence for detecting malformed links & check them (wrong http prefix)
12. User Report modes (Always send/Send only if ..)
13. Add a new thread option to enable/disable bot checking
14. Add separate page for online bulk checking
15. Run cronjob via external shceduled task services
16. Login to premium accounts
17. Color picker for link status colors
18. Detailed user reports
19. Ability To Set Different Task Profiles
20. Support additional hosts
21. Linked points system for reputation purposes
22. Report checksum verify, prevent duplicate reports
23. Archive all reports & link it to their threads & posts
24. Add support for Private Messages, Visitor Messages, Social Group Discussions, Social Group Picture Comments, Picture Comments, Blogs
25. Check authintication
26. Setup Adviser - Auto determine recommended configurations
27. Provide seo thread links with vB4
28. Detect Linkbucks Alias URLs
29. Post your suggestions!

History:

• v3.8.100 01/01/2010 12:12 AM UTC: First 3.8.x release (public)
• v3.8.101 04/01/2010 12:12 PM UTC: Maintenance release (public)
  1. Bug Fix: limit query DB error.
     
  2. Bug Fix: Cutoff Mode was't working.
     
  3. Some other small optimizations, tweaking for the product's install code & for the docs attached.
• v3.8.102 07/01/2010 12:12 PM UTC: Maintenance release (public)
  1. Miscellaneous optimizations & tweaks.
• v4.0.101 06/01/2010 12:12 AM UTC: First initial release (public)
• v4.0.102 07/01/2010 12:12 PM UTC: Maintenance release (public)
  1. Miscellaneous optimizations & tweaks.
• v4.0.120 20/01/2010 10:00 AM UTC: Featured release (public)
  1. Standardizing product's code (one product, multiple compatibilities) [All 3.8.x and 4.0.x series].
     
  2. Scanning all default tags including [ CODE ], [ PHP ], [ HTML ], [ QUOTE ] and others.
     
  3. Fixed/Updated sharing hosts:.
     
     1. depositfiles.com => OK
        
     2. easy-share.com => Fixed
        
     3. filefactory.com => Fixed
        
     4. mediafire.com => Fixed
        
     5. megaupload.com => Updated
        
     6. netload.in => Fixed
        
     7. rapidshare.com => Updated
        
     8. rapidshare.de => Updated
        
     9. sendspace.com => Updated
        
     10. zshare.net => Updated
         
         Flag declaration:
         OK: means that there's no different between the old & the current version of this host's module. It was working fine & still working as it is.
         Fixed: means that the previous version of that host's module had some problems & wasn't working good, but the new version has been fixed & confirmed to be working fine now.
         Updated: means that the previous version of that host's module was good, but the current one has some tweaks & some optimizations.
         
  4. Deprecated Feature: URL status 'Temporary Down' is useless.
     
  5. Optimizations: Ability to follow redirected pages till reaching the actual download page & verify it..
     
  6. New feature: Exclude forums.
• v4.0.130 14/02/2010 10:00 PM UTC: Featured release (public)
  1. Bug Fix: No reports sent when the cronjob autorun.
     
  2. Bug Fix: Massive checking MegaUpload.Com Links lead to wrong dead status reports.
     
  3. Task Achieved: URL status 'Temporary Down' is Important.
     
  4. Task Achieved: Multilingual hosts requires checking & optimizing.
     
  5. Optimization: Cronjob has more checks now before running, it will check if there's hosts/protocols/bbcodes to be checked or not. If yes, proceed, if no then kill the process & display an error message. Additional check added to make sure there's posts to be checked, if there isn't then an error message displayed.
     
  6. Optimization: Display punished posts report within manual cronjob run report.
     
  7. Optimization: Always send staff reports regardless there's checked/punished posts or not.
     
  8. Optimization: Multiple tweaks and optimizations to the product's core.
     
  9. New Feature: Ability to determine forums inclusion/execlusion mode.
     
  10. New: Added three translations to the product's package (French, Greek, Spanish).
      
  11. Updated the following hosts:
      
      1. depositfiles.com
         
      2. easy-share.com
         
      3. filefactory.com
         
      4. mediafire.com
         
      5. megaupload.com
         
      6. netload.in
         
      7. rapidshare.com
         
      8. rapidshare.de
         
      9. sendspace.com
         
      10. zshare.net
          
• v4.0.131 17/02/2010 10:00 AM UTC: Maintenance release (public)
  1. Bug Fix: Forum excluding isn't working in 'Lite' edition
     
  2. Bug Fix: 'temporary down' URL status doesn't appear in 'Lite' edition reports
     
  3. Optimization: other optimizations introduced in this maintenance release which should affect cronjob performance & decrease server load chances.
• v4.0.133 01/06/2010 10:00 AM UTC: Maintenance release (public)
  1. Bug Fix: "Call to a member function query_write() on a non-object".
     
  2. Bug Fix: Auto exclude report forum & recycle bin forum from being checked.
     
  3. Added the following new translations:
     
     1. Arabic .. (by CUPID)
        
     2. Italian .. (by network )
        
     3. Russian .. (by xorex)
        
     4. Turkish .. (by laztrix)
        
  4. Fixes & updates for the following hosts:
     
     1. depositfiles.com
        
     2. easy-share.com
        
     3. mediafire.com
        
     4. netload.in
        
     5. sendspace.com
        
• v4.0.137 29/07/2010 10:00 PM UTC: Maintenance release (public)
  1. Bug Fix: Using $this when not in object context.
     
  2. Bug Fix: Check Succession Period = 0.
     
  3. Bug Fix: megaupload.com 1 GB files marked as dead.
     
  4. Bug Fix: megaupload.com password protected files marked as dead.
     
  5. Bug Fix: Critical Limit/Red Line not working accurate.
     
  6. Updated maximum redirects from 1 to 3.
     
  7. Fixes & updates for the following hosts:
     
     1. easy-share.com => Fixed
        
     2. megaupload.com => Fixed
        
     3. sendspace.com => Fixed
        
     4. zshare.net => Fixed
        

Screen Shots:

• Available down there.

Technical Notes:

• New Plugins: 1
• New Phrases: 108
• New Templates: 0
• Manual Template changes: 0
• Auto Template changes: 0
• New Files: 3
• Manual File Changes: 0
• New vBulletin Settings: 32
• New Usergroup Permissions: 0
• New Moderator Permissions: 0
• New Administrator Permissions: 0
• New Forum Options: 0
• New DB Tables: 0
• DB Alterations: 1
• New Cronjobs: 1
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• Installation Level: V.Easy
• Installation Time: ~20 seconds

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