Miscellaneous Hacks - DCSEO Linkbacks (Refbacks implementation)

Introduction

Dear Friends,

After much thought I have decided to release part of my upcoming DCSEO modification to the community for free.

What does this modification do?

This modification offers you the facility to track URLs that link to threads on your forum. Instead of me trying to explain to you what a linkback actually is I'll link you to wikipedia's explanation of it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkback

This modification implements refbacks, but not trackbacks or pingbacks (these will be included in the DCSEO modification). Any sites that the system *thinks* link to you, are put into an approval queue in the admincp which you will see in the left-hand nav after you install the mod. This moderation queue can be turned off, but I would strongly reccomend never turning it off!

The reason this will offer you a major benefit to your search engine rankings and PR (for google), is that it will create relevant inbound and outbound traffic to your forum which the search engines love.

Installation

Download the attached zip and open the readme.txt file, and follow the instructions within it.

Support

I will be around to offer support wherever possible, but please do not PM me asking for support, as I will not respond. If you have any bugs, report them in this thread and I'll fix them as soon as possible. I am rather busy at the moment with work during the day, and full-time development of the DCSEO product in the evenings, so please be patient with me if I take a little while responding to your posts.

[buurman]

Installed and works fine!!
Thanks for the nice Mod....

Dont really get why google will love them so much.. but will give it a try...

[Deadly Assassin]

Originally Posted by Dean C

Can you run me through the exact scenario, with URLs that I can test on, so I can try and replicate your problem Deadly Assassin?

Well, i just put a link on another site, i used my wifes site.

Then clicked the link.

Went to main forum page and string was showing at the top of the page.

I refreshed and it had gone.

Went to ACP, and the linkback was in there for me to moderate a it should be

Thats it mate

Thanks:up:

[Dean C]

I'll look into it

[Alibass]

Sorry **uninstalled** today.

I installed vBSEO 3.0 today and there is a conflict with the program and this hack. Causes showthreads to crash.

[Barakat]

some hacks have the same table of this hack ....

i wish that u can rename the table so as to have no conflict with other hacks ... thanks and install

[fredang85]

The thing i face is this:

I choose "No" for everything that i don't want, yes for everything i want.

but those i didin't want came up.

So I cleared my database for refback(Because delete button doesn't work!)
and redo my moderation

this time i put "leave" for stuff i didin't want, and same thing, it too appeared.

So whats the problem?

Yea, my delete button doesn't work. It goes to my not found page, which i have set in the htaccess.

How?

Thanks.

[cedars]

I have version 1.3 installed and I am still getting linkbacks to my own forum and the links are without the www prefix .

[Dean C]

Originally Posted by fredang85

The thing i face is this:

I choose "No" for everything that i don't want, yes for everything i want.

but those i didin't want came up.

So I cleared my database for refback(Because delete button doesn't work!)
and redo my moderation

this time i put "leave" for stuff i didin't want, and same thing, it too appeared.

So whats the problem?

Yea, my delete button doesn't work. It goes to my not found page, which i have set in the htaccess.

How?

Thanks.

Upload the files the installation instructions tell you to.

[Dean C]

Originally Posted by cedars

I have version 1.3 installed and I am still getting linkbacks to my own forum and the links are without the www prefix .

Can I have a link to your forum, and a link to an example thread where you're getting the refback problem please

[bada_bing]

Can someone tell me if this will work with vb 3.5.3 ?