Miscellaneous Hacks - Word Links FREE (Turn words into links) by BOP5

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Thank You for voting this June 2011 Mod of the Month!!!

The purpose of this mod is to automatically turn keywords or phrases you specify into links. You set a list of keywords and a list of URLs to link them to and let the mod do the rest.

This is the FREE Version. It allows you to auto-link words in:

• Posts/Threads
• Private Messages
• Visitor Messages
• Social Groups

The GOLD Version is available at Qapla.com It allows auto-linking words in:

• Posts/Threads
• Private Messages
• Visitor Messages
• Social Groups
• Picture Comments
• Blog Entries
• Blog Comments
• CMS Articles
• CMS Comments

Live Demo at Qapla.com.

There are many options as you can see in the screenshot. You can choose to include the "nofollow" attribute, choose to open links in a new tab, choose to match whole words only or not, specify specific forums, enable in social groups and visitor messages, and disable completely for selected usergroups or styles.

Version: 2.0

• New in 0.91: Limit the number of links created per keyword per post.
• New in 0.92: Use CSS to customize the look of links created by this mod.
• New in 0.93: Linked words now retain the same case as they were originally typed. Also a new option to specify whether linked words are case sensitive or not.
• New in 0.935: Fixed conflict with VBSEO and possibly other mods. Upgrade if you are having problems.
• New in 0.94: Made the "Custom CSS" an option to prevent unnecessary HTML if not needed.
• New in 0.95: Enable or disable in PMs.
• New in 0.96: Should fix conflicts with AME3 mod, restores same case change in 0.93.
• New in 1.0: Additional code to prevent unintended linking. No new features.
• New in 1.1: Set approximate number of max links per page.
• New in 1.2: Fixed bug when Ampersands (&) were used in keywords.
• New in 1.3: Added optional notice on posts with links and associated phrase.
• New in 1.5: Two new features: 1) You can now use a csv data file for your links (and advanced features) if you prefer and 2) You can use a custom user profile field to allow users to disable the mod individually if you choose.
• New in 1.5a: Updated German language file thanks to Igel1.
• New in 1.6: Fixed bug if keyword was part of thread title and thread title was a link in the post. (VB4 Only)
• New in 1.7: Added field to extend the regex easily through the mod settings. Included fix for bold/font color links.
• New in 2.0: Rewritten more efficient code. Added option to disable by styleid. Added GOLD version.

Example... If someone types:

"I bought it on Amazon."

This mod can auto convert it to:

"I bought it on Amazon."

And you would presumably put your Amazon affiliate code, if you had one, in the link.

NOTE: This mod does not alter the actual posts or the database. Disabling or uninstalling the mod will remove all links.

There is a VB3 and VB4 version of this mod, please download the correct version.

Full instructions in zip file.

Notice:
Since the following words are used in HTML tags I would avoid them as keywords:
style, div, class, pre, href, img, html, meta, name, rel, nofollow, and link.

I would also avoid any single letter or two letter keywords since they could easily be used accidentally in places you weren't intending.

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[Igel1]

I have a small error BirdOPrey5

If the MOD is aktiv, by quotes in the Forum News (there are artikel and comments from CMS) the Name Link "quote by test" appears as a "quote by test %C2%AE-Navigation&p=72510#comment_72510" rel="nofollow">

This is only in forum area were the artikel and comments from cms are.

Nofollow are in MOD option of NOT

EDIT
in "%C2%AE-Navigation&p=72510#comment_72510" rel="nofollow" is one keyword, i think that's the problem

ok if I disable the keyword then the quotes are displayed correctly, is there a way to link the conversion of quotations to prevent?

[BirdOPrey5]

I need a link to the exact page where the error would happen. PM me a link if you don't want to post it. Also tell me what was the exact keyword.

Thanks.

[BirdOPrey5]

Updated to version 1.6- Fixes a very unusual bug when a keyword is part of a URL of an internal vBulletin link created by quoting a post when "friendly" URLs are enabled.

[Igel1]

Thanks for fix, working perfect.

[Taurus1]

Looks awesome! Thank you. Just one question before I install. What if I use infolinks already? (I read about skimlinks and viglinks, but are they the same as infolinks?)

[BirdOPrey5]

I don't have have an infolinks account- I looked at it and I don't know if it will conflict or not. Can you give me a link to a page where infolinks is active, I might be able to tell.

Otherwise just try it and see what happens. Disabling the mod will immediately remove any changes so it's no big deal.

[Taurus1]

I already installed it. So far it looks and works great. I am just using it for inhouse links, so it is great. Thanks again!!

[BirdOPrey5]

Great to hear. :up:

[Taurus1]

I was too happy too soon...lol

Now my infolinks just completely stopped working. I disabled this for now, but my infolinks did not come back yet. I hope this is just a delay.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Taurus1

I was too happy too soon...lol

Now my infolinks just completely stopped working. I disabled this for now, but my infolinks did not come back yet. I hope this is just a delay.

Do you use a caching system? (not the vbulletin cache but some 3rd party cache?) That's the only time changes aren't immediate.

Could infolinks be having problems of their own?