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

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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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[Spangle]

I loved the this MOD on VB4, is it likely you will be porting it for VB5 ?

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Spangle

I loved the this MOD on VB4, is it likely you will be porting it for VB5 ?

Do you have VB5 already? I will say of all my mods this would likely be the next one that goes to VB5, in truth I already had it virtually complete when VB 5 was still in beta, but I stopped working on it, like all VB5 mods, when it was clear there would be little demand.

[addamroy]

How do links created with this mod work with skimlinks?

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by addamroy

How do links created with this mod work with skimlinks?

Well if you link to Amazon, eBay, or anywhere Skimlinks has a deal with they will automatically turn these links into affiliate links just like any other links on your forum.

[addamroy]

I know, but I'm not sure if skimlinks will change these links AFTER your mod turns specific words into links, that's what I need clarification on.

For example, with your mod, if I have the word 'amazon', automatically create a link to www.amazon.com, will skimlinks still turn that into an affiliate link?

[BirdOPrey5]

Yes it does.

To be sure-

Make a new thread or reload a page if making a quick reply (skimlinks only works on links already on the page when the original page was generated- a limitation of the javascript)

Right click on an Amazon link, choose "Copy link URL" or "Copy Link Location" - whatever your browser has.

Now paste that link text into notepad, or some other text editor, or even just a text box on your forum....

rather than the simple http://www.amazon.com link you will have a very long URL that has the skimlinks affiliate code in it.

Note- this long URL is only visible by copying/pasting the URL. Mousing-over the URL will show the regular/original URL.

[addamroy]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Yes it does.

... (skimlinks only works on links already on the page when the original page was generated- a limitation of the javascript)

That is a serious bummer...

Can you think of any way to circumvent that limitation?? Maybe by having your mod create the links BEFORE the skimlinks javascript executes? idk... wishful thinking maybe.

Can't believe how much revenue I'm missing out on because this won't work on existing posts, only new ones.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by addamroy

That is a serious bummer...

Can you think of any way to circumvent that limitation?? Maybe by having your mod create the links BEFORE the skimlinks javascript executes? idk... wishful thinking maybe.

Can't believe how much revenue I'm missing out on because this won't work on existing posts, only new ones.

I think you have misunderstood...

This mod works fine with Skimlinks.

Regardless of this mod being installed Smimlinks has a limitation that it will not work on any posts added by quick-reply (added by ajax) until the page is reloaded.

In normal operating of your forum only the person posting the link would ever see the link before the page reloaded, there is very little actual traffic that might be affected.

I only brought it up because if you are testing the link as I suggested you might try to test a link you posted via quick reply, and I wanted you (or anyone testing) to understand why it may not work for you in that one case.

[addamroy]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding.

Well what I did was, added the word amazon to the list of words, and set the URL to http://www.amazon.com

Then I did a search for threads with the word Amazon in it. I checked one out, a thread from a while back, has the word amazon in the first post. The word is definitely getting hyperlinked via your mod, however that link is not getting "skimlinked". So as of now I don't think ANY links created via your MOD are being changed by skimlinks.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by addamroy

Maybe I'm misunderstanding.

Well what I did was, added the word amazon to the list of words, and set the URL to http://www.amazon.com

Then I did a search for threads with the word Amazon in it. I checked one out, a thread from a while back, has the word amazon in the first post. The word is definitely getting hyperlinked via your mod, however that link is not getting "skimlinked". So as of now I don't think ANY links created via your MOD are being changed by skimlinks.

How have you been able to confirm if it was or was not "skimlinked" ?

For skimlink are you using the footer javascript code?

Can you post or PM me the URL to this post?