Major Additions - AutoLinker Lite, keyword linker for vBulletin 3.7 and 4.x, and vbcms

AutoLinker Lite is a keyword linker for vBulletin 3.7 upwards, 4.x, and vBulletin CMS. It allows the webmaster to configure particular words or phrases as keywords, which will then be automatically linked when they appear in user posts. As well as being hyperlinked, keywords can have pop-over info boxes, as in the image below:



These info boxes are highly configurable (colours, borders, fade in/fade out effect etc), and can contain html - meaning you can embed images, videos etc. Balloon-style boxes are also supported.

AutoLinker Lite has a flexible permissions system, allowing you to control which forums a given link appears in, and which usergroups it is visible too.

This is a free version of a commercial product, and contains a limit on the number of AutoLinks that you may create. Other than that, it is fully functional.

Please note that AutoLinks in the CMS do not work in vBulletin 4.0.0 and 4.0.1. 4.0.2 and upwards are fine.

A couple more images to hopefully whet your appetite:

Some of the things you can do with HTML:



Admin control panel:

[djilou]

This mod generate a lot of queries!!

Page generated in 0,70453 seconds with 145 queries
Without this mod : Page generated in 0,07911 seconds with 11 queries

[bada_bing]

Originally Posted by djilou

This mod generate a lot of queries!!

Page generated in 0,70453 seconds with 145 queries
Without this mod : Page generated in 0,07911 seconds with 11 queries

Wow is this true for everyone running this mod?

[djilou]

Yes it's true
http://www.autolinker.com/forum/show...=4309#post4309

[Bankfodder]

Yes but the issue is being addressed

Yes, I agree, although the nature of the queries is also important when assessing the impact on the MySQL server. The majority of these queries are all simple SELECTs against indexed columns, and because the table being queries is rarely changed, most of these queries should be served from the query cache.

That said, cutting down on the number of queries has been one of our aims in the latest version, which I'm planning to release later today

http://www.autolinker.com/forum/show...=4309#post4309

[kermit2]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Wow is this true for everyone running this mod?

Not quite - it's directly proportional to the number of keywords that have been set up. Anyway, it is being addresses

[bigtree]

I bought this and really like what they are doing here but their support is terrible. There are a few issues that I am trying to resolve on my own because they suck at responding or answering people on their own forum! Days go by and nothing.
I contacted them and mentioned that it wasn't linking consistently and if they couldn't help or answer my question I might as well get a refund. Ironically I got a refund!

I told them I would rather not accept the refund and that I would like to see us figure this out! The best they could say is that it works on some big board and bye bye .I haven't heard from them since. Jan 2011

I am still trying to trouble shoot this and really want this to work. What's up!

Needless to say, I've put a good amount of time into linking data and am not ready to drop it. Its very cool but it does have problems. The latest issue after one month ( next months stats graph is now broken ) and some code under forum attachments is now appearing.

Below each image it puts this example:
GR-MixMaster20withbanner.jpg Views: 49 Size: 23.0 KB ID: 582" class="size_thumbnail" />

If I turn off autolinker it resolves this issue.

I wish their support was interested in making this software better. They are very disconnected from improvement from what I've experienced.

PM me if you are listening.

[BadgerDog]

I bought the commercial version and have had great support from him ... :up:

Yes, I agree that at times the response has been a little slow, but essentially it's a one man company so I expect gaps depending on other priorities and real life things that happen. I also take into consideration that it's not a hugely expensive product that I would expect to have a 7x24 help desk available, but for me, it's more akin to shareware where support is proportionate to cost. Nobody's going to make a living selling mods to support vBulletin.

He's been really excellent in gradually working through our individual issues and solving them, some of which are due to our own site being highly customized with additional other mods. This latest release is a leap forward and is now operating really stable on our site. It's been an excellent addition to our site and our members love it.

Remember, over used it's like anything else taken to excess and can be annoying and cause problems. Used effectively for the right purposes, it can really add value and differentiate any site from regular vBulletin installations.

I'd recommend folks try the limited (number of links capped) free version here and then ask your pre-sales questions before you buy, to make sure it's going to do what you want it to do.

Regards,
Doug

[klaush]

I can second this! We had some database trouble and the problem was solved in a few hours from and with the programmer of this fantastic stuff.

Please remember that this add is very heavy for all servers to handle but that is for a linking tool like this one just normal, even if you have more than 5 or 7 links with a lot of keywords configured.

Originally Posted by BadgerDog

I bought the commercial version and have had great support from him ... :up:

[saadessa]

dos,nt support arabic keywords

how can the hack will support
thank you

[kermit2]

Originally Posted by bigtree

I bought this and really like what they are doing here but their support is terrible. There are a few issues that I am trying to resolve on my own because they suck at responding or answering people on their own forum! Days go by and nothing.
.

We issued you a refund because you asked for one; and since you are no longer a customer, you're not actually entitled to be using the software - so we'd appreciate it if you uninstalled it. That's also the reason why your posts have gone unanswered (if you browse the forum you'll notice that yours are the only unanswered posts).