Geek AutoLinker 4.02

HowdA All,

Welcome to Geek Autolinker 4.0 from the makers of Geek Autolinker 2.0 and Tang - the stuff the people in space drink.

posts for version 4.0 start here

What it does:
It allows you to specify key words to replace in posts with ANY FREAKING URL YOU COULD THINK OF. Thats right, you to can now have key words automatically url'ed to other areas of the world wide web.

Now in 4.0 you can create popups, track impressions and click-thrus, get statistics on them and specify more attributes of the links. The popups can now also use bbcode to create virtually any kind of popup you could imagine. You can limit categories of links to certain forums and also enable specific usergroups to toggle GALs on or off (by category).


This is a perfect gift for sponsors, click throughs, referal programs, definitions, instructions, birthdays and other celebrations.

Example:
If I define Bob as a keyword that I would like to automatically come up hyperlinked to bob.com all I have to do is say so (well, you put it into the admincp). Presto! As quick as that, everytime a user sees the word bob, bobs, bob! Bob bOb? etc... it comes up linked to bob.com

How much will bob love you?

If the url you want it to jump to is actually a thread on your site, you can use the nifty ignorethreadid option. Heres how that works:

If I have a thread entitled Reputation and how to use it, I can put the word reputation into the Geek AutoLinker with the URL pointing to the thread about reputation. Then everytime the word reputation appears in someones post, anyone can click on it to learn more. Since it would be stupid to have the thread Reputation and how to use it autolink to itself, I put the threadid in the ignorethreadid box. That way all matches for reputation are linked to that thread except for the reputation matches in the thread Reputation and how to use it.

Safe mode and dangerous mode.

There are now two modes of operation. Safe mode will autolink any match AS LONG AS IT HAS A SPACE BEFORE IT. That means that <br />bob or .Bob are not valid matches and wont be highlighted. The reason for this is to prevent the autolinker messing up URLs with matches in them (like www.bob.com). Safe mode will most likely end up with fewer matches, but no messed up URLS.
Dangerous mode however could care less about your cute little spaces. It will link them regardless. That means more matches, but a slight increase that an existing url might break in a post.

Here are some examples in action.
Keyword: freak

Safe mode.
Freak out whenever freaks freak about on www.freak.com
Dangerous mode:
Freak out whenever freaks freak about on www.<a href="www.freak.com">freak</a>.com

Other stuff:

• Category management - allows you to override global settings
• Limit - limit the number of replacements per link per post
• Ordinal - organise the order replacments are made
• Customize your own replacment code on a global, catergory, or individual level.
• The installer is a prototype GISH installer that does the file edits for you. Please check the readme for details on how it works - its pretty cool).

Upgrading

• Download, replace all existing files with new ones.
• Run the gal4_install.php file (in your admincp)
• Follow the upgrade path.
• The system will ahve you manullay chage any files it can not find to update.

DEMO: http://www.thenailgeek.com/showthread.php?t=11011 (note the words MMA and PREP. If you follow to MMA you will notice that MMA isnt linked in the final article thanks to ignorethreadid)

Difficulty: Easy
File mods: 4 simple ones
Added queries: 0 or greater depending on your settings

Updated 10.5.05 - Major
Massive update in functionality

Updated 13.4.05 - Major
Massive update in functionality

Update 25.03.05 - oops!
Changed readme addition to functions_showthread.php Things look good now

Updates 25.05.05 to v.204 - sneaky bug
Thanks to Razz - I found 2 minor typos that end up causing people working in safemode to actually be working in danger mode! To upgrade, simply check out this post

Updated 12.2.05 to v. 2.03 - ultra minor
Fixed a typo in readme. To upgrade, al you need to do is edit admincp/index,
do a search for
construct_nav_option($vbphrase['GAL_add_new'], 'GAL_admin.php?do=create');
and replace with
construct_nav_option($vbphrase['GAL_add_new'], 'GAL_admin.php?do=add');

Updated 11.2.05 - ultra minor
Fixed a typo in README (dont worry, it wasnt in the instructions)
Stopped phrase text spitting out during install. Some of the phrase is html so it looked confusing to new installers.
Removed reference to GAS3 settings in the install. This is because its the same installer. Just forgot to remove that line.
All in all, this was just a typo fix. There is no upgrade because there are no problems with the code.

Updated 10.2.05 - minor
Found a couple typos that affect safe mode.
Nothing major - just replace the GAL_admin.php file

Updated 10.2.05 - Major
Completely re-written.
See README for upgrade instructions.

Update 10.2.05 - minor
Updated include/geek_autolink.php as it was missing a table_prefix
To upgrade, download latest package and replace your geek_autolink file.


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[noppid]

I see your point. Too much code would be a bad thing. Compromise is good.

Nice hack.

[Lionel]

Isnt it the same thing accomplished now with replacements variables?

[rex_b]

I'm getting errors b/c my prefixes are not default vb prefix, I have changed them. Could you make the hack work without having default named vb prefixed.

[trainer]

will this work without adding the geek article hack?

so every time bob is posted in a thread or has been posted in a thread it will link to whatever url we want?

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by Lionel

Isnt it the same thing accomplished now with replacements variables?

@Lionel: Nope

@Rex: Updated the geek_autolink file. It was missing a table_prefix. Could you please click install so you are notified of changes?

@trainer: Yup, will totally work without GAS3. And yes, everytime bob, ben or bertha (or whatever you want) appears in a post... it will link it to whatever url you want.

HTH's

[OrangeFlea]

So basically, the admin or the owner of the forum would have to input the individual URLs for all the corresponding words he/she wants hyperlinked? For example, on a video game message board, you could have words like "Mario" or "Halo" become actual links to Nintendo.com or Bungie.com?

I've seen this feature executed before and I was wondering if there was a master list available for Amazon.com keywords, to save me the trouble of manually hyperlinking every book title.

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by OrangeFlea

So basically, the admin or the owner of the forum would have to input the individual URLs for all the corresponding words he/she wants hyperlinked? For example, on a video game message board, you could have words like "Mario" or "Halo" become actual links to Nintendo.com or Bungie.com?

I've seen this feature executed before and I was wondering if there was a master list available for Amazon.com keywords, to save me the trouble of manually hyperlinking every book title.

Thats correct.

I dont know of any master list, though it is quite a cool idea
Doesnt Amazon use refererids? If that was the case, a master list might not work (unless you didnt care about thre refererid).

[OrangeFlea]

Another question, does the feature work in retrospect? Meaning, will it convert all targeted words even those made prior to the hack's installation, or will it only apply to subsequent entries?

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by OrangeFlea

Another question, does the feature work in retrospect? Meaning, will it convert all targeted words even those made prior to the hack's installation, or will it only apply to subsequent entries?

It works on all posts regardless of if they were posted before or after the hack as the links are made at the time of viewing the thread (woo-hoo dynamic!). For instance, adding 'fred' in the sytem will instantly makes all occurences of fred in posts hyperlinked, Have a fall out with Fred and dont like him hyperlinked? Take fred out of the system and he wont appear hyperlinked anymore.

Cool eh?!

[Ghostsuit]

Really nice hack. I notice you say it add's one queries is that no matter how many links are checked?