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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[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by godoveryou

Hi

I searched the thread but may have been missing the right keywords.

The mod breaks my VBulletin 4.2 pages, and I didn't know if you had any thoughts on it.

Some example pictures for you:

can you post a link to that content so I can see how it looks (HTML source wise)-
And please post what the keyword(s) you were using were that caused the issue.

Originally Posted by tongpo

when I enable this mod in the options all thread links return a 500 server error??

Running VB 4.2.0 PL2

It works fine on 4.2.0 on my and many other sites- can you get from your error log what the exact error it's causing is?

How many keywords do you have setup? If it was thousands I suppose there's a chance it's running out of memory.

[axix20xx]

Thank you very much
Nice MOD ...
But how can i use other languages ? Like Persian ...
I need this MOD turn the persian words to link too ...
Is there anyway to solve this problem ?

[axix20xx]

Anyone can help me???

[BirdOPrey5]

No idea on the other languages yet. My guess it's the same reason vBulletin doesn't officially support UTF-8 some php functions just don't work.

Let me ask- does the search work on your site?

[GCC LLC]

My apologies if this has already been asked, I read through the posts here and I didn't seem to find anything that addressed this specifically.

Is there some way to have this plugin stop linking a specific word if it's already been linked elsewhere in the thread? Example:

Post 1: Buy here on Amazon (Amazon is linked to Amazon.com)
Post 2: I bought that on Amazon like you recommended (In this instance, since Amazon was already linked in post 1, it should not be linked in any further posts).

I'm pretty handy with hacking PHP and plugins so if this is something you don't want to incorporate but have any suggestions, I'm happy to run with them. Thanks!
Thanks!

[axix20xx]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

No idea on the other languages yet. My guess it's the same reason vBulletin doesn't officially support UTF-8 some php functions just don't work.

Let me ask- does the search work on your site?

no , didnt work
but when i turn sql in utf-8 mode
it is work

[yjeanrenaud]

what a great mod! I just bought it and it works like a charm. but: Max Number Of Links Per Page is limiting only on showthread, not in CMS or blogs? will it be possible to limit the linked words in CMS articles and/or comments seperately and/or combined?

[yjeanrenaud]

Originally Posted by GCC LLC

My apologies if this has already been asked, I read through the posts here and I didn't seem to find anything that addressed this specifically.

Is there some way to have this plugin stop linking a specific word if it's already been linked elsewhere in the thread? Example:

Post 1: Buy here on Amazon (Amazon is linked to Amazon.com)
Post 2: I bought that on Amazon like you recommended (In this instance, since Amazon was already linked in post 1, it should not be linked in any further posts).

I'm pretty handy with hacking PHP and plugins so if this is something you don't want to incorporate but have any suggestions, I'm happy to run with them. Thanks!
Thanks!

isn't that controlled by the setting "Max Number Of Links Per Page"?

[yjeanrenaud]

oh, and I just found a bug in the gold version: when using CSV files and the file is empty or corrupted, you will loose your cms previews. dunno why

[kartheekb]

i think this mod will increase bounce rate..

not so good for seo i think.. many out going links will happen from our site..