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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[wolfyman]

I didn't have the old version.

[JustAskJulie]

Originally Posted by JustAskJulie

good.

I've installed it and it's working great. Just one more question. Is there a change I can make to that in safe mode it will require a space after but not before. IE. Currently in safe mode if I were to put

link here

it would not autolink it, but if i put link here (with space before and after) it will.

Nevermind, I read back where this is addressed.

I also found that it won't link words if there is puntuations around them. I had tried to make a list of the words that I had added for my mods and they were listed separated by commas.... they wouldn't link. Drove me insane for about 20 minutes trying to figure out why it wasn't working. No big deal tho, as I don't expect the words and phrases to be things that people list.

[The Geek]

Remember that the changed files are in gish/gal

You shouldnt of had to remove the earlier version - just double check the file edits are up to date.

[fly]

Originally Posted by The Geek

Remember that the changed files are in gish/gal

You shouldnt of had to remove the earlier version - just double check the file edits are up to date.

Yeah, I had to do all the file edits myself (except for the .js file) and they are all there. Admincp stuff is all there too, but the links just don't show up...

[fly]

Whoa. I see my problem. I didn't actually submit the thread, only previewed it. I thought that worked on v2.0, but certainly doesn't on v3.0...

[JustAskJulie]

Just ran into what appears to be a slight bug. I had been running in safe mode with the Link replacement limit set to 0 - all was fine. I changed the link replacement to 2 and it breaks. Instead of autolinking at it should, it adds the description text into the body of the post and links it as well as the autolink word/phrase, resulting in (some cases) two or three lines of linked text.

Any ideas?

On the replacement limit itself, it would be nice if that could be done on a link by link basis rather than globally - certain links limited while others aren't.

[The Geek]

ill look into the limit bug when I can get my server back up and running (its currently down due to DNS woes).

As far as limiting per item - not really possible without overly slowing things down. THe replacements are done in one pre_replace call. Otherwise each link would have to be replaced in a loop. If you have 50 links in a thread showing 15 posts, thats 750 replacment calls instead of one!

Hope you dont hold it against me

[Shackbase]

i did the install - i set up a sample keyword - logitech - http://www.talkshack.com/showthread.php?t=8

and nothing - what could I be missing?

Thanks for a most excellent addon (once I get my copy working).

--Tone

[JustAskJulie]

Originally Posted by The Geek

ill look into the limit bug when I can get my server back up and running (its currently down due to DNS woes).

As far as limiting per item - not really possible without overly slowing things down. THe replacements are done in one pre_replace call. Otherwise each link would have to be replaced in a loop. If you have 50 links in a thread showing 15 posts, thats 750 replacment calls instead of one!

Hope you dont hold it against me

Nope, not at all. I give you mad props for your skillz and moreso for your fast responses and willingness to support your stuff.

Thanks for explaining the limit thing, I figured there was a good reason.

[wolfyman]

Originally Posted by Shackbase

i did the install - i set up a sample keyword - logitech - http://www.talkshack.com/showthread.php?t=8

and nothing - what could I be missing?

Thanks for a most excellent addon (once I get my copy working).

--Tone

Sounds like the same problem I have.