Geek AutoLinker 3.00 RC1

HowdA all.

BETA CLOSED. PACKAGE IS RELEASED HERE

I have finally gotten GAL3.0 to a stage where it can be beta tested via fresh install or upgrade from 2.6

GAL is designed to be able to auto link keywords to your own specific URLs. (Read more here).
3.0 builds on 2.6 but includes the following:
1- ability to specify ordinal
2- ability to add URL titles
3- ability to cusomize the URL replacement
4- abiilty to limit # of time a match is replaced per post
5- new installer/upgrader/uninstaller built on a prototype GISH installer. This means that all file edits are done automatically for you unless you choose otherwise.
6 - Just added a category manager to categorize your GALS, but also so you can override the global replacement text on a category level.
7- Global, categorical, or individual replacment value. You can customise the replacement code on a global level, but override it on a category level, or even override that on an individual level which gives you massive versatility.

All is pretty much self explanitory in the readme and the GAL 2.6 thread.

As this is a beta, I would encourage that it is not used on a live board and that you backup your DB and files before running.

edit:

I just updated the package to allow for "'s in the replacement.
Now you can customize the replacements with things like:

For normal:

<a href='$link' target='_blank' class='DEF' title='$description'>$text</a>

or this to hide the status bar display:

<a href='$link' target='_blank' class='DEF' title='$description' onmouseover="window.status='$description'; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true">$text</a>

[edit]
I have spent all afternoon and just come up with a way to have the hovering popups!!! Consider it a beta add on for a beta. Once that is working 100% I will fold it into the main package. For now, the instructions are in the current package. It requires a file edit and a template edit.
The rest just works off replacement code that you create.
[/edit]

Like I said - the above is just pseudo code. But I am sure something like that would work (my javascript chugs).

nJoy

[007]

Ok will try a reinstall and see what happens. Thanks.

By the way I freaked out when I saw the steps number 100, 200, and 300. At first I thought it made 99 file edits and then found a problem, and made me manually do step 100. I started to get really worried!

Of course I didn't back up, and 300 file edits would have been bad to remove if they caused problems. Turned out to only be 3 steps though! Thanks for the scare!

[007]

And I meant the edits were blank when re-installing... Makes it hard to do

For step 2 it's telling me:

PHP Code:

in admincp/index.php, replace:

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// *************************************************
    if (can_administer('canadminstyles'))
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with:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 


[The Geek]

used to number them 1.01, 1.02 each whole number representing a different file. Not sure why I canged... one of those things.

THere are really only 3 file edits and remember - GISH makes a backup of your files before it starts hacking in GISH/gal/backup - it never touches those.

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by 006

And I meant the edits were blank when re-installing... Makes it hard to do

For step 2 it's telling me:

PHP Code:

in admincp/index.php, replace:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// *************************************************
    if (can_administer('canadminstyles'))
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

with:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 


ooops. Confirmed.

Found typo and have updated the package to 2.06
Only file that changed was gal3_install.php

[007]

Cool thanks!

[007]

Well, now all is installed correctly, and autolinks do not appear. Didn't forget anything either...??? Actually this hasn't worked for me yet. It was pulling the datastore from my old links when I thought this worked..

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by 006

Well, now all is installed correctly, and autolinks do not appear. Didn't forget anything either...??? Actually this hasn't worked for me yet. It was pulling the datastore from my old links when I thought this worked..

can you PM me an admin account (only need basic admin to get to gal settings)

[zachlee]

Got it working!

I went in and created a Category named all. Then when creating links, you have to make sure you select 'All' (in my case) under category name.

just my .02 but there should be a 'default' category, instead of a 'unknown' category. Until I created the 'All' category, it never worked.

Now just have to figure what combination I need to do, so that the status bar will display the same for all links.

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by zachlee

Got it working!

I went in and created a Category named all. Then when creating links, you have to make sure you select 'All' (in my case) under category name.

just my .02 but there should be a 'default' category, instead of a 'unknown' category. Until I created the 'All' category, it never worked.

Now just have to figure what combination I need to do, so that the status bar will display the same for all links.

edit your settings->replacement code to include the mouseover events like in the example in the first post.

There is supposed to be a default category. Ill look into it now

[zachlee]

I altered my replacement code to:

<a href='$link' target='_blank' class='DEF' title='Link opens in New Window'>$text</a>

This makes it to when you mouse over the link, it shows "Link opens in New Window'

What I want to do, is make it so it says that same thing, in the status bar.