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External Link Titles, retrieve descriptive titles for URLs · **Released**: 05-06-2007

Keywords: SHOWTHREAD, external, link, titles, URLs, SEO

Description:
Retrieves descriptive titles for external posted links. Allows for better link recognition and, in theory, could help increase page SEO.

Details:
I recall this being requested somewhere, so I decided to take a stab at it. This is yet another feature offered in vBSEO.

For those unaware of what this actually does.. by default, when a URL is posted without a description it looks like:
http://www.vbulletin.com

With this modification enabled, it will now look like:
vBulletin.org Forum - The Official vBulletin Resource!

Nicer, eh?

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Installation:

Download and import product-linktitles.xml via the Product Manager.
Enable the modification via AdminCP > vBulletin Options > External Link Titles Options (it is disabled by default)
???
Profit!

Notes:
There's really no magic here, it polls for titles using the cURL() function. If for some reason your host does not have cURL() enabled, you're out of luck.

From time to time you may notice the occasional link that does not get titled -- this is due to either the fact that the url is not active or it either timed out waiting for a response. By default, the system will wait for 5 seconds before timing out. If you wish to modify the timeout, you may do so via the AdminCP.

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Comments:
As with all my hacks, this modification is provided free of charge. However, if you find this product useful and have money burning a hole in your pocket, feel free to make a small donation, I won't mind.. really.

Version History:

1.0.0 - Initial release, here's to hoping...
1.1.0 - Added the ability to blacklist specific domains from having link titles retrieved (configurable via the AdminCP)
1.1.1 - Wrapped returned titles in html_entity_decode(); to return properly decoded HTML characters.

Currently Known Bugs:

None

* Please note that this modification was developed on a forum with a userbase of 1 (myself). I've tested it for basic functionality but I cannot guarantee functionality or behavior on your forum. So, please -- make backups before installing this product!

TasariMerkezi · #82 01-22-2008, 09:30 PM

thanks man

safakuygur · #83 02-11-2008, 03:45 PM

thanks..

iyihost · #84 02-14-2008, 10:56 AM

thanks

BuRaCh · #85 03-10-2008, 05:38 PM

very good hack

thanks..

BuRaCh · #86 04-11-2008, 04:35 PM

i am very like this hack

woult you when release for vb 3.7x?

magnus · #87 04-11-2008, 04:56 PM

Have you tried it with 3.7? It may work.

theFAILURE · #88 04-11-2008, 06:11 PM

Didnt work on my board, running 3.6.7 PL1

Link to site is in sig.

NeuroLancer · #89 04-15-2008, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by magnus

Have you tried it with 3.7? It may work.

it does work in 3.7

thanks

fly · #90 04-19-2008, 12:24 AM

Can anyone think of a way to make this NOT work for links back to the forum itself?

ArnyVee · #91 04-28-2008, 07:50 PM

Is there a reason why I would get this message?

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/avarona/domains/waltdisneyboards.com/public_html/includes/class_core.php
Line: 3075

I received it after I installed this mod and tested it in a post.

Edited: I also received some curl message (went by too fast to see it) as well. I guess that I'll wait for this one down the road sometime.

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