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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[yjeanrenaud]

depends on how you config this mod. I use it for internal links to different sub forums

[yjeanrenaud]

is it possible to prevent this mod from tagging words in bb-tables?

[yjeanrenaud]

oh and I found a bug!: when you use vbseo acronyms and this mod, you get strange effects:
text is

PHP Code:

WP8-Smartphone 


acronym mouseovers WP8 with "Windows Phone 8" and Wordlink should link it, you get:

PHP Code:

Windows Phone 8">WP8-Smartphone 


[tambo]

On BOP5's page, he says:

There is no actual limit to the number of words you can link but a practical limit does exist where load times become unacceptable. I never intended this mod to be used for hundreds or thousands of links so please test the free version on your server before buying the GOLD to see if your server can handle big lists if that is your intent.

What are people's experiences of what that practical limit is?

Are we talking 10, 20 or 100 defined links in the list before it gets unworkable?

[yjeanrenaud]

I use like 400 and there are even some overlapping e.g. ipad and ipad mini. works perfect.

[MarceloS]

Nice mod.

Do you have some way to import from Geek Auto Linker (GAL)?

[celisto]

great work, exactly what i've been looking for quite some time.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by MarceloS

Nice mod.

Do you have some way to import from Geek Auto Linker (GAL)?

No, sorry... Never even seen that mod installed.

[yjeanrenaud]

Hi,
I would like to precent this mod from tagging certain CMS article in certain categories. but there is no option. Would there be a workaround e.g. using a bb or html tag to stop Word Links from linking?

[BirdOPrey5]

Actually yes you can do a work around in that way. You would need to add a custom BB Code, say call it: [nolink]

The code for the bb code would be:

<c>{param}</c>

And then in the word link settings add the following to the very end of the Custom Regex setting:

</c>|

That will tell the mod not to link any word between <c> tags, and since <c> isn't used by HTML your browser will just ignore them.