New Posting Features - Add Alt Text to Linked Images by BOP5 (VB 4.1.10+)

Brought to You by BirdOPrey5 / Qapla.com

Current Version: 1.5

This is the Standard Version. The GOLD Version is FREE but available only from:
Qapla.com - Add Alt Text GOLD VB4 by BOP5 Mod

The GOLD edition has 1 additional feature: Smart Tagging
Smart Tagging will check the filename of an image for useful information. If the mod believes the filename can be useful to describing the image it will use a cleaned and formatted version of the filename as the alt or title text. If the mod sees that the filename is all numeric, or a common digital camera format, or a vbulletin attachment filename it will instead use the thread title as the alt/title text for the image.

The Standard edition has only 3 options for alt or title text, each of which can be set independently. - Use Filename, Use Thread Title, or use both Filename AND Thread Title to create the tag.

The purpose of this mod is to automatically add "alt" and / or "title" tags to linked images in vBulletin forums.

By default vBulletin leaves the alt tag blank on all linked images. However image searches like Google scan for alt and/or title tags to determine what the image is and having these tags can increase your SEO in regards to images and perhaps regular SEO as well.

It can also benefit visually impaired users who may be using a screen reader.

Demo: http://www.qapla.com/mods/showthread...?p=325#post325

VB 4.1.10+ Preferred. No manual file edits necessary.
VB 4.0.0 - VB 4.1.9 - 1 manual file edit required. Directions in .zip.

Please Mark as Installed if you use this.
Donations always appreciated. :up:

[BirdOPrey5]

Glenn is one of the few people still developing for VB5 at: https://vbmods.rocks/

But be aware not all his stuff is free. It would be the only place I could suggest though.

[Emad ELsayed]

Thank you dear
Do you advise me not to upgrade to vb5?

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by Emad ELsayed

Thank you dear
Do you advise me not to upgrade to vb5?

That's something you would need to determine yourself...there are many stories of people who upgraded from vB 4.x to vB 5.x and only then realized it was a big mistake, and by then it's really too late, as going in the reverse direction is very hard to do.

I would advise looking carefully at the differences between the two versions, and then deciding which one will serve your needs better. If you have custom styles and/or coding, you will likely have a hard time finding equivalent items written for vB 5.

Also, do any and all testing of a test site first, and make certain you have all the issues ironed out smoothly before doing anything to your live site.

[Emad ELsayed]

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[Emad ELsayed]

Hello dear
How to set Alt Text Type: Thread Title + file name
Instead of file name + Thread Title
Best Regards

[BirdOPrey5]

You would have to edit the code. Sounds like a good opportunity to understand how PHP works. You can always reinstall from the original download if something goes wrong.

[Emad ELsayed]

I tried editing but without a good result
Could you please help me?

[BirdOPrey5]

Find the code-

      elseif ($vbulletin->options['bop5aat_alt_type'] == 2)
      { 
         //File Name + Thread Title
         $ttext = $fname . " - " . $ttitle;
         $bop5alt = $ttext;
      }

Then edit the line:

$ttext = $fname . " - " . $ttitle;

swap $fname and $ttitle so...

$ttext = $ttitle . " - " . $fname;

[Emad ELsayed]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Find the code-

      elseif ($vbulletin->options['bop5aat_alt_type'] == 2)
      { 
         //File Name + Thread Title
         $ttext = $fname . " - " . $ttitle;
         $bop5alt = $ttext;
      }

Then edit the line:

$ttext = $fname . " - " . $ttitle;

swap $fname and $ttitle so...

$ttext = $ttitle . " - " . $fname;

Thank you dear
Now everything is ok
Best Regards

[final kaoss]

Thanks, I'll give this mod a shot.

Does this mod have to add the title everytime a page is loaded or is that information saved to a table after it finds a image?