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.


nJoy

[Bonee70]

Originally Posted by The Geek

Bonnee - your Title, Box and/or popup style is invalid. Most likely the box style is invalid.

....

OK, I found out how to put in colour into a box, I left it blank in the stylemanager and when I put in a colourcode the box isn't blank anymore. The probelm I now have, I just want the backgroundcolour to appear in the mouseoverbox on the link and not elsewhere on the boards as it messes up my design.

Is there any option to just edit the background colour for the popup box and not having it on each <td> on the board? I have set all colours for each pop-up menu but still it's blank on a mouseover.

I went through the readme for 100 times now and did everything standing there, though this damn popup stays blank...

... any small hint, I am an idiot?

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by Bonee70

OK, I found out how to put in colour into a box, I left it blank in the stylemanager and when I put in a colourcode the box isn't blank anymore. The probelm I now have, I just want the backgroundcolour to appear in the mouseoverbox on the link and not elsewhere on the boards as it messes up my design.

Is there any option to just edit the background colour for the popup box and not having it on each <td> on the board? I have set all colours for each pop-up menu but still it's blank on a mouseover.

I went through the readme for 100 times now and did everything standing there, though this damn popup stays blank...

... any small hint, I am an idiot?

Bonee - did you enter the CSS suggested in the readme? In other words: yellow box?? You dont need to edit all <td>'s - that would be a serious butt pain.
If you PM me an admin login Ill look at it for you.

Toodles.

[The Geek]

I just checked the offset and it looks like its working to me. Try clicking debug->rebuild (I had to do that for the settings to propagate).

[Crow]

Originally Posted by venomx

Did you click manual install on the instructions?

I'm sorry I must of missed the link. (Maybe didn't scroll down enough) Thanks :nervous:

[DoMiN8ToR]

First of all, thanks a lot for this great hack. The fun already started reading the initial post, I LMAO

Everything went smooth when I finally decided to read the manual (I used to think that was a women thing )

I would like to request for a feature that just disables or enables the link function for any usergroup. In my eyes the current solution is a bit a work around. For example I don't want registered users to see the links anyway, I do want unregistered users (search engines) to see the links. Any chance you can add this to the hack (because it's great for SEO) or is there a possibility to do it with the current code and am I missing something?

[yoyoyoyo]

Originally Posted by handholder

yes i did,but not effect.

please check out your PM geek

I had the same error. Also, after I add the replacement code and styles when I try to add categories the pull-down menu for the replacement code is blank. During the "add styles" option I get a message that says:

Just saved %1$s

but it doesn't appear to save anything.

[BOWZONE]

great hack geek! <clicks install>...Works perfectly...Funny thing is, I had some problems but they were all IO errors (idiot operator) LOL! I have to learn not to stay up all night and then try and install things....it's never easy when I do that..

Thanks again fer a great hack!

[T3MEDIA]

Out of the blue...

Invalid SQL: UPDATE myvb3_geek_autolink SET view=views+17
WHERE id=
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '' at line 2

mysql error number: 1064

What to do?

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by T3MEDIA

Out of the blue...
What to do?

That was fixed in the last update. You may have to rummage back through the thread to see if anything else is applicible - or download latest version and replace your includes/cron/GAL_cron.php file.

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by yoyoyoyo

I had the same error. Also, after I add the replacement code and styles when I try to add categories the pull-down menu for the replacement code is blank. During the "add styles" option I get a message that says: but it doesn't appear to save anything.

yoyo- have you tried clicking debug->rebuild? If that doesnt help PM me an admin account