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External Link Titles, retrieve descriptive titles for URLs
Version: 1.1.1, by magnus magnus is offline
Developer Last Online: Feb 2012 Show Printable Version Email this Page

Category: Show Thread Enhancements - Version: 3.6.x Rating:
Released: 05-06-2007 Last Update: 07-23-2007 Installs: 174
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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:
  1. Download and import product-linktitles.xml via the Product Manager.
  2. Enable the modification via AdminCP > vBulletin Options > External Link Titles Options (it is disabled by default)
  3. ???
  4. 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!

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  • This modification may not be copied, reproduced or published elsewhere without author's permission.

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  #92  
Old 05-02-2008, 01:13 AM
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Great!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by magnus View Post
Very the product is set to enabled. AdminCP > vBulletin Options > External Link Titles Options > External Link Titles Enabled (Make sure 'Yes' is checked)

I did that too. but still its not working in my board. What can I do further more?
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Old 05-21-2008, 12:35 AM
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working like a charm in 3.7
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Old 06-19-2008, 01:52 AM
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I'd like to use that, but someone said that this plugin does not check an URL for size, so if someone posts a link to a large file, it has the possibility of creating a load on the server..

is that so?

thanks

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Old 06-19-2008, 12:53 PM
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just installed; am seeing this work when i link to an external board, but not when i link to another thread on my own board... any insight?
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Id love to see this work for internal threads as well as external threads too.
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This is a great mod.
But also a performance killer, I suppose.
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*Installed* Thank you.
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Installed on 3.7.2

So far working Fine. Lets see. Cool Mod.

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Nice mod
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