Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Link Checker Bot

Custom Link Checker Bot 1.0

I have decided to code my own link checker bot.

This link Checker Checks links from....

• Rapidshare
• Mediafire
• Megaupload
• Easy-Share
• Netload
• Depositfiles

To install....

1. Upload all of the files in the "upload" folder

2. Open the product-dlc.xml in Notepad or Wordpad.

3. Place your forum username in every username="" tag you see.

4. After that you can import the product.

5. Setting up a cron to make it run automatically. Set up the cron here. admincp>scheduled tasks>add new scheduled task

Use these variables.

Varname: dead_link_checker

Title: Dead Link Checker Bot

Description: Checks for dead links and adds them to graveyard

Log Phrase: dead_link_checker

Set how often you want it to run

Then

Filename: ./includes/cron/dlc.php





Please post comments and feedback here.

Files below.

[NetX]

I installed this hack and it is working, bot i see that the bot is cheking from 10 to 10 threads starting with the first threads of the forum (my forum has 3 years old) and the first threads are inactive since a looong time.
( I have more than 30,000 threads)

Is there any way to start the check from a specified threadid and only for a specific forum?

[michael.hart]

Originally Posted by KARAKALPAKLI

Hello! I did all the settings the plugin does not work I uploaded all files my webspace and than I have edited product.xml as username="my forum username" and I installed product later I did the settings for scheduled tasks but pm is not about dead links and topics with dead links not moved to trash and shows all the links are working but they have inside of dead links please help me.

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Same issue here. After analyzing the code of dlc.php, it appears that the issue is the remote file which checks the mime type of the URL. It appears to no longer work.

I myself have failed at all of my attempts to make a similar mime type detection scrip for URLs in a GET request (or any files that are not local for that matter). I'd prefer not to have to save copies of web pages for such purposes, as that would greatly increase the workload of the server during the cron task, and I feel it's unnecessary.

I wish this developer would update the addon to include its own mime-type detection that just worked, and stopped relying on unpopular/uncommon APIs that add extra requests to the cron task.

[Mecho]

it checks just First threads or all posts in a thread ?

[michael.hart]

Originally Posted by Mecho

it checks just First threads or all posts in a thread ?

It checks all posts in a thread. This has been an issue for me, as some threads may contain several hundred links on my forum, and would cause it to time out.

However, to answer your question, it checks all posts within a thread.

Best wishes

[relaxiha]

does not work 3.8.3

[Mecho]

Originally Posted by michael.hart

It checks all posts in a thread. This has been an issue for me, as some threads may contain several hundred links on my forum, and would cause it to time out.

However, to answer your question, it checks all posts within a thread.

Best wishes

and what would be happen if it find a dead link in a post number10 for example in a thread .. it will be remove the links or move the Whole thread to the Trash section ?

[macbooking]

one given username="tyler" in the .xml file ...incorrect, or?

[cagbaazee]

mod.. why u close this thread. it do not works anymore....

[algert]

Originally Posted by cagbaazee

mod.. why u close this thread. it do not works anymore....

Yeah, all it does is keep checking and said moving to trash, but nothing is being done, I recommend moving this to graveyard..

[jamshed]

Same problem i got dead link checker Menu not showing on left side menu.

Originally Posted by dancue

Call me stupid, but I'm not getting the dead link checker menu...