Miscellaneous Hacks - Word Links (Turn words into links) by BOP5

My VB4 Version of this mod won the June 2011 Mod-of-the-Month!! This is virtually an identical mod- thank you for your votes!

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.

Demo Link

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.

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 0.94: The <span> tags for use with custom CSS are now optional. They can be turned off to prevent unnecessary HTML generation if not using custom CSS. Also bug & conflict fix.
• New in 0.95: Enable or disable in PMs.
• New in 0.96: Should fix conflicts with AME 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 1.31: Bug-fix. Somewhere around version 1.0 "Match Whole Words Only" stopped working. It is now fixed.
• 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 2.0: New condensed code. New option for custom regex code.

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.

*NEW IN 0.92*

As of version 0.92 all links created are within a <span> tag of class "boplink." This allows you to customize the look of the links created by this mod ussing CSS.

In your "Additional CSS" you can add the following CSS code and customize it to your liking for each of your styles. This is OPTIONAL. If you do not add this CSS links will retain the same style as existing links in your posts.

Sample CSS:

.boplink A:link {background: yellow; text-decoration: none}
.boplink A:visited {background: yellow; text-decoration: none}
.boplink A:active {background: yellow; text-decoration: none}
.boplink A:hover {background: yellow; font-weight:bold; color: red;}

This CSS will highlight the links in yellow and turn the text to red and bold when mouse-overed.

In VB 3.x Additional CSS is accessible via Style Manger -> All Style Options, scroll down to Additional CSS Definitions. Use the lower box to customize the CSS uniquely for each style.

This mod uses functions that may not work on non-latin (multibyte/unicode) characters. I'm sorry but it is only tested/working on English and other latin based alphabets.

Please Mark as Installed if you use this.

[suko22]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

OK So then I noticed this was the thread for the VB 3,8 version- i was not intending to update this version to 2.0, it was the VB4 version I updated to 2.0.

However I did go ahead and bring this version up to 2.0 so it has the same features as the 4.x version again.

NOTE - if you upgrade to v 2.0 there is now a php file you must upload.

This version has the custom regex field you can try per instructed above.

Ok m8, updated to 2.0 and changed custom regex field, now works fine

Thanks again

[nervice]

Great mod! Thanks for this.
I have a question related to using the CSV file.
Is it possible to have commas inside the words I would like to auto-link? I.e. is there a possibility to escape the comma character? Or to switch to a different separation character, e.g. semicolon?

[klaush]

Normally yes! But it has another issue with the "Add Alt Text for Images GOLD by BOP5 for VB 3. If this mod is installed and activated you will have the same style error as well.

Originally Posted by suko22

now works fine

Thanks again

[klaush]

And this issue with all jpg/jpeg within the [ img ] tag:

The picture is not shown, but this line

jpg" border="0" alt="" />

[klaush]

O.k., found it. You can´t use "jpg" as a keyword!

[cleonard]

I just installed this on one of my forums and while it is creating links on new posts, older posts (my forum has nearly 10 years of content) remain unlinked. Is there a way to apply this tool to older posts or an add-on to do so?

Thanks!

[al2thero]

i like it

thank u

[yahsuah]

Thanks for this mod. It is working very well in my forum.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by cleonard

I just installed this on one of my forums and while it is creating links on new posts, older posts (my forum has nearly 10 years of content) remain unlinked. Is there a way to apply this tool to older posts or an add-on to do so?

Thanks!

1) Please "Mark as Installed"

2) This mod works on all posts, both old and new- If it is not working on old posts on your forum you must have some sort of separate caching system installed- clearing the cache should get it working on all old posts.

If it was just the vBulletin post cache it would already be working.

[muhakeme]

I have mod " Geek auto linker " . I had about 50000 URL and my CPU was very high. How is this mod about CPU?