Major Additions - AutoLinker Lite, keyword linker for vBulletin 3.7 and 4.x, and vbcms

AutoLinker Lite is a keyword linker for vBulletin 3.7 upwards, 4.x, and vBulletin CMS. It allows the webmaster to configure particular words or phrases as keywords, which will then be automatically linked when they appear in user posts. As well as being hyperlinked, keywords can have pop-over info boxes, as in the image below:



These info boxes are highly configurable (colours, borders, fade in/fade out effect etc), and can contain html - meaning you can embed images, videos etc. Balloon-style boxes are also supported.

AutoLinker Lite has a flexible permissions system, allowing you to control which forums a given link appears in, and which usergroups it is visible too.

This is a free version of a commercial product, and contains a limit on the number of AutoLinks that you may create. Other than that, it is fully functional.

Please note that AutoLinks in the CMS do not work in vBulletin 4.0.0 and 4.0.1. 4.0.2 and upwards are fine.

A couple more images to hopefully whet your appetite:

Some of the things you can do with HTML:



Admin control panel:

[onehost]

(1) Clicking link does not work, does not take me to the page.
(2) Some posts are highlighted rather then a hyperlink
(3) Links are almost invisible in posts...
(4) We need to be able to assign color to links
(5) We need to be able to control font size of ancor text
(6) could not place text in box, is that a free limitation?

Java is old technology, I knew that when I had to place
a line of your code in the header template, who does
that anymore? Your script needs updating.

I am using 4.1 PL2 - not sure if that helps or not.

[viper357]

Hi there, on your site it states:

AutoLinker 2.0 (scheduled for release late in 2010).

Any idea when version 2 will be released?

Thanks.

[dihuta]

Still request Direct link with AutoLinker 2.0 for SEO purpose.
Thank you.

[onehost]

Coder has not updated since aug
Coder has not logged in since Dec
Coder has yet to answer my questions

[kermit2]

onehost: java and javascript are completely different things.

viper357: in a few days actually. Had a few set backs at the end of last year, and just getting back on track now

[bada_bing]

Originally Posted by kermit2

onehost: you can get the paid version from http://www.autolinker.com

bada_bing: we're working on this for the next full release, which is a week or so away. It'll include support for blogs too (as well as PMs)

Whats the status on the PM support ?

[dondavis]

Why AutoLinker don't work with Russian language.

[viper357]

Originally Posted by kermit2

viper357: in a few days actually. Had a few set backs at the end of last year, and just getting back on track now

Excellent, will definitely be purchasing v2, will it still run on vb 3.8.5?

[Bankfodder]

Originally Posted by onehost

(1) Clicking link does not work, does not take me to the page.
(2) Some posts are highlighted rather then a hyperlink
(3) Links are almost invisible in posts...
(4) We need to be able to assign color to links
(5) We need to be able to control font size of ancor text
(6) could not place text in box, is that a free limitation?

Java is old technology, I knew that when I had to place
a line of your code in the header template, who does
that anymore? Your script needs updating.

I am using 4.1 PL2 - not sure if that helps or not.

I think that the answer to all of these is that you haven't configured your AutoLinks correctly in your admincp.

All of the features which you refer to are fully configurable - and much more besides.

I notice that you have now posted on the www.autolinker.com forum about this. If you have a look on that website and others which are linked from www.autolinker.com you will get some good ideas as to what can be done.

I'm sure that you will come up with your own interesting AutoLink styles once you get used to it.

One problem might be that there are so many ways of displaying your links and popups that it is difficult to know where to start.

However, once you have done a few, you'll get the hang of it and realise what a flexible system it is.

[djilou]

Note that you can also control the maximum number of times a specific autolink will show in a post by editing the autolink

When I do edit an autolink, I did not see this option?? where can I find it?

Thanks!