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

[The Geek]

Hey Richie - As far as I know; its working fine. There have been some instances where useres operating the hack in safemode have been having problems with existing links with matching keywords - however I am pretty confident its been sorted. Wosre case scenario - if it hasnt been sorted, you may potentaill have a rare occuance of a URL going wiggy if it contains a keyword (though chances are pretty rare). I am still waiting to hear back from anyone on the latest changes. They work on my side of things.

HTH's

[The Geek]

just twiddled things about and am now 100% positive its fine. I changed a line in the functions_show thread from

PHP Code:

$post['message']=preg_replace("<!--GAL_REMOVAL--> ","",$post['message']); 


to

PHP Code:

$post['message']=preg_replace("(<!--GAL_REMOVAL--> )","",$post['message']); 


Results in safemode can be seen here: http://www.thenailgeek.com/showthread.php?t=12462

Note that onycholysis and prep are keywords (the manual URLs in the post example are ficticious but show that they dont get screwed up by the autolinker)

[venomx]

I did the changes and upload. Then did the setting part. All seems fine here..

www.amazon.com reg VB link
amazon.com not linked.
amazon linked to my affiliate link

[Razz]

Originally Posted by The Geek

Sweet! THanks Razz... I fixed the gal_setting typos mentioned in your earlier post and I found the sneaky little bug that was causing the datastore to be built in danger mode even when you were actually choosing safe mode.

You missed one, just downloaded 2.05 and you still have this in instructions:

PHP Code:

// === GEEK AUTOLINK step 3.2 ===
    'gal_text', 'gal_links', 'gal_ignores','gel_settings',
    // === /GEEK AUTOLINK === 


[Razz]

Also looks like you left some debugging text in when submitting/editing autolinks ?

It does work for me now though

[Razz]

Two small things you could implement:

Each time I add an autolink I have to click on safe mode to get it to work, perhaps have it automatically do this?

How about the ability to add an alt tag to it for more details?

[rrr]

Originally Posted by Razz

How about the ability to add an alt tag to it for more details?

Yes, the ability to add a title tag would be a great addition.

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by rrr

Yes, the ability to add a title tag would be a great addition.

It already has that feature - I just forgot to wire it in.
When I get back I will do. Thanks

[jcr]

First of all.. Thanks a million!! My advertisers love this!

There are two things I'd very much like to see in a next version.

1) The ability to add a title text
2) How long it should be auto-linked

[RichieBoy67]

Thanks for the reply Geek! That is a rare occurance these days for me... I am going to install this right now and thanks for this!! Should be a big help for my site!!

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