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

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Thank You for voting this June 2011 Mod of the Month!!!

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.

This is the FREE Version. It allows you to auto-link words in:

• Posts/Threads
• Private Messages
• Visitor Messages
• Social Groups

The GOLD Version is available at Qapla.com It allows auto-linking words in:

• Posts/Threads
• Private Messages
• Visitor Messages
• Social Groups
• Picture Comments
• Blog Entries
• Blog Comments
• CMS Articles
• CMS Comments

Live Demo at Qapla.com.

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 or styles.

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 0.935: Fixed conflict with VBSEO and possibly other mods. Upgrade if you are having problems.
• New in 0.94: Made the "Custom CSS" an option to prevent unnecessary HTML if not needed.
• New in 0.95: Enable or disable in PMs.
• New in 0.96: Should fix conflicts with AME3 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 1.5: 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 1.5a: Updated German language file thanks to Igel1.
• New in 1.6: Fixed bug if keyword was part of thread title and thread title was a link in the post. (VB4 Only)
• New in 1.7: Added field to extend the regex easily through the mod settings. Included fix for bold/font color links.
• New in 2.0: Rewritten more efficient code. Added option to disable by styleid. Added GOLD version.

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.

Notice:
Since the following words are used in HTML tags I would avoid them as keywords:
style, div, class, pre, href, img, html, meta, name, rel, nofollow, and link.

I would also avoid any single letter or two letter keywords since they could easily be used accidentally in places you weren't intending.

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[BirdOPrey5]

Word Links FREE 2.0 Released!

Happy to announce the release of Word Links Free 2.0-
I have improved the efficiency of the code by putting the main function into one external php file.

I have added a new option to disable in specific styles.

I have made usergroup and forum selections easier (now point and click, no need to look up id numbers.)

I have added unique phrases for the auto-link notices to differentiate between posts and messages.

I have also released a new GOLD version which works in even more places. See the first/top thread for details.

If you're happy with the older 1.6 version and don't need the new features feel free to continue using it- I wouldn't expect any functional difference.

But if you do upgrade be aware there is now a php file that needs to be uploaded to your /includes/ directory and you should re-check your options/settings as some have changed.

Enjoy.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by craiovaforum

It changes but I managed to do it with this code:

Replaced

       $boplink = $bopspan1 . '<a href="'.trim($boplink).'"' . $bop_target_array[$bopi] . $bop_nofollow_array[$bopi] . ' >$1</a>' . $bopspan2;

with

       $boplink = $bopspan1 .  $bopspan2;

and included instead of the url, the whole html code.

this should work, right?

If it works, it works. :up:

[Trevor Matthews]

Hi
If I upgrade to the new version will I have to enter all my words and web sites they are linked to again?

Also how much is the Gold version?

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Trevor Matthews

Hi
If I upgrade to the new version will I have to enter all my words and web sites they are linked to again?

Also how much is the Gold version?

No you will not have to re-enter your sites if you upgrade. Don't uninstall the mod, just follow the upgrade instructions and it will be fine.

I can't talk price here on vBulletin.org but you can view the forum at Qapla.com and see the price.

[Trevor Matthews]

Hi
I have the Gold version now installed.
Great support. Very pleased.
For anyone not using the Gold version the price is very reasonable!

[Trevor Matthews]

And it has just been updated to show in the CMS Previews a few hours after I mentioned it.

Very impressive.

[Mukashi]

Is there any known conflict between this mod and [DBTech] Advanced @User Tagging v2 (vB4)? We'd intended to use the Word Links added to make automatic links to our Bulbapedia wiki, mostly for character & Pok?mon names. But at the same time, we've also got a lot of forum users who've incorporated those character & Pok?mon names into their forum usernames. Seems like both addons would be going for the same words quite frequently, and I'm not sure how they'd handle that conflict.

[BirdOPrey5]

This mod should ignore any text in a link and if it doesn't it can probably be quickly fixed by editing the "custom regex" setting on the mod.

I know of no known conflicts, but if you find one simply disabling the mod will undo any changes- no changes are made to the database.

[Mukashi]

If that's how the addon works, then I'm guessing the problems we're having are likely to not be a conflict, but something to do with that other mod and vB4.1.11 then. That's a bit of a relief.

[BirdOPrey5]

If you can give me a link to a post with the advanced user tagging mod in use I can check for sure.