Add-On Releases - vBulletin Link-Fetch, similar to facebook

What does this addon do?

It shows thumbnails and informations to links, which got entered in the posts, just like attachments at the end of a post, similar to facebook.

This addon is early beta, so please give me some feedback

Installation:

Copy all files and directories of '/upload' into your forumroot, afterwards import the product file 'product-vblinkfetch.xml' in AdminCP.

If you don't use TMS, you need to change a template manually:

Name of tempate: postbit_legacy

Search for:

PHP Code:

<vb:if condition="$show['attachments']"> 


Above this insert:

PHP Code:

<vb:if condition="$show['linkfetch']">
    <div class="attachments">
        <fieldset class="postcontent">
            <legend><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/paperclip.png" class="inlineimg" alt="{vb:rawphrase vblinkfetch_attached_links}" /> {vb:rawphrase vblinkfetch_attached_links}</legend>
            {vb:raw post.linkfetch}
        </fieldset>
    </div>
</vb:if> 


Of coz you can put this below the attachment fields or any other place you like in that template.

Now you can configure the addon under:

'Settings' -> 'Otions' -> 'vBulletin-Linkfetch'

That's it

[ckgb]

Works great on 4.2.2
I used custom http://www.shrinktheweb.com

Eventually unistalled because it will be promoting lin posting, as I would imagine. Not quite my goal.

But it does work and looks nice.

[btedition]

After tweaking many things, I got this to work on 4.2.0. Now the only problem is that it doesn't show any explanation. What do I need to do to get the explanation posted?

[btedition]

Hi! is there any way we can disable this mod from fetching (Youtube) links? Because I have youtube automatic link converter and with this mod, it looks ugly :\



Thanks in advance

[SilverBoy]

Is this mod still working?

[RichieBoy67]

Originally Posted by SilverBoy

Is this mod still working?

Doubtful..

[SilverBoy]

I noticed that Richie, that is why I asked, there are so many mods here not upgraded from the early days of vb4 era, and they still work until now .

[In Omnibus]

Originally Posted by SilverBoy

I noticed that Richie, that is why I asked, there are so many mods here not upgraded from the early days of vb4 era, and they still work until now .

Many still work but many are also outdated and potential security risks.
A lot of these were coded to work with deprecated versions of vB, PHP, and MySQL.
When a mod isn't supported you're taking a risk using it, even if it ostensibly appears to work.