Administrative and Maintenance Tools - vb Linkchecker Bot 1.1

MaxWCoders present vB Link Checker Bot 1.1

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DESCRIPTION
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1) Checks Rapidshare.de , Rapidshare.com , Sendspace.com , Megaupload.com , Depositfiles.com and Mediafire.com links using cURL.
2) Works for post with all BBCodes.
3) Bins the post if more than specified percent of dead links are found , pms the user about it and posts in that topic
4) If all links are alive it adds specified message at the end of the post and the description.
5) If some links are live and some are dead i.e less than specified % , it makes a thread in a specified forum about it
6)Has a debug mode, to help you debug the errors.
7)Bot doesn't timeout due to MySQL timeout or PHP timeout.
8)It is a product, can be imported and settings can be changed easily.
9)Methods are accessible with keywords.

VBBot Installation How-To
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1. Upload vbbot.php to your root folder where your VB installation is
Note : If you had older version of the bot, delete vbbot.php (or the folder) and replace it by new one.

2. Goto your ACP and go to 'Plugins & Products' and then click on 'Manage Products'

3. In the top box eneter the location of the product-link_bot.xml file on your computer
and then click the 'Import' button.

4. You have just installed the VB Link Checker bot.

5. If you had older version of the bot, delete vbbot.php (or the folder) and replace it by new one.


Setting up and configuring your VB Link Checker
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1. Create a new user that will be used for your Link Checker Bot. Make sure the bot has
the appropriate permissions for where it will be posting. (ie, VIP/Private forums)

2. Create the forums you will be using for good and bad links if you have not done so already.

3. Goto vBulletin Opions and select the MaxWCoders LinkChecker Bot.

4. All the options/setting are pretty self explanatory and each option has the description
of what the setting are for and do. Refer the the bottow of this Read Me of finding the
correct IDs you will need if you are not sure where to look.

5. Once you have everything set up hit the save button at the bottom.


Security
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1. For security reasons, it is highly recommended you rename your bot to something else for instance 63454.php

Running your Link Checker Bot
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1. You can run the bot by setting up a Cron job to run at a set time so you will not have to
run it manually. This can be found in your cPannel of your server.

2. You can call it manually by running vbbot.php (ie. http://www.siteurl.com/vbbot.php)

How to find all of your needed IDs.
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How to find your forum ID:
Just goto the forum in question and the URL will look like the one below.

http://www.yourwebsite.com/forumdisplay.php?f=18 <--- The number at the end of the URL
will be the forum ID. In this example
it is 18.

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How to find your user ID
Find the user that is going to be your bot and click on the user name.
Now look at the URL in the address bar. It should look something like the one below

http://www.yourwebsite.com/member.php?u=2 <--- The number at the end of the URL will be
the user ID. In this example the user ID
is 2.

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Bot in action




Script support on

www.maxwcoders.com

Read the glossary included in the RAR and ZIPs.

Get them at

http://www.maxwcoders.com/bots/downloads/vbbot11.rar

Changelog:
1.0 - 1.1 -> Bug fixes and Product installer

Bugs:

Unfortunately due to time constraints due to exams, I am not able to find the bug fix for the PM bug. Whenever bot tries to PM a certain member with PM disabled, or something similar, it returns a big error. So far only fix for it is, disable PM for that topic and run it again. Maybe after my exams, I can have a better look. Other than that, the new version is just fine

[fahl]

Getting this error

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user 'nobody'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in [path]/vbbot.php on line 120
Unable to connect to mysql server.

[KissOfDeath]

Is this compatible with 3.8?

i installed it on 3.7.4 where it was working great, but i made the mistake of setting the cron job up for

http://www.mydomain.com/forums/vbbot.php

so it only checked links once,

i then installed 3.8 and changed the cron job to

http://www.mydomain.com/forums/vbbot.php?method=all

now i'm getting a problem where it's pm?ng the wrong users, and don't know if it because of an incompatibility issue with 3.8 or if i shouldn't have set the cron job up for

http://www.mydomain.com/forums/vbbot.php?method=all

?

Any advice?

I have my own dedicated server and have set the cron job to run every 6 hours, this does not slow my board down at all end everything else works fine.

It is a bit annoying when the rapidshare servers go down like they did a few days ago and the link checker moves everything... but i don't think you can do anything about that can you?

[momo2]

i got a problem look below

Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RJSKQOO6
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N5JYBU4E
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AJSKUSMB
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ORG6JN8C
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S3L3AXQ3
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BU7ZCSRR
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D12ERAG4
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BLDM6SBO
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SY5V5RR7
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SS96CHLO
Dead : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S5V3035D
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A197JO9V
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8WM4VZ3G
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DPXI3T70
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SB22E5XY
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QOHAHFJE
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=08HW4HUY
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8VQY5850
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OGEN88X6
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M21PBQVD
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZKWCYV2I
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I7P316TE
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M9QYFAGD
Dead : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZEFGV3LY
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FLH0SL8H
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OFHQY903
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MBLJUTR1
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OOYPGHXS
Dead : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O33VZ6A2
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UGUIL3DL
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BB516DTO
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3TMNPH1T
Dead : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RC9Y0832
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I3QUK443
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SEDYJS7Z
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JMVGPYEF
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6MF8HJK7
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CW0QBML3
Active : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OXQRRO68

but it should have trashed it, also i get lots of Post Reported: 3134
but the link for post reported its only a number rather than the thread link, so how i am suppose to check it ?

[momo2]

Its set at %75 but what good does it do, say if this a movie in 12 parts and one of them is dead. once 1 die the rests are useless !!! any ideas ???

[howcome]

Originally Posted by momo2

Its set at %75 but what good does it do, say if this a movie in 12 parts and one of them is dead. once 1 die the rests are useless !!! any ideas ???

you can change the % of dead links in a post to what you want in your admin cp link checker options

[IIAnDoII]

I get this error can some one help

Warning: require_once(includes/config.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/iiandoii/public_html/vbbot/vbbot.php on line 20

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/config.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/iiandoii/public_html/vbbot/vbbot.php on line 20

[JetHaCkR]

Originally Posted by IIAnDoII

I get this error can some one help

You did not upload the files properly.

[IIAnDoII]

i dident know there was a wrong way to upload files (its just drag and drop into and FTP client)

Can you tell me the correct way ?

[Dman91]

Just a heads up, I am going to be away till March 20th. I won't be able to give support while I'm away.

[IIAnDoII]

dam can you just help me before you go please