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.


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[greenhybrid]

I can't get the popups to work. The necessary code DOES seem to be in the page.
http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/t...--testing.html

[venomx]

900??? wow

greenhybrid did you add the code to the header ?

[KTBleeding]

Originally Posted by KTBleeding

I apologize for the ignorance, but I really just can't seem to get this system to work. I've read the read me and this thread several times through but still can't figure it out. I manually installed the file edits and I have triple checked that they are correct but I still can't manage to get the keywords to link to anything at all.

Well, I guess they are some what working? If a registered member posts then it works, but if I post one it doesn't seem to show up. Just a tad confused about it.. I tried a test account too and no go.

[greenhybrid]

Yes, it's there.

PHP Code:

<div id="GALBox"
    style="position: absolute; width: 200px; z-index: 100;
    border: 1pt black solid; background: #FFFFCC;
    visibility: hidden; padding: 10px;"
    onmouseover="this.style.visibility='visible';"
    onmouseout="this.style.visibility='hidden';">
</div> 


[Tom1234]

When entering HTML tags in the Description field for use in popups, it appears that the " (double quote) character cannot be used without corrupting the display of the primary autolink. When I used ' (single quote) instead of " (double quote) in the A HREF tags, it worked fine. This should be documented in the README.

[Tom1234]

Geek,

The Description field is a VARCHAR(255) which means it is limited to 255 characters. For my purposes when entering HTML tags and text, 255 isn't always enough. I suppose I could change it from VARCHAR(255) to TEXT to permit larger entries. Do you think this is OK to do? I think the main difference between them, other than performance, is that the TEXT data type does not strip trailing spaces, but VARCHAR does. Do you rely on that stripping at all for it to work properly? Do you envision any other problems?

[The Geek]

Tom - shouldnt be any problems. The text may have to be trimmed though. Ill look into the " problem. To me - that sounds like a minor bug

greenhybrid - you are getting js errors saying that the js functions are not there. Are you positive that you made the changes correctly to vbulletin_menu.js?

Orange - there are a few performance tweaks which makes it chug along a bit faster. Other than that and the categories - its it for the most part. If your happy with 2.6 - than no stress there. Saying that - you dont lose your existing entries. They only land in the 'unknown' category. The default replacement code is the standard one from 2.6. I guess what I am saying is that if you upgrade but dont do anything else with the settings - youll end up with exactly what you have now but slightly faster. Then as you add links - you can add them to new categories with popups or standard - or whatever.
Up to you I am also believe in 'if it aint broke...'

KTBleeding - can you give me a few links with some examples so I can check it out?

[KTBleeding]

Originally Posted by The Geek

KTBleeding - can you give me a few links with some examples so I can check it out?

It's working. I'm just slow. It's supposed to have not posted the auto link if the post just contained the one word, right? It works if I use the auto links in sentences.. I'm assuming that was done to prevent spammers of some sort?

Anyways, it's working.. thanks again Geek.

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by KTBleeding

It's working. I'm just slow. It's supposed to have not posted the auto link if the post just contained the one word, right? It works if I use the auto links in sentences.. I'm assuming that was done to prevent spammers of some sort?

Anyways, it's working.. thanks again Geek.

its to prevent breaking of url's. Only words with spaces before them can get linked in safe mode. Glad to hear its working though

[Lionel]

This is not really an important question but it bothers me. Why would Class DEF shows the link with the dotted lines sometimes and then sometimes not?