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]

Be aware I am no longer IB Staff despite what it says under my username.

[Hostboard]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Hello,

No not supported. VB4 is unsafe to be running. But if you don't care so be it.

Latest premium version attached for anyone who cares.

Hi Joe,

First off thank you for opening up and allowing your "Gold" versions of your add-ons to be re-released for free. Are you going to also post the rest of your stuff?

I would also like to understand (feel free to PM me me privately if you want) why you feel VB4 is unsafe to be running. With the number of sites still running it, if there is an unknown issue, I would at least like to know and publish a fix even if it is on my dime.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Hostboard

Hi Joe,

First off thank you for opening up and allowing your "Gold" versions of your add-ons to be re-released for free. Are you going to also post the rest of your stuff?

I would also like to understand (feel free to PM me me privately if you want) why you feel VB4 is unsafe to be running. With the number of sites still running it, if there is an unknown issue, I would at least like to know and publish a fix even if it is on my dime.

VB4 is unsafe because it doesn't run (as far as I'm aware) on an supported version of PHP. Since there is no supported (by the PHP group) version it runs on, there are going to be, if not already, security holes that will not get pathed.

I don't mind releasing other "gold" formally paid for mods, as needed, as requested basis. I don't have time to upload everyone I ever made.

[Hostboard]

Thank you for the explanation.

For those that have not yet adapted, and want to keep current, all they need is a PHP developer as you do not need any vBulletin experience to fix the compatibility issues. Just need access to the server's log files. This will be more of an increasing problem in the near future as hosting services move to update their out dated systems. For those on private/dedicated servers YMMV.

My site has already been adapted to and is currently running on PHP 7.4.13 with MariaDB 10.5.8 There have been various other core file modifications as well to increase overall security.

If you would like, I am willing to host your files or work on uploading everything here. We can discuss the best way to allow for their distribution here on .org if you want.