Link Anonymizer

Link Anonymizer v1.02a & 1.03, 1.04, 1.05.3 & 1.10

Author: MarcoH64

vBulletin Version: 3.5.1

Warning: Version 1.02 might create double anonym links if you edit a post multiple times. Version 1.03 has been reported not to be working for some people. Please read posts in this thread if you plan on using this hack, until i had time to look into this.
v1.05 and higher should be the best versions
1.10 Is an updated version of 1.05.3 and is considered a stable release. Only version 1.10 will be supported now.

Description:
This Product will add a self configurable anonymising link to all external urls in posts.

Installation:
Install the XML-file as Product.

Configuration:
vBulletin Options->Link Anonymizer :

• Local Addresses

Local addresses are not anonymized. If you leave this option blank, the value for vBulletin Options Cookie Domain will be used. Do not use a http:// prefix.

If you start the name with a dot (.mydomain.com) all server addresses ending with this will be considered local. If you want to add mulitple domain/servernames, seperate them by a single space.

• Anonymizer (default: http://anonym.to/?)

Link to a anonymizer function. Use preceding / if needed. Other Usable Anonymizers:

http://anon.free.anonymizer.com/ 
 
http://anonym.webgurus.de (Thanks Wachtmeister)

• Allways anonymize Unparseble URLs (* New in version 1.10)

Please click install if you are using this hack.

Donations are always welcomed at Paypal: marcoh64 AT gmail.com

Change log:
6-9-2005 v1.01
- 1 setting was missing from product file due to wrong Product. Fixed
7-9-2005 v1.02
- Under some conditions a newly posted post with only a link would not get anonymized. Fixed.
7-9-2005 v1.02a
- Fixed bug when handling generic local domain (starting with a dot '.'') Sorry for the many updates.
8-10-2005 v1.03
- Totally new way of doing this, on view instead of on write.
- Solved doubling the anonym link on edit
10-10-2005 v1.04
- Link not didn't get anonym prefix if URL= didn't contain http://. Solved.
- Added truncate table post_parsed to install routine.
1-11-2005 v1.05
- Standard Editor fixed
- Simple URL's in standard editor fixed.
- Default anonymizer changed
2-11-2005 v1.05.1
- Fixed bug where only the last url to the same domain in a single post was anonymised.
9-11-2005 v1.05.2
- Added option to ignore certain protocols in the vBulletin Options (ie. ignore https, ftp, ....).
- Attempt to fix reported bug where an inline fragment (#fragment) would also be anonymized.
10.11.2005 v1.05.3
- Another attempt to ignore fragments
25.11.2005 v1.10
- Fixed a bug where some urls could lead to a parse error. Example of an url leading to this error:

http://mymail@mymail.com:password@www.mydomain.com

- Added new parameter to vB Options: Always anonimyze unparseble URLs
- This is considered a very stable release. No bug reports pending
- All previous versions are from now on unsupported

Upgrades:
If you are running an older version and want to upgrade, simply do an overwrite install.

It is possible that there are still double links in the database from old versions. If you wish to remove these, run the following queries (make backup first!!):

SQL Query: (how to run queries)
update post set pagetext = replace(pagetext, "http://YOURANONIMIZERLINK/","");

[C_P]

Nice, works like a charm! If anyone has any additional anonymiser links to add, they should reply here. This would allow others to use one of their choice for faster loading.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

New version released:
8-10-2005 v1.03

- Totally new way of doing this, on view instead of on write.

- Solved doubling the anonym link on edit

[Mikobu]

thanks, by the release... installing...

[Chad F.]

Hmm I'm still having the same problem, before it was adding http://anonym.to/? in front of every link 4 times. Now its gone up to 5..

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by Chad F.

Hmm I'm still having the same problem, before it was adding http://anonym.to/? in front of every link 4 times. Now its gone up to 5..

If you are viewing an old post, then this could be. The ink is already 4 times stored in the database, and is added 1 more time when viewing, see the queries in the top to resolve this.

Try making a new post (or edit an old one) and it shouldn't happen anymore.

PS Which plugins you have now for the product, and which ones are active?

[Chad F.]

It works fine when I make a new post. I ran those queries and it did not do anything, all the old links still have http://anonym.to/? in front of them 5 times.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Sorry no time now, but will later today post the exact query you will need to run.

[RMS-Chef]

When I installed 1.03 the system simply stopped working.
Tried overwrite, then uninstalled and reinstalled.
Currently on RC3.

EDIT:
Just updated to v3.5 Gold and still, the plugin just does not work for me.

[C_P]

Originally Posted by RMS-Chef

When I installed 1.03 the system simply stopped working.
Tried overwrite, then uninstalled and reinstalled.
Currently on RC3.

EDIT:
Just updated to v3.5 Gold and still, the plugin just does not work for me.

Seems I have same issue after upgrade. I then added the following and seems to work

anonym.to/?

in the Local addresses are not anonymized section.

[Loki12]

Originally Posted by RMS-Chef

When I installed 1.03 the system simply stopped working.
Tried overwrite, then uninstalled and reinstalled.
Currently on RC3.

EDIT:
Just updated to v3.5 Gold and still, the plugin just does not work for me.

I am on 3.5.0, just installed this product, and it is not working at all...