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.


nJoy

[Lionel]

I got that odd situation where a dash and an accent in the same autolink seems to be too much for GAL. When I remove accent it works. Otherwise no.

Can you try it? Here is the name:

Jean-Claude Fignolé

[Lionel]

OK, the problem is when the accent is on the last letter like " é "

[venomx]

Old cron error fixed but now a new one.

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.7:

Invalid SQL: UPDATE geek_autolink SET view=views+1
WHERE id=33
mysql error: Unknown column 'view' in 'field list'

mysql error number: 1054

[Neutral Singh]

Hi Geek,

I am not sure if this has been addressed before: suppose let us consider the following words: "Rumi: The Hidden Music written by Rumi"

Now, i created two links using GAL4.01

One link was for "Rumi: The Hidden Music", i choose sponsor style for this word.
The other link was for "Rumi", i choose glossary style for this word.

Now, when i tried to show it in the thread, there is a conflict at words "Rumi: The Hidden Music", it shows up all the replacement code, which makes the post unreadable. It works fine if i remove the second link created for "Rumi". Can this be cured ?

The second thing i am not getting right is: How do i make the popup stay on screen just like in your demo thread, where we hover the mouse over the word "MMA" and then we can move our mouse to click the link shown within the popup. Right now when i move my mouse from the word, the popup vanises.

Thanks for the GAL,

Best Regards
Aman

[venomx]

Thats what the ordials are for.. make the biigest line 1 then the next biggest 2 etc....

So set Rumi: The Hidden Music as 1 and Rumi as 2.

[The Geek]

Hey venom.... Edit the GAL_cron.php file and change view to views. Ill update the package with this change later.

aman - venom is right - do the ordinals. Can you give me a link for an example of the disapearing popup? It is designed to stay open. Either the Box is appearing too low so the link is firing the mouseout before the popup gets the mouseover OR the GALbox DIV is incorrect.

[fly]

Hmmm. Is the expire option fully functional? And does the install add the cron job, or am I supposed to (cause i didn't see it in the readme). I added it and it still doesn't delete the words. <3

[The Geek]

What the expire does is prevent the words being pulled. This is really only efficient with the DB - but should also work for the non DB option - however the cron job will have to run to pull them out of the cache so to speak.

And yes - you have to manually add the cron job.

Also - just noticed a small typo in the read me for the GALBox that is preventing it from staying open so a user can roll over it. Ill update the package tonight with the change (and a revised cron job as there is a typo in it too).

For those having problems with the popups staying open (this was mentioned a couple days ago)... Replace your GALBox div in your header template with this one:

CHANGE TO:

<div id="GALBox" style="position: absolute; z-index: 100; visibility: hidden;" onmouseover="this.style.visibility='visible';"
onmouseout="this.style.visibility='hidden';">
</div>

[fly]

Originally Posted by The Geek

What the expire does is prevent the words being pulled. This is really only efficient with the DB - but should also work for the non DB option - however the cron job will have to run to pull them out of the cache so to speak.

And yes - you have to manually add the cron job.

I added it and ran it. However, I hadn't updated to 4.02. Maybe that will fix it. I'll update it tomorrow.

[T3MEDIA]

I havent updated... I guess you will have upgrade instructions you always do....