Board Optimization - NuHIT URLs: Add rel=nofollow and control where links are opened

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Description

This small mod let's you control how URLs should be processed in your forum.

Adding rel="nofollow" to links in your forum will help improve your sites overall pagerank by reducing pagerank leak due to link to external sites added by your members.

This mod lets you do this for all URLs posted by your members.

In addition, you can control whether URLs should open in a new window, or should open in the same window the user is on.

Installation

• Download and extract .zip
• Upload product xml ( Admin CP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > Import Product )
• Configure your internal domains from vBulletin Options > NuHIT URL Settings
• Click Mark as Installed, and you get this cool image for your signature

Features

• No vBulletin core files modified.
• No new files to add.
• Add rel=nofollow only to external links.
• Allow internal URLs to open in current window.
• Support multiple domains for internal URLs (e.g. forums.vbulletin.org,wiki.vbulletin.org)
• Easy to use and manage from vBulletin's Admin CP

[ElfMage]

After looking at vBulletin's code, it seems that this option is only shown if the Post Cache is being used.

If you don't see this option in the Admin CP it means that your forum is not caching posts, and therefore, it is not needed to rebuild the post cache.

[PugWD]

You're right. I checked on the .com and they said the same.
I couldn't find the option to turn it on either but I won't derail this thread with that, I'll pursue it over there.

Thanks for following it up for me. :up:

[ElfMage]

Any time.

[Flexo]

Installed it, but it doesn't do anything. New Links look like always.
Any ideas?

[tokenyank]

links will look no different in postview...

View the source and instead of seeing <a href="http://www.domain.com">blah</a>, it'll be <a href="http://www.domain.com" rel="nofollow">blah</a>

[snerd]

I have vbseo installed, but I sure want the internal links open in same window feature. Will this mod interfere with vbseo? Can the nofollow be turned off without affecting the links opening in a new window?

[ElfMage]

It shouldn't. This mod 'extends' vBulletin's handling of the URL BBCode. It should be compatible with any add-on that does not play with URL BBCodes... I haven't tested this though.

[Pebbled]

I'm new to this plug-in stuff for vbulletin so please excuse my ignorance!!!

Your instructions for install state:

Installation

* Download and extract .zip
* Upload product

My question is, which folder do I upload the .xml file to?

I've had a look around and think it goes in the folder /public_html/forum/includes/xml but just wanted to clarify this before I go ahead.

I assume that after I've uploaded this file I then go into import options in vbulletin and install the plugin.

[Alfa1]

Go to your adminCP and look under plugins & products. There go to the product manager and upload the xml from there.

[Pebbled]

Thanks Alfa1 for your assistance, I never thought of doing that!

Installed in under 1 min

Remember to add your URL into 'the internal domain' option in the ADMIN CP > VBULLETIN OPTIONS > NUHIT URL SETTINGS before you rebuild the thread info.

Note that from Admin CP > Maintenance > Update Counters > Rebuild Thread information to update the nofollow on all previous threads.