Major Additions - AutoLinker Lite, keyword linker for vBulletin 3.7 and 4.x, and vbcms

AutoLinker Lite is a keyword linker for vBulletin 3.7 upwards, 4.x, and vBulletin CMS. It allows the webmaster to configure particular words or phrases as keywords, which will then be automatically linked when they appear in user posts. As well as being hyperlinked, keywords can have pop-over info boxes, as in the image below:



These info boxes are highly configurable (colours, borders, fade in/fade out effect etc), and can contain html - meaning you can embed images, videos etc. Balloon-style boxes are also supported.

AutoLinker Lite has a flexible permissions system, allowing you to control which forums a given link appears in, and which usergroups it is visible too.

This is a free version of a commercial product, and contains a limit on the number of AutoLinks that you may create. Other than that, it is fully functional.

Please note that AutoLinks in the CMS do not work in vBulletin 4.0.0 and 4.0.1. 4.0.2 and upwards are fine.

A couple more images to hopefully whet your appetite:

Some of the things you can do with HTML:



Admin control panel:

[RedPoint]

I make a upgrade to 4.0.3 and see, my Autolinker dont pop-it-up :O
...we make tests in IE, FF and Chrome, no popup

[kermit2]

Extra PC and RedPoint - if you want to PM me with some details, I'll happily take a look for you both

[tobe12]

Hi All

I am so glad I found this mod. I was using GAL before. GAL has no support for 4.0.x and that was a bummer.

I just installed the commercial pro version of AutoLinker a few days ago on my forum.

It was a simple procedure, every admin should have no problem installing the software on VB4.0.x

I ran into a few issues that were resolved for me quickly by the staff at http://www.autolinker.com.

The issues will be listed here including the solutions.

Problem: After I installed Aurolinker on my forum, I started getting the following message:
Fatal error: Corrupted encoded data detected in /home/XXXXX/public_html/forums/admincp/autolinker_admin.php on line 0

Solution: This was because autolinker_admin.php and AutoLinker.php were
FTP uploaded in ASCII mode - I re-uploaded those two files and made sure they are uploaded in
binary mode.

Problem: I have added new Links and keywords. The problem is that these keywords are
not getting AUTOLINKED in the posts.

Solution: It was a simple problem - the permissions template was restricting who
could see the link. I've made the template viewable to all usersgroups in all forums, and now the links are showing.

Problem: When I click on highlighted keyword in a post, it opens a new blank window not a the desired link page.

Solution: This was easily fixed too... If you look at the display template, there is a field 'href action'. Just change this to 'link' and it will work (the setting means that when someone clicks on the keyword, it should take them to a link) destination.

Once I added the new links and keywords, I discovered another issue:

Problem: Posts will not show in threads. Basically empty thread.

Solution: Discovered some of my keywords had a / in them, and this was being treated as an escape character by AutoLinker. They were removed and Pete at Autolinker also did some changes to autolinker.php, so all are working now.

Hopefully this will help others who may run into the same issues.

Thanks to the staff who helped me sort these issues and get my mod up and running.

Money well spent on this much needed mod.

Satisfied User - 5 Stars for the staff so far :up:

[TimberFloorAu]

Pete sent you a PM, could you respond please.

[gothicuser]

Wanted to purchase commercial product, but when I tried visiting your site (autolinker.com) got a 'Server not found' error.
Has your URL changed?

[kermit2]

Sorry, had a few DNS problems over the weekend - should all be sorted out now

[gothicuser]

Originally Posted by kermit2

Sorry, had a few DNS problems over the weekend - should all be sorted out now

Just registered, many thanks.

[RoughOcean]

I had the problem above where Autolinker Lite didn't appear in the AdminCP after installation.
I moved to a new host and server a week ago, so I thought I'd try again.

Good news that Autolinker Lite does now appear in the AdminCP!

But, I have another problem...

If I try to Add Display Template, the Template Name and Properties are not saved. I give it a name and set the properties. After I hit save, it says 'Template added successfully.' Then when I go to Display Templates, there is no Template Name. It is blank (see the screenshot).
Also the preview and delete links on that page don't work.

If I look in the autolinker_templates table, I can see that it created a row but didn't add any data. (see the screenshot)

Adding Links has the same problem. It add rows, but no data.

I tested some other plugins and they are able to create rows and add data to their tables.

Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this problem?

[kermit2]

That's odd. It's v1.0.3 that you're using, yes? Downloaded from here? When you mouse over the delete link, your browser status bar should show the url as something like http://yoursite.com/forum/admincp/au...=delete&id=123 . Is the id= parameter set? Does the id correspond to the 'id' column in the database?

[RoughOcean]

Yes v1.0.3 as downloaded and installed today. Although in Installed Products, it says version 0.01 for Autolinker.

The delete link url does look like that and the id parameters match.