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

[The Geek]

updated package just to fix a couple of typos that were pointed out to me in the install (they dont actually affect the install though so there is no need to upgrade).

[OrangeFlea]

Sir Geek, 'tis I, Sir Flea.

Is there any way that we can input the words & and the associated links as a set or group? I've got over two hundred stored in an excel spreadsheet and inputing these one-by-one will be torture. Is there some way I can just paste and upload the two sets (words and links) to a file or something....lol

[tomshawk]

I like the concept.

This is actually a great idea but...

Before you ask, sorry I have not read through this entire thread yet, so if it has been asked and answered sorry.

Anyway...

I have a tech site, and I have alot of links already throughout the site.

I have links to http://www.transcsender.com for example

1) Now, if I add an autolink to transcender so as people type it, it autolinks. Does it go through past posts and set up links, if it does, what will it do to these pre-existing links I have?

2) When I am creating a link to another site, and the name of the site is in the autolinker, what will that do to the link I create?

Again, sorry if these questions have been answered, I'll read this thread more carefully tonight. but any help on these questions would be greatly appriciated.

Thank you

[OrangeFlea]

1) Now, if I add an autolink to transcender so as people type it, it autolinks. Does it go through past posts and set up links, if it does, what will it do to these pre-existing links I have?

I had asked this question before, and Geek informed me that the feature does, in fact, work in retrospect thus all corresponding words -- even those that predate the hack's installation -- will be hyperlinked.

[webrats]

is there a way to keep it from changing anything in [img] tags?

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by webrats

is there a way to keep it from changing anything in [img] tags?

Use safe mode

Tomshawk - safemode is the answer for what you need. There are slighlty fewer matches, but it prevents screwing up any other urls in posts.

[OrangeFlea]

Geek, will you be adding a feature that will allow users to input group keywords and their corresponding URLs?

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by OrangeFlea

Geek, will you be adding a feature that will allow users to input group keywords and their corresponding URLs?

What do you mean by grouped key words. You mean vb, vbulletin, bb, cool all pointing to the same url?

[tomshawk]

Originally Posted by OrangeFlea

I had asked this question before, and Geek informed me that the feature does, in fact, work in retrospect thus all corresponding words -- even those that predate the hack's installation -- will be hyperlinked.

Thanks OramgeFlea and the nail geek for answering my question
I'll be installing this this weekend

Originally Posted by the nail geek

What do you mean by grouped key words. You mean vb, vbulletin, bb, cool all pointing to the same url?

what I think he means is there going to be an option in the future where users can add autolinks, or at least autolink suggestions. Actually I think that might be a good idea too

I have another suggestion as well, The ability to add a description of the site in the autolink, and have it come up in a bubble when hovering over it.

Kind of like this http://www.computing.net/windows2003...orum/2751.html
Notice the word download in the message, it is highlighted in green. Hover your mouse over the word, and check out the bubble

[Symbian.info]

Use install and the readme file, but did not really do the database ad, look:
Database error in vBulletin 3.0.3:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM geek_autolink ORDER BY text asc
mysql error: Table 'mysite.geek_autolink' doesn't exist

mysql error number: 1146

Date: Saturday 12th of February 2005 03:19:59 PM
Script: http://www.mysite/forum/admincp/GAL_...o=rebuildspace
Referer: http://www.mysite/forum/admincp/GAL_...php?do=rebuild

How can I do it manual?

And you are talking about a include/geek_autolink.php
But there is not in the zip file! Only admincp/GAL_admin.php and admincp/GAL_install.php is the file not complet?

Thanks for any help!

EDIT: Ok did it manual (looking in the PHP file) and works now almost ok!
De safemod is not working :disappointed:
And if I press the Add new link in the admincp I get :
Thats a crummy text replacement and you know it!
But at Display it works the Add new. strange!


Wow very nice script, thanks!!