Geek AutoLinker 3.00 RC1

HowdA all.

BETA CLOSED. PACKAGE IS RELEASED HERE

I have finally gotten GAL3.0 to a stage where it can be beta tested via fresh install or upgrade from 2.6

GAL is designed to be able to auto link keywords to your own specific URLs. (Read more here).
3.0 builds on 2.6 but includes the following:
1- ability to specify ordinal
2- ability to add URL titles
3- ability to cusomize the URL replacement
4- abiilty to limit # of time a match is replaced per post
5- new installer/upgrader/uninstaller built on a prototype GISH installer. This means that all file edits are done automatically for you unless you choose otherwise.
6 - Just added a category manager to categorize your GALS, but also so you can override the global replacement text on a category level.
7- Global, categorical, or individual replacment value. You can customise the replacement code on a global level, but override it on a category level, or even override that on an individual level which gives you massive versatility.

All is pretty much self explanitory in the readme and the GAL 2.6 thread.

As this is a beta, I would encourage that it is not used on a live board and that you backup your DB and files before running.

edit:

I just updated the package to allow for "'s in the replacement.
Now you can customize the replacements with things like:

For normal:

<a href='$link' target='_blank' class='DEF' title='$description'>$text</a>

or this to hide the status bar display:

<a href='$link' target='_blank' class='DEF' title='$description' onmouseover="window.status='$description'; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true">$text</a>

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I have spent all afternoon and just come up with a way to have the hovering popups!!! Consider it a beta add on for a beta. Once that is working 100% I will fold it into the main package. For now, the instructions are in the current package. It requires a file edit and a template edit.
The rest just works off replacement code that you create.
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Like I said - the above is just pseudo code. But I am sure something like that would work (my javascript chugs).

nJoy

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by zachlee

I altered my replacement code to:

<a href='$link' target='_blank' class='DEF' title='Link opens in New Window'>$text</a>

This makes it to when you mouse over the link, it shows "Link opens in New Window'

What I want to do, is make it so it says that same thing, in the status bar.

leave the title=$description' bit and do the second example in the first post of this thread.

[zachlee]

perfect! everything is working A-OK now. Only thing onmy todo list, is figure out how to get the GAL to parse the text on my vBadvanced CMPS homepage.

Thanks Geek! Do you have a 'wishlist' anywhere?

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by zachlee

perfect! everything is working A-OK now. Only thing onmy todo list, is figure out how to get the GAL to parse the text on my vBadvanced CMPS homepage.

Thanks Geek! Do you have a 'wishlist' anywhere?

good news!

Only wishlist is to get this working for 006, get a gold release, and some sleep!

[007]

Good wish list!

And I actually created a category a while ago thinking that same thing, and it didn't help... Hey Geek, was looking for your email and didn't see it so I am back.

I honestly can't think of what I could have done wrong. I never have trouble with hacks! (Well now I do I guess, but this is the first in a while!)

Those rows were never created again in my datastore table...

[The Geek]

Updated package.

I have spent all day trying to work the popup concept into GAL and think I have finally gotten it!

To update from 2.06, just download latest package and replace the GAL_admin and functions_gal.php files.
Then follow the instructions of the GAL3popup_addon text file included with the new package. Its as a seperate file right now just through testing. When done I assume I will be folding it into the final package.

nJoy

[The Geek]

quick update. The popup add on instructions were fine for IE but not FF. Had to do some adjusting to them and now it works in both.
I also sorted out the need for extra escape characters.

To upgrade from 2.07, just replace your functions_gal.php file and the steps outlined in the GALpopup_addon.txt file.

[The Geek]

Alright. Updated package again.

Fized bug where links in unknown were not getting linked.

As far as I am concerned... THis should be it (again). Im a bit over the whole thing now

Check it out in action (look at the word MMA) http://www.thenailgeek.com/showthread.php?p=109431

[007]

Ohh... my....

[high]* 007 slaps self
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Here's what happened. When I instaleld 3.0, I clicked upgrade. Well, I thought the code edits that it told me were based on what was in my current code, and I ended up leaving Step 2 from 2.0 in my functions_showthread.php file, which obviously caused problems.

It's working fine now with 3.10. Sorry for all the trouble!

Awesome hack!

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by 006

Ohh... my....

[high]* 006 slaps self
[/high]

Here's what happened. When I instaleld 3.0, I clicked upgrade. Well, I thought the code edits that it told me were based on what was in my current code, and I ended up leaving Step 2 from 2.0 in my functions_showthread.php file, which obviously caused problems.

It's working fine now with 3.10. Sorry for all the trouble!

Awesome hack!

Whew! Got my wishlist sorted

006 - did you do the popup add on? Just curious as I worked all freaking day on it.

nJoy

[Frzzy]

Hello Geek, I'm going to upgrade from RC2.05 to RC2.10 (latest)

Is there any DB changes? Or default vBulletin file changes? Or all I have to do is just replace GAL files?

I added the popup myself, it work quite well...