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]

but the 3.5x version here (the only vb version I dev for now) does not have popups. Only thepro version does - hence the lack of need for it to stay open

Hope that makes sense

[wirewolf]

Hi Geek,
I figured out the code for locking the box on the screen. See this example:
http://www.shipmodeling.net/vb_forum/thread1187.html

Checked it out in IE, 'Nutscape' and Firefox, seems to work fine in all.

Although in Mozilla if the Autolink is on the right hand side of the page and you mouseover the link, it blows out the page to the left (hope I explained that well). But it was doing that before I made any changes any way.

The box stays open until the user moves to another Autolink (one closes and the other opens), if they click off the page, or if they hit the 'Close' at the bottom on the box.

It's not dragable (is that a word?), but given time!

If you want the code, I can PM you, or I can post it here for other users of this version to use if OK with you.

John

[The Geek]

Sounds cool. Feel free to post any enhancments here for anyone to use if youre cool with that.

Thanks again

[wirewolf]

For those running Autolinker version 4.02 on vb 3.0.x + (I'm running it on Vb versiion 3.0.9 (patched) with no problems).

If you'd like to have the GALBox stay static on the users screen, then make the edits below.

To see an example (scroll down the page and mouse over the various Autolinks):
http://www.shipmodeling.net/vb_forum/thread1187.html

As always, backup, backup, backup!

In the 'header' (or where ever you put this block of code) template:
Original:

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

Replace with:

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

In the 'vbulletin_menu.js' file:
In the block - 'function GAL_popup':
Around line #45 - Original:

innerhtml= innerhtml + value_style + "'>" + value + "</td></tr></table>";

Replace with:

 innerhtml= innerhtml + value_style + "'>" + value + "<br /><div class='smallfont' style='cursor: pointer; cursor: hand; float: right'>Close</div></td></tr></table>";

In the replacement codes for PopUp (with and without title):
Original:

<a href='$gal_link' target='_blank' class='DEF' onmouseover='GAL_popup(this,"$gal_offset", $gal_width, "$gal_box_style", "$gal_description", "$gal_description_style");' onmouseout='GAL_hidepopup();'>$gal_text</a>

Replace with:

<a href='$gal_link' target='_blank' class='DEF' onmouseover='GAL_popup(this,"$gal_offset", $gal_width, "$gal_box_style", "$gal_description", "$gal_description_style");' onclick='GAL_hidepopup();'>$gal_text</a>

Don't forget to to a 'debug' when done!

I tried it with IE, Netscape and Firefox and it works well with all.

John

[Mikecp421]

having a couple of problems.

1. running test and I am not getting a box to pop up although I have selected standard links with grey title and yellow box based on the suggestions in your readme file. WHen hovering I get a link that shows all the html replacement <a href='$gal_link' target='_blank' class='DEF' onmouseover='GAL_popup(this,"$gal_offset", $gal_width, "$gal_box_style", "$gal_description", "$gal_description_style");' onmouseout='GAL_hidepopup();'>$gal_text</a>

2 when I press stats in the autolink manager I get this error message;

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /admincp/GAL_admin.php on line 2070

I installed all the files as specified,

3. also I didn't see where all the image files go, could you tell me? Thanks, nice mod btw.

[TitanJeff]

Anything new with this hack? I'd love to offer this to advertisers but I would only want it to work for guests. It's a wonderful idea.

[Bubble #5]

We just clicked on the install file and it gave us this error message:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: globalize() in admincp/gal4_install.php on line 43

What would cause this? :surprised:

[The Geek]

The fact that you are trying to use a 3.0x modifiaction on a 3.5x board

[Bubble #5]

Originally Posted by The Geek

The fact that you are trying to use a 3.0x modifiaction on a 3.5x board

DOH!!! Must have clicked on the wrong link somewhere along the way. OK I'll crawl back under my rock

Thanks :banana:

[VB-Fanatiker]

Hello,

great Hack!

Is there a way to add a lot of (400!) replacements with one sql-file into the database?

Something like this (but what is with the "id" and "processed_text"?):

PHP Code:

INSERT INTO geek_autolink (text, link, ignorethread, description, ordinal, catid, title, enddate, processed_text, processed_replacement) 
VALUES .... ? 


I'm a noob with sql...
Thanks in advance for a little help.