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

[webrats]

i turned on safe mod but its still effecting if someone puts the word in a hyperlink

[-=Sniper=-]

just wondering sorry if its already been asked

what if the very first word in the post was the word you want to replace? since it has no space before the word it will not work? well I think not anyway.

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by webrats

i turned on safe mod but its still effecting if someone puts the word in a hyperlink

webrats. Can you give me a hyperlink to see?

Sniper: It wont match it in safemode.

[-=Sniper=-]

thanks

just wondering would it not be better to look for "www." and "http"? if the word contains any of those chars then don't replace else replace?

also wondering would it be possible to run two instances of the hack? as I wanted to allow users to turn one instance off.

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by -=Sniper=-

thanks

just wondering would it not be better to look for "www." and "http"? if the word contains any of those chars then don't replace else replace?

also wondering would it be possible to run two instances of the hack? as I wanted to allow users to turn one instance off.

Hey sniper, because the www and http would require recursive checks that would be a nightmare performance wise to test. Just because there is a www in front of the word doesnt make it not valid. What would be really cool is to check for the existence of a <a but not a /a pattern. if that equaled true than it would mean you were sitting prettily in a link. Sadly that type of checking is VERY processor intensive. Another way of doing it is to extract all of the URLS, do the replacing and then put all the URLS back in. Once again though... this is pretty labour intensive.

I run in danger mode and have done for 2 years. I could count of the one hand how many links have been messed up in almost 100,000 posts. Still... you have the power of choice to be dangerous or safe (safe mode is slighlty slower as well as there is an extra call to remove insertions to account for spaces).

As far as running 2 versions. This is totally possible however it would require you to make a copy of the install file, change every instance of a setting in use from GAL_* to GAL2_*
You would then have to duplicate the replacements (though this could be optomized with an array merge).
I guess I am saying that yes... it could be done. But it would be a small pain. The good thing is that since the code is so small, it wouldnt require too much work.

Let me know if you attempt it

[webrats]

<a href="http://forums.webrats.com/showthread.php?t=24406" target="_blank">http://forums.webrats.com/showthread.php?t=24406</a>

u may have to register to see it im not sure

[webrats]

Originally Posted by webrats

http://forums.webrats.com/showthread.php?t=24406

u may have to register to see it im not sure

im clicking the safe mod button in admincp do i have to do anything else? i rebuilt the language files as well

is there sql command i can run to force it?

[Kihon Kata]

I have to say this is one of the best hacks I have ever seen! I just installed it right here on a hacked up vB 3.0.6 forum. Your install script rocked and couldn't have worked any easier! Thanks!

One problem, it doesn't work! LOL :laugh: . Seems like everything is working just fine inside the ACP. I did havetoeditone phrase then save it to be able to see them in thephrasessection.Then I added one word called "reviews". All ofMODS andadmins on theboard frequently use that word and reference toanothersection of oursite and this seemed like the answer! Wi++++ worked! Canyou assist meon a heavily hacked board? I selected SAFE BTW

I did try using http://www. and just /reviews/index.php etc and still nothing.

THanks

[FASherman]

Originally Posted by TonysDesigns

I have to say this is one of the best hacks I have ever seen! I just installed it right here on a hacked up vB 3.0.6 forum. Your install script rocked and couldn't have worked any easier! Thanks!

One problem, it doesn't work! LOL :laugh: . Seems like everything is working just fine inside the ACP. I did havetoeditone phrase then save it to be able to see them in thephrasessection.Then I added one word called "reviews". All ofMODS andadmins on theboard frequently use that word and reference toanothersection of oursite and this seemed like the answer! Wi++++ worked! Canyou assist meon a heavily hacked board? I selected SAFE BTW

I did try using http://www. and just /reviews/index.php etc and still nothing.

THanks

I also installed on a heavily hacked forum and it works just fine. Must be a user error.

[Kihon Kata]

Oh man this install was simpler than most. I am still hoping one can lend a hand....

Originally Posted by FASherman

I also installed on a heavily hacked forum and it works just fine. Must be a user error.