is the new highly configurable keyword linking system designed specifically for vBulletin
forums and content management systems. It works with the new version 4, vBulletin
3.7 onwards, and the new vBulletin Publishing Suite.
allows web administrators to configure particular words or phrases as being key words which will then be automatically hyperlinked anywhere on the forum or in the content management system whenever those keywords are used in any message or article by any forum member.
, or maybe a pretty picture
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is highly configurable.
There is a huge variety of choices for each aspect of your AutoLinks allowing you endless possibilities to create a unique look for your website.
If you feel that there is some other way in which you would like to configure your AutoLinks, then let us know. We can probably supply you with what you want.
Here are the definitions of some of the terms used in the AutoLinker
set-up process.
Creation Page - This is where you design your templates or create your AutoLinks or make any changes. It is very simple and familiar.
Normally you would access this page by selecting "Add link" in the AutoLinker Admin Console.
- If you have a lot of AutoLinks then you may want to categorise them for your own ease of access. You don't have to setup categories at all. But you might want to store some AutoLinks as information links or advertising links, links to external documents or links to internal documents. It is up to you. If you have setup some categories then you can assign AutoLinks to any category
at any time and change it later if you want.
to look? You can decide that an AutoLink is indicated by keywords in bold, or bold italics, or in red or blue or some other colour. You can also configure your AutoLInks as popups which contain information or even images - or you can configure the AutoLInk as a hyperlink. You can even decide that an AutoLink will be both a hyperlink and a popup.
You can prepare and save your own custom-made link templates for future use. You can keep a library of the templates you have designed - even if you are not presently using them. You can then use them for particular AutoLink categories which you later set up.
Your AutoLink templates will be stored in their
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Advertising
you can designate particular keywords to produce a pop-up box containing details of products or services which you want to sell. You can also include links or Hypertexted images which will take your readers directly to your partners or trading associates and which will then you revenue in the event of a sale.
Explanations and definitions -- your dynamic glossary
especially if you have a large website, you may well find that you and your moderating team are very busy having to answer the same question again and again. You can configure particular words as keywords which either produce a short hover text or a full pop-up box containing an explanation or definition of the words or key-phrases which your reader is looking at.
using AutoLinker
in this way produces huge savings in Web administrator time and produces a high level of satisfaction for website visitors as the answers they are seeking are frequently provided instantly, without having to look around -- and without having to wait for your site team to find their questions and to reply to it.
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is a hyperlink added automatically to a hypermedia document, after it has been authored or published. Segments of the hypermedia are identified through a process of pattern matching. For example in hypertext, the software could recognise textual patterns for street addresses, phone numbers, ISBNs, or URLs.
In a distributed hypermedia system, such as the World Wide Web, autolinking can be carried out by client or server software. For example, a web server could add links to a web page as it sends it to a web browser. A browser can also add links to a page after it has received it from the server.
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website? You can place your link on the AutoLinker
.com website.
If you use a full version of AutoLinker
on your vBulletin website we will be happy to carry your link together with a short description of your site. Also, we will produce an AutoLinker keyword template in any style you wish so that if any one discusses your site on AutoLinker.com, you will have your own customised pop-up and hyperlink to your vBulletin forum. The keyword template will be configured to produce one occurrence of your personal AutoLink
per post.
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website. Although you would like to start using a fully featured up-to-date system like AutoLinker
, you don't look forward to having to spend time in your admin console converting all of your existing links.
Don't worry. This is not a problem. The standard AutoLink
installation package comes bundled with a small routine which will do the conversion for you. The most popular vBulletin
linker at the moment is the Geek Auto Linker.
Once AutoLinker
is installed on your server, to the AutoLinker settings screen from your AutoLinker admin console. One click and your previous links will be converted in the blinking of an eye - including the title, keywords, hyperlink target etc.
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