[PAID] Dynamic Links / Persistent Arbitrary Links

Started by Vagrancy, June 15, 2016, 06:15:29 AM

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Vagrancy

Hello all!

I am looking for (and have not been able to find) a modification that does this. A site I went to had functionality like this, so I know that it is doable in SMF, somehow! If one such exists, I would be grateful for a pointer. If not, I can offer pay for the creation of one such. If you are interested, contact me with an estimate of what kind of pay you would need (and of course, any further questions you may have).

Version
2.0.11, pref. also 2.1 beta. If 2.1 final release is significantly different, necessary code maintenance can also be paid.

Description
I want a page accessible from the administration area, that holds an editable list of http links and a connected "short name". SMF must be able to parse such short names into the actual http link when the link is clicked from a post/article/any location where BBC can be parsed.
For example, say we have added a link with the short name "abc" and connected link "www.google.com", any user should be able to use this short name in posts all over the forum, in a manner like [url=abc]Google[/url]. When the link is clicked, the user should be taken to the specified http link (in this case, google.com).
Bonus if the mouseover-hover-description displays the address being linked to instead of the short name.

Note that the http link cannot be written into the post itself, such as what happens if you use [url=//forum/index.php][/url]
(which will become http://www.domain.com/forum/index.php after you hit post). Any URL referring to a short-name link must always resolve to the http link specified in the appropriate line in the link administration list, even if that link is at a later time updated or changed to something else entirely!

Permissions
(Permissions are a secondary concern and are of no importance until the mod as described is fully functional for administrators.)
It should be possible to add permissions for moderators to add/edit/remove dynamic links. I have an intricate permission system set up, so it's preferable to give these permissions to arbitrary membergroups (all of them will be moderators, however). The link administration page should in this instance be reachable from the moderation menu/area.

Feature set
Should be able to install/uninstall from the package manager.
Uninstalling the mod should not incur a loss of data.


Thanks!

Vagrancy


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