Modification for RedFlagDeals.com

vBulletin Autolinker

Overview
An automatic keyword linking system within vBulletin. The goal is to make them affiliate links to generate additional revenue.

Functionality Requirements

• Front end
  • Replace specified keywords with specified links in body when thread created
    • Must be smart enough to not replace already-linked text or part of domains
  • Indicate that it is an affiliate link – i.e. double underline
• Administration
  • Create groups (i.e. Staples)
    • Group name, link
  • Create keywords (i.e. Staples, Bureau En Gros, Stooples)
• Tracking
  • Track individual link clicks
    • When
    • Thread Id
  • # of clicks per vendor
    • By day
    • By date range

  Example
  Group: Chapters
  Link: http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-#####-########
  Trigger keywords:
  - Chapters
  - Chapters.Indigo.ca
  - Indigo.ca
  - Chapters.ca
  - Indigo.ca
  - Chapter’s
  - Chapters.Indigo.ca’s

  Considerations

  • Must be efficient: Will be deployed on a website with thousands and thousands of daily users
    • Parses & replaces upon post from creation or edit
      • Too inefficient to use some BBCode or similar and replace on display
    • Clear Sky Media Inc. Must attain full, exclusive rights to the code
    • Must work with vBulletin 3.7
    • Source code documentation is required

    Good communications skills are a must and brief project updates must be provided at least on a weekly basis. References of similar projects would be a great asset. If you have any questions, please be sure to ask.

    For your bid, please be sure to state the cost and time required for completion. The project comes with the opportunity for more work in the future.

    You may e-mail me at: kaitlyn /at/ red flag deals |dot| com (sorry, I REALLY hate spam!)

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