Create internal and external links

Hi everyone! Also Nuanced Media.

Sorry to bump this post, but can anyone help with this question please?

Thanks again

micksim,

I am unfamiliar with the SEO Backlinks plugin, and do not have an answer at the immediate moment, I will have to do some looking into the issue. In the meantime, if you haven’t already, I would also post this query on the SEO Backlinks support thread to double your chances of finding a solution.

– Charlie

Thanks Charlie.

What seems to be happening is that the text for the reviews is in the database and displayed using a shortcode.

This SEO Backlinks I’ve mentioned and all the others I have tried so far are looking for text on a page or post instead, hence why they don’t work.

The only possible workaround I can think of is to render the shortcodes onto private page and copy the output directly onto a page. That way I could get any of the links plugins to find actual text on the page to linkup to.

What my initial question also aimed at was, how would I create manual links, without the use of any plugin, from text on my reviews to pages or posts on my site?

Is this something that could be done?

Thanks again Charlie

micksim,

In order to keep the review form secure, data is sanitized on it’s way into the database, which involves stripping out any special html characters. Doing what you want would be fairly easy to do simply by writing a function mimicks the same functionality as the SEO plugin that you are using. The idea would be to process the content of the review when it is retrieved fro the data base to search for a specific list of words or phrases (strings), stored an associative array along side the url you would like the word to link to, and wrap those words in an appropriate hyper link. This would be fairly easy to do an simply needs to be added to process the content of each reviews in the primary function for the [RICH_REVIEWS_SHOW]. It is not particularly difficult to do, however, it does require modification to the source code of the plugin. If this is something you are interested in pursuing further, let me know and we can discuss a way that either I can set it up for you, or I can walk you through the set up on your end.

Thanks,
– Charlie

Hi Charlie,

What you’re suggesting is certainly something I’d like to look into.

If you’ve got the time, I’d very much appreciate your help.

What do I need to do?

Thanks
Mick

Mick,

So first step is going to be compiling a list of words that you would like to be wrapped in links, along with their associated urls that you would like them to link to. We will be building an associative array that will look something like the following.

$linkWords = array(
	'word' 			=> '/url_to/link_to',
	'anotherWord' 	        => '/another_url/for_link',
	'someWord'		=> '/some/associated/url_path'
);

Once you have this done let me know, I’ll have the function written for you, and I’ll show you where it will need to be placed.

Thanks,
Charlie

Hi Charlie,

Thank you for taking your time to help me out with this.

I kind of understand what you’re doing with the ‘/url_to/link_to’, but don’t really understand the other two. Are they just the same?
Is it that we’re simply creating 3 links here?

So, what is the difference between the first one and ‘/another_url/for_link’, and ‘/some/associated/url_path’
Particularly on the 3rd one, what do I add to “some” and “associated”?

Forgive my ignorance, but it’s important that I understand this well from the start, so I can manage the initial and future changes autonomously, without having to bother you again.

Many thanks
Mick

Mick,

All of those are just place holders. The essential idea is to, build an array simply of words associated with urls. So perhaps:

$linkWords = array(
	'word1' => 'url1',
	'word2' => 'url2',
	'word3' => 'url3',
	'word4' => 'url4',
	'word5' => 'url5',
	'word6' => 'url6',
	'word7' => 'url7',
	.
	.
	.

);

And this can be done for however many words you wish. Just pairs, word -> url.

I apologize for the confusion,
– Charlie

Thanks Charlie.

Please, it is I who should apologise, and I do.

Ok then, so I get it now, and will be able to add the words and links to the array you’ve given me.

For privacy reasons I’d prefer not to expose the links to the website being dealt with here.

Will this be an impediment?

Thanks again Charlie.
Mick

Mick,

You can simply email me at [email protected], and we can go from there.

Thanks,
Charlie