Modification for RedFlagDeals.com

Discussion in 'Programming' started by Triexa, May 14, 2008.

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    RedFlagDeals.com, Canada's largest bargain hunting community, is looking for a programmer to create a modification for our vBulletin system.

    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: [chapter's affiliate url]/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!)
     
    Triexa, May 14, 2008 IP