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Well, this was not my idea to develop something like that, but I found someone selling a script at Digitalpoint forums, but with less capabilities. It was genuinely a good idea, so I polished that idea and made a script for my own usage with more features.
Yahoo Answers basically allows you to post those questions & answers on your website but with a tag like “Powered by Yahoo Answers“. So that’s the only requirement to use this script. I read their API and developed something like this with features
1. Integration of my script with phpBB Forum software.
2. Script works with cron job, that means it automatically does everything without doing anything manually.
3. IT automatically look for the new topic posted and answers
4. You can specify the categories form where it will fetch those questions
5. Separate each section with different forum IDs (phpBB)
6. It opnly registers 1 new user and then picks randomly other (Yahoo) users from the database to answer those questions, this makes it look many users with more than 100-200 posts, not just 1 single post each time.
7. It automatically increases pageviews of that specific thread to make it look natural.
8. Admin can adjust the “signatures” to advertise your own website in those questions / answers.
9. User avatar is adjusted automatically on registeration picking one randomly from the avatars gallery.
10. It adds the replying users to “Online Users” list, that makes it look like a more active forum.
11. It does not effect your exisitng community as it makes it look like more active
12. Staff member can separate those Yahoo threads and original threads posted by original users of your forum
13. STaff can see only the original threads in “New Posts”..
I developed this back in late 2007. But it is still working, I designed a custom forum for this test and its still adding loads of data there, you can take a look at this script live here
Demo AutoPilto Yahoo Answer Forums
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It was fun developing this scrip for testing Yahoo API at the same time. I think i achieved what I wanted, but I am not using it on any of my websites. I am also planning to provide this for FREE on my blog.
Charlotte
December 1st, 2008 at 8:21 am
This looks like a script I could really use. I’ll be watching for you to post it. Thanks.
b.b.goyal, barnala, india
December 18th, 2008 at 1:25 am
i am interested in having your script. could you please email me the link to download it? regards.
ravi
December 20th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Hi,
I am interested in your script.
can you please give me the download link.
Thank you.
Ravi
aman
December 23rd, 2008 at 4:59 am
i m interested in it
plz email that to me
thanks in advance
blh654
December 24th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Would this work with vBulletin? I would LOVE to have something like this to boost up my forum, please email it to me at blh654 [at] gmail [dot] com
paulo
January 8th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Im looking for a script like this, I will buy
Tom p
January 11th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Hi i am really intrested in this and would love to use it on my site is it where is it availiable to download? i would give credit to your site, thanks tom
John
January 15th, 2009 at 9:30 am
I would absolutely be willing to pay for this mod, the one on digitalpoint doesn’t work for crap.
Work at Home Forum
January 15th, 2009 at 11:06 am
I want the script for my forum. Pls send me the download link to my email id.
Work at Home Forum
January 15th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Hi,
I am seriously want to set up my phpBB3 forum http://www.workathomebb.com/bb exactly the way you made to your forum http://www.yablee.com. I need all the features you added to your forum like powered by Y!answers (auto updated with contents), Advertisement with in the post, Similar threads/topics below to the topics etc. to be made to my forum. Pls. contact me urgently with your price for the same.
Thanks,
Sahu
adtypists@gmail.com
Bill
January 30th, 2009 at 11:59 am
I’m just starting and think this would be a great script for my forum….can you send me the download link
Danny Welsh
February 6th, 2009 at 2:46 am
Hey Ali, I searched around throughout your blog where you said you might make this awesome script available for free or whatnot so others could benefit from your work on this forum script but I couldn’t find it! Perhaps you can let me know how I can get my hands on it? Thanks and make it a great day! Danny
dwelsh AT hisrealestatenetwork.com
Ali
February 10th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Hi everybody,
this script is based on phpBB2 which is not supported by phpBB.com as after the release of phpBB3. So I believe it will be difficult for anyone to get support, I will be free next month and have my current ongoing projects completed, then I will convert this script for phpBB3 and also release it as open source project.
cheers
blh654
February 11th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Hey Ali, just wondering. If you have enough time, could you look into converting your tool to work with vBulletin? It would be great to have it work with vBulletin.
Token
February 13th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Good job. And the fact its free is even more exciting. Let me know when its available. All these other people want to charge outrageous prices, even though I’ve seen similar, (nut not as good) projects out there for free.
Ali
February 18th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Hi all,
I am planning to upgrade this script and make it work with phpBB3 and also with vBulletin. I have to complete a few projects this month and in the start of next month, I will work on it and release it as FREE product at http://www.clixint.com
regards,
Ali..
anthony
February 19th, 2009 at 9:40 am
send em the url link please
very interested
awios
February 19th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
How can you build a great forums like this?
Can you share the tool?
blh654
February 21st, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Honestly Ali, that sounds great…if this can be made with vBulletin (and I’m hoping it can from your comment), this would be the greatest thing.
If you need anything to help with the vBulletin part, feel free to email me at blh654 [at] gmail [dot] com
John Hanson
February 26th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Hi Ali, sounds great. Have any time frame for your release of this product?
Jane
March 7th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Please send me the link when this is released…it is exactly what I am looking for…
chris
March 8th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
can this also work on unlimited subdomains? if so, i would definitely pay for this! are you looking at being finished mid-late march?
keith
March 10th, 2009 at 5:22 am
When is this script ready? Cant wait to have this script as free … great to hear that too …
Ms Sunny
March 10th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
I need this script…please let me know when it is completed…
THANKS

Yves
March 14th, 2009 at 7:18 am
Hi,
any updates when you release the script?
i like the idea very much and will also make a post on it on my german seo Blog.
greetings Yves
Robert
March 16th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
I would like this script please send it to me..
chris
March 20th, 2009 at 5:03 am
hi…just checking in with you to see how this is going….like i said, i am willing to pay for this if you can get this done sooner
don’t really want to hire a programmer to start from scratch when you are almost there! email me if you need to and we can work something out. thanks!
JP
March 21st, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Sounds SICK, can’t wait for the release!
Big Mac
March 23rd, 2009 at 9:45 am
can you please send it to me?
very interested
thx in advance
Mike
March 25th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Hi, Awesome script. I am looking for your script for phpbb3, please let me know when it’s available,
Thanks