Why not create a csv file and use the import/export feature, see instructions.txt?

link,link_name,link_url,link_desc,link_catid,link_ forumid

The first field contains the word "link".
link_name, link_url and link_desc are text fields
link_catid and link_forumid are numbers, link_forumid being optional

Thanks for clarifying that for me..I didn't quite understand the instructions. Woohoo! Thank you!

Hi AndrewD .. :)

I know you're working mainly on the 3.5 version of this hack .. but, due to the amount of hacks I have on my forums, I'm not going to be moving over to 3.5 for, it seems, years ..

Any chance you could add the "new features" you've added to the 3.5 version to this one?

The main one for me would be the "change of styles per cat" feature which I suggested, although the comments feature would be nice too ;)

What do you think?

I'm really sorry, but I cannot spend the time to back-implement these changes - there are so many new features in the 2.x code and I have hardly the time to cope with these.

:( .. bugger, that's a shame.

Could you at least point me in the direction of how to add the styles per cat feature? .. as that's all I need really.

Thanks :)

I realised why this didn't get implemented with VB version 3.0.x. It's easy enough to modify the hack to prompt the user for a style, but the style change actually happens inside VB's global.php - this is the routine that prepares the ground for everything else, including loading styles. With vb3.5, the new plugin system allows one to implement what you wanted without having to change any standarde code (actually I asked the vb people for a hook to make this possible) - but with vb 3.0, you have to start recoding global.php.

Hey AndrewD,
Glad to say i have been using Links & files database without a single problem since my last post.Now i have a little question to ask i can't figure out pertaining to the links_linkbit template.I notice that it uses the Legend and Fieldset CSS but i can not get the fieldset border to change colors.I already added the code into the forums CSS and it works fine on all parts of the forum except in your mod where the default grey color border still shows.Is there a way i can make it match the rest of the forum?The below image will show what i mean.The top portion of the image shows how it looks on the rest of my forums,and the bottom shows how it looks in your hack which is installed on my forum.Thanks as always :)

http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/9...ison9xf.th.jpg

Hi.

I modified my fieldset style definition in the admin.css as follows:

and attach screen shots of the newthread and linkbit displays. Both have picked up the red border correctly.

I wonder - have you applied your fieldset edit to the style that is being used within the links database?

Hmm so where can i find the admin.css?and which stylesheet does the links database use exactly?Thanks for your reply.

and yes i believe i did apply it it to the stye being used by links database :) on my forum i only have two skins at the moment.One called "Neo-WU" which is my custom skin that i am using on my forums/links database,and the default forum skin which comes with vB which i have disabled.

Sorry, too much shorthand. By admin.css, I meant the standard VBulletin admincp page, Styles & Templates, Style Manager, Main CSS. I tried to reproduce your problem by changing the definition for fieldset in the Additional CSS Definitions.

In the vb3 version, the links database uses whatever style has been loaded by default.

Maybe if you let me know your style sheet definition, I can try to reproduce the problem here.