While we're waiting for some of the new releases to come out, I thought it might be fun to share our experiences with our own installations. I installed mine about four months ago, right around the time Keptic announced he would be undertaking the "upgrade" project. So, I populated a number of categories with links, and then went through the process of correcting every instance of "catagory" with "category" in the templates and database (I love teaching myself how to do things, and this gave me a great experience in working with the underpinnings of PHP and SQL commands, so I can't complain! :) ) Besides, we're an education organization concerned with language and making sure we set a good example for our students.

I previously had a static (HTML-based) links section on my site, and it was a hassle to update five different files (categories) all the time. While converting all of the links from my old pages into the new database, I did, however, wait on one category, since it has a number of sub-categories. I was kind of hoping for the new subcategory feature in the 3.0 release, but I might put them in before the new school year starts.

--> Wisconsin Forensic Coaches' Association Links Directory

when does version 3 come out?

Hy...

so i`got the german translation of that hack. Inclusive the weblinksadmin.php.

If there is any interest in it.. mail me :)

WHEN WHEN WHEN! I've been waiting and I want to launch my links section. :( At least let me know if it's going to be weeks or months. If it's months then I will need to just modify 2 the way I want and forget about 3. LET ME KNOW PLEASE

[high]vB Links Directory 2.0 Build 2.5.0 Upgrade[/high]
This upgrade is a manual upgrade, it contains template fixes, new templates, and new links.php file. Follow the instructions in the files.

This new version has query load decrease, better template integration, and a much better integration with vB.

Note that this will be the version that we will provide an upgrade to v3.0 when we release it.

If anyone gets any errors, please forward them to my Private Message Box immediatly

If you install the hack, please click the install button, as constant upgrades, and patches will be provided. Also we will provide news of vBulletin Links Directory 3.0 to only users who have installed, because its easier to manage. You can also receive better support.

Regard,

It will be weeks, or months undecided, but let me assure you it will be released. I would suggest upgrading to Build 250, using the manual upgrade, I will get an automated upgrade, and a new version out asap.

They contain some new features as well, including less templates, less query loads, and faster loading.

If in install the build 250, will it be easy to upgrade to v3.. or will it be an entirly differnet system? or will my links still stay there once version 3 comes out.

*EDIT* stupid me, I just read the release statmensts lol

Well just for everyone else :) It will be actually easier to upgrade to v3. The upgrade to v3 will be released in this thread, but I will make a new thread to release v3.

Regards!

Thanks for all the hard work, Keptic. I am proud to be downloader #4 of the file this morning, and I will install it soon so I can help give feedback on any bugs (which I doubt will happen under your exacting standards!) :)

It was sent for testing on SpyderWire but it was never put on, so I really don't know what to expect. Thanks for the kind words, I am on call and ready to fix any bus that do arise!

On the breadcrumb inside the categories, there is a backwards slash (\) instead of a forwards slahs (/), which does not allow you to click the link back to the "links directory" main page.

Otherwise, the links on the bottom all work, and everything is a little "cleaner." The absence of the "visit links" bracketed text next to every link is a huge improvement! And, I love the count of links in each category on the main page.

@jacobi,
it is now fixed, please re download the manual upgrade, and upload links.php. It should fix it.

I fixed it!!! ...I'm starting to get this "hacking" thing! ;)

Okay...line 89 should read:
The slash after the $bburl was facing the wrong way.

I should have refreshed before I posted... sorry. Is that the same change you made, keptic, or should I download the updated file?

I just received this error:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' or `T_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING' in /home/glassmav/public_html/forum/links.php on line 148

On line 148 is:

header("Location: $bburl/links.php?s=$session['sessionhash']");

@jacobi..that is the same, but there are many most instances of it, so upload the new links.php file :)

@cindyd, just remove that line, its not really needed. It is removed in the updated manual upgrade file.

Keptic, I am getting the same error as cindyd.

My line 148 says this:

header("Location: $bburl/links.php?s=$session['sessionhash']");

As you instructed, I removed the line, Now I get no error, but the whole screen is blank.

ideas?

I removed that line and now all I get is a blank page.

delete
exit;

which is after it as well

OK, I did that, but still have a blank page

Is it blank on all other pages? No other user has experienced this. Please link me.

Thanks!

Here is the link to my main paage:

http://www.glassmavenhaven.com/forum/

and here is the link to the links page:

http://www.glassmavenhaven.com/forum/links.php?s=

Installed Great, everything seems to be running well, I'll let ya know if I find any bugs..

DEMO: http://www.shukenja.com/forum/links.php

Features I'd like to see...
- Add Sub-catigories
- Sub-Catigory visial links under primary catigory link.
- Being able to chose the listing order of links in catigories or sub-catigories, similar to how forums are ordered in the main vb admin cp.

not sure if these are in vb3.0 but this new version of vb 2.12 is a vast improvement, and everything seems a lot more stable. Thanks for posting it. I can finally use the script.

<a href="http://www.dungeonkeepersdomain.com/mb/links.php" target="_blank">http://www.dungeonkeepersdomain.com/mb/links.php</a>

bitg: I don't see anything on your page

I am now getting this:

Parse error: parse error in /home/glassmav/public_html/forum/links.php on line 244

Which is:

?>

Oh no!!! :surprised: Let's not confuse the spelling of "category," just after it's been fixed!;)

It would also be a nice feature to have icons/avatars for the various categories. This might require an upload script to be able to put these in, and that could get quite complicated :confused:...

I think I posted some other feature ideas in the "3.0" thread.

- AJ

Am I the only one having problems? Does anyone know why I am getting that error?

catygery

I installed a very early version but will only install this update if the spelling of category is fixed. It was just too much fiddling to change every instance.

Not just me being pedantic ... all the users on my website email me constantly pointing out the spleing erorrs.

I believe all visible category spelling errors have been fixed.

Cindyd, I will do a fast code check right now, I am not sure why you are getting this error. Do you have changes in php include or anything else that may not be a regular?

Not that I am aware of, the other version was working great.

I cannot see bitg's page either at the URL he posted:

http://www.dungeonkeepersdomain.com/mb/links.php

If you can't find the problem, could you tell me how to reinstall the old version?

Is that not the point? My links page is blank now.

My main site it http://www.DungeonKeepersDomain.com

and the links page is at

http://www.DungeonKeepersDomain.com/mb/links.php

The thing is I do not have a server to test this. Anyone who can reply to me back immediatly. Please download the file in this post, and replace the links.php you had before.

Keptic: I just downloaded that newest file and still have a blank page, no error messages.

Can you please email me your ftp info, if you do not mind, as I said before I do not have access to a server to test on, due to server upgrading, and restoration. That would really speed up the fixing time.

Regards,

cye

Thanks for the update, I'll probably give this a try tonight.. So basically I install the version in post #1, then install the 2.5 update after that. Am I getting this right?

-Jason

I forgot a step in the installations. You must make a new template called drkslinks, and add the contents of drkslinks.txt in it.

That is correct.

Phew, I thought I had entered some parallel universe or something. LOL

Now the page comes up, what is the big space with nothing in it that says Links at the top.

http://www.glassmavenhaven.com/forum...s=&action=main