Not sure what you mean - it's been kept fully up to date and runs correctly on 3.0.3. We are currently adding the feaatures requested in the last few posts.

**EDIT**

removed post!

The next update, m8, will be after I've finished burying a relative, who has just died!

Hang in there.

Aww, Andrew... My deepest condolences :(.

i didn't know andrew, my apologies.

how long does it take to install this. Any live demos from anyone?

It doesn't take very long - 5 minutes or so. I have it here http://buffy-boards.com/local_links.php

:)

Agree with Sadie - just a few minutes. Mine is at
http://www.avforums.com/links/

Back in circulation. Aussiev8, please pm me with your email address, so that I can send you a beta upgrade for testing.

thank you for the examples.

How do members subbmit a link? I want to use this for a link swap.
Any way to track links in/out?

I had the same problem.
I went to install 1.41 and got a warning message.
I went ahead with the install anyway and now no longer have that warning message.

Several of you have reported this problem, which is discussed in the documentation. Basically, your site's php installation has restrictions on which parts of the directory structure can be accessed by a php script. (This is the open_basedir setting in php.ini.) This error message is a consequence of that restriction. The next version will trap the message. It's nothing to worry about.

is this normal as well?

Warning ==========================
open_basedir is set to /home/jonelz:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp in your PHP installation
Please refer to the hack instructions for information on this setting
========================== Warning


and then I get this when I try to save settings:

The following setting(s) are invalid
file_icons_dir : /
Go back

I dont want to upload files but it wont let me save my admin settings cuz i keep getting that error and I really donno what to do


Help :(

Have a look at my reply (above) to NightWalker on 28-11-2004, 08:46. That tells you how to get rid of this error.

Thank you, this fixed it:


Now how can I make a custom field for "where can we find a link on your site?"

Sorry, you'll have to sort that out for yourself. I do the reasonable work for free, but also need to live a life.

I understand. Thank you for the help.

Anyone want to do this Reciprocal Link's URL field? I really dont know how, I am an accountant :lol:

First i want to say thanks for a great hack :)

I just wonder about one thing...
Is it possible to restrict the ability to add links in a certain category to just one usergroup without restricting viewing by the other groups?

I tried use the forumpermission function but it just seems just to restrict viewing permissions.

You can restrict which usergroups can add links to any category using the admin page. You restrict which user(s)(groups) can see a category or a link using the forum permissions. But you can't have different "adding" privileges for different categories.

Hi Andrew, hope you are well.
A couple of suggestions I hope might be of interest.
Firstly would it be possible to make rating links optional by forum?
We have a retailers forum and it is open to abuse by competitors leaving low ratings. I would like to disable ratings in this forum.
Secondly I re-submit the idea of being able to add links to a favourites category.
The Favourites category would contain user-specific links and appear in the same way as other categories. It would just contain duplicates of selected favourite links in the other categories.

I'm in the middle of a whole set up improvements, so will see if these can be fitted in. I hadn't forgotten the "favourites" request.

*Sovereign clicks install* Just what I needed, but I'm getting this error...(I think it's an error anyway...see pic)

No, that's a standard value - categories/links can be sub-grouped within their parent. By default this does not happen. This setting just controls the default subgrouping.

I have a couple of issues with my install:

1. From instructions.txt:

b. Unzip the files somewhere convenient. The templates and natch
subdirectories are for convenience only. You don't need these.

c. Upload local_links.php, local_links_template.xml and get_hotlinks.php
into your *main forum* directory

The only copy I could find of get_hotlinks.php was in the natch subdirectory. The other 2 files were in the root of the unzipped folder. Did I use the correct file?

2. I receive the following error while creating tables:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.3:

Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS local_linkslink (
linkid int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
linkname varchar(255) NOT NULL,
linkdesc text NOT NULL,
linkurl text NOT NULL,
linkhits mediumint(8) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
linkforum smallint(5) NOT NULL,
linkcheck int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
linkstatus int(10) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
linkdate int(10) NOT NULL,
linkusername text NOT NULL,
linkuserid int(10) NOT NULL,
linkmoderate int(2) NOT NULL,
linkmoddate int(10) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
linkreviewfreq smallint(5) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (linkid),
FULLTEXT KEY namedesc (linkname,linkdesc)
)

mysql error: The used table type doesn't support FULLTEXT indexes

mysql error number: 1214

I can create the table using Execute SQL Query in AdminCP and putting the qualifier ENGINE = MYISAM; at the end of the CREATE() statement, but then when I re-run local_links_install.php it does not see the table (I can successfully execute a SELECT * FROM local_linkslink query). I've tried skipping the table verification step, but I receive array errors in step 3.

I'm running MySQL 4.1.7 with both MyISAM and InnoDB storage engines enabled. As I'm running on Windows, the InnoDB storage engine is the default instead of MyISAM. InnoDB doesn't support FULLTEXT indexes, thus the need for the qualifier ENGINE = MYISAM;

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

No, I meant the part circled in red. The default_cat_dseq. As in what appears to be a mssing variable in the language system (tried searching phrases for that, no luck)

Sorry, one of us is confused ;) default_cat_dseq is the name I have given to one of the settings used by this hack. This variable simply defines the default sub-group that new categories are given within their parent category. There is normally no reason to change this setting.

Am I missing what you are trying to achieve?

You're right - get_hotlinks.php is only used for an integration of this hack with VBindex/VBadvanced developed by Natch. I'd forgotten that the code was a subdirectory deep. I'll update the instructions accordingly.

On the second point, I'll have a look how to adjust the installation script to deal with MySQL 4.1

It should be sufficient to add one line in the local_links_install.php script. Can you test and let me know? (you'll have to uninstall and reinstall)

I was wondering whether there was a language string. As in the vB Phrase system...cause I noticed that some of it was not expressed in variables...

The database install completed successfully, and step 2 Set up templates completed successfully, but now I get the following message:

Step 2 - Template import complete
Run Step 3: Goto Links/Files AdminCP to check/initialise permissions?
Installation complete: Goto Links/Files main page
Delete this script when done
Go back to the start

If I click either Goto link then I get the follwing error:
PHP Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #2 is not an array in C:\Forum Site\includes\init.php on line 517 PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\Forum Site\includes\sessions.php on line 270 PHP Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #2 is not an array in C:\Forum Site\includes\functions.php on line 3615

Any ideas?

Thanks!

I have not used the VB phrase system. One of those things to do someday, but someday never comes...

What version of PHP are you using? These messages come from the main VBulletin initialisation code, and I suspect it is telling us about some uninitialised variables.

Post removed - version 1.45 now available in first post in this thread.

A few things I have noticed mate:

1. When you set a valid monitor_catid, but invalid monitor_dir, the error msg states invalid monitor_catid.

2. A lot of the page titles in the local_links_admin.php section have EIRMA Web Site - Links Administration in the title tag.

3. If a link is added via the "monitor_dir" facility, and moderated as deleted, it's then added the next time you trawl the directory. I think that maybe it needs to flag that filename, or that entry as "deleted" rather than deleting it totally.

Other than that, once again, great work!

I'm using PHP 5.0.2

Suspected as much. Haven't tested anything with PHP5 - not even sure about the status of VB itself. Let me know how the fix suggested by PM goes.

VB works fine on 5.0.2, and I'm running vBadvanced CMPS, vbGarage, Dynamic Announcements, and Geek Articles. I only get errors when installing your hack, so I'm not sure what you're asking me.

You've told me the first thing I wanted to know - that VB works with PHP5 - so I think my suspicions are correct about uninitiatialised variables. Can you either try the fix I suggested by PM, or alternatively just try installing the beta version of 1.45 (see a couple of posts up), in which I've tried to spot the problems.

Oops - missed the mention of the PM in your previous post. That fix did the trick, I'm up and running now - thanks so much!

Clicks Install

I'm having a VERY strange problem. No errors during install nor upgrade.

We had to change servers. Now that we have changed downloads (we use it for download links) will start but about half way through will just stop/pause. If we download directly from the server it works fine. It is only when downloading through Links 1.41 that this occurs.

PHP v 4.3.10
vBulletin 3.0.3

I looked through this thread alittle but with it being 50+ pages long it would take me days to look at all of them.