The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

Links and Files Database · **Released**: 01-17-2004

The VB3.0 version is no longer supported although there have been no reported problems for some time

See here for the VB 3.6 version of this hack, which is now the supported version. This version currently also works with VB 3.5
See here for the VB 3.5 thread for this hack.

What's new in v1.60?

Option to display associated thumbnail images
Option to accept/not accept new entries if these already exists in database
Code for mass edits (accessed via admincp) tidied up
VB phrasing completed
Includes a full French and a partial German translation (thanks to cclaerhout, Allan and LeeWicKeD), handled properly by installation script.
Various bugs fixed and tested against php4 and php5:
Better database validation (on startup/in admincp: links with invalid associated forumids, categories with invalid parentids)
Alternative linkbit templates provided (default uses a fieldset, the other is the old-style table row)
Alternative category selection templates (pull down menu/list of checkboxes),
Star rating displayed using standard VB stars rather than in text form
Series of minor bug fixes
See file change.txt in zip file

What it is/does

- Provides a searchable database of weblinks and/or downloadable files, for example manuals, music files, pictures, etc.
- Integrates within VBulletin, without requiring any code changes.
- Transparently handles links and file downloads. (If you want to provide downloads from your own site, you need a separate tool to upload these files. This hack does not and will not include a file uploader.)
- Provides unlimited nested categories.
- Each link/file can be a member of multiple categories.
- Link and category title and descriptions can use all BBCODEs, giving the possibility to add images, colouring, etc, as you wish
- Viewing/access permissions controlled using VBulletin forum system
- Users can rate links, in a similar manner to VB thread rating.
- File downloads are semi-leechproof, i.e. the user does not see where the file is stored and can only access the link if she has access to the associated forum.
- Audio files playable via Windows Media Player can be offered as a jukebox .
- Tracks who downloads what
- Validates links on entry/editing, and provides admin facility to validate the entire database.

Installation/upgrading instructions

Read instructions.txt in the zip file. Installation script works out whether to install or upgrade.

To upgrade from an earlier release of this hack, simply re-run the installation script. If you modified the templates in the top styles, you will lose these modifications unless you back up and re-edit.

PLEASE BACK UP YOUR DATABASE

See also

For screen shots, see attachments.

Tested with

VBulletin 3.0 and higher
PHP 4.1.1 and 4.3.4, should work with all 4.x versions, seems ok with 5.0.4
MySQL 4.0.
Reported ok with MySQL 4.1 but not exhaustively tested

Credits

Initially inspired by drkFusion's vb2 hack "vb Link Directory" v.2 and discussion about v.3 on Vbulletin.org. This is a complete rewrite with many more features. Every credit to the VBulletin folks for providing the infrastructure and to those on vbulletin.org who have helped with testing.

Integrations/Conversions

Natch has written extensions to integrate this hack with VBindex and VBAdvanced.

For convenience, this hack includes fully integrates with, but does not install, his VBIndex hack - i.e. the required template and code are provided, and the admin panel handles the configuration settings. Please refer to his thread for instructions.

Integration with VBadvanced is described in thread 1319 at vbadvanced.com.

The zip file includes a script and instructions for converting from vbLinks v2 (see thread 44551

???`S?LV?R???` · #**162** 03-06-2004, 10:16 AM

heh still saying that same thing.... i tried the first method. can you send me a screenshot of your configuration so i can campare it to mine though

AndrewD · #**163** 03-06-2004, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ???`S?LV?R???`

heh still saying that same thing.... i tried the first method. can you send me a screenshot of your configuration so i can compare it to mine though

I'm not sure what part of my configuration you want to see. The error message you are reporting is coming from a file check in local_links.php, which says that it can't find the file you have entered. I need to see the results of the script I uploaded a few minutes ago to see what's happening on your server.

Which directory have you uploaded the mp3 file into? Is it your forum directory?

???`S?LV?R???` · #**164** 03-06-2004, 10:29 AM

nope not in my fourm directory, in a diff folder, and heres a lil screen of what im seeing.

AndrewD · #**165** 03-06-2004, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ???`S?LV?R???`

nope not in my fourm directory, in a diff folder, and heres a lil screen of what im seeing.

The screenshot is saying that the code can't find your file, i.e. it thinks that what you are entering in the URL box does not point to your mp3.

You either have to give a full URL pointing to that directory, or you have to give an absolute filename starting with a / and going down from your root directory. The code is trying to look for a file, starting from your root directory

i.e. if you have put the mp3 in a directory called music/files, then you should give as url http://yoursite/music/files/mp3file.mp3 or /music/files/mp3file.mp3

Are you sure you've entered all these correctly?

???`S?LV?R???` · #**166** 03-06-2004, 10:42 AM

just tried this method "/music/files/mp3file.mp3" instead of the full url one now, and once i clicked submit it showed that it was working but then when i tired to click the link it gave me this message "Sorry - link does not seem to be available at present."

AndrewD · #**167** 03-06-2004, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ???`S?LV?R???`

just tried this method "/music/files/mp3file.mp3" instead of the full url one now, and once i clicked submit it showed that it was working but then when i tired to click the link it gave me this message "Sorry - link does not seem to be available at present."

I have to go out now for a while - I'll probably PM you something this evening to run so that I can see what is going on.

trilOByte · #**168** 03-06-2004, 02:16 PM

Go to your adminCP
select "attachments" >> "Extensions & Sizes"

Select "Add new attachment type"

Extension = mp3
Max File size = (whatever you want)
Mime Type = Content-type: audio/x-mp3

If that doesnt work, try....

Content-type: audio/x-mpg
Content-type: audio/x-mpegurl
Content-type: audio/mpeg

more MIME types

If that doesnt work, put anyimage.jpg in the same directory and try linking to that. This will tell you if it's something to do with the filetype, or server path/directory. Check the CHMOD for the folder make sure you have read permissions set. Post a direct link to the file on your forum somewhere and click on the link - does your browser download the file?.

HTH

???`S?LV?R???` · #**169** 03-06-2004, 05:03 PM

audio/mpeg
is the proper one

trilOByte · #**170** 03-06-2004, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ???`S?LV?R???`

audio/mpeg
is the proper one

Did that fix your problem?

???`S?LV?R???` · #**171** 03-06-2004, 06:31 PM

nope, still getting that unavailable message

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.05002 seconds Memory Usage 2,321KB Queries Executed 25 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr (4)bbcode_quote (1)footer (1)forumjump (1)forumrules (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (1)modsystem_post (1)navbar (6)navbar_link (120)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (4)pagenav_pagelink (4)pagenav_pagelinkrel (11)post_thanks_box (11)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (11)post_thanks_postbit_info (10)postbit (11)postbit_onlinestatus (11)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open (1)tagbit_wrapper Phrase Groups Available: global inlinemod postbit posting reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showthread_start showthread_getinfo forumjump showthread_post_start showthread_query_postids showthread_query bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create showthread_postbit_create postbit_factory postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete tag_fetchbit_complete forumrules navbits navbits_complete showthread_complete
Messages:

The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

It is not a VB3 engine, just a parsed copy!