Add-On Releases - vBulletin Link Directory

What is vBulletin Link Directory:

vBulletin Link Directory with vBulletin integration has a couple of functions and options that a comfortable link directory needs to have:

• Links can be moderated
• Categories with subcategories (with images/icons/descriptions/etc)
• Subcategories in subcategories
• Comment-function (also moderated)
• Uses the forum search for finding links
• Detailed usergroup and administrator permissions
• Uses vBseo and vBCMS
• Facebook integration
• Thumbnail and banner function
• Additional pictures/icons in categories
• Fully vB-standard kept within code
• Additional Functions for Links/Images
• Meta-Informations
• Check if link exists, read linked site informations, etc
• Google PageRank
• Alexa Page Traffic
• 'Link-us'-function
• Additional style settings (fixed sizes for banners/images by stylevars)
• Show direktlink and thumbnails while categorie view

Installation/Update:

Upload all files you find in /upload to your forum root and change
the read/write permissions of:

/vblinklist/backup
/vblinklist/image

to 0777 in order to be able to make backups if needed.

Afterwards import 'product-vblinklist.xml' in admincp. Then configure the group permissions aswell as the administrator permissions.

Now you can change the settings of the addons in admincp and create categories like you want to.

The Link Directory is ready to use now, every function is used to vB-standard.

Adding the widget:

Admincp -> 'vBulletin CMS' -> 'Widgets' -> 'Create new widget'

Widget type: PHP Direct Execution
Title: Link Directory
Description: Shows a random entry and statistic from vBulletin Link Directory in CMS

Then 'Save' the widget and you'll see the list with the widgets alreday available in your forum. At the right side from 'Yellow Pages' you klick 'Configure' and enter the follwing information:

'Enter Php Code, in the form "$results = "':

PHP Code:

global $vbulletin, $vbphrases, $show, $stylevar;
include(DIR . "/vblinklist/widgets/widget_linklist_stats.php"); 


Template Name: vblinklist_widget_stats
Cache refresh time (minutes): 5

Then 'Save' the configuration. The file to include (DIR . "/vblinklist/widgets/widget_linklist_stats.php") can be found in the vBulletin-CMS folder in the ZIP-file to this product.

Now you can place the widget with the Layout Manager.

Tools:

You'll find import-scripts in the 'tools'-directory to import links from other addons if needed.

General:

Updates can easily be done by just following the explanation for installation.

This addon will be supported by me, please take care of the license.txt-file.

IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO REMOVE OR CHANGE THE COPYRIGHT IN ANY WAYS.

Brandfree versions are available, please get in touch with me using PM for that.

Your feedback is welcome, please post bugs in this thread.

[Skyrider]

Originally Posted by Vossi

This will be fixed in the next release, meanwhile you can simply turn this function off in the thumbnail-settings in admincp.

Thanks. I'd like to report another issue though. The "HTML" option has been set on through the admincp for the category I selected. But all HTML I am using won't work. It's just showing the html tags, but the actual html doesn't work.

PS. The "Use of thumbnail service" was already disabled. It still shows the thumbnail bar.

[Athena1984]

Just so you know, I uninstalled, then reinstalled and now attachments work fine.

[blake247]

I look forward to the update Vossi!I see that you are a traveling man...very nice!

[Greight]

Why doesn't this mod support utf8? I changed all tables collations to utf8-bin and still no luck. What can be done?

[bada_bing]

Just curious what do you all use the link directory for?

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by Greight

Why doesn't this mod support utf8? I changed all tables collations to utf8-bin and still no luck. What can be done?

What exactly is the problem?

[Greight]

Originally Posted by Vossi

What exactly is the problem?

I create a category with utf8 characters like ت پ ... . All characters in utf8 language become ??????? .

[Vossi]

Weird, as I've seen arabian sites using the arabian translation already and there it works fine...

[Greight]

Perhaps I should change or add something somewhere. Any ideas?

[blake247]

When a link is submitted I get the following error message:

"Could not find phrase 'nomoderatedentry"

Then I receive another error via PM "Could not find phrase 'vblinklist_newentrycreated'.

Where are the phrases or how do I add them?