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.

[Vossi]

There has been an update of vBulletin Link-Directory. Bugs have been fixed as far as known by now, also there are a couple of new functions which can be found in each settings in admincp or the category configuration.

[Athena1984]

Great update! It was definitely worth the wait. Thank you very much.

[voglermc]

Vossi, you ROCK! This update is great!

[blake247]

Just installed the update but when a link is submitted I get the following error message:

"Could not find phrase 'nomoderatedentry"

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by blake247

Just installed the update but when a link is submitted I get the following error message:

"Could not find phrase 'nomoderatedentry"

*damn*

I forgot to correct the phrase...

Either you add them by you own or you just wait untill 1.0.3 gets released with a 'medical clean-up'

[wampforum]

what are the new functions?

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by wampforum

what are the new functions?

Besides fixing known bugs, here are some new functions:

• upload optional image to the entry
• full vB-SEO support
• URL-checker (checks if URL exists while entering it)
• blacklist URLs
• check for double entries
• show meta-tags of url in entry

[wampforum]

brilliant thanks Vossi

[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by Vossi

*damn*

I forgot to correct the phrase...

Either you add them by you own or you just wait untill 1.0.3 gets released with a 'medical clean-up'

Ok, I haven't installed 1.02 yet and I'm not quite sure how to patch it, so I'll wait for 1.03 ... :up:

Thanks ..

Regards,
Doug

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by BadgerDog

Ok, I haven't installed 1.02 yet and I'm not quite sure how to patch it, so I'll wait for 1.03 ... :up:

Thanks ..

Regards,
Doug

Just follow the instructions above. Upload all files (overwriting existing files), import the product (overwrite) and that's about it.