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]

Version 1.0.3 has been uploaded and I hope that the known bugs are fixed now; it was late last night, so I hope I didnt make any mistake. Atleast subcats in subcats work now and the missing last name when viewing a category is available.

I didnt fix the html-settings as this will be fixed in 1.0.4 when new functions will be added (link to us-service, widgets, statistics).

[naisho]

I think there is a mistake with the sub-categories as you can see on the attached image.
When we are in a sub-category, it displays sub-sub-categories even if there are no sub-sub-categories. Except in the first one. It shouldn't display if there are no sub-sub-categories.

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by naisho

I think there is a mistake with the sub-categories as you can see on the attached image.
When we are in a sub-category, it displays sub-sub-categories even if there are no sub-sub-categories. Except in the first one. It shouldn't display if there are no sub-sub-categories.

Hu? Must be a wrong true or false being set in the loop where the listbits are getting build. I'll check that this afternoon and get back to you...

[Skyrider]

I didnt fix the html-settings as this will be fixed in 1.0.4 when new functions will be added (link to us-service, widgets, statistics).

Thanks for the update! Shame the html fix isn't included. It's the feature I'm actually waiting for.

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Thanks for the update! Shame the html fix isn't included. It's the feature I'm actually waiting for.

HTML-functions within forums are always a kind of risk, therefore i want to take time for this in order to test and check it for quite a little while. Even when the parser is getting used i want to take care of this.

[Skyrider]

Originally Posted by Vossi

HTML-functions within forums are always a kind of risk, therefore i want to take time for this in order to test and check it for quite a little while. Even when the parser is getting used i want to take care of this.

Is it possible that you by any chance can make the "can use HTML" option as a usergroup option rather than section option? So only specific groups can use it. That should lower down all the risks.

[abdulbasitsaeed]

Yikes. I had installed this for 4.0.6 but when I tried to upgrade, it says that it isn't compatible with 4.0.6.

Does that mean I have to uninstall it all the way? It would be a pity if I had to since I was really looking forward to using this.

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by abdulbasitsaeed

Yikes. I had installed this for 4.0.6 but when I tried to upgrade, it says that it isn't compatible with 4.0.6.

Does that mean I have to uninstall it all the way? It would be a pity if I had to since I was really looking forward to using this.

If you had installed it on 4.0.6 before, then it still is compatible. With the 4.0.8-limitation I wanted to make sureit works 100% as I didnt test below 4.0.8. Just open the product 'product-vblinklist.xml' file and change the follwing line:

PHP Code:

<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="4.0.8" maxversion="4.2.0 Alpha 1" /> 


to

PHP Code:

<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="4.0.6" maxversion="4.2.0 Alpha 1" /> 


by lowering the minversion to 4.0.6

Then it installs like you are used to it.

Like I said, I didnt test with 4.0.6 yet and have no idea if it works fine or not.

[Jimandbob]

Thanks Vossi, great mod and just what I need, but is there any way of uploading multiple images?

[abdulbasitsaeed]

Originally Posted by Vossi

If you had installed it on 4.0.6 before, then it still is compatible. With the 4.0.8-limitation I wanted to make sureit works 100% as I didnt test below 4.0.8. Just open the product 'product-vblinklist.xml' file and change the follwing line:

PHP Code:

<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="4.0.8" maxversion="4.2.0 Alpha 1" /> 


to

PHP Code:

<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="4.0.6" maxversion="4.2.0 Alpha 1" /> 


by lowering the minversion to 4.0.6

Then it installs like you are used to it.

Like I said, I didnt test with 4.0.6 yet and have no idea if it works fine or not.

Thank you for the fix, Vossi. It installed perfectly.

I thought I'd point out a possible styling issue. This was present in both 1.0.1 and 1.0.3. Please check the Posting Permissions in the screenshot.