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]

Originally Posted by mohammad6006

what is this error?

XML: mismatched tag at Line 2276

ver 4.0.6

I just updated the product file, the error has been nuked. Thanks for the info.

@All:
There is a small script in the '/tools'-directory for those who want to import links and categories from LDM; i had to add this script as some users already asked for such an import possibility. Important: have a look at the textfile there. And remember to rebuild the datastore of the link directory in the link directory maintenance afterwards.

Import/export should be done on a test forum first, always create a db-backup before using it !!!!!!!!!!

[TalkVirginia]

Very nice! This should give some competition to vbAdvanced Link Directory. Thank you for this addon. Nominated for MOTM!

[voglermc]

sure would be nice to be able to import from VBAlinks

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by voglermc

sure would be nice to be able to import from VBAlinks

I'm quite positive that could be done, but actually I don't have vBAdvanced-Links and can not have a look at it in order to contruct the import/export for that.

[mohammad6006]

1-Can i create a sub-categoty in other sub-catogery?

2-can manage sub-category like sub forum manager mod?

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by mohammad6006

1-Can i create a sub-categoty in other sub-catogery?

Right now I restricted it to parentcat with subcats only, BUT it's just a change of a few lines in order to make it the ways you talk about it. Then you could use a parentcat with subcats in subcats as much as you like, no limit for the depth.

Originally Posted by mohammad6006

2-can manage sub-category like sub forum manager mod?

I use the vB-standard only but actually this is just a small template change in order to have it shown the other way.

[Lionel]

Hi,

Could you upload attachments via Manage Attachments?

[Vossi]

Yeah, it's possible to implement this option, as the new attachment system is quite neat to handle. Actually it's not included as I tought that a linklist wouldnt need that...

[naisho]

The category display order doesn't seem to work when "set by user" is selected. Categories remain alphabetically ordered.
I check in the database: values are correctly set (vblinklist_displayorder= 1 instead of 0 default)

[mohammad6006]

Originally Posted by Vossi

Right now I restricted it to parentcat with subcats only, BUT it's just a change of a few lines in order to make it the ways you talk about it. Then you could use a parentcat with subcats in subcats as much as you like, no limit for the depth.
.

ok

can you help more ?

what code or what file i need edit?

caregory add just show main cats name