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.

[Greight]

I'm really confused! While there is an Arabic translation for this mod, I can not add utf8 characters within it. All non English characters turn into question marks. Please somebody help me. This is the second time I'm asking for tips.

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by Greight

I'm really confused! While there is an Arabic translation for this mod, I can not add utf8 characters within it. All non English characters turn into question marks. Please somebody help me. This is the second time I'm asking for tips.

When does this happen? After the entries have been saved?

[Greight]

Originally Posted by Vossi

When does this happen? After the entries have been saved?

Right when I save category names and descriptions, both in frontend and backend.

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by Greight

Right when I save category names and descriptions, both in frontend and backend.

Hm, I might have an idea, I'll get back to you...

[Bounce]

Hi,

When I try and add a link it tries to open a php (vblinklist.php) file to download???!!

I've cmd the required php to 777 as per install instructions!

Any idea why its doing this?

Running vb 4.1.1

[Vossi]

I wrote that you need to cmd the directories, i didnt write anything about vblinklist.php

Just redo it and dont cmd it to 777 and try again.

[Vossi]

vBulletin Link Directory has been updated to Version 1.0.4. This version is a bugfix only, only the widget for some statistics and a random entry has been added as a new function.

The HTML-Options and the UTF8-problem have not been involved in this bugfix release and will be done with 1.0.5 in a few days.

[cyberchief]

Vossi, Forgive me... I am fairly new at this. First off... what does cmd to 777 do? I installed this today and all seems to be working fine. I am not using CMS so I am fairly sure I don't need to update with the widget fix. What is the random entry? I didn't see anything about random entry in the version I installed earlier today. Also.. is there a way to moderate new entries? I have it set to notify me via PM with new entries... but I didn't see an option to moderate them before publishing.

Thanks!

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by cyberchief

Vossi, Forgive me... I am fairly new at this. First off... what does cmd to 777 do? I installed this today and all seems to be working fine. I am not using CMS so I am fairly sure I don't need to update with the widget fix. What is the random entry? I didn't see anything about random entry in the version I installed earlier today. Also.. is there a way to moderate new entries? I have it set to notify me via PM with new entries... but I didn't see an option to moderate them before publishing.

Thanks!

Moderation settings can be found in the usergroup persmissions.

You dont have to add the widget, but you should make an update to 1.0.4 to get ridd of some bugs. Installing the widget is optional.

cmd 777 gives write permission to a directory. This is needed by the server to let addons write data into it like images etc.

[Ahmet Turan]

How it will use " widget-vblinklist.xml "

Admincp - Plugins Manager - import this XML file

invalid file