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 Athena1984

No, it didn't work in 1.0.3 either. I even tried using Firefox, Explorer and Chrome.

But do you see the loading image for the ajax-routine right next to the input field?

[Athena1984]

Yes, I see it loading and in explorer and google chrome, I see that little image you get when the image is missing after the check is done.

[zakonline]

Iam having two Issues

1. on top of my page i got this...

Warning: include() [function.include]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in [path]/packages/vbcms/widget/execphp.php(191) : eval()'d code on line 2

Warning: include(http://expertscodehub.com/vblinklist...list_stats.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in [path]/packages/vbcms/widget/execphp.php(191) : eval()'d code on line 2

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'http://expertscodehub.com/vblinklist/widgets/widget_linklist_stats.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in [path]/packages/vbcms/widget/execphp.php(191) : eval()'d code on line 2


2. On my Admincp i can't see this as you show on your image https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...0&d=1292492174

Please help me this is my email id: admin@expertscodehub.com

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by zakonline

Iam having two Issues

I guess you missed to upload all of the recommended files.

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by Athena1984

Yes, I see it loading and in explorer and google chrome, I see that little image you get when the image is missing after the check is done.

Does any JS-error appear while entering the URL?

[Athena1984]

No, I don't get any errors when entering the url.

[Vossi]

Weird...

Could you get me a normal user account for testing at you your forum?

[kersti]

Originally Posted by Vossi

Right at the position where the tumbnail gets displayed for each entry? No, thats not possible. But you can disable the thumbnail function and use the optional upload function for images to do this.

OK, that's a major fail point for me. I need to be able to provide own thumbnails and not use a third party source - the URL I'm linking to may not represent what we want to show, in fact in most cases it won't. For example using this to link to recipies online you want to show the picture of the food, not the picture of the instruction page.

Has anyone else managed to modify this so that the thumbnail can be drawn from a local source rather than a third party source?

If I can get this mod in to it then this will become the perfect solution.

[Wild Bronco]

I would like to see a demo if possible

Some questions...

Does this validate links (check if they exist) ?

Auto create thumbnails of site ?

Can users rate sites/links ?

Facebook like links and share link on facebook ?

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by Geiri

I would like to see a demo if possible

Some questions...

Does this validate links (check if they exist) ?

Auto create thumbnails of site ?

Can users rate sites/links ?

Facebook like links and share link on facebook ?

It does, yes.