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.

[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by Vossi

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

Ok, you mean go ahead and download the current 1.02 and that has the issue fixed?

I'm not quite sure what you mean by follow the instructions above. Sorry for being a little thick if it's obvious ..

Regards,
Doug

[Vossi]

No, not yet fixed but in 1.0.3 it will be. Guess we missed each others point now

[dang3rzon3]

how to configure vbseo?

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by dang3rzon3

how to configure vbseo?

If you have vB-SEO installed, you need to activate it for the addon at AdminCP -> vBulletin Link Directory -> Activate external AddOns -> Activate.

The rewrite-rules look like this:

'^vblinklist\.php\?do=showentry&id=(\d+)&title=(.* )&catid=(\d+)&cattitle=(.*)'=>'linkdirectory/$3-$4/$1-$2.html'
'^vblinklist\.php\?do=(.*)&id=(\d+)&title=(.*)&cat id=(\d+)&cattitle=(.*)'=>'linkdirectory/$2-$3/$1-$5-$4/'
'^vblinklist\.php\?do=showcat&catid=(\d+)&cattitle =(.*)'=>'linkdirectory/$1-$2/'
'^vblinklist\.php'=>'linkdirectory/'

The link directory then uses full vB-SEO support.

[Skyrider]

1), Possible this product can use the SEO that comes with vBulletin? I prefer not to pay for vBSEO for something that vB 4 already has.

2), I reported in my first post that even when Allow HTML has been enabled on the category, it will not work! Can this be looked in to? Thanks!

3), How do I remove the "links"? from entries?

Thanks.

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

1), Possible this product can use the SEO that comes with vBulletin? I prefer not to pay for vBSEO for something that vB 4 already has.

I wish it would; vBulletin doesnt support friendly urls for 3rd party addons in the way it is coded. I was even talking to the developers about this (Im in the alphagroup on vb.com), but there is no solution which fullfills the standard.

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

2), I reported in my first post that even when Allow HTML has been enabled on the category, it will not work! Can this be looked in to? Thanks!

Oops, forgotten

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

3), How do I remove the "links"? from entries?

?hm... the link at its own? You mean like using the link directory without a link?

[ceho]

Hi, cool update, thanks! However I am still missing the function to put new entries into a moderation queue to be moderated before they are published and visible. Do I miss that or is that not a feature?

When you add an entry to a subcategory it's not showing the username in "Last entry (date) by XYZ" on the main page of the link directory, is there a chance to fix that?

Thankyou very much!

[Skyrider]

Originally Posted by Vossi

I wish it would; vBulletin doesnt support friendly urls for 3rd party addons in the way it is coded. I was even talking to the developers about this (Im in the alphagroup on vb.com), but there is no solution which fullfills the standard.

Quite a shame. What about using/creating your own SEO if possible? I prefer not to pay 150 dollars for vbSEO.

Originally Posted by Vossi

Oops, forgotten

No worries XD, hope this can be solved in the next version though (html)

Originally Posted by Vossi

?hm... the link at its own? You mean like using the link directory without a link?

I'm talking about the "link" text with the link after that that'll show up in every single entry.


Check the top in the entry above the text, you'll see "link"

--------------

Also.. how friendly is your product (without vbseo) with google?

[naisho]

A few questions or bugs:
1 - Where is the additional image supposed to show up. I made a test with an image for one link (category accepts additional image). The image is correcty uploaded (no error) and the database is also correctly updated for this link. I checked that the image was there in vblinklist/images directory, but it is not displayed anywhere. I tried all kinds of settings (enable/disable thumbnail service in case it would interfere) with no success.
2 - Same problem with metadatas. Well updated in the database, category is supposed to display them. But where?
3 - Still impossible to upload an attachment. I can attach images anywhere in the site (forum,cms) but in vblink, upload attachment is not proposed. Any settings that I would have missed? In the editor the only possibility is to add an url.
4 - When we disable the thumnail service, we still have the blank Thumnail div displayed. It shouldn't show up (unless the additional image is supposed to go there)

As 62 more phrases have been added to this new version, here is the full new french language file.

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by ceho

Hi, cool update, thanks! However I am still missing the function to put new entries into a moderation queue to be moderated before they are published and visible. Do I miss that or is that not a feature?

You'll find the setting in the usergroup permissions.

Originally Posted by ceho

When you add an entry to a subcategory it's not showing the username in "Last entry (date) by XYZ" on the main page of the link directory, is there a chance to fix that?

Fixed in version 1.0.3

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

I'm talking about the "link" text with the link after that that'll show up in every single entry.

The phrase is called : 'vblinklist_link_url' and the complete line can be found in template: 'vblinklist_showentry'. In the template have a look at this line:

PHP Code:

<strong>{vb:rawphrase vblinklist_link_url}:</strong> <a href="{vb:raw entry.linkurl}" target="_blank">{vb:raw entry.linkurl}</a> 


There are more lines with this content in the template as there are conditions for the position which can be set in admincp -> link settings.

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Also.. how friendly is your product (without vbseo) with google?

It should be 'google friendly' in all parts.

Originally Posted by naisho

1 - Where is the additional image supposed to show up. I made a test with an image for one link (category accepts additional image). The image is correcty uploaded (no error) and the database is also correctly updated for this link. I checked that the image was there in vblinklist/images directory, but it is not displayed anywhere. I tried all kinds of settings (enable/disable thumbnail service in case it would interfere) with no success.

The image gets uploaded to /vblinklist/image/ (that directory needs to have 0777). This image gets shown right below the text for the link entry.

Originally Posted by naisho

2 - Same problem with metadatas. Well updated in the database, category is supposed to display them. But where?

Meta informations are getting show in a new box below the complete entry area. It might show N/A or another error if the linked site doesnt allow to fetch the meta information or if there arent any at all.

Originally Posted by naisho

3 - Still impossible to upload an attachment. I can attach images anywhere in the site (forum,cms) but in vblink, upload attachment is not proposed. Any settings that I would have missed? In the editor the only possibility is to add an url.

There is no connection to the attachment system as by now is wasnt needed nor requested.

Originally Posted by naisho

4 - When we disable the thumnail service, we still have the blank Thumnail div displayed. It shouldn't show up (unless the additional image is supposed to go there)

Are you sure that you uploaded all new files? I cant re-construct that bug anymore... ???

Originally Posted by naisho

As 62 more phrases have been added to this new version, here is the full new french language file.

Cool, thanks a lot.