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The VB3.0 version is no longer supported although there have been no reported problems for some time
See here for the VB 3.6 version of this hack, which is now the supported version. This version currently also works with VB 3.5 See here for the VB 3.5 thread for this hack. What's new in v1.60? Option to display associated thumbnail images Option to accept/not accept new entries if these already exists in database Code for mass edits (accessed via admincp) tidied up VB phrasing completed Includes a full French and a partial German translation (thanks to cclaerhout, Allan and LeeWicKeD), handled properly by installation script. Various bugs fixed and tested against php4 and php5: Better database validation (on startup/in admincp: links with invalid associated forumids, categories with invalid parentids) Alternative linkbit templates provided (default uses a fieldset, the other is the old-style table row) Alternative category selection templates (pull down menu/list of checkboxes), Star rating displayed using standard VB stars rather than in text form Series of minor bug fixes See file change.txt in zip file What it is/does - Provides a searchable database of weblinks and/or downloadable files, for example manuals, music files, pictures, etc. - Integrates within VBulletin, without requiring any code changes. - Transparently handles links and file downloads. (If you want to provide downloads from your own site, you need a separate tool to upload these files. This hack does not and will not include a file uploader.) - Provides unlimited nested categories. - Each link/file can be a member of multiple categories. - Link and category title and descriptions can use all BBCODEs, giving the possibility to add images, colouring, etc, as you wish - Viewing/access permissions controlled using VBulletin forum system - Users can rate links, in a similar manner to VB thread rating. - File downloads are semi-leechproof, i.e. the user does not see where the file is stored and can only access the link if she has access to the associated forum. - Audio files playable via Windows Media Player can be offered as a jukebox . - Tracks who downloads what - Validates links on entry/editing, and provides admin facility to validate the entire database. Installation/upgrading instructions Read instructions.txt in the zip file. Installation script works out whether to install or upgrade. To upgrade from an earlier release of this hack, simply re-run the installation script. If you modified the templates in the top styles, you will lose these modifications unless you back up and re-edit. PLEASE BACK UP YOUR DATABASE See also For screen shots, see attachments. Tested with VBulletin 3.0 and higher PHP 4.1.1 and 4.3.4, should work with all 4.x versions, seems ok with 5.0.4 MySQL 4.0. Reported ok with MySQL 4.1 but not exhaustively tested Credits Initially inspired by drkFusion's vb2 hack "vb Link Directory" v.2 and discussion about v.3 on Vbulletin.org. This is a complete rewrite with many more features. Every credit to the VBulletin folks for providing the infrastructure and to those on vbulletin.org who have helped with testing. Integrations/Conversions Natch has written extensions to integrate this hack with VBindex and VBAdvanced. For convenience, this hack includes fully integrates with, but does not install, his VBIndex hack - i.e. the required template and code are provided, and the admin panel handles the configuration settings. Please refer to his thread for instructions. Integration with VBadvanced is described in thread 1319 at vbadvanced.com. The zip file includes a script and instructions for converting from vbLinks v2 (see thread 44551 Show Your Support
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I did a small file edit to put the search in the main page, check it out, if your interested to know how i did it, ill post it up here:
http://www.offthetopic.com/forums/lo...p?action=links |
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Currently, the categories and the links are pulled out of the database in alphabetical order. There's no facility yet to change that. (There's no code yet, either, to break up the lists into pages.) What sort options would you like to see? These haven't been priorities for me, and the risk is always that extensions introduce new bugs, but I'm happy to think about the problem. |
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IM thinking about installing this --- but I have a few questions first.. (im a 10 day old newbie so please be gentle)
First this part in the instructions confused me: Integrating with your board Use these links: local_links.php?action=links : Browse the database at top level local_links.php?action=links&catid=nn : Browse the database starting at category nn local_links.php?action=search : Set up a search local_links.php?action=jump&id=nn : Anti-leech jump to link/file nn, incrementing hit counter local_links.php?action=admin : Admin control, including links validation (normally admins only) local_links.php?action=logjumps&start=yyyy-mm-dd&end=yyyy-mm-dd : Admin access to see who downloaded/jumped to what local_links.php?action=cleanjumps&start=yyyy-mm-dd&end=yyyy-mm-dd : Admin access to clear out log of who downloaded/jumped to what local_links.php?action=show&forum=nn : Display entries associated with forum nn local_links.php?action=show&check=0 : Display entries that failed the latest site validation local_links.php?action=show&check=1 : Display entries that passed the latest site validation local_links.php?action=show&check=-1 : Display those entries that are invalid WHat am I suppose to do here? Second, how do I get this to add a option to the navbar? Third, is there a way to add the banner for the link? Again, im new, I dont know html, and am just muddling my way along... thanks! |
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Basically, you only need to add one link to your navbar template to get access to this hack. Go into the admincp, styles and templates, edit templates. Edit the navbar template. Look for a line PHP Code:
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Adding a banner - I imagine you want an image to show up? What you have to do is work out where the image is stored. If you go into a site and right click on an image, then choose Properties, it will give you the full url. Simply put a standard IMG VBulletin BBCode into your link description pointing to that url. |
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what about the first question?
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There are 217 links on there right now (including my own site, which is definately available, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see the links page! ) I've checked the links maually - they all work OK. Here are a couple of examples which are marked as unavailable, but this is applying to all 217 of the links: http://www.enworld.org (my own site, currently marked unavailable) http://www.americanfolklore.net/ http://www.seankreynolds.com It was odd. I revalidated, and it suddenly marked every single one as unavailable (came up as "failed" on the revalidation page). I've attached a screenshot. |
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There can be problems with bad DNS connections. When you do the revalidate, does it immediately tell you that it can't find each link, or does it sit there for quite some seconds thinking about it? |
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Ok, I uploaded the 3 files --
I turned my browser to local_links_install.php, then local_links.php?action=admin then local_links.php?action=links each time I got a blank white page --- ??? Now what? nothing else happened. Also, there is a Templates directory in the zip file, what is that for? Addemdum.... I installed the navbar link -- but when I click on it I get an error message which says : Database error in vBulletin 3.0.0 Release Candidate 4: Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM local_linksadmin mysql error: Table 'lincol14_forums.local_linksadmin' doesn't exist mysql error number: 1146 Date: Wednesday 10th of March 2004 12:37:13 AM Script: http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/local_links.php? Referer: http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/ Username: Joeychgo IP Address: 24.14.128.110 |
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