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 Mark4865

Ok manage to install.

Done everything for the CMS widget but dont understand what I must do with this file, please advise

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.

Just upload 'vblinklist/widgets/widget_linklist_stats.php' in the ZIP to FTP so that 'widgets' will be another subdirectory in ./vblinklist. There you need to place widgets/widget_linklist_stats.php

[Mark4865]

thanks Vossi great support help always appreciated.

[Athena1984]

First, thanks for the update! It looks really good but, I've just installed the update and the images in the "misc" image folder are not displaying where they're supposed to.

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by Athena1984

First, thanks for the update! It looks really good but, I've just installed the update and the images in the "misc" image folder are not displaying where they're supposed to.

Hm, you got a screenshot for me?

[Athena1984]

Instead of an icon showing next to the title to take you directly to the site, it's showing the title twice. And, the google page rank image isn't showing. And, the issue I told you about before where the check and x are not appearing when checking for the url.

[Vossi]

That is because of your style as you are not using the original stylevars/css for it

[ceho]

Just a very quick note: in the vBSEO rules you changed 'linkdirectory' to 'linkliste'. Is this for German versions only or is that a needed change? Thanks.

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by ceho

Just a very quick note: in the vBSEO rules you changed 'linkdirectory' to 'linkliste'. Is this for German versions only or is that a needed change? Thanks.

Argh, that is for the german version; guess i overwrote the english seo rules, so everybody please use the old ones for the english version.

[ceho]

I have to tell you that this latest update was a great move. Congratulations! So many improvements, it's really one of the best and most mature mods I have seen in ages!!

However, and I may be dumb here, there is one thing I don't get:

Additional style settings (fixed sizes for banners/images by stylevars)

Which stylevar would I use?

And a question: would it be possible to add the option of thumber.de to include a custom preview image? That would be awesome.

Thanks a lot for your great job!

[Vossi]

Check the stylevars, stylevar group 'linklist'. There you'll find the settings for the image and the banner just like border and/or max-width and max-height.

The custom preview image like 3D etc can be used if you change the service to userdefined and enter the link to the thumbnailservice in the specified field below.