Miscellaneous Hacks - eD2K Links Hack

This will let you add ed2k links to your site. The hack does require ONE manual edit to a PHP file, but no vBulletin code is altered, just some code added to the file. Please follow the instructions in the download carefully.

Check the images out below as to what it looks like once installed. The hack "counts file size", can add "multiple ed2k links" in one go. All ed2k links opened in the "same browser window" (no more blank browser windows left open) when clicking ed2k links posted on your board. It also shows the proper "ed2k file" link file name. I've also validated the code so it's W3C and CSS valid.




What are ed2k links?

eD2k links are downloads that are advertised in file sharing programs like eMule:www.emule.net.

To download the ed2k links, you "must" have an ed2k link client program installed like the above. What this hack does is it lets you search programs like eMule for files being shared over the ed2k network. Giving you the option to copy and paste the ed2k link on your forum. When clicked by a person visiting your board, who has an ed2k link client program installed like eMule. The link will be added to his download list in emule, it will also start the program automatically for him if he has it configured to take ed2k links while the program is not running.


Features & Notes:

[1] W3C & CSS Valid
[2] All templates are cached in the plug-in
[3] Only one PHP file edit is required, (No vBulletin code is changed)
[4] ed2k links can be added singly or multiply
[5] All ed2k links open in the same browser window (no more blank pages to close)
[6] File sizes are shown and calculated
[7] ed2k link names are displayed correctly
[8] Uses a box to contain all the ed2k links in neat
[9] Links also get displayed and work correctly in Printthread

Feature Plans
"CUSTOM TAG" feature planned, were all ed2k links posted will contain a custom tag of your choice. Like adding your site address for example to the ed2k file name. Which would mean your site would be advertised for free in every ed2k link added to eMule.

PLEASE CLICK: INSTALL
if you use the hack.

[HeLLCiTo]

it doný work in 3.6.4 i get a fatal error

[s0b]

it works great in my 3.6.4

[toolmanwill]

Originally Posted by Gary Bolton

torrents is a lot more complicated when it comes to hacks for them. But there is a thread somewhere were I guy is selling it for vB6. He lists his email to contact him. VBT I think it called, but it's not a free hack.

I have made a free mod for torrent tracker using vb 3.6.x and XBT backend.
You can grab it from my sourceforge site
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vbtt
and install it yourself or i offer custom install services using a custom version of the free release.

[MRGTB]

Originally Posted by KOKS@LN

I installed this hack on my board. It works with most of the links that I post but for some of them the hack doesn't calculate right size of the link and when I click on it, emule says .. When I look at the link, I see many gaps in it..

Can anyone tell me how I can remove these gaps from the link?

thanks

You must not of carried out step 4 in the instructions, you have to do that or the links will not work and spaces will be inserted in them. Read quote below taken from the instructions. This will also be why your file sizes are being displayed incorrectly, because your links are not correct (due to spaces) to work the total size out.

::STEP 4::
In your admin cp "vBulletin Options/Thread Display Options (showthread)" settings. Change the "Number of Characters Before Wrapping Text" from "50" to "0". This must be done otherwise your ed2k links will not work and the long links will get spaces introduced into them (very important).

If you follow the instructions to the letter and read them carefully, this works fine with vBulletin 3.6.4

[MRGTB]

I've spotted a problem with this hack.

After you use this hack to post ed2k links on your forum, which are displayed in a box in your threads like the images show here in the demo.

If you go into your admin settings and run the "Rebuild Post Cache" option. For some reason all the boxes that contain the ed2k links vanish from all the threads. But if you choose to edit a thread were you posted the links, you can see the ed2k links are still there and when you save the thread again, the box that conatains the ed2k links is displayed back again.

But this means, if you was to have a large amount of ed2k links posted on your forum. And you ran the "Rebuild Post Cache" they would all vanish from the threads, meaning you wouold have to edit every single thread to get them displayed back again.

Anybody got any ideas why this is happening, it's as though something is not cached correctly meaning you lose all the ed2k links being displayed in threads after you run the "Rebuild Post Cache". Even though you can see there still there if you edit the posts.

[Roonie]

Great work Paul, but i have a suggestion.

How could us allow just some usergroups to use this skill??

Thnks

[aveon]

hey mate i have a problem in installation.txt where u say

In your admin cp "vBulletin Options/Thread Display Options (showthread)" settings. Change the "Number of Characters Before Wrapping Text" from "50" to "0". This must be done otherwise your ed2k links will not work and the long links will get spaces introduced into them (very important).

i couldnt do that where do i add that 50 to 0 i get the error on snap it leaves a space between hash numbers on ed2k link and the emule doesn't recognize the link so i need to get this done if anybody can help me..??

here is the error i get



and here is my vBulletin Options/Thread Display Options (showthread) page



can anybody show me where to put that code...??

[Roonie]

Hi!

i have a problem. Once i post the elink, i can view it, but after an undetermined period of time, i get back to the thread and i can not see the elink. If i edit the post i see that the elink is there, but it is not being shown. Then when i save the post with doing no changes, i see the elink again.

Why does it happens? It is the same problem explained by another user 3 posts before mine

thnks.

[itsid]

aveon, Du bist schon richtig, Du musst aus "Anzahl der Zeichen bevor ein Zeilenumbruch erfolgt" eine NULL machen, eben da wo jetzt noch die 50 steht, dann ist das Leerzeichen auch weg

'sid

[aveon]

Originally Posted by itsid

aveon, Du bist schon richtig, Du musst aus "Anzahl der Zeichen bevor ein Zeilenumbruch erfolgt" eine NULL machen, eben da wo jetzt noch die 50 steht, dann ist das Leerzeichen auch weg

'sid

srry bro i dnt speak german my webmaster is from german so our site is german ass well so if u explain it in english ill be glad