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.

[AURFSCAN]

I know it might be a bit of a tall order for 1.01 but maybe something to think about...

A 'Whats New' page for the directory, like whats on the forum. Just a link on the links home should be fine or even maybe incorporate new links added into the 'Whats New' search on the forum.

Merry christmas mate.

[AURFSCAN]

and theres an option for category view..

Number of entries per page
Display how many entries per page on category view?

Can you make an option for links home?

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by AURFSCAN

A 'Whats New' page for the directory, like whats on the forum. Just a link on the links home should be fine or even maybe incorporate new links added into the 'Whats New' search on the forum.

Something like a forum statistics for the link directory?

Originally Posted by AURFSCAN

and theres an option for category view..

Number of entries per page
Display how many entries per page on category view?

Can you make an option for links home?

Do you talk about an option like for the entries but for the categories on cat home?

[Supramania]

Originally Posted by Vossi

If there are any functional wishes then this is your chance to let me know now.

How about when the thumbnail service is turned off, the thumbnail box goes away as well?

Originally Posted by Vossi

Ah, btw: Merry Christmas to everybody

Thank you, and a merry Christmas to you and yours. :up:

[Vossi]

Yeah, that's a bug and is fixed in 1.o.1

[AURFSCAN]

You know when your just on the forum and you check for new threads/posts in 'whats new'


well, If someone adds a new link in the link directory, the new link will come up in the new posts search

Do you talk about an option like for the entries but for the categories on cat home?

yes exactly that would be great :up:

[Vossi]

Originally Posted by AURFSCAN

You know when your just on the forum and you check for new threads/posts in 'whats new'


well, If someone adds a new link in the link directory, the new link will come up in the new posts search

Do you talk about an option like for the entries but for the categories on cat home?

yes exactly that would be great :up:

I'll see what I can do

[way2xtreme]

This sounds like a great mod, does anyone have it working with vbseo?

Also, would it be possible to add tags to a listed item? For example, I'd like to be able to search by "location" or "special feature" tags

[Vossi]

I added additional entryfields to 1.o.1, that might help?

[naisho]

Is it possible to get the french translation so that i can add the language file to the next release?

You made me work this morning as the admin part was not translated yet .
So here is the full french version (users + admin). You can add the file to next version.