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Links and Files Database · **Released**: 01-17-2004

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

Lizard King · #**972** 04-05-2005, 04:21 PM

Andrew is it possible to autolink the image also ?

AndrewD · #**973** 04-06-2005, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lizard King

Andrew is it possible to autolink the image also ?

Very easy - will include

Slave · #**974** 04-07-2005, 06:58 AM

Hi Andrew

Is there an easy way to roll back to 1.55? or am I stuck with 1.56 for the moment?

Reason I ask is that I'm having problems when creating new sub-cats .. they don't seem to want to go into the cats I tell them too and only go into the very first cat I created.

Thanks

AndrewD · #**975** 04-07-2005, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slave

Hi Andrew

Is there an easy way to roll back to 1.55? or am I stuck with 1.56 for the moment?

Reason I ask is that I'm having problems when creating new sub-cats .. they don't seem to want to go into the cats I tell them too and only go into the very first cat I created.

Thanks

Slave, sorry about that - you've been hit by the bug. There should be no problems going back - just upload the 1.55 code and rerun the installation script. Take a backup of your local_links tables to be sure.

I've fixed the bug and plan to release it this weekend.

Slave · #**976** 04-07-2005, 08:04 AM

Ok .. ta .. I'll give it a go

RichieBoy67 · #**977** 04-10-2005, 02:54 AM

I am having a hard time setting the following..

PHP Code:


			
monitor_catid

Category id in which to place entries found during directory scans.    

 

monitor_dir

Comma-separated list of directories to scan for new links (check setting of local_file_root).

I keep getting errors.... what is the format for these...

My categorie ID for placement is 13

what exactly are directory id's????

AndrewD · #**978** 04-10-2005, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

I am having a hard time setting monitor_catid and monitor_dir

A bit unclear, I realise.

monitor_catid is the numeric id for the category into which you want to place trawled files from your web site. You find out this number by displaying the category of interest or floating the mouse over the main category display and seeing the value given for catid=NN.

monitor_dir specifies one or more directories to scan. The catch is that these directories are within or around your website, not your local PC. A second point is that the interpretation depends on how you have set local_fileroot

If local_fileroot = 0 (the default), then the hack looks for these directories relative to the web site root. It is important to start the specification with a "/".

- if you want to search the directory "fred" which sits at the top of your website tree, set monitor_dir to "/fred"
- to search "fred" and "george", set monitor_dir to "/fred, /george"
- to search "fred" and all its subdirectories, set monitor_dir to "/fred/*"

(technically, the code sticks $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] at the front of whatever you specify.)

If local_fileroot = 1, then the list is treated as absolute or relative file names on the server, and ignores the whereabouts of the web site tree sits on that server.

(technically, the code calls realpath() on whatever you specify).

RichieBoy67 · #**979** 04-10-2005, 04:23 PM

Thank you for the response!!

So for the cat Id I just have to put the number of one of my categories?? No specific format?? cat id = or anything... just the number???

and for the monitor directory I can just have it scan everything off the root by putting "/" ??

My forum is in the root??? would this work??? By the way-- This is one of my favorute site additions!! Support even makes it better!! Thanks

AndrewD · #**980** 04-10-2005, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

Thank you for the response!!

So for the cat Id I just have to put the number of one of my categories?? No specific format?? cat id = or anything... just the number???

and for the monitor directory I can just have it scan everything off the root by putting "/" ??

My forum is in the root??? would this work??? By the way-- This is one of my favorute site additions!! Support even makes it better!! Thanks

You just put in the catid number. In the next release, I've simplified things to give a category list, as in the rest of the code.

You can scan your entire tree by specifiying /* for the directory.

Let me know if you have problems and thanks for the remarks

RichieBoy67 · #**981** 04-10-2005, 06:55 PM

Thanks Andrew... That worked

I was wondering... is there a scheduled task or something that makes it scan the site??? I might have missed something in the settings...

Thanks again

skip that.... I found it but it is finding no links.... I must have something wrong...lol

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