vB Links Directory 2.0 *NEW VERSION*

[high]vB Link Directory v2.0[/high]*new*

[high]News on new versions[/high]
? vB Links Directory 2.0 Build 250 is almost here, it summarizes all the fixes, and has template fixes including spelling fixes new template look, template look fixes, and over all some organization of the templates.
? vB Links Directory 3.0 development is complete. We will be releasing this privatly to select few, and will be discussing futher public release later on.

[high]What Does it do?[/high]
This hack allows you to have a database of links, you add catagories and users may add there site, this is sort of a Links Management, but more organized and attractive, with easy to use admin panel, built in search panel and more.

This Hack should work on ALL 2.2.x versions.
Please check out the features list below, for a list of new admin, and user features.

[high]Installation:[/high]
- Open readme.txt and follow the instructions
- Upload links.php to your forum root, and weblinksadmin.php to your forum admin dir.

[high]Screenshots:[/high]
- AdminCP : View Catagory and Options
- AdminCP : View Links in Catagory
- AdminCP : Validate vB Option
- AdminCP : Validate New Links
- Main : Links Directory Home
- Main : View Links in Catagory
- Main : Error when Not Registered and Trying to add link
- Main : Add New Link to DB
- Main : Error when Field from adding a link is missing
- Main : Search Results

All copyright notices must stay intact, all links, and messages in templates must be included in order for legal use of this modification.

[high]Features:[/high]
Admin CP::
? View Catagories
? Edit Catagories
? Remove Catagories
? Add New Link
? Edit Link
? Remove Link
? View ALL Links in database as bulk (With Catagory information)*new*
? Link Validation (Option to turn off)*new*
Public::
? View Catagory
? Browse Catagory
? Visit Links
? Add Link
? Search Link Database *new*
? View Top 10 Visited Links *new*
? View Last 10 Added Links *new*

SUPPORT FOR THIS HACK WILL ONLY BE PROVIDED IN THIS THREAD, AND IN THIS THREAD ONLY.

If you use this hack on your site please click Install, so proper support, and upgrades can be provided for you. Thanks

[high]QUERIES GENERATED[/high]
- Main Links Directory Page (11 Queries STANDARD )
- Viewing Links in Catagory (10 Queries STANDARD)
- Search (7 Queries Standard)
- Search Results (9 Queries Standard)
- Top 10 Visited Links (9 Queries Standard)
- Last 10 Added Links (9 Queries Standard)
STANDARD = doesn't change with more cats, link etc

[high]VERSIONS[/high]
v2.0 - Major Bug Fixes, new search engine, admin validation, and many new coding enhancements, and new features added
v1.03 - Minor Bug Fixes in Admin File
v1.02c - New Standard Build

[high]Updates[/high]
11/7/2002
If you are running the previous version, there are upgrade instructions in the zip.
I have included also a new 'Installer', 'Un-Installer' and 'Upgrade' Feature to reduce hassle, and help you upgrade your version, install a new copy, or uninstall at ease. If any problems occure, please PM me immediatly.
11/8/2002
Minor mistake in Top 10 Visited Sites, if you have validation enabled, pleae download the new zip, and overwrite the links.php with the new one, if you don't...I would suggest you still download the new links.php and overwrite it.
11/8/2002
There was a little error in Top 10 Visited sites, if you downloaded the zip after the new zip file, please download this new zip file, and replace the links.php file with the one in this zip.
11/11/2002
There was an error with the code in the upgrade file, if you upgraded, and the hack didn't work, please run this query in PhpMyAdmin
SQL Query: (how to run queries)
ALTER TABLE gportal_weblinkslink ADD hits VARCHAR (255) NOT NULL, ADD valid int(11) DEFAULT '1' NOT NULL

7/10/2002
Database field error. Some fields in the links table, including hits, link url etc, are of wrong value, and on the Top 10 Links when a site gets 99 hits, it will go back to 0 hits and start again. If you have installed vB Links Directory before July 10th 2003 then please CLICK HERE to download the file db_fix.php. Follow the instructions in the post.


AFTER INSTALLATION YOU MUST GO TO VBULLETIN OPTIONS, AND SUBMIT THE OPTIONS, AFTER YOU CHANGE THE VALIDATION OPTION. THIS IS MANDATORY, DO THIS EVEN IF YOU WISH TO HAVE VALIDATION.

Also out of respect I ask that you please do not release revamped versions of this hack as a new one, I have put countless hours into working on the basic functions, and coding it, and I would really be dissappointed. Thanks

Enjoy!
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ZIP
CLICK HERE - If you installed this hack to receive updates, patches, and support

[AuthorZone.Com]

Please forgive my ignorance but how do I find out which group has which ID number?

Again, thank you so VERY much!

[97cobracpe]

In your admin cp, goto scroll down to the usergroup area. click on the modify link. This will bring up all your user groups. Now hover over the 'edit' link of 1 of the usergroups. DO NOT click on it. While hovering (using ie) you should see the destination url at the bottom in the status bar. At the end of the link you should see something like ....usergroupid=X. X is the usergroup id for that group.

[AuthorZone.Com]

Thank you very very much.

All done and working great!

[cindyd]

I am going to show my ignorance here, but is the zip file on the first page complete? I see there were all sorts of additions to the original hack.

Do I need to also download all those on the various pages?
Thanks for the help.

[esfron]

06-17-03 at 04:34 AM Keptic said this in Post #466
Sorry about the slow development proccess.

and an update to vB Links Directory 2.0. The updated version will come with major code fixes, and I will be taking few days to go through this thread to find all bugs and fix them.

.

Thanks for this hack.

What about the vB Links Directory 2.0 updated version. Fixed ?

vB Links Directory 3.0 is a release for vB 2.x or for vB 3 ?

[Alien]

Been real fun playing with this, I can't wait until 3.0!

[Gutspiller]

I'm working on installing this hack and in the instructions I need some help. I can find the following lines in my admin index.php for the following instruction step.

++----------------------------------------------------------
++----------------------------------------------------------
++ Open admin/index.php in your forum admin dir and find:
++----------------------------------------------------------
makenavoption("New Posts","../mod/moderate.php?action=posts","<br>");
makenavoption("New Attachments","../mod/moderate.php?action=attachments");
makenavselect("Moderation","<hr>");
// ***
++----------------------------------------------------------
++ REPLACE the above code with:
++----------------------------------------------------------
makenavoption("New Posts","../mod/moderate.php?action=posts","<br>");
makenavoption("New Attachments","../mod/moderate.php?action=attachments");
makenavselect("Moderation");
// ***
makenavoption("View/Edit","weblinksadmin.php?","<br>");
makenavoption("Add Catagory","weblinksadmin.php?action=addnewcat","<br>");
makenavoption("Add new Link","weblinksadmin.php?","<br>");
makenavoption("View ALL Links","weblinksadmin.php?action=viewbulk","<br>");
 if ($valid == '1'){
makenavoption("Validate New","weblinksadmin.php?action=validate");
}
makenavselect("Drk's Links Directory","<hr>");
++----------------------------------------------------------

Can somebody help me? I'm running a slightly older version of VB and I really want this hack. I don't even have any instances of the word "makenavoption" in my admin index. Can somebody please help me get this into my admin index?

Also, does this step just add links? If nothing else, I should be able to visit the links manually, right?

Thanks for any help you can provide!

[cindyd]

Hi:

I have everything installed, but I have must have missed something, shouldn't this page show up on my forum page?

Here is my forum:

http://www.glassmavenhaven.com/forum/

And here is the link's database, which I can only get to if I type in :

http://www.glassmavenhaven.com/forum/links.php?s

How do I connect them to each other?
Thanks in advance

[jacobi]

Today at 12:13 PM cindyd said this in Post #478
Hi:
I have everything installed, but I have must have missed something, shouldn't this page show up on my forum page?

Here is my forum:
http://www.glassmavenhaven.com/forum/

And here is the link's database, which I can only get to if I type in:
http://www.glassmavenhaven.com/forum/links.php?s

How do I connect them to each other?

It looks like you figured this out, judging by the button in your header. If not, let us know so we can help!

[jacobi]

Gutspiller... I seem to remember having this problem myself, initially. I'll look in my archives and try to get you an answer by tomorrow morn.