Toplist

Toplist
Developer: derekivey
Version: 2.0.0
vBulletin Version: 3.5.5 (Seems to work fine on 3.6.0)
File Edits: 0
Template Edits: 2 (Optional)
New Phrases: 294
Uses Plugins: Yes!
Difficulty: Easy

Description: This hack adds a Toplist to your forums. You can choose in the AdminCP whether to rank the sites by their In hits or their Out hits. It is fully phrased to make it easy to translate to another language if you need to. The users are able to add a site, edit, or delete their site if they added it. The Administrators can Edit the users' sites or Delete them.
This hack is for vBulletin 3.5.5.

*** I Strongly Recommend That You Backup Your Database Before Installing/Upgrading This Hack! ***

Planned features for a later release:

• Add Image Storage Setting (hot linking or upload)
• Add Stats Page [ Will be released later ]
• Add API to get site info onto non-vB pages and other vB pages.
• Add Site Comment System
• Fix bug with & not being allowed in URLs [ Done ]
• Add Setting to choose where to put Toplist Sites Marquee
• Whatever else is suggested

Change Log
The change log is now available here.

Screen Shots
I have added screen shots of this hack in action below.
More screenshots are located here.

Demo
You can find demo information here.

Translations
You can find a French translation of this hack here.

For a How To on Editing the Dynamic Image, See this Post.

Please click Install you installed this hack.


Thanks!

[Chroder]

Excellent work Derek

[derekivey]

Thanks! Also, Thanks for all your help

[jugo]

GREAT!!! Finally!!! This is what i've beenw aiting for...thanks.

Question...does this hack generate code to include in the listed site to count the hits?

[concepts]

when does it generate whether someone has clicked into the site? I clicked on both sites, looked around then came back to the toplists and the hit #'s were still the same?

[derekivey]

Originally Posted by jugo

GREAT!!! Finally!!! This is what i've beenw aiting for...thanks.

Question...does this hack generate code to include in the listed site to count the hits?

Yes, when they add a site it shows them the html code to add to their site.

Originally Posted by concepts

when does it generate whether someone has clicked into the site? I clicked on both sites, looked around then came back to the toplists and the hit #'s were still the same?

It only counts the out clicks if they user is logged in. I did this to prevent cheating. I might add the option to allow out clicks from guests in the next version. The in hits should have counted, it saves the IP address of the person who clicked in on the site and stops counting if their ip is already in the database for that site.

[jesus likes pie]

Hi derek! It's ATI! *waves*

What is this meant to....do.....is it for like...affiliates or something? I don't really understand.

EDIT: Is this the hack you didn't tell anyone on IRC about?

[concepts]

hmmm, well the in-clicks didn't count on either site I viewed.. don't get me wrong, I love this hack! and I already clicked install and downloaded it, but before putting this up, I want to make sure it actually works.. the in-clicks should count towards user clicks right?

for example: the traffic surfer links does not refresh at all it was 1 in 1 out before I clicked, 1 in 1 out after I clicked (4 times to make sure)

however this http://www.modbb.com/toplist.html although a phpbb, which I expect was the muse for this mod, auto updates on refresh (although its unfair because a user can click multiple times...

please clarify any errors?

Edit*
and what exactly is an in/out hit (Stupid Question, I know)
In hit - someone clicks the site link from the outside.
Out - when they leave the site?

[derekivey]

The one on my other site (ModBB) is someone elses mod.

The out hits don't count for guests. But for the in hits did you go to a link like this?

http://www.trafficsurfer.net/in.php?id=4 (thats for the ModBB site).

I just did it while being a guest and it counted it for me.

[derekivey]

Originally Posted by jesus likes pie

Hi derek! It's ATI! *waves*

What is this meant to....do.....is it for like...affiliates or something? I don't really understand.

It lets the users add their site to it and people can look at it and if they are interested in a site they can click the link and be redirected to that site. The site gets ranked on hits into the forum or hits out to the user's site.

Originally Posted by jesus likes pie

EDIT: Is this the hack you didn't tell anyone on IRC about?

No...