| vBadvanced Links Directory |
| Introduction |
| vBadvanced Links Directory is an advanced links directory which is built around, and completely integrated with vBulletin. It includes more features and flexibility than any other links directory built around vBulletin to date, and allows you to quickly set up and easily maintain your links directory. It allows unlimited categories, subcategories, and links. Also includes many other options such as user favorites, subscriptions, comments, ratings, and much more!
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| Features: |
- Fully integrated with vBulletin.
- Unlimited categories & sub-categories.
- Unlimited links.
- What's New & What's Popular sections.
- Allow users to comment on links.
- Allow users to rate links.
- User favorites.
- User subscriptions.
- Reciprocal link checking.
- "Link to Us" page where you can upload your own banners for other web sites to easily link back to your web site.
- Add your own custom fields which can be enabled/disabled on a per-category basis.
- Advanced searching features.
- Auto-fill options which pre-populate the fields with the meta data from the web site being submitted.
- Sticky links.
- Shows the number of replies and links per category.
- Shows the number of hits, posts, last person to reply to links, and etc for each link.
- Advanced sorting options in each category.
- Allow users to send links to their friends.
- Allow users to report broken/problematic links.
- Options to show new and/or random links on your links directory index page.
- Set permissions based on usergroups, and options to change most all of those permissions on a per-category basis for each usergroup.
- Completely template based so it is very easy to change the look and feel.
- Moderate links before they will appear per usergroup.
- Ability to choose moderators to moderate each category.
- Status reports which allow you to easily find and remove/suspend broken links.
- Mass link management that allows you to quickly move/suspend/delete links.
- Easily find and remove/suspend duplicate links.
- Allow users to send links to their friends.
- Allow users to report broken/problematic links.
- Private directories.
- Options to mass delete/suspend links.
- Optimized to handle thousands and thousands of links without a performance hit.
- Installer that will install all of the templates, phrases, and all database modifications.
- And MUCH more!
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| Copyright |
| This script is © 2003 - 2006 vBadvanced.com and PlurPlanet, LLC.
This script is NOT to be re-distributed in any way or placed on a web site for download.
All copyright notes in the script itself must remain unchanged unless you have purchased a Branding Free license.
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| Installation Instructions |
| Step 1 - File Modifications |
In your /links/links_config.php.new file that came with this script:
Open this file and find:
$forumpath = '';
Add the full path to your forum on your server between the '' marks here.
Save the file as links_config.php (removing the '.new' part from the end).
Not sure how to find the path to your forums?
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Step 2 - Upload Files |
Upload the new vBadvanced files to the directories listed below.
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| forums/admincp |
vbalinks_install.php
vba_links_admin.php |
| forums/cpstyles |
vba_cp_logo.gif |
| forums/includes |
adminfunctions_vba_links.php
class_vba_links.php
functions_vba_links.php
functions_vba_links_cats.php
functions_vba_links_moderate.php
functions_vba_links_savelink.php
vba_global_error.php
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| forums/includes/cron |
vba_links_search.php
vba_links_rand.php
vba_links_subscriptions.php
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| forums/includes/xml |
cpnav_vbalinks.xml |
| forums/modcp |
vba_links.php |
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links/ | Upload this folder and all of it's contents into your root directory |
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Note: Be sure to upload the /forum/cpstyles folder and it's contents in Binary mode, and the other files in ASCII mode.
Now you will need to chmod the /links/banners folder to 777:
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| Step 3 - Run the Install Script |
| Now you're almost done! It's time to add the vBadvanced settings and templates. Run the install script from your browser by going to http://yoursite.com/forum/admincp/vbalinks_install.php. This script will make all necessary changes to your database and install the templates, phrases, settings, and etc for you. Once the script is done go to your Admin CP and you will see a new group of options called "vBa Links Directory" in the left frame. That is where you will modify the settings and set up your new links directory. |
| Frequently Asked Questions |
| Q. | I'm not sure how to find the path to my forums.
Or I get an error like this when I first try to install the script:
Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/yoursite/html/links/links_global.php on line 15
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| A. | The path to your forums directory is set incorrectly. Create a file called info.php with the following content:
Then upload that file into your forums directory on your server and go to the file in your browser. You will see a list of options that were set by your host. One of them is called:
_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"]
Find that, copy that path, and paste it over what you currently have for your path in the links_config.php file. Re-upload your links_config.php file. |
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| Q. |
Now that I've installed this script I'm having problems logging in or out of my forum. |
| A. |
Try clearing your cookies. If you're still having problems afterwards, edit your 'Cookie Domain' setting (Under Cookies and HTTP Header Options in your vBulletin options section) and change that to ".yourdomain.com" (note the two dots!).
Also make sure that the 'Path to Save Cookies' setting right above is set to '/'. | |
| Q. |
Some of my images are broken on my vBadvanced pages. |
| A. |
If it is your smilies and/or icons that are broken, upload the install file to your /forum/admincp directory and go to the file in your browser. Once there, you will see a link that says 'Click here to update your image paths'. Click that link and it will attempt to update your image paths. If it cannot, you will need to change the URL to each of your smilies and icons through the Admin CP.
If your buttons and other images are broken, follow the instructions here. | |
