Latest or Hot Links Module (Updated for version 3 of Links Directory)

[HenrikHansen]

Originally Posted by maikju

Very nice stuff. But i am looking to use links from a certain category instead of random or latest. I am pretty sure it is a simple change...

In the .php file, find

PHP Code:

WHERE links.valid = 1 AND links.open = 1 


and
after that add

PHP Code:

and links.catid = 17 


in case your certain category is number 17.

[maikju]

Thank you, i am getting closer and closer. The last thing i need is the Rating, how can i get it in there.
If you look at http://cloudhostrating.com/index.php?pageid=ffmpeg_host
at the bottom of the page is the ffmpeg test module . I would like the rating to show with each link

[karlm]

Originally Posted by HenrikHansen

In the .php file, find

PHP Code:

WHERE links.valid = 1 AND links.open = 1 


and
after that add

PHP Code:

and links.catid = 17 


in case your certain category is number 17.

Could you advise on how to add links from several categories? e.g. 17,19,22,23 ?

Thank you.

[masterweb]

Thanks a lot for your hack, i was looking for an easy way to show "Random Links" from the directory on the home page and i found your hack. Installed and working after 10 minutes on a vB 3.8.1 SP 1.

[Mondi]

Sorry for the delayed response Larina [c 12-21-2008 06:36 AM post]

Could you take a quick peek here, bottom of the page, to see what's gone wrong here. Links display nicely, but header covers only 1/4th of module-top..

Obviously - doesn't look as well as it should...LOL

Hmmm.

Please?

[larina]

You've got it Mondi? I can't see any problems with the module-top?

larina

[ibaker]

Originally Posted by larina

Don, in the file latestlinks.php set $order to 5 and $limit also to 5.

For a horizontal display you need to edit the template adv_portal_linkbits like that:
Find
<td class="$getbgrow">
(it is the second row in the code I posted above)
and replace this row with:
<td class="$getbgrow" rowspan="5" valign="top">

larina

Just thought I would share this.

I created the horizontal layout with thumbs for 4 links to be displayed but found that the images were dropping down as it progressed through each one. This was caused by the extra <tr>'s in the code.

To fix this I moved the <tr>'s to my adv_portal_latestlinks:

<tr>
$linkbits
</tr>

I then removed the <tr>'s from my adv_portal_linkbits template:

<td class="$getbgrow" valign="top" align="center" width="25%">
    <a href="$linkurl/showlink.php?$session[sessionurl]do=goto&amp;l=$link[linkid]&amp;linkurl=$link[linkurl]" target="_blank">
    <img src="http://open.thumbshots.org/image.pxf?url=$link[linkurl]" border="0" alt="$link[name]" width="100" height="75" /></a><br /><br />

    <div class="smallfont">
        <a href="$linkurl/showlink.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showdetails&amp;l=$link[linkid]">$link[name]</a><br />
        (<a href="$linkurl/browselinks.php?$session[sessionurl]c=$link[catid]">$link[catname]</a>)<br />
        
        $link[posts] $vbphrase[replies], $link[views] $vbphrase[views]
    </div>
</td>

This made the horizontal layout with link images much better.

Hope this helps!

[pokash]

I think I followed al the instructions correctly but somehow my links don't show a description. Or was this not included to be in the module. If not do I need to add a line in the template?

Everything else works though so props to everyone involved.

[pokash]

Can someone please give me advice as to what could cause this problem:

http://www.buildrollz.com/index.php

It doesn't show any description with the links.

[larina]

Hi pokash,

the module does not show a description, so your installation is working fine. You just should use the horizontal view if you use it in the center column (look for the code some posts above). Or move the module to the left or right column, so that it looks better.

larina

[Ramses]

I would like to know too how to change it for a random link order.
Thanks.

Originally Posted by karlm

Could you advise on how to add links from several categories? e.g. 17,19,22,23 ?

Thank you.

This works for me:

PHP Code:

WHERE links.valid = 1 AND links.open = 1 AND links.catid = 3 OR links.catid = 2 OR links.catid = 174 


But I give no guaranty if this will have any bad affect to your installation.

[zi5]

Does this support the last vBA links 3.1.0 with (SEO built in URLS)

[larina]

Hello zi5,

yes, there should be no problems.

larina

[mojtaba79]

Originally Posted by Ramses

I would like to know too how to change it for a random link order.
Thanks.

hi
i did every things like a first post and now i have a random links in my homepage.

i do wanna now how to do it for last 5 new links?

thanks for sharing

[manny0131]

how can I get it to look like this?
http://www.vbadvanced.com/products.p...fo&productid=2

Looks a lot cleaner, is that also available? I made all the fixes thinking it was gonna look like that and it doesnt

Thanks

[manny0131]

ok, got it,
just a little editing the template!
see here

manny

[ice4ys]

Hi I have my directory running out of the folder directory instead of links.

I have changed the links marked in red to directory instead of links but it is still not pulling the info through to the module. as shown in the attachment. The thumbnail is showing, although if I click on that it just takes me to the directory.

Are there any other parts of the code I need to change to read as directory instead of links to get this to work.

[ttnb]

Work well for vbulletin 3.8.4 and the latest vba cmps!
By the ways, Does anyone know how to make is display links which are devided in two columns
------------
[link1][link2]
[link3][link4]
[link5][link6]
------------

[kamikage]

Nice Mod!

I centered the text and images and it really looks so much better that way.

[kamikage]

My Links Block Redesigned

I change the layout of the links block in the: adv_portal_linkbits template.

I think it is nicer to have the thumbnail show at the top and then the link title underneath. It made no sense to me to have the category the link was posted in above the thumbnail. That makes it look like the site is labeled by the category name. I also added in some width and height code to better fit the thumbnail inside the block. Oh and of course I centered everything! (See Attached Screenshot)