UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6.4 - 6.7 Modifications [6.7] [beta] ubb.links v2.5

Modification Name: ubb.links v2.5 Beta
Author(s): AllenAyres

Description: This mod gives you a basic ubb-integrated links script. New for v2.5: A basic Gossamer-Threads Links 2.0 importer - much thanks go to Ian Spence and Burak

Demo: https://www.ubbdev.com/db/cgi/links.cgi

Requirements: 6.7+

Download Link: https://www.ubbdev.com/ubb/upload/00000494/links.zip

Credits: cal and mark for the little bits of hacks.cgi still in the code Charles Capps for help and pointers LK, Burak, and Ian for bugfixes

Instructions / Other Info:

• Extract
• Upload (.cgi to your forum cgi directory, the rest to your noncgi folder (keep in the /links/ folder).
• Set permissions to 755 on the .cgi files and 777 on the /links/ files
• You can access the admin with this url: /links.cgi?action=admin
• Set your paths and urls for the importer on line 99-101 in links_importer.cgi before beginning and upload to your ubb cgi directory
• You can access the importer at /links_importer.cgi

More features are coming, the next one to work out will be adding subcats. Please test and let me know if you see any bugs in the current files.

History: 11/23/2003 - original release
02/09/2004 - Updated for 6.7 with lots of bugfixes and code improvements.
06/24/2004 - updated with bugfixes for categories
06/28/2004 - (v1.6) breadcrumb bugfix and (Go!) links added for category view
06/30/2004 - (v1.7) search engine friendly links added
07/18/2004 - (v1.8.5) Censor check added to add/edit link pages and using ubb-based verification for the same pages
07/23/2004 - (v1.8.6) Bugfixes for URL's - thanks Ian
07/25/2004 - (v1.8.8) Bugfixes for SEF and IIS - thanks Ian
07/26/2004 - (v1.8.9) Bugfixes for text color and the double ??
07/26/2004 - (v1.9.1) More bugfixes
07/28/2004 - (v1.9.3) Added the catnumber and usernumber to the link data stored.
08/20/2004 - (v1.9.4) Fixed bug with editing and deleting entries (thanks RoxSeibert)
08/26/2004 - (v1.9.5) Fixed bug with lightbulbs(thanks Ian Spence)
09/06/2004 - ( v1.9.6) Fixed bug with redirect (thanks Ian), fixed dup topten bug (thanks roxy) and added a blank index.html file to /links directory
09/11/2004 - (v2.0.a) Alpha-release of v2. db$id has all been moved to one file - links_data.cgi. The dbcats.cgi file is now links_cats.cgi too. Added the ability to edit the category the link is assigned to.
09/18/2004 - (v2.0.b, aka The Wedding Day Release ) - major bug fixed by Burak (thank you) in picking and choosing the links for each category.
09/30/2004 - (v2.0.g) - features added (thanks to Ian) to allow the user to sort the category page by link name/ added by name, or # of hits. Also cleaned up the top ten code (with major help by Ian) to remove the redundant code since we're now using one file. You can now delete the tenlinks.cgi file. A few buglets remain before 2.0 final.
10/02/2004 - (v2.0 Gold) - bug cleaned up to allow selection of cat name instead of number upon edit when moving link to another category. Major feature added with a lot of help by LK, Charles Capps, and Ian Spence to rebuild the number of links in each category - you'll find a link to do so at the bottom of the admin page.
10/05/2004 - (v2.0.1) - buglet fixed with lightbulbs and a bit of code cleanup
01/30/2005 - (v2.5 beta) - A beta version of a gossamer-threads links 2.0 importer added, much thanks goes to Ian Spence and Burak for assitance.

With the release of 2.0 Gold it is moved to 'finished' status and the ubb.classic version supported is 6.7+ (I don't think it'll work out of the box with 6.6 anymore). There's probably a buglet or 3 left, but they're pretty much inconsequential and will be fixed shortly. Future plans include possibly a yahoo-style interface.

Requirements: nada
Does this work on 6.30?

depends if it uses the cookie or not as the password was encrypted in V6.4 otherwise it should work

I get this error when trying to access admin
"Software error:
Undefined subroutine &main::RequireUserLogin called at links.cgi line 619.
For help, please send mail to the webmaster ([email protected]), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. Content-type: text/html"

hmmm.. you'll probably need to upgrade as this uses several subroutines from newer versions. The requirelogin sub is to ensure only the right people have access to the admin parts.

Will this work on 6.6.1?

Edit: it does so far but in the links.cgi files this line;

$DataPath = "$vars_config{NonCGIPath}/uploads";

Should read;

$DataPath = "$vars_config{NonCGIPath}";

It should, I used 6.6.1 to base it on, tho I tested it on 6.5 (hence the title).

I hope to get subcats moving this coming week, so I recommend uploading and testing, but I'm not sure if adding the subcats will mess up current links/categories or not. I'll also work on an alternate style to make it look like google/yahoo, I think, unless this ubb-style grows on me more in the meantime

I still wanna move to using as many of the ubb subs already written in the base code as possible - not sure why '$show_logout' won't pull over from public_common, something I am missing...

files updated with a couple bugfixes and some UI consistency issues

I tried installing it, but when trying to run /links.cgi?action=admin I figured out it is looking for a vars_wordlets_mods.cgi file that's not there. So, green like I am, I created an empty vars_wordlets_mods.cgi, set permissions to 777 and tried again. Nope! Is the d/l missing this cgi file?

Thanks! Looking forward to trying it out.

I'm going to be installing the Wordlets mod this week, don't worry

okie

check the thread in this forum for the vars_wordlets_mods modification, I'll update the instructions here that it's required

Files updated for 6.7 with lots of bugfixes and code improvements. lib_links.cgi is no longer needed. To upgrade just upload links.cgi and vars_wordlets_links.cgi.

Subcats are next, they may take me a while

I just installed 6.7.

The first modification I installed was Colorforums, and everything seems to be working fine. I next tried your awesome links modification, but I got this message:

"Global symbol "%vars_colorforums" requires explicit package name at ubb_lib.cgi line 2477. BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at ubb_lib.cgi line 2608.

[Wed Feb 11 19:13:58 2004] links.cgi: Global symbol "%vars_colorforums" requires explicit package name at ubb_lib.cgi line 2477. [Wed Feb 11 19:13:58 2004] links.cgi: BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at ubb_lib.cgi line 2608. Compilation failed in require at links.cgi line 85."

Is this incompatible with colorforums? Thanks for any help.

In links.cgi

FIND:
on the next line add

Sorry, but now I get:
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

please post the most recent errors in your server's error log

Premature end of script headers:
script not found or unable to stat:
/vars_wordlets_mods.cgi: Can't locate

I removed

&RequireCode("$vars_config{VariablesPath}/vars_wordlets_mods.cgi");

from your code in links.cgi and I got it to work

arghhh... forgot that some people may not have the same mods installed.

I updated the zip after going through and removing the extra required files and cleaning up the "use vars" area

zip file updated again to fix an error with the link redirect for url's. To upgrade just upload links.cgi

Sorry, but that didn't help me. It worked on the original version, but the links didn't work at the top. Now all I get is an internal error.

Got a link to what's happening? It's working on 2 sites for me.

Well, this is just a tad frustrating.

I took a look at Allen's hack, and I thought it was an AWEsome idea ... so I downloaded the zip and followed the directions for the install.

Allen's database from his site was there, and, with all due respect to Allen, those links wouldn't necessarily "work" for me and my site.

So I tried deleting them.

Wouldn't work.

So I rechecked how I chmoded stuff, and it appeared as if I hadn't done so properly.

So I went and made sure that all the files were chmoded, and I still could not get it to delete and/or change the categories, their names, descriptions, et al.

So then I went into the "guts" of the database files and I manually changed it.

It kinda worked, but in the grand scheme of things, this isn't how I think Allen intended his mod to respond.

So then I tried to play around with the permissions--thinking that maybe something was out of whack there ...

Now all I get are Internal Server Error Messages.

No matter what I do.



The first two files in the cgi-bin folder are

links.cgi
vars_wordlets_links.cgi

They should be uploaded to my cgi folder, and chmoded to 755, right? Or, should the variable file be 777?

In the ubb portion, there is the folder called "links" ... this is supposed to be uploaded to the ubb files, correct? This file folder is supposed to be 777?

And the files within the folder are

db.cgi
db1.cgi
db2.cgi
db3.cgi
dbcats.cgi
tendb.cgi
tenlinks.cgi

Correct? If I'm reading Allen's directions correctly, they are also supposed to be chmoded to 777 ... is this correct?

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I've done all this (at least, I think I have )

I get that blasted Server Error; I delete the files and reload them. I still get the blasted Server Error.

What am I doing wrong?!

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I'm trying to install this to my test site ... which is upgrade to 6.7

Sorry Sue, still working on this. Let me get another version done before using this on a live site.

Was reading an interesting article:
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/brandy-google-update

Seems google loves outbound and inbound links even more... a good SE-friendly links script should help at least some

Cool, Allen. I can be patient.

Updated the zip with a few small bugfixes

Sue, you might check with your webhost. It's possible they don't allow folders to be set to 777 - you might have to choose 755 and the files within to 777.

Sue, would you mind going into your error log and posting the actual error you get? It would be very helpful in finding a solution.

Hey Guys~

I'm rehacking my test site ... once I get some bugs ironed out, I'll give this one another shot and see what happens.

Thanks!

I downloaded it on March 29th and installed it in 6.7.

Here are some problems I am having.

I can add categories fine but can not edit or delete present ones.

The numbers in the "Links" column is not accurate. One even shows a negative number.

I can edit a listing in a category fine. I can aslo delete a listing.

Tried clearing the cache also but not sure if that even works for this feature.

Any ideas? Thanks, Mark

Okay, I've tried playing with this again tonight.

Here's the error I get when I try to access the links.cgi file:

I turn the warnings on, and this is what is generated:

and with it turned off ...

Quote

quote:
Please Wait.....

CGI / PERL CHECKER OUTPUT WITH WARNINGS TURNED OFF:

/home/adwoff/ubb-test/ubb/links/ syntax OK

END OF PERL CHECKER OUTPUT:

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I've tried to chmod the links folder to both 777 and 775


I'm utterly clueless about how to read these error reports ... how to *fix* things ... if it's a matter of contacting my host, I can try to do that ... if it's something else, I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks.

go into your error log and paste the actual errors

Weird.

I contacted my host about getting an error report, and they informed me that I had chmoded the links.cgi file wrong.

I honestly thought I had it at 755, but somehow it was at 777. I know, I know. :rolleyes:

So that issue is *fixed.*


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Allen, I have played around with it a bit, and I literally had to physically go into the dbcats.cgi file and remove your old info; it wouldn't change OR delete for me via the edit in the admin area.

I'm not sure why that is. I have that file and (I believe ) the rest in that folder AND the folder at 777

I have been able to add categories and add links ... so that is not an *issue* ...

I'll continue to play with it a little more and have my mods do the same.

Thanks!

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Edit to add: one feature that I'd love to see, Allen, is when you add new links to the different categories, the one added first would STAY FIRST.

Does that make sense?

Makes sense, right now it loads the most recent up top, much like a forum does.

I downloaded it on March 29th and installed it in 6.7.

Here are some problems I am having.

I can add categories fine but can not edit or delete present ones.

The numbers in the "Links" column is not accurate. One even shows a negative number.

I can edit a listing in a category fine. I can aslo delete a listing.

Tried clearing the cache also but not sure if that even works for this feature.

Any ideas? Thanks, Mark

Mark,

I had the same problems you described with deleting categories/links ... what I ended up doing is going into the dbcats.cgi manually and getting rid of the old categories.

However, this is a *bug* that Allen does need to tackle. (Sorry, Allen!)

I have done the same editing the files. Was hoping there may be a simple solution that someone already knows. Thanks

hehe, ok. I'll see if it's something that jumps out at me

Shoot.

I'm having a conflict problem.

My community is one of readers; because of this, we need a mechanism in place to provide for *spoiler code* so that things won't appear in active topics.

Last year, with the help of Fahd, I was able to install a spoiler hack into the Instant UBB_code --> https://www.ubbdev.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/8/3481.html#000000

This year, I was able to port that hack to 6.7.0, but I am finding that when I do so, it conflicts with this modification for links.

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In the spoiler hack, I was supposed to find this code in ubb_lib.cgi

and add this after it ...

... that, along with Fahd's suggestions, allowed me to have the spoiler code within our posts.

Trust me. It's a life-saver. There are some women who get mighty if their stories are spoiled in any way, shape, or form.

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Because of where this code is added seemed *weird* compared to the Advanced Ubb_code, I decided to see if I could play with it.

I came up with this:

On straight replies, this WOULD NOT work; however, if I replied with quote, it would.

Weird, eh?

So I thought I'd come over here and seek out your shared brilliance in how to fix this problem.

But I also took another look at the links.cgi page, and wouldn't you know it? CONFLICT!

Here's an example of the message I get:

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Needless to say, I need the spoiler hack badly for my community, so unless someone can see a way to help me make it *instant code* AND have it compatible with this add-on, there's no way I can have the links.cgi page.

add %vars_wordlets_mods to the use vars list at the top of links.cgi, and add near all the lines that are like it