Brandon's Blog » IP.Board 3 http://brandondavie.com The random ramblings and thoughts of a technology enthusiast Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Links System 3.1.1 http://brandondavie.com/links-system-3-1-1/12/ http://brandondavie.com/links-system-3-1-1/12/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:48:12 +0000 Brandon http://brandondavie.com/?p=12 As some of you may know, I released a maintenance upgrade for Links System this past weekend. The Links System was originally written by Brandon Farber of IPS as a component for IP.Board 2.x. As one of the more popular components, I noticed a high demand for an updated version as IP.Board 3’s release came closer and closer. I volunteered to port it over to IP.Board as a compatibility release so people could still enjoy it with their shiny new IP.Board 3 forums. However, it quickly became apparent that the release would include a number of major improvements and offer a high level of integration with IP.Board 3.

Links System 3.1 is an application that extends the functionality of your IP.Board 3 install, adding on a community driven Links section. Members can go to this area to submit links to websites, comment on and rate submitted links, and much more.

  • Submit links to websites along with a title, description, and an image.
  • Comment on and rate submitted links
  • Ability for users to report potentially offensive content or broken links using the built-in Report Center
  • Search integration: search links along with the rest of your board’s content
  • Supports item marking, allowing your users to see what links have been added or commented on
  • Integrates into “View New Content” and “View Active Content”
  • Drag & drop reordering of categories in the ACP
  • Ability to specify which categories, if any, allow image submissions with it’s links
  • Provide “link back” images and code so other websites can link back to yours
  • Mark links as official affiliates and display them in a different section on the links index
  • Group permissions allowing you to specify who can add links, moderate links, add comments, search links, and more
  • Specify which BBCodes are allowed in the link descriptions and their comments, and whether emoticons are allowed
  • Multi moderation: Mass move, approve/unapprove, pin/unpin links
  • Sphinx search supported

Links System 3.1.1 includes a few bug fixes and three new hooks to play with. All three hooks add content from your Links System into the sidebar on your board index and are configurable from your settings. One hook will add an “Our Affiliates” section, another will list out the latest submitted links, and another will list out popular links based on the criteria you specify (number of hits, rating, number of comments).

You can download this application from IPS Resources here:
http://resources.invisionpower.com/index.php?appcomponent=downloads&showfile=2335

You can also view a live no-registration demo here:
http://links.brandondavie.com/

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