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Release of WF-Links 1.05 Final Published by McDonald on 2008/5/19 (2676 reads)
Release of WF-Links 1.05 Final
WF-Links 1.05 Final has been released.
The Final version is the same as RC-6, no changes have been made.

WF-Links is a module for categorizing websites.
Websites can be added to multiple categories.

WF-Links can also function as a business directory.
For this it has the possibility to add a company's address (street, town, zip, telephone, map, etc.).

Address
The address for each country is defined in the file wflinks/functions/address.php.
Multiple address compositions per country are possible.
In the Submit form there's an optional street form (Street 2). If you want to use this you have to define this in address.php.
If the street or town is not entered the address will not be displayed.
It is possible to add an email address.
The email address will be stored in the database and displayed as: name AT email DOT com
This has been done to prevent spambots using your website as a source to harvest email addresses.
The email address will be displayed normally when downloading the address details with the vCard option.


Maps
There are 3 new fields which are meant for the url to a map from Google Maps, Yahoo Maps and Multimap.
Clicking a button will open the map site for checking and act as a shortcut.
For the correct Google url click 'Link to this page' (right top corner of map) and copy/paste the url from the top field ('Paste link in email or IM').
If you don't enter an url the button will not be displayed under the description.


Print
A Print-button has been added so everything can be printed. This includes the address and url.
Logo at top and footer can be set in Preferences.


Category sponsoring
A new feature is to place a sponsor (client) banner above a category.
First a client and banner have to be add in the systems Banner section.
In Category Management are 2 options for choosing the sponsoring:
1. by Client
2. by Banner ID
When option 1 is selected all banners of this client will be used in a rolating schedule.
With option 2 we can select a specific banner by its ID.
Note that option 1 overrules option 2.
If a logo has been selected in Index Page Management this will displayed above each category as before unless a sponsor has been selected for a category.

For this new feature a new block has been added for displaying the statistics of the sponsoring which is similar to that of the Banner Administration.

The sponsor option is based on the banner hack of Stefano Silvestrini aka slyss.


Auto Screeshots
This release of WF-Links contains an Auto Screenshot feature.
When this feature is switched on all screenshots are automatically generated based on the url of the Link.
It will overrule the standard screenshot feature of WF-Links.


Moving Links
The function to move all links from one category to another category works as follow:
1. In Main Index click Category Management
2. Choose source category and click Move Links
3. Choose destination category and click Move Links
NOTE: This action can't be undone!


impressCMS compatibility
WF-Links 1.05 Final is mainly developped using impressCMS 1.0 Final.
It supports ICMS multilanguage feature.
There are 3 three icons for impressCMS:
- the module icon for impressCMS (wfl_ilogo.png, 37x35 pixels)
- a Control Panel icon (wflinks_iconbig.png, 32x32 pixels)
- a Modules Menu icon (wflinks_iconsmall.png, 16x16 pixels)

The 'old' icon is still there. WF-Links 1.05 Final will detect what CMS is used (for backwards compatibility) and display the correct icon.


Languages
WF-Links 1.05 Final comes with the following language packs:
- dutch
- english
- german


Installing WF-Links 1.05 Final

Unzip/unrar the downloaded file.

First time install:
Upload the folder 'wflinks' to the folder 'modules' on your server.
Upload the folder 'images' to the folder 'uploads' on your server and check that the folder including sub-folders are CHMOD 777.
Go to the admin panel, choose Modules -> Administration and install WF-Links 1.3c as any other Xoops module.

Upgrade from WF-Links prior to version 1.05 RC5:
1. Make a backup of the WF-Links database tables and a backup from the folder ../modules/wflinks on your server.
2. Uninstall WF-Links.
3. Overwrite the files on your server with the new ones.
4. Install WF-Links.
5. Restore the database table from point 1.
6. Update WF-Links from the Modules Administration.

NOTE: All MS Live Maps entries will be erased when updating WF-Links.


Changelog WF-Links 1.05 Final (compilation from RC1-RC6)
- Added WHOIS icon to frontpage and Main Index for admins (www.DomainTools.com)
- Added address feature to submit forms
- Added Google Maps, Yahoo Maps and Multimap feature
- Added screenshot to print output
- Added module icon for impressCMS
- Added 'expired' icon to Status column in main index
- Added center bottom blocks to WF-Links block settings
- Added email field to submit forms
- Added VAT field to submit forms
- Added option to set the flags folder
- Added option for Auto Screenshots
- Added vCard feature to address
- Added Print feature
- Added Mobile/Cell phone field to submit forms
- Added Sponsor (banner) feature to categories
- Added block for Sponsor (banner) statistics
- Added option to set date format for blocks
- Added option to Preferences to turn off address forms
- Added German language files [sato-san & Burkhard]
- Added TinyMCE to list of editors (works for XOOPS & ImpressCMS)
- Added Control Panel icons for ImpressCMS

- Fixed multilanguage issue in impressCMS
- Fixed comment template issue
- Fixed bug in News story submit option
- Fixed option to move links from category to category
- Fixed XSS vulnerabilities [Vaughan/McDonald]
- Fixed bug in sub-cat listing
- Fixed bug page nav in Recent Links
- Fixed bug in editors function (FCKEditor)
- Fixed 'Latest Listings' page

- Swapped names 'Publisher' and 'Submitter'
- Extended ranges Popular Count and Links per Page in Preferences
- Added VoIP number field to submit forms
- Corrected street 1 typo in dutch langfile
- Revamped Set Publishing Date
- Different date format can be set for admin section
- Removed files bugfixlist0.php & bugfixlist1.php
- Changed Warning system to recognise if folders are writeable y/n
- Replaced form for meta keywords
- Minor improvements in subcat listing template
- Modified include/update.php, no need for SmartObject anymore
- Updated module icon for impressCMS
- Updated countries conform ISO-3166
- Submit form News story only active if News module is installed


Download
WF-Links 1.05 RC6 can be downloaded from McDonalds Store.


Support
WF-Links Support forum: http://members.lycos.nl/mcdonaldsstore/phpBB2/

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Tom
Posted: 2008/5/19 21:29  Updated: 2008/5/19 21:29
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 Re: Release of WF-Links 1.05 Final
Excellent, thanks for the hard work.

Love the idea of the Auto Screeshots and can't wait to try this out.
McDonald
Posted: 2008/5/19 21:40  Updated: 2008/5/19 21:40
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Hello Tom,

A screenshot of the auto-screenshot can be seen in this forum topic.

I tried to register at impressCMS Addons for submitting WF-Links 1.05 Final, but was rejected by Protector.

Hopefully somebody can upload this version of WF-Links to SVN.
Tom
Posted: 2008/5/19 21:51  Updated: 2008/5/19 21:53
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That looks pretty darn sweet.

I guess I got some replacing to do soon with my web links module to this.

I just logged onto the Addons and realised I don't have the appropriate access to sort out protector for you, but I'll let the key keepers know, lol.

Have you applied for SVN access?
McDonald
Posted: 2008/5/20 4:40  Updated: 2008/5/20 4:40
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Quote:
Have you applied for SVN access?


No, I never did.
It was a request from the impressCMS community to have WF-Links added to SVN.
Ronaldus
Posted: 2008/5/20 6:06  Updated: 2008/5/20 6:06
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Great !!

Thx for your hard work, McDonald!
This really developed to a great module !

Cheers,

Ronaldus
wilson
Posted: 2008/5/20 12:13  Updated: 2008/5/20 12:13
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Great new features McDonald

But, since yesterday I´m not able to download the mod.
I´m receiving always a timeout from Lycos .

Any available mirror?

Thanks
McDonald
Posted: 2008/5/20 12:27  Updated: 2008/5/20 12:27
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Yes, you can download it from impressCMS Addons: http://addons.impresscms.org/module ... 9&lid=1311
wilson
Posted: 2008/5/20 12:36  Updated: 2008/5/20 12:36
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Thanks you McDonald

I´ve already did it
Tom
Posted: 2008/5/20 19:07  Updated: 2008/5/20 19:07
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I'm sure someone will be able to add it to the SVN for you, but if you wished you could apply for SVN access to be able to update now and in the future all of your work.

Thanks once again.
stranger
Posted: 2008/5/20 21:00  Updated: 2008/5/20 21:01
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Great Module, I'll translate this ASAP ;-)
Hi McDonald, if you want I can commit this for you in the SVN ...
Let me know!
McDonald
Posted: 2008/5/21 14:25  Updated: 2008/5/21 14:25
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I've just uploaded WF-Links 1.05 Final to impressCMS SVN.
Hopefully I've done it correctly.

Have fun!!
avtx30
Posted: 2008/5/21 15:08  Updated: 2008/5/21 15:08
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 Re: Release of WF-Links 1.05 Final
Thanks you, McDonald. I had been waiting for this module to be final.

I modified some lines of codes to get it worked on Xoops Cube Legacy too. Ref. http://www.nhatban.net/tips/a0024.html

Love your modules (wflinks, xoopstube) very much!