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vBadvanced is proud to announce the release of vBa Links Directory v3.0.0 ("Gold"). After a thorough testing period with the beta and RC1 versions, we are confident that the number of remaining bugs should be minimal enough to warrant a "gold" release and that the software is very stable now. Current license holders will find v3.0.0 in the Members' Area here.
For those who are not familiar with vBa Links Directory, please see the product info page for more details.



New Options & Features Since v3.0 RC1:

• A critical fix that could cause problems with search engines when spider friendly URL's is enabled has been applied.
• A new "Edit Link" link has been added to the drop-down menu when browsing links, making it easier for admins/moderators to edit a link while browsing.
• The "Moderate This Group's {x}" permission settings (links, posts, and categories) have been changed to "Can Bypass Moderator Approval For {x}", basically reversing the way these permissions are handled. This allows for these permission settings to work the same as the rest with no need for extra code to handle just these permissions. Note your permissions will automatically be updated for this new format during the upgrade.
• New option to display thumbnails from thumbshots.com on the 'Show Link' page (before it was only available when browsing links).
• New settings to allow you to automatically add a link to your vBa Links Directory folder in your navbar with no template modifications, as well as another setting to add a search box in your vBulletin "Search" drop-down menu.
• Related to the new navbar settings mentioned above, hidden vBulletin settings have been added that contain the vBa Links Directory title and URL, which can be accessed in templates using the variables $vboptions[vba_links_title] and $vboptions[vba_links_homeurl].
• Status Reports can now be limited to only scan deleted/non-deleted links.
• "Time Taken" field added to the main Status Reports page.
• Deleted links will now show status report data.
• An email will be sent out (if enabled via the main options or category settings) when a link is modified and then requires validation to approve the changes, the same as if they were submitting the link for the first time with just a slightly different message.
• The "Category Tools" drop-down menu is now hidden if both RSS feeds and subscriptions are disabled.
• Unsubscribe link added to header categories in My Subscriptions page.
• 25 new hook locations added throughout the files making customization easier without modifying files.

Files changed since v3.0 RC1

• forum/admincp/vba_links_admin.php
• forum/admincp/vba_links_admin_permissions.php
• forum/admincp/vbalinks_install.php
• forum/includes/xml/hooks_vbalinks.xml
• forum/includes/vba_links_adminfunctions.php
• forum/includes/vba_links_class.php
• forum/includes/vba_links_functions.php
• forum/includes/vba_links_functions_cats.php
• forum/includes/vba_links_functions_moderate.php
• forum/includes/vba_links_functions_posting.php
• forum/includes/vba_links_functions_savecat.php
• forum/includes/vba_links_functions_savelink.php
• forum/includes/vba_links_plugin_pt.php
• forum/includes/vba_links_plugin_sf.php
• links/addlink.php
• links/browselinks.php
• links/index.php
• links/managecats.php
• links/moderate.php
• links/newreply.php
• links/showlink.php

Templates changed since v3.0 RC1:

• ADV_LINKS_BROWSELINKS
• adv_links_categorybit_level1
• adv_links_categorybit_level2
• adv_links_categorybit_main
• ADV_LINKS_CATMANAGER_ADDEDIT
• adv_links_footer
• adv_links_linkbit_deleted
• adv_links_linkbit_dropdowns
• adv_links_linktous_bannerbits
• adv_links_moderate_move_links
• ADV_LINKS_MODERATE_VIEWPOSTS
• adv_links_navbar
• ADV_LINKS_SHOWLINK
• adv_links_showlink_custombits
• adv_links_statusreportbits

New templates since v3.0 RC1:

• adv_links_navbar_search
• adv_links_navbar_link

Problems or Questions?
Please create a new thread in the appropriate vBa Links Directory 3.0 forums. Please do NOT reply to this thread for support!