The most sophisticated links module for xoops
wflinks,
has been released thanks to John N / McDonald. The latest stable version is 1.05 on 20 May 2008. This module is developed for ImpressCMS and Xoops, it does not work on Xoops Cube Legacy (XCL) without modifying some lines of code.
In this tutorial I will show you how to get
wflinks 1.05 final worked on
Xoops Cube Legacy 2.1.x.
1. First download wflinks 1.05 final from
the author's website2. Unzip the package to get a the following directories:
wflinks_105final
|-- modules
| `-- wflinks
`-- uploads
`-- images
?>
We are going to modify
wflinks_105final/modules/wflinks, let's it
wflinks for short.
3. Delete unwanted files
wflinks implements GIJOE's
myblocksadmin to deal with its blocks and permissions instead of using xoops core functions. With XCL especially GIJOE's Altsys installed we don't need the blockadmin functions anymore. Delete the following 5 files:
- wflinks/admin/admin.php
- wflinks/admin/myblocksadmin.php
- wflinks/admin/myblockform.php
- wflinks/include/blocksadmin.inc.php
- wflinks/include/updateblock.inc.php
4. Modify some files
4.1 Change lines 25, 26 in file wflinks/admin/menu.phpBefore:
$adminmenu[8]['title'] = _MI_WFL_BLOCKADMIN;
$adminmenu[8]['link']="admin/myblocksadmin.php";
After:
//$adminmenu[8]['title'] = _MI_WFL_BLOCKADMIN;
//$adminmenu[8]['link']="admin/myblocksadmin.php";
4.2 Modify the wflTextSanitizer() function in wflinks/class/myts_extended.php. This is the most important point.Before:
function wflTextSanitizer() {
}
After:
function wflTextSanitizer() {
parent::MyTextSanitizer();
}
4.3 Modify the wflinks/include/functions.phpChange lines 502, 503
Before:
<a href='../../system/admin.php?fct=modulesadmin&op=update&module=" . $xoopsModule -> getVar( 'dirname' ) . "'>" . _AM_WFL_BUPDATE . "</a> | n
<a href='../../system/admin.php?fct=preferences&op=showmod&mod=" . $xoopsModule -> getVar( 'mid' ) . "'>" . _AM_WFL_PREFS . "</a> | n
?>
After:
<a href='../../legacy/admin/index.php?action=ModuleUpdate&dirname=" . $xoopsModule -> getVar( 'dirname' ) . "'>" . _AM_WFL_BUPDATE . "</a> | n
<a href='../../legacy/admin/index.php?action=PreferenceEdit&confmod_id=" . $xoopsModule -> getVar('mid') . "'>" . _AM_WFL_PREFS . "</a> | n
?>
Delete line 506 to hide the link to the
myblocksadmin.php that has just been deleted.
Change line 522
Before:
_AM_WFL_MCOMMENTS => "../../system/admin.php?module=" . $xoopsModule -> getVar( 'mid' ) . "&status=0&limit=100&fct=comments&selsubmit=Go",
After:
_AM_WFL_MCOMMENTS => "../../legacy/admin/index.php?action=CommentList&com_modid=" . $xoopsModule -> getVar('mid') . "&com_status=0",
4.4 Change line 7 in wflinks/include/onupdate.inc.phpBefore:
if( $ref == '' || strpos( $ref , XOOPS_URL.'/modules/system/admin.php' ) === 0 ) {
After:
if( $ref == '' || strpos( $ref , XOOPS_MODULE_URL . '/legacy/admin/index.php' ) === 0 ) {
4.5 Change line 48 in wflinks/templates/wflinks_index.htmlBefore:
<{include file="db:system_notification_select.html"}>
After:
<{include file="db:legacy_notification_select.html"}>
4.6 Change wflinks/templates/wflinks_singlelink.htmlLine 131, 133, 135, 139
Before:
<!-- start comments loop -->
<{if $comment_mode == "flat"}>
<{include file="db:system_comments_flat.html"}>
<{elseif $comment_mode == "thread"}>
<{include file="db:system_comments_thread.html"}>
<{elseif $comment_mode == "nest"}>
<{include file="db:system_comments_nest.html"}>
<{/if}>
<!-- end comments loop -->
<{include file="db:system_notification_select.html"}>
After:
<!-- start comments loop -->
<{if $comment_mode == "flat"}>
<{include file="db:legacy_comments_flat.html"}>
<{elseif $comment_mode == "thread"}>
<{include file="db:legacy_comments_thread.html"}>
<{elseif $comment_mode == "nest"}>
<{include file="db:legacy_comments_nest.html"}>
<{/if}>
<!-- end comments loop -->
<{include file="db:legacy_notification_select.html"}>
4.7 Change line 92 in wflinks/templates/wflinks_viewcat.htmlBefore:
<{include file="db:system_notification_select.html"}>
After:
<{include file="db:legacy_notification_select.html"}>
5. 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 Legacy System --> Module Installation and install WF-Links as any other Xoops module.
6. Import from mylinks/weblinks
Open XOOPS_URL/modules/wflinks/update.php and follow the instructions to import data from mylinks or weblinks modules. Please be careful because mylinks/weblinks will not work nor being uninstallable after the importation.
7. Final
- Delete
modules/wflinks/update directory and
modules/wflinks/update.php file from your server
- If you don't have time doing all of the above changes yourself, you can use mine from
the XOOPS section of nhatban.net- Comments/Suggestions are welcomed.
