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Link Library

The purpose of this plugin is to add the ability to output a list of link categories and a complete list of links with notes and descriptions.

Download Version 5.4.5

5.4.5

  • Fixed problem with Link ID missing on some installations from links in moderation page

5.4.4

  • Updated danish translation

5.4.3

  • Cleanup to avoid PHP debug warnings

5.4.2

  • Fixed problem with library switching logic

5.4.1

  • Fixed path to plugin icon file

5.4

  • Redesigned user submission processing code to send post data to external php file and redirect back after data storage and validation

5.3.3

  • Fixed duplicate check on user-submitted links
  • Fixed problem with other plugins causing shortcode to be evaluated multiple times, resulting in multiple links submission

5.3.2

  • Updated meta box creation code to be compatible with WordPress 3.3

5.3.1

  • Added option to specify address for search box results. This allow you to place search box on one page and results on another page.
  • Updated French translation
  • Updated Italian translation
  • Added Turkish translation

5.3

  • Fixed way that messages were displayed when using user submission form
  • Added error message when submitting a link without an address

5.2.9

  • Updated Italian translation
  • Updated French translation
  • Added missing translation

5.2.8

  • Updated translation file to add text for new option introduced in 5.2.7

5.2.7

  • Added option to replace image with link name if no image is assigned to a link

5.2.6

  • Added missing translation for UI element

5.2.5

  • Split a sentence in two full pieces to facilitate translation.

5.2.4

  • Fixed glitch with reciprocal check menu item disappearing

5.2.3

  • Added italian translation (Thanks to Gianni Diurno!)
  • Fixed some text strings which could not be translated

5.2.2

  • Added check for search parameters to verify that they are only text or numbers

5.2.1

  • Added an option to display link category list on search results page

5.2

  • Added span tag to link category description to allow for styling

5.1.9

  • Fixed updated date mechanism

5.1.8

  • Removed debug code in link moderation screen
  • Fixed problem with empty categories not showing up even if Hide when empty is not checked

5.1.7

  • Fixed problem with category drop-down in user-submission form that prevented it from appearing in some situations
  • Added data type validation code to avoid security exploits

5.1.6

  • Corrected problem with link moderation list screen

5.1.5

  • Corrected a problem with new link submission in admin editor

5.1.4

  • Removed extra debugging code

5.1.3

  • Added new sort mode to display links based on updated date
  • Added field to links editor to see updated date and be able to manually change it

5.1.2

  • Changed RSS parsing library back to Simplepie, but using version supplied with WordPress with extra layer

5.1.1

  • Corrected plugin installation function to properly create custom tables in multi-site environment
  • Replaced SimplePie with PHP_RSS library to avoid PHP5 validation errors and have simpler code base

5.1.0

  • Correct path for RSS Icon and RSS Preview Icons

5.0.9

  • Security fix

5.0.8

  • Fixed RSS Feed generation code to accept https links

5.0.7

  • Added details on use of catogory list in link submission form
  • Now using Moderator E-mail (if present) as destination address for moderation notifications

5.0.6

  • Fixed problem with path of images uploaded for links

5.0.5

  • Added option in reciprocal checker to delete links that return a 403 error during check

5.0.4

  • Made code change to always load jQuery as soon as Link Library is rendered on a site to enable link click tracking

5.0.3

  • Changed link id field to contain text before their numeric ID to be xhtml compliant
  • Added code to strip slashes on custom fields in link editor
  • Added link category to link moderation screen
  • Add option to use textarea instead of input field for link notes in user submission form
  • Added check in Reciprocal checked to see if site is dead. Display appropriate message if it is.

5.0.2

  • Corrected a problem where slashes were getting added in front of quote and apostrophes when editing large description

5.0.1

  • Added code to escape special characters in large description field when importing links

5.0

  • Added new mode to show link categories in a drop-down list
  • Replaced calls to wp_specialchars with esc_html since the previous function was deprecated in WP 2.8
  • Corrected bad CSS styling in admin sections
  • Added bookmarklet creation section in admin to allow for quick link creation
  • Fixed problem where settings became "sticky" until you went out of plugin admin and came back after resetting them

4.9.8

  • Tested with WordPress 3.2
  • Added missing tooltip for URL submission acknowledgement page

4.9.7

  • Highlight the search result string if found in large description

4.9.6

  • Added Large Description field to link search

4.9.5

  • Added call to strip slashes off the large description field when displayed

4.9.4

  • Corrected bug with extrainfo table creation code

4.9.3

  • Added missing field to table creation code for new users

4.9.2

  • Added ability for user link submissions to accept large descriptions

4.9.1

  • Changed terminology from Setting Set to Library Settings or Library to make it more obvious to new users

4.9

  • Added new div around each category output
  • Added new featured link check box under link editor along with featured link sorting option in setting set configuration

4.8.5

  • Fix to accept more than one link without a URL

4.8.4

  • Fixed bug which delete all custom field data when generating thumbnails

4.8.3

  • Fixed broken 2.9.2 compatibility issue introduced in version 4.8.2

4.8.2

  • Changed table name creation from using prefix to get_blog_prefix() to be compatible with network sites

4.8.1

  • Removed some unnecessary colorbox code
  • Added option to allow users to submit a link without a url into the database

4.8

  • Switched RSS Preview from using colorbox to thickbox since thickbox is delivered with WordPress, simplifying compatibility
  • Validated support with final version of WordPress 3.1

4.7.5

  • Fixed: Now stripping slashes in user link submission form if user does not enter captcha or some informations correctly when data is re-displayed in the fields.

4.7.4

  • Fixed problem with large description not being saved when a link is first submitted or first modified
  • Added ability to specify large description and no follow property in link importer

4.7.3

  • Added reciprocal link checker

4.7.2

  • Renamed tooltip class in admin to avoid conflict with other plugins (UAM in specific)
  • Changed default number of stylesets to 1 to make plugin easier to use for newcomers
  • Fixed problem with link name before code not showing up when secondary link was selected

4.7.1

  • Maintenance and removal of old information on plugin page

4.7

  • Added: Option to set nofollow property on links on a link-by-link basis

4.6.7

  • Fixed: Problem with favicon generation in link editor page
  • Fixed: Problem with content directory location when user redirects it
  • Fixed: Web Link not following target rules

4.6.6

  • Fixed: Direct references to content upload directory which did not work in network configurations

4.6.5

  • Fixed: Pagination issues

4.6.4

  • Fixed: Unable to hide submitter name and e-mail fields

4.6.3

  • Fixed: Problem with link submission when no captcha is displayed
  • Fixed: Custom captcha show/hide setting not saved

4.6.2

  • Fixed: Only Settings Set up to 5 could be accessed since version 4.5
  • Fixed: First part of submitter was not properly parsed when sending user confirmation e-mail

4.6.1

  • Fixed: Missing some fields for new installations

4.6

  • Added: New configuration section under General Settings for Moderation Options
  • Added: Ability to send approval or refusal messages to new link submitters
  • Added: Option to customize title of moderation notification e-mail
  • Added: Ability to specify custom captcha question
  • Added: New field to store large link descriptions in link editor page
  • Added: CSS Class for User Link Submit button
  • Added: Ability to specify custom URL to redirect after user submission

4.5.8

  • Added: Code to remove link tags from links that have a hash sign as their address (#)

4.5.7

  • Fixed: Error about ll_install function not found for users upgrading from older versions

4.5.6

  • Fixed: RSS Link using Standard Icon did not use correct address

4.5.5

  • Added: Icon for plugin menu in WordPress Admin
  • Fixed: Edit link for admins now points to correct URL
  • Fixed: Link to stylesheet editor on general settings page
  • Fixed: Re-arranged some code section for compatibility with older versions of PHP

4.5.4

  • Changed directory for image upload and thumbnail generation to be under \wp-content\uploads instead of plugins directory

4.5.3

  • Added: New Manual Image Upload field in link edition form

4.5.2

  • Fixed: Headers already sent error when pressing update settings button on settings set window
  • Fixed: Added back second save button at bottom of Settings Set section
  • Fixed: Messages get variable that was repeating on settings set page
  • Fixed: Unable to hide Link Name
  • Fixed: Non-translable string in e-mail notification template

4.5.1

  • Fixed: Changed registration method for actions to avoid problem on some installations of WordPress
  • Added: New notification icon on moderate section to indicate if any links need to be moderated
  • Updated french and danish translations

4.5

  • Redesign of the admin pages and restructuring of entire code base
  • Admin section now has its own menu section with sub-sections instead of being located under settings
  • Ability to hide sections of admin pages using the screen options WordPress tab at the top of each admin page

4.3.3

  • Fixed: Drag-and-drop for link element ordering

4.3.2

  • Added: Link Rating is now part of the Link Sub-Field Configuration table to be displayed and configured
  • Fixed: Slow load in IE caused by fancybox. Switched to colorbox for RSS Preview box.
  • Fixed: Potential conflicts between jQuery sortable query delivered with Link Library and version included with WordPress
  • Added: French translation of Captcha elements
  • Added: Check for duplicate link URL and names upon user submission
  • Fixed: Links in moderation screen now correctly let you view link edit pages

4.3.1

  • Change captcha library from re-captcha to library included with plugin to fix layout issues

4.3

  • Added: Captcha option for user link submission form (uses Re-Captcha service)
  • Fixed: MySQL error message displayed on some installations when creating new links

4.2.9.1

  • Re-added: Extra field in link import template for link image address

4.2.9

  • Re-fixed: Problem with too many AJAX queries in a short period of time in Internet Explorer
  • Re-fixed: Paging in AJAX mode when showing one category at a time
  • Re-added: Ability to specify link image address when batch importing

4.2.8

  • Rolling back all changes to version 4.2.5. The new features of 4.2.6 will be re-implemented this week-end and tested more thoroughly.

= 4.2.7= * Reverted changes related to WP 3.0 network compatibility to fix errors experienced by many users

4.2.6

  • Added: WP 3.0 Network Compatibility
  • Fixed: Problem with too many AJAX queries in a short period of time in Internet Explorer
  • Fixed: Paging in AJAX mode when showing one category at a time
  • Added: Ability to specify link image address when batch importing

4.2.5

  • Added: New sorting order for links to be displayed in random order
  • Added: New option to limit number of links displayed per category
  • Fixed: Stylesheet no longer disappears when saving general settings
  • Fixed: Thumbshots CID now works correctly for dynamic thumbnail generation
  • Fixed: Error messages that were appearing on AJAX load and a few other section have been removed

4.2.4

  • Added fix for strict PHP errors that may appear on RSS Preview on some server configurations
  • Fixed display of thumbshots cid field
  • Fixed retrieval of thumbnails from thumbshots.ord when user CID provided

4.2.2

  • Fixed problem with escape characters added to stylesheet editor when double-quote are present

4.2.1

  • Added missing code for translation of edit link

4.2

  • Fix for RSS dialog box images not showing up in Internet Explorer
  • Fix to properly pass thumbshots CID when requested thumbnails

4.1.8

  • Improved usage instructions section

4.1.7

  • Improved thumbnail and favorite icon generation buttons in link edition form so that they work even when creating a new link and don't redirect to a different page

4.1.6

  • Fixed: Use primary web address if plugin is updated and settings are not saved anew.

4.1.5

  • Fixed: Show Web Hits option now turns off correctly

4.1.4

  • Fixed: Edit links where broken in 4.0. Image and Link ids were broken in 4.0.

4.1.3

  • Fixed: Links not displayed when links ordered by ID
  • Improved upgrade process from versions before 4.0 to avoid losing configuration options.

4.1.2

  • Correction to stylesheet display filter

4.1.1

  • Minor tweaks to stylesheet editor

4.1

  • Added: Stylesheet Editor to avoid upgrade issues with customized stylesheet getting overwritten.

4.0.4

  • Update: French translation corrections

4.0.3

  • Fixed: Added replacement statement to convert double-quotes to single quotes in text fields.

4.0.2

  • Fixed: Only search results from first category encountered would display when only showing one category at a time

4.0.1

  • Fixed: Problem with batch thumbnail generation, files not created in right folder

4.0

  • Added: New drag-and-drop interface to specify order of link elements
  • Added: Ability to specify target link for link categories to allow categories to be on seperate page from link library
  • Added: New section in link edition screen to specify new data elements (Reciprocal Link, E-mail, Second Web Address, Telephone, Link Submitter)
  • Added: Ability to batch import links through csv files
  • Added: Ability to import/export setting sets using csv files
  • Added: Collection of click-through stats for links
  • Added: Link category permalinks
  • Added: Update page title
  • Added: French Translation
  • Added: Can now generate thumbnail or favorite icon or a single-link basis
  • Added: Option to store user information when available upon link submission

3.4

  • Addition correction for link count in category listing

3.3.9

  • Corrected link count in category listing to disregard hidden links is Show Hidden option is disabled

3.3.8

  • Removed unnecessary call to load jquery-ui since that file does not exist.

3.3.7

  • Remove unnecessary function that caused problems with some themes which defined a function with the same name

3.3.6

  • Fixed: Added check for links per page config setting being set to 0 or null when pagination mode is active

3.3.5

  • Fixed: Problem with AJAX category switching when setting set # not specified in Link Library shortcode

3.3.4

  • Fixed: Error with undefined function initTree when using AJAX category switching

3.3.3

  • User-submitted links under moderation are now set to be invisible. Their visibility is set to true when they are approved.

3.3.2

  • Added: Field in admin page to customize label in search form

3.3.1

  • Fixed: Removed hard-coded site path when clicking on links on moderation page
  • Added: Label for user-submitted category list entry

3.3

  • Added: New debug information for category list in add link form
  • Fixed: Problem with population of category list in Link Addition Form
  • Added: Ability for users to submit new category when submitting new links

3.2.9

  • Fixed: Dimensions of RSS Preview Window
  • Fixed: Population of category list in Link Addition Form

3.2.8

  • Fixed: Repeating category headers on certain configurations

3.2.7

  • Fixed: Highlight bugs in search results

3.2.6

  • Enhanced link moderation page layout

3.2.5

  • Fixed: Thumbnail generation now works all the time instead of only when specific categories are specified

3.2.4

  • Fixed: Gaps between admin form sections no longer appear after updating settings.

3.2.3

  • Fixed: A href tags placed within link notes are now rendered correctly as links again

3.2.2

  • Corrected bug with new link moderation section that caused errors on servers without the php open short tag option enabled

3.2.1

  • Changed format of if statement to switch between admin and moderation to avoid problem with some server configurations
  • Added support for single quotes in link sub-field configuration table

3.2

  • Added new link moderation screen that allows for batch approval or deletion of links awaiting moderation

3.1.7

  • Changed option "Use HTML codes for formatting" to "Convert [] to <> in Link Description and Notes" since WordPress does not allow admins to put HTML tags in notes and description

3.1.6

  • Changed tooltip plugin used in admin pages to avoid conflict with other plugins

3.1.5

  • Fixed: Category links not working correctly with pagination turned on

3.1.4

  • Fixed: Problem with show one category at a time in AJAX mode after upgrade
  • Tested compatibility with WordPress 3.0 Beta 1. No problems to report.

3.1.3

  • Upgraded version of fancybox plugin 1.3.1

3.1.2

  • New Feature: Generate images for links from web site fav icons
  • Fixed: Thumbnail generation now only happens once when you press the button instead of every time you press submit after the initial generation

3.1.1

  • Fixed: Get errors when saving settings referring to an empty category
  • Fixed: When showing one category at a time and selecting an empty category, categories with links stop showing the links that they contain

3.1

  • Added ability to generate RSS feeds for a link page.
  • Added new option to show single categories using AJAX (previous mode) or HTML GET methods

3.0.4

  • Added new option to display number of links for each category in the category list

3.0.3

  • Fix to display tooltips in admin pages
  • Added information to readme

3.0.2

  • Corrected bug with link search when using the AJAX Show One Category at a Time mode

3.0.1

  • Removed doubel highlight tags when displaying search results
  • Fix problem with category links when pagination mode is active and category is displayed on page other than first
  • Added new option to only display link addition form when logged in as a valid user

3.0

  • Added e-mail notification when new links are submitted
  • Removed text color tags from default stylesheet
  • Added new options to specify which fields should be displayed on Link Addition form (Show/Hide)
  • Added option to use site thumbnails instead of local images
  • Added new button to request and store thumbnails for all links

2.9.3

  • Resolved further issues when both "Paginate Results" and "Only show one category at a time" are activated
  • Enhanced debugging mode

2.9.2

  • Fix refresh problem in Link Library admin page when updating settings
  • Enabled "Paginate Results" and "Only show one category at a time" options to work together
  • Removed possibility of upgrading settings from a pre-2.0 version of Link Library

2.9.1

  • Fixes problem with infinite loop introduced in version 2.8.8 and higher

2.9

  • Added new option field to specify class for link images
  • Added debug mode to facilitate remote debugging

2.8.9

  • Corrected small bug withcheck to determine if stylesheet should be loaded

2.8.8

  • Added built-in support to store link update time instead of having to rely on external plugins
  • Improved filtering system to decide which plugins/stylesheets get loaded on a page based on its contents and configuration

2.8.7

  • Add new option to specify position of image relative to link name (before or after)
  • Added option to include scripts and stylesheets on specific pages even if they don't contain the Link Library shortcode commands

2.8.6

  • Move code to process user submitted links from Link Display code to Link Submission Form code to allow link submission form to be displayed on different page than links

2.8.5

  • Small correction so that edit link shows up next to link name

2.8.4

  • Added ability to specify code to be placed before and after link images

2.8.3

  • Restored div ids based on setting set number to allow multiple link libraries to be displayed on the same page
  • Changed AJAX loading indicator from being displayed in a span to a div
  • Changed text displayed when no categories or no links are displayed to be simpler

2.8.2

  • Fixed problem with AJAX mode when switching categories
  • Changes names of categories to full name in user submission form
  • Fixes problem with categories showing with no link if unapproved links were present in database

2.8.1

  • Corrected a few bugs with listing categories in user submission form
  • Made small enhancements to stylesheet

2.8

  • Corrects problem with bad link results introduced in version 2.7.1
  • Add ability to have more than 5 Settings Set

2.7.2

  • Correctly process special characters in category description

2.7.1

  • Fixed option "Hide if Empty" to correctly display categories that do not contain any links
  • Improved the pagination scheme that was introduced in version 2.7 to show a limited number of entries

2.7

  • Changed jQuery script to render RSS previews from Thickbox to Fancybox
  • Added code to check if javascript and stylesheets from plugin are necessary before loading them
  • Changed pagination system to show all pages and allow user to navigate though link library pages quicker
  • Fixes stylesheet bugs in Link-Library.css. CSS issues with Thickbox were removed by changing jQuery scrip for that functionality

2.6.1

  • Now correctly displays link dates if that functionality is activated

2.6

  • Adds the ability to display a form for users to submit new links to the WordPress link database
  • Allows administrators to determine if links are displayed immediately or only after being moderated
  • All labels can be edited in the admin panel

2.5.9.3

  • Corrected a big with category names appearing twice after update 2.5.9.2

2.5.9.2

  • Added option to specify category description position relative to category name
  • Added new option to display link date between link name and description

2.5.9.1

  • Modified code only to display table column headers if they contain text

2.5.9

  • Stopped showing links sets as private by default
  • Added option to show links even if they are hidden (false by default)

2.5.8

  • Modified search and pagination features to work with Permalinks config set to Default

2.5.6

  • Corrected bug with Ajax loading icon not disappearing after data is loaded
  • Added fix so that the notes and description outout can be correctly hidden if desired.

2.5.5

  • Corrected bug with Show Edit Links option in admin panel
  • Fixed issue with AJAX mode (Show one category at a time) where page would always go back to top when clicking on category links

2.5.4

  • Added new general options section for settings that apply to all configuration
  • Added field to specify custom stylesheet name to avoid getting your settings overridden with each update

2.5.3

  • Corrects bug in Ajax mode (display one category at a time) when two instances of Link Library are displayed on the same page
  • Corrects bug in admin page for new option to show/hide category names. Also renamed from Show Category Names to Hide Category Names

2.5.2

  • Bug fix to make Link Library accessible from Plugins Page
  • Corrected path to jquery plugin

2.5.1

  • Fixed bug with One Category at a time mode if no default category is set

2.5

  • Redesigned administration panel
  • Moved configuration settings under Settings section in WordPress admin
  • Added new ability to display search box and highlight keywords in results
  • Added new ability to limit number of results per page and add links to navigate between pages

2.3.3

  • Fixed bug with AJAX mode to display one category at a time

2.3.2

  • Fixed bug with RSS feeds which tried to load RSS feeds even if no feed address was specified

2.3.1

  • Added configuration field to specify RSS library cache directory. Had been hard-coded by error in version 2.3

2.3

  • Added messages in admin panel to show that data is saved or potential errors.
  • Added new ability to show RSS feed previews in a preview box or inline with links.

2.2

  • Added new mode that only shows one category at a time.
  • New category can be selected through category list.
  • Default first category can be selected by user.
  • Uses AJAX to fetch data.

2.1

  • Added ability to display edit links next to links in page for editors and administrators that are logged in.

2.0

  • Added ability to define multiple groups of settings to use Link Library on different pages with different configurations.

1.3.2

  • Added option to display link category descriptions, with option to embed HTML code in description.

1.3.1

  • Optimized some of the code for category parsing and corrected a few syntax errors.
  • Categories with special characters will also be handled better.

1.3

  • Created a new stylesheet for Link Library styles. Added new reset settings link for a table layout.

1.2.5

  • Adds new option to specify a target window for all links

1.2.4

  • Corrects second issue related to exclusion list and category order set to included list

= 1.2.3= * Corrects a bug between the exclusion list and setting category order to included list with no included list defined

1.2.2

  • Correct a few issues with escape characters and the nofollow condition

1.2

  • Added new options to output extra code before and after complete link groups after a user-defined number of links.
  • Enables the display of links are data cells in a table row.

1.1.9

  • Added new option to show RSS link using standard icon instead of only textual link.

1.1.8.1

  • Fixed bug with Show Image and Name option. Now works as expected.

1.1.8

  • Added new ordering option to follow order set by My Link Order plugin

1.1.7

  • Added new options to give users flexibility to choose between div class tags and heading tags.
  • Users upgrading need to select the desired output and set the value of the class name (e.g. linklistcatname) or desired heading style (e.g. h2).

1.1.6

  • The H2 tags that were previously placed before and after the names of the link categories have been replaced by a div class called linklistcatname.
  • This allows for more flexibility in formatting the element using your blog�s stylesheet.

Requires: 2.7 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.3.1
Last Updated: 2012-1-15 Downloads: 184,278

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