Link Manager 3.0 Support Thread

[fajmp]

The sidebox will only show when there is at least 1 link present.

make sure you have uploaded the following files and changed the YOUR_TEMPLATE folder to match the name of the custom template you are using on your site.

includes/modules/sideboxes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/links_box.php
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/sideboxes/tpl_links_select.php

Nothing changed when I did the above that you suggested.
I went scrounging and found that there was 2 different downloads for the mod.
The one I was using was links_manager_v3-5-1.zip 386 kb
the other one I found was links_manager_v3-4-1.zip 391 kb
So I decided to overwrite the 2 files (suggested above ) from the older version and voila.. it worked.

[fajmp]

I recently unchecked my link from the layout boxes until I get a chance to work on getting some links. But this morning I had a link, placed in there (even though I had it unchecked)
It was a ######## link. How can that happen? Is there some weakness in the addon? I am timid of leaving it on.
Anyone else ever have this problem?

[jabbawest]

This is a fresh install of your latest version.
Couple of issues.
1. The following error when using Check Links:

Warning: file() [function.file]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in D:\Hosting\*******\html\admin**********\links.php on line 615

Should I just create a file named funtion.file and put it in my /admin directory? OR could this be something that needs to be adressed with .htaccess?

2. The following SQL complaints.
ERROR: Cannot insert configuration_key "IH_VERSION" because it already exists
Error ERROR: Cannot insert configuration_key "IH_VERSION" because it already exists
Warning Note: 1 statements ignored. See "upgrade_exceptions" table for additional details

Would IH_VERSION refer to Image Handler?

Other than that, the module seems to be working just fine.
Nice work and I appreciated the order steps mod too.

[jabbawest]

Sorry, forgot to add this error to the first issue.
Warning: file(http://mysticmountainnaturals.com/demotest) [function.file]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in D:\Hosting\*******\html\admin************\links.php on line 615

[clydejones]

This is a fresh install of your latest version.
Couple of issues.
1. The following error when using Check Links:

Warning: file() [function.file]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in D:\Hosting\*******\html\admin**********\links.php on line 615

Should I just create a file named funtion.file and put it in my /admin directory? OR could this be something that needs to be adressed with .htaccess?

2. The following SQL complaints.
ERROR: Cannot insert configuration_key "IH_VERSION" because it already exists
Error ERROR: Cannot insert configuration_key "IH_VERSION" because it already exists
Warning Note: 1 statements ignored. See "upgrade_exceptions" table for additional details

Would IH_VERSION refer to Image Handler?

Other than that, the module seems to be working just fine.
Nice work and I appreciated the order steps mod too.

Sorry, forgot to add this error to the first issue.
Warning: file(http://mysticmountainnaturals.com/demotest) [function.file]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in D:\Hosting\*******\html\admin************\links.php on line 615

ERROR: Cannot insert configuration_key "IH_VERSION" because it already exists
This can safely be ignored (It just means that that particular table row already exists)

Warning: file() [function.file]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration

As the error message states - this is a server issue. You will need to contact your hosting provider to correct this issue.

[jabbawest]

As the error message states - this is a server issue. You will need to contact your hosting provider to correct this issue.

Well, a little searching found that this needs to be allowed in the php.ini file by adding the following.
allow_url_fopen = On;
allow_url_include = On;

More research suggests that doing this would allow a huge opening for DoS attacks and scripting injections both of which I'm quite familiar with from running php-nuke sites. Back then I was able to install a security module that would automatically ban anyone trying hack into my sites.

Any opinions about this, or maybe it should be a new topic in the security forum?

Thanks

[fajmp]

I recently unchecked my link from the layout boxes until I get a chance to work on getting some links. But this morning I had a link, placed in there (even though I had it unchecked)
It was a ######## link. How can that happen? Is there some weakness in the addon? I am timid of leaving it on.
Anyone else ever have this problem?

Can someone reply to this? It's a very weird and possibly dangerous (to my website) happening.

[clydejones]

Can someone reply to this? It's a very weird and possibly dangerous (to my website) happening.

URL for your site?

You can turn the sidebox off admin -> tools -> layout boxes controller

[fajmp]

That's what concerns me...I had it turned off! I had turned it off a couple of days before to think about the best way to use it. And then I got the email saying that someone had put in a new link.
A bad link.

http://www.talkingwalls.ca/talkingwalls/

Do you suppose it would take that long for the email to get through?

[clydejones]

That's what concerns me...I had it turned off! I had turned it off a couple of days before to think about the best way to use it. And then I got the email saying that someone had put in a new link.
A bad link.

http://www.talkingwalls.ca/talkingwalls/

Do you suppose it would take that long for the email to get through?

If it was a link from a spammer; they wouldn't necessarily need to link to the submit link page from the sidebox. They could have used a "bot" that would search for and then submit a link automatically.

That's why ALL links must be approved from your admin panel before they are displayed.

You might want to check through the support thread for the "captcha" fix which can help reduce spam links.