Links Plugin

The links section used to be an integral part of the Geeklog core code, but have been moved to a plugin as of Geeklog 1.4.0.

Configuration File

The links plugin has its own configuration file, located at /path/to/geeklog/plugins/links/config.php. There you will find the following options:

Variable	Default Value	Description
delete_links	0	Defines what to do when a user is deleted that is the owner of a link. When set to 0, all links owned by the deleted user will be assigned to a user of the "Root" group (e.g. the site admin). When set to 1, the links are deleted.
hidelinksmenu	0	Whether to hide the "Links" entry from Geeklog's menu bar (when set to 1) or to show it (when set to 0).
hidenewlinks	0	Whether new links should be hidden from the "What's New" block (when set = 1) or whether to list them there (when set to = 0).
linkcols	3	The number of link categories to display per column.
linksloginrequired	0	When set to 1, only registered users can access the links section. Please note that `$_CONF['loginrequired']` in `config.php` takes precedence over this setting. So when `'loginrequired'` is set to 1, anonymous users can not access the links section even when `'linksloginrequired'` is set to 0.
linksperpage	10	The number of links to show per page.
linksubmission	1	Whether links submitted by users will have to be approved by an admin first (when set = 1) or show up immediately (when set = 0).
newlinksinterval	1209600	For how long a link should be considered "new" and show up in the "What's New" block on the site. The interval is given in seconds, so the default value equals 14 days.
notification	0	Whether to send an email notification when a new link was submitted (when set to = 1) or not (when set to = 0).
show_top10	`true`	When both `$_LI_CONF['linkcols']` and `$_LI_CONF['linksperpage']` are not 0, the plugin will show a list of the 10 most clicked-on links on the Links plugin's index page automatically. If you do not want that "top 10" list there, set this option to `false`.

Layout of the Links plugin's index page

The general layout of the index page of the Links plugin is defined by the options $_LI_CONF['linkcols'] and $_LI_CONF['linksperpage'], as explained above.

If you'd rather have a straight list of all your links, you can set both of these options to 0. This probably makes the most sense when you only have a few links. Setting only $_LI_CONF['linksperpage'] to 0 zero will list all the links of the current category on one page. Setting only $_LI_CONF['linkcols'] to 0 will hide the categories and will display all your links spread over several pages.

Template files

To further change the layout of your Links section, you can change the template files. Please note that they are now located in the plugin's directory, i.e. in

/path/to/geeklog/plugins/links/templates/

If you're using a theme that was made for an older version of Geeklog (prior to Geeklog 1.4.0), you may still have a "links" directory in your theme's directory - but that is not used any more and can be safely removed.