Links and Downloads Manager

[idared]

AndrewD,
1) Thanks, I will look at the filmstrip extra.
2) Yes, if by "flagging" you mean that that entry is shown in the "Last Post" column. :)

[AndrewD]

AndrewD,
1) Thanks, I will look at the filmstrip extra.
2) Yes, if by "flagging" you mean that that entry is shown in the "Last Post" column. :)

You can achieve (2) as follows:

- VB admincp/plugins and products
- Go to plugin manager
- Delete the plugin called Links and Downloads Manager - Patch forumhome
- Go to download and upload plugins
- Upload the attached file

This will be slightly slower than the standard code, but with a usual sized LDM database (i.e. assuming that you do not have thousands of nested categories) the effect should not be serious.

Edit - I just changed this plugin.

I will include this modification as an extra in the next release - I don't think it's wise to make this the standard behaviour.

[idared]

Thank you for the fast response, the new plugin works perfectly.
As for the filmstrip extra, I decided to wait for the 2.2.9 release and use it then.

Thanks again for a great product and great support.

[krustyx]

strange error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: lookup_ldm_category() in /home/vwq/public_html/forum/local_links.php(2354) : eval()'d code on line 31

anybody can help? This is happening when i click on a link added

Thank you

[krustyx]

problem solved, downgraded to 2.8

[idared]

AndrewD, the recent entries plugin that updates the latest post from the subcategories on the forumhome page (post #3002 ) works great, one little bug: it shows posted entries that are not yet approved by the moderator. Can it be modified to only show entries that already passed moderation? Thanks!

[AndrewD]

problem solved, downgraded to 2.8

I assume that you had installed the "2.2.8 patch-category-attack" extra with the 2.2.9 LDM code? This is not necessary - 2.2.9 includes the safeguard within the main code.

[AndrewD]

AndrewD, the recent entries plugin that updates the latest post from the subcategories on the forumhome page (post #3002 ) works great, one little bug: it shows posted entries that are not yet approved by the moderator. Can it be modified to only show entries that already passed moderation? Thanks!

try this

[benjaminbih]

can someone help me please,

if i want to upload a rar or zip file to LDM i become this error
"Upload error - uploads of this filetype not allowed"
if i want to upload a image file like png gif or jpg it works fine.

I have enabled rar and zip in vb attachment manager

[AndrewD]

can someone help me please,

if i want to upload a rar or zip file to LDM i become this error

if i want to upload a image file like png gif or jpg it works fine.

I have enabled rar and zip in vb attachment manager

Have you also defined mimetype data for rar and zip files in the vb attachment manager?

[benjaminbih]

Have you also defined mimetype data for rar and zip files in the vb attachment manager?


Sorry my misstake
Yes i have, define the mime type.

But i havent take a good look over the file i have tested to upload, it was a tar file and not a rar or zip file :o

shame on me haha

thank you on replay anyway

[LennySh]

I'm sorry if I missed a post about this already, but how can I get this to work with VBulletin 3.7.0? All I get is this error:

Unexpected critical failure
Critical Error: Links and Downloads Manager v.2.2.8 requires VBulletin version 3.5/3.6

[AndrewD]

I'm sorry if I missed a post about this already, but how can I get this to work with VBulletin 3.7.0? All I get is this error:

Unexpected critical failure
Critical Error: Links and Downloads Manager v.2.2.8 requires VBulletin version 3.5/3.6

You need to use version 2.2.9, which you will find here

[Vinyljunky]

somebody else obviously had the same problem I had and found the same solution :)

edit includes/local_links_include.php. cache_styles appears three times - at about lines 1120, 1145 and 1157. Change each of them to, e.g., ldm_cache_styles. That should solve the problem. I'll fix this permanently in the next release.

Phew fixed my problem too :up:

[minimalize]

Hi,

is there any solution to integrate the ldm_new module into ajaxtabs (http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25189) ?

There are some instructions (http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showpost.php?p=127764&postcount=3)to build an own tab with vba modules but i did not get it working. Perhaps you can have a look at this andrew.

[minimalize]

Hi,

is there any solution to integrate the ldm_new module into ajaxtabs (http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25189) ?

There are some instructions (http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showpost.php?p=127764&postcount=3)to build an own tab with vba modules but i did not get it working. Perhaps you can have a look at this andrew.

no idea?

[AndrewD]

no idea?

I'll have a look, but I've been busy with the day job (our annual conference is running at the moment) - give me a few more days,

[minimalize]

I'll have a look, but I've been busy with the day job (our annual conference is running at the moment) - give me a few more days,

Ok, that?s no problem.

[kevinh]

I have LDM installed and can access the admin side of it but I can't see how to access it from my forums as a normal logged in user. There's no sign that it even exists in the forums. Can someone give me some pointers?

Thanks,
Kevin

[AndrewD]

I have LDM installed and can access the admin side of it but I can't see how to access it from my forums as a normal logged in user. There's no sign that it even exists in the forums. Can someone give me some pointers?

Thanks,
Kevin

It's not done automatically, for good reason.

You have to create a link into LDM and there are several ways to do this. For example, you can edit your navbar template, create a forum link or use the vbadvanced modules.

Take a look at the wiki - http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php/Installing_LDM

If you upgrade to version 2.2.9 (which works with both vb 3.6 and 3.7), the installation also includes two plugins which automatically include LDM and LDM search to the main vb navbar.

[AndrewD]

no idea?

I got this working with LDM.

See attached files, which are tabmodule scripts for the ldm_hot and ldm_new vba modules. Basically, they provide wrappers around the ldm scripts. You will need to edit them to pre-set variables which are normally preset on the vbadvanced page. (If this works and is popular, I'll see how I can pick up the values from the vba database tables.)

These wrappers require that you have already installed the ldm_new/ldm_hot modules, i.e. that your modules subdirectory contains ldm_new.php and ldm_hot.php. If not, copy ldm_new.php and ldm_hot.php from the development/vba_modules/php directory in the LDM release zip.

As far as I can tell, these work with ldm versions 2.2.8 and 2.2.9/vb 3 and vb 3.7

[AndrewD]

Version 2.2.9 of LDM is now the official release. This works with both VB3.6 and VB3.7. You can obtain it here

[minimalize]

I got this working with LDM.

See attached files, which are tabmodule scripts for the ldm_hot and ldm_new vba modules. Basically, they provide wrappers around the ldm scripts. You will need to edit them to pre-set variables which are normally preset on the vbadvanced page. (If this works and is popular, I'll see how I can pick up the values from the vba database tables.)

These wrappers require that you have already installed the ldm_new/ldm_hot modules, i.e. that your modules subdirectory contains ldm_new.php and ldm_hot.php. If not, copy ldm_new.php and ldm_hot.php from the development/vba_modules/php directory in the LDM release zip.

As far as I can tell, these work with ldm versions 2.2.8 and 2.2.9/vb 3 and vb 3.7

This works fine for me! Thank you for that.

[minimalize]

I got this working with LDM.

See attached files, which are tabmodule scripts for the ldm_hot and ldm_new vba modules. Basically, they provide wrappers around the ldm scripts. You will need to edit them to pre-set variables which are normally preset on the vbadvanced page. (If this works and is popular, I'll see how I can pick up the values from the vba database tables.)

These wrappers require that you have already installed the ldm_new/ldm_hot modules, i.e. that your modules subdirectory contains ldm_new.php and ldm_hot.php. If not, copy ldm_new.php and ldm_hot.php from the development/vba_modules/php directory in the LDM release zip.

As far as I can tell, these work with ldm versions 2.2.8 and 2.2.9/vb 3 and vb 3.7

Could you please provide another tab for the search function?

[Xphusion]

how can i disable the download section for this mod i just need the links part of it cause im using downloadsII

[AndrewD]

Could you please provide another tab for the search function?

Attached. Works with ldm 2.2.8 and 2.2.9

However, If you are already using ldm 2.2.9, you also need the attached update to the vba module code and template, as I overlooked the vbulletin CSRF fix in the release version.

[AndrewD]

how can i disable the download section for this mod i just need the links part of it cause im using downloadsII

Disable uploads and allow_remote_downloads on the ldm admin settings page

[MalluCastle]

will this work on 3.7?

[AndrewD]

will this work on 3.7?

Use version 2.2.9 which you will find here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=166094

[bitwise2000]

How does LDM stack up against the vBAdvanced Dynamics and Links Directory products? Anyone used both or done a good feature comparison? I need to manage links and a library of PDF files (with thumbnails).

Thanks - Jeff

[ritunb]

Hi,

I'm using vBulletin 3.7.2 and LDM 2.2.9. Even when I've given myself enough allowance in the Admin CP, I get the following error when I upload a file:

"Upload error - configuration problem - unable to create a user subdirectory on server"

Please advice. Thanks..

[0ptima]

Hi,

I'm using vBulletin 3.7.2 and LDM 2.2.9. Even when I've given myself enough allowance in the Admin CP, I get the following error when I upload a file:

"Upload error - configuration problem - unable to create a user subdirectory on server"

Please advice. Thanks..

May be a long shot, but are your server directory permissions setup correctly?

[pooslokka]

Hai andrew

Thumbnails for picture uploads not shown. how to automatically do that :p?

[Bob F.]

The file local_links_init.php is contained in the includes/ subdirectory of the release zipfile and uploaded into the forums/includes/ subdirectory.

Open the file using a text editor and find these lines:


if ($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]) {
define('LDM_DOCUMENT_ROOT', $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]);
}
else {
// If you are running the IIS web server in CGI mode on Windows or if otherwise warned, uncomment and edit this line
// define('LDM_DOCUMENT_ROOT', '/path/to/your/site');
}


You need to replace the line

// define('LDM_DOCUMENT_ROOT', '/path/to/your/site');


by the correct directory path to your web site, e.g.:


define('LDM_DOCUMENT_ROOT', '/data/www-root/mysite');



You can generally figure out what is your '/data/www-root/mysite' by going to your vbulletin/admincp/maintenance/php info page, and taking a look at the listing. I can't easily tell you what line to look for, as I do not have a windows-based IIS server available.

If you have problems with this, send me a PM with site details and a username/password for an account with admin privs on your board, and I'll take a look myself.

A quick note: the hosted Windows server we use does define DOCUMENT_ROOT but does so incorrectly (for this purpose) so I found I had to comment out the whole of the if ($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]) code except the required line - e.g.//if ($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]) {
// define('LDM_DOCUMENT_ROOT', $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]);
//}
//else {
// If you are running the IIS web server in CGI mode on Windows or if otherwise warned, uncomment and edit this line
define('LDM_DOCUMENT_ROOT', '\\servername\domains\mysite.com\user\htdocs\testv b');
//}

On our Windows server (I don't know if this is the same for others) the _SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT" variable found in the "View PHP Info" section of the vB control Panel gives the path to \admincp\index.php so just removing that part of the path gives you the full path to the forum home directory on that server which is what you need to enter for the definition of LDM_DOCUMENT_ROOT.

[DJDrew]

Does anyone have something for this I can use with vbadvanced?

[abroad]

I have installed it however when I use the snap plugin to create a preview of a link I get this error message:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_url_atag() in /var/www/html/includes/local_links_include.php(3567) : eval()'d code on line 5

[pooslokka]

Hai

i went to my vps control panel and set teh max upload size from 2 to 4 mb and restarted the vps server. but still the LDM Shows the max upload limit is 2mb.
i can upload my 3 mb 3gp files.

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/1380/pscvb0.jpg

* Max post size was 8MB by default.

pls tell the solution.
Thank you for the wonderfull mod.

[hollosch]

I use vB 3.8.0 Beta 4 and LDM doesn't work. Will it work only with Version 2.3.0 ???
Release-time ???

thx

[tamborinegal]

Hi Andrew,

Recently I had to update my Wimpy Mp3 player to get it working with Flash 10. The problem now is that it shows "demo" when I use the LDM Wimpy addon. Is there any way around this. Is there another file that needs to be uploaded?

Thanks for any help.

Cheers

Clancy

[TheWhite]

I added a new usergroup and gave it the permession to download, the links are there but aren't clickable so downloading isn't possibile, can someone help me?

[Underlab]

Help. I have racked my brain for hours. Users can't upload. There is no Add Entry Button. Users have permissions, however I still dont get a button to Add an entry. What could it be?

I Use VB 3.8.1

[Underlab]

ok i figured out that for some reason, my users can't upload when i have a synchronization on. I would like users to upload to the synched up directories. Is that possible?

[kentona]

Hi could someone please tell me how to make the links in alphabetical order without having to click on date created: ascending. In one of my catergories i have 100 files and they aren't in order.

Thanks.

[jpietrowiak]

Hi,
Can anyone tell me why or if this is an option to change when a PDF is downloaded from the links and downloads manager it actually has the name of the file as the default saving option. Right now its local_links.pdf. It opens in the browser and then if you click on disk to save that is the file name.

Thanks

[SeanE]

Any word if this hack works on vb 3.8.1 Patch Level 1 yet?

Thanks,
Sean

[jpietrowiak]

I'm using it now and appears to work.

[AndrewD]

Hi,
Can anyone tell me why or if this is an option to change when a PDF is downloaded from the links and downloads manager it actually has the name of the file as the default saving option. Right now its local_links.pdf. It opens in the browser and then if you click on disk to save that is the file name.

Thanks

As far as I recall, this is dependent on the browser and other installed addins on your system. LDM sends the correct headers to tell the browser to give a file its correct name, but the local settings can override them

[Mondi]

Any word if this hack works on vb 3.8.1 Patch Level 1 yet?



Would like to know this too.....

Waiting impatiently...;)

[drfenning]

Ok, I thought that I had the kinks worked out but...

How do I change the forum-based access permissions for the categories? I have set up a paid subscription to access the downloads from the download manager, but it's not giving the subscribers access...

default_forumid = SOTB Club Scrap
default_forumid defines the default forum for the forum-based access permissions system. If set, access to new categories/entries is by default only available to usergroups with can view forum and can view others threads access rights to that forum
Currently no categories/entries are using the forum-based access permissions system

I am only able to turn access on to every registered user or none at all. It won't recognize the permissions set in vbulletin for the paid subscribers...

Thanks in advance,
Dani

[AndrewD]

Ok, I thought that I had the kinks worked out but...

How do I change the forum-based access permissions for the categories? I have set up a paid subscription to access the downloads from the download manager, but it's not giving the subscribers access...

default_forumid = SOTB Club Scrap
default_forumid defines the default forum for the forum-based access permissions system. If set, access to new categories/entries is by default only available to usergroups with can view forum and can view others threads access rights to that forum
Currently no categories/entries are using the forum-based access permissions system

I am only able to turn access on to every registered user or none at all. It won't recognize the permissions set in vbulletin for the paid subscribers...

Thanks in advance,
Dani

Did you set default_forumid *after* creating the entries and categories? Entry and category associated forums are set at the moment you create the entry/category, and do not get changed automatically when you modify default_forumid.

The easiest way to update the forum associations is on the LDM->admin->mass edits page. Select the categories you want to update, select the Parent Forum button, choose the SOTB Club Scrap forum and check the "Also make this forum the parent of all entries currently in the category" box, and submit the form.

Sorry if this is confusing. I am happy to take a look at your site if you want (PM me details, including a username/password with admin rights)

[saintsmc]

You going to upgrade this for 4.0? I currently use it for map hosting on a Gaming Clan site.

[AndrewD]

You going to upgrade this for 4.0? I currently use it for map hosting on a Gaming Clan site.

I am in the process of writing the upgrade. It's a lot of work.

[viper357]

Hi Andrew, I have just upgraded from 2.2.7 (which was working perfectly) and now I am getting the following error when I click on any LDM link in the admincp, also the local_links.php link.

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare cache_styles() (previously declared in /home/*****/public_html/includes/adminfunctions_template.php:2249) in /home/*****/public_html/includes/local_links_include.php on line 1151
I am running 3.6.12

Thanks.

[AndrewD]

Hi Andrew, I have just upgraded from 2.2.7 (which was working perfectly) and now I am getting the following error when I click on any LDM link in the admincp, also the local_links.php link.


I am running 3.6.12

Thanks.

I'm assuming that you are trying to run LDM 2.2.8-post1 with vb 3.6.12.

I set up a clean installation of these two (you are fortunate - I still had the vb36 code but had to create a new test website to try it out :)), and the error you report does not occur.

I'm sorry - I am not really able to spend much time on vb36 - my free time is fully occupied with vb40:)

[viper357]

Can you give me any indication as to what the problem might be? Is there any way I can roll back to LDM 2.2.7?

[AndrewD]

Can you give me any indication as to what the problem might be? Is there any way I can roll back to LDM 2.2.7?

Unfortunately, I have not got the time to track this down, but I can't find a release of LDM in which line 1151 of local_links_include.php would trigger this message, so you might want to check that you've got all the correct code installed. There is no problem in re-installing version 2.2.7 - just follow the usual process.

[viper357]

Ok, thanks. one last thing please, where can I download v 2.2.7 again?

Thanks Andrew.

[saintsmc]

From the wiki link in his sig. http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php/Installing_LDM

[AndrewD]

Ok, thanks. one last thing please, where can I download v 2.2.7 again?

Thanks Andrew.

I have looked some more at the code for ldm 2.2.7 and 2.2.8, and think I know the cause of your problem. It is not specifically related to ldm 2.2.8 - rather, I think it is likely to be an interaction between ldm and another hack that you installed at the same time as upgrading to 2.2.8. This problem was fixed in version 2.2.9, but unfortunately that will not work with vb3.6.

I have no idea which version of ldm 2.2.7 you were using, but I doubt that you will correct the problem by downgrading.

If necessary, I can suggest a fix, but it will require making an edit to one of the code files.

[viper357]

Thanks for taking the time to help me Andrew.

Send your suggestion, I can edit the files no problem.

[AndrewD]

Thanks for taking the time to help me Andrew.

Send your suggestion, I can edit the files no problem.

The following should do the trick.

Edit includes/local_links_include.php.

Find all three occurances of "cache_styles". (In 2.2.8 post 1, these are at lines 1120, 1145 and 1157.) Change cache_styles to ldm_cache_styles. Save.

Let me know if that fixes the problem.

[viper357]

Perfect, working 100%, thank you very much Andrew.:up::up::up:

[Allnick]

I've got a problem....running version 2.2.6
It must be somethng I've done that has somehow affected LDM.
I have a warning message, and the page width/alignment is wrong.

Can someone please look at the link below, and advise what I should do?

http://www.myfavouritecampsite.com/vB/local_links.php

Line 907 reads..... uksort($holdcat, "catcmp");

Many thanks.

[AndrewD]

I've got a problem....running version 2.2.6
It must be somethng I've done that has somehow affected LDM.
I have a warning message, and the page width/alignment is wrong.

Can someone please look at the link below, and advise what I should do?

http://www.myfavouritecampsite.com/vB/local_links.php

Line 907 reads..... uksort($holdcat, "catcmp");

Many thanks.

Your problem is that your server has a very recent version of php which has different error handling in certain situations. The problem can be resolved by editing the file includes/local_links_include.php and replacing the code for function catcmp (lines 868 to 897 in your version, I think) with the attached.

Take care with the edit, and keep a copy of the original - I haven't supported version 2.2.6 for a long time and hope that the fix does not create new problems.

[NickTGA]

Is there anything similar to Links and Download manager for vb4?

[Alfa1]

LDM works fine for vb4.12 I have not checked it for vb4.2 yet, but I expect that it will still work fine.
See: Links and Downloads Manager (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231407)

[DEAL321]

Hi to all,
is this working with 4.2.1 ?!
Not want waste time OR destroy my vB when trying :D