Links and Downloads Manager

[Nam]

wow Andrew, so excited to test out the 2.1.1, can't wait :D.

[EasyTarget]

just another quick suggestion:

when creating/editing a link I think it'd be nice if we could use an image from our computer, a 'Browse' button like the file upload portion has would be very useful for me.

[m.s]

Hi,

will it be possible to integrate vbulletins editor into LDM for inserting/editing new links?

[TundraSoul]

That's the best news I've had this week. I can't wait for the next update! :drool:

Thanks! Good suggestions.

Situation for 2.1.1 is that the following are done completely or in large part:
+ Default permissions for new links taken from parent category if set rather than global default_forumid
+ Daily file download and bandwidth limit settings available
+ Users with can_moderate_link can change username of who submitted an entry
+ Admin pages give more information on invalid parameter settings
+ File uploads retain their name when downloaded
+ Unnecessary links removed from jukebox display
+ 'Update to current time' checkbox added to Edit Link form
+ Adjustable # columns displayed in catlist (cat_cols_display setting)
+ Integration with My Profile:
>- MySearch driven by parameters in Profile
>- Plugin to show user's recent LDM hits in profile

I'm currently working on the My Profile group of changes. I'll try to get these finished this weekend, then upload a beta.

[Vtec44]

Wow, just when I thought it can't get any better. Nicely done Andrew :D

[AndrewD]

Hi,

will it be possible to integrate vbulletins editor into LDM for inserting/editing new links?

I had a quick go at this a few weeks ago and wasn't sure if it was an improvement or not - which fields do you think should use the VB editor?

No promises about 'when' this might be done.

[AndrewD]

Thank you Andrew for your reply. It only happens when users Upload the banner to the site. At this point I had to disable it.

http://www.bikerstalkonline.com/forum/local_links.php?catid=3&page=1#linkid2

The second link is the problem. At first it was working fine but the next day after it was set up it changed.

I suspect that - as BenJ suggests - the link has been set up so that the link's url is actually the image, rather than the site you want to jump to.

url - > site to jump to
image -> banner to be displayed.

If you want to upload the image (rather than simply point to it), I'll have to change the code, as suggested in anothrer post yesterday.

[m.s]

which fields do you think should use the VB editor?
I think, only the field where you can write the description of an entry.

[Code Monkey]

Upgrade to 2.10 was perfect. Running smoothly. Thanks for the great product.

[LoOnEyToOnZ]

Hi.

I am getting upload limit error
(Error - upload larger than maximum size allowed.)
when i try to upload files into the system.

I already added the filetype into the attachments part of Admin CP and also given it a big size limit, but still doesnt help...

[AndrewD]

Hi.

I am getting upload limit error
(Error - upload larger than maximum size allowed.)
when i try to upload files into the system.

I already added the filetype into the attachments part of Admin CP and also given it a big size limit, but still doesnt help...

Check each of the following:

* file is smaller than maximum filesize specified in VB attachment table for the given filetype
* file smaller than the values in your php.ini for the parameters upload_max_filesize and post_max_sizecode

[DKN]

Does anyone know how to be able to upload more than 3MB with this? My file size limits in the ACP are high. My upload_max_filesize, post_max_size, and memory_limit are all high. When I use a simple php upload script, which basically uploads a file to a temp folder and then moves that file to another folder, allows anything over 3MB to be uploaded. But for some reason this mod and attachment do not allow anything higher than 3MB to be uploaded. What happens when I upload a file that is over 3MB, is that it only uploads 35KB of that file. I noticed that the error messages that I recieve in my email, shows that it uploads the filedata into the database, which is pretty long. :ermm:

[DKN]

I found the fix. If anyone has the same problem as me, make sure you go to vBulletin Options - > Message Attachment Options and change the limit in Limit Space Taken Up By Attachments (Total).

[AndrewD]

I found the fix. If anyone has the same problem as me, make sure you go to vBulletin Options - > Message Attachment Options and change the limit in Limit Space Taken Up By Attachments (Total).

I'm a little :ermm: confused, as LDM does not use (as far as I know) the code and limits that VB uses for attachments

[Code Monkey]

I seem to find this in my error logs a lot now.

File does not exist: /home/blah/blah.com/html/forums/local_links


Everything seems to work fine. Though I am not using a lot of the features so maybe I missed something. I simply upgraded the old one which I am only using for links. Is that a directory I am supposed to create for the file features?

[AndrewD]

I seem to find this in my error logs a lot now.

File does not exist: /home/jsr_admin/joystickrequired.com/html/forums/local_links


Everything seems to work fine. Though I am not using a lot of the features so maybe I missed something. I simply upgraded the old one which I am only using for links. Is that a directory I am supposed to create for the file features?

I think you should check the links admin page - take a look to see if the setting seo_friendly has got itself set to 1. Set it to 0. Your home page has a lot of 'search engine' friendly links in the 'Hot links' group which are all broken and will trigger this error.

Someone else reported this - I'm not sure how, but it seems that people are inadvertently (or my code is inadvertently) changing this setting.

[Code Monkey]

I set it that way. I obviously misunderstood it's intent.

[Code Monkey]

Works now. Thanks. I got the idea that it would make the links function in a seo friendly way. Obviously, it has a different function.

[AndrewD]

I set it that way. I obviously misunderstood it's intent.

For LDM's seo_friendly to work, you also have to configure apache -see section 8.3 in the instructions.txt

[Code Monkey]

Yes, I understand the configuration issues.

If you ever get time, you might want to make the configuration pages actual CP home pages and add the help button feature. Might eliminate silliness from dummies like me. :D

[ConKien]

Andrew, can you give me a direction where to dig in and change the template so it could display the category column?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=842368&postcount=737

[AndrewD]

Andrew, can you give me a direction where to dig in and change the template so it could display the category column?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=842368&postcount=737

The key display template is links_main, which is basically a set of tables:
- Category name, statistics, subcategories
- Links in category/from search, with accompanying pagenavs, sort options

You would need to reorganise this template to put the categories down one side.

You might then need to change the category creation template (links_catbit) to fit properly into the space.

Please be aware that 2.1.1 will make some changes to the category layout in order to make possible multicolumn displays.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

once agin, this HACK RULES ALL!! and is one of the most important hack, imo. AWESOME WORK!! keep it up1!!

ok....sorry if this was asked before, but its a HUGE thread and I tried search, but didn't come up with it. lol

1. what file do I edit to snazz up the jukebox popup? I want to add Adsense at the bottom and/or top of the jukebox.

2. any plans to integrate vbulletin replies for the comments? instead of the current inline comments? I would think this would make it that much easier to integrate LDM into forums. Alternatively, maybe you could do something like they did for the Drupal extension. When new blogs are posted to Drupal ...it autmatically creates a thread in a forum of your choice. then people can comment on it from there. just a thought but the point is... love the plans for new features, but tighter integration with the forums I think one of, if not, the most important as that just really makes this that much more an indespensible seamless part of the vbull system.

[AndrewD]

1. what file do I edit to snazz up the jukebox popup? I want to add Adsense at the bottom and/or top of the jukebox.

It's the links_play template

2. any plans to integrate vbulletin replies for the comments? instead of the current inline comments? I would think this would make it that much easier to integrate LDM into forums. Alternatively, maybe you could do something like they did for the Drupal extension. When new blogs are posted to Drupal ...it autmatically creates a thread in a forum of your choice. then people can comment on it from there. just a thought but the point is... love the plans for new features, but tighter integration with the forums I think one of, if not, the most important as that just really makes this that much more an indespensible seamless part of the vbull system.

This is a very good suggestion, which I have wondered about - there are two philosophies a) keep things distinct but consistent; b) integrate as much as possible. At least while I was still learning about VB, I favoured the first approach!

What do others think?

[elsupremo]

I think integrating with Vbulletin for the comments is best. :)

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Please be aware that 2.1.1 will make some changes to the category layout in order to make possible multicolumn displays.

kick@ss!! :D

Situation for 2.1.1 is that the following are done completely or in large part:
+ Default permissions for new links taken from parent category if set rather than global default_forumid
+ Daily file download and bandwidth limit settings available
+ Users with can_moderate_link can change username of who submitted an entry
+ Admin pages give more information on invalid parameter settings
+ File uploads retain their name when downloaded
+ Unnecessary links removed from jukebox display
+ 'Update to current time' checkbox added to Edit Link form
+ Adjustable # columns displayed in catlist (cat_cols_display setting)
+ Integration with My Profile:
>- MySearch driven by parameters in Profile
>- Plugin to show user's recent LDM hits in profile

I'm currently working on the My Profile group of changes. I'll try to get these finished this weekend, then upload a beta.

DRRRROOOOLLLLLLL!!!

and I'll put another vote it for vbulletin forums for the replys (with auto thread creation with title and summary in the content). :D

this hack PWNS! :D

[Synth]

should I install now or wait for the update? Nice Hack BTW!!:)

[Synth]

*installed* :)

[AndrewD]

should I install now or wait for the update? Nice Hack BTW!!:)

You made the right decision - the beta 2.1.1 is about to go up, but I don't recommend that anyone starts with beta code...

[AndrewD]

*19/12/05 Edited - first beta removed, new beta placed in first post in thread

Again with trepidation, I provide the first beta release of 2.1.1 for testing and comment. This includes the following new features over 2.1.0 (NB slightly more than was mentioned above):

Admin pages give better information when invalid parameter settings entered
Default permissions for new links taken from parent category rather than global default_forumid
Daily user file download and bandwidth limits available
File uploads retain their name when downloaded
New *cat_cols_display* setting controls # columns in catlist
New *can_save_musicbox* permission defines whether users see the open/save as hyperlink for Jukebox media files
QuickTime plugin included in Jukebox - *Warning* - if upgrading LDM, manually remove "mov" from *musicbox_filetypes_realplayer* filetypes
'Update to current time' checkbox added to Edit Link form
Uploads of thumbnail images available
UserProfile integration (off by default, set *profile_integration* to 1)
- 'Show MySearch' driven by parameters in User Profile
- Enable showing user's recent LDM hits in profile
Users with *can_moderate_link* can change (Ajax-enabled) name of user who submitted entry

Bugs fixed
- Phrase order in browser title changed to match VB's format
- Some unnecessary links removed from the Jukebox display
- Hard-coded phrases moved from plugins into phrases file

I have also translated the instructions file into html - see the /manual subdirectory in the zip file.

Please note:

- User Profile integration is not switched on by default - you need to set *profile_integration* in the admin settings. Then edit your profile - you should see two new items - 'My LDM Search' and 'My Recent LDM Hits'. Try putting some keywords into 'My LDM Search', then go back to LDM and use Show/My Search. Go to Quick Links/My Profile and you should see the last five items you visited/downloaded.

- File download and bandwidth settings are controlled by a new submenu item on the admin menu

- I have split up local_links.php into two files (local_links and local_links_search). Possibly in the process there are menu commands which don't work properly - please exercise these to look for bugs.

- There are some new phrases which need translation into French, German and Spanish - help please

As usual, please take a back up before installing. Upgrades are handled automatically by installing the product file on top of an existing installation. You can downgrade back to 2.1.0 if necessary by uninstalling and then reinstalling 2.1.0 - this will not lose your database.

[elsupremo]

My goodness Andrew, my goodness. :) I am d/l, and will install to test.

You are amazing. :) :up:

[TundraSoul]

It's always great to see another update, I enjoy testing beta products.

Let's discuss the "Integration with the User Profile system" feature. This is item 5.8 in the new LDM manual. Let me begin by apologizing if I wasn't clear when I came up with this idea. I know you're trying to work this in, which I greatly appreciate, and I applaud you for the effort. Unfortunately, IMO it's not implemented correctly and here's why.

There's no need to create additional profile fields to offer saved keyword searches. These fields will likely already exist as one of the existing vB profile fields, but if they don't, the admin can go make one in vB for use within LDM. This also keeps the members from having to fill new fields again.

Single-Line Text Box profile fields.
There should be a setup option in LDM to allow the admin to choose which profile field number LDM should use as a keyword search criteria. Let's say for instance I have the word "music" typed in my single-line text box profile field 15. I would then enter 15 as the LDM profile field choice for this saved search, and of course LDM would now know my saved search keyword is "music".


Multiple selection menu profile fields.
My personal favorite, because you could possibly search the other available keyword choices without changing your profile. Let's say I choose the vB profile field 16, which happens to be a multiple selection profile menu field. In LDM, the user could then select from any of the possible profile choices listed in the vB multiple selection menu profile field 16, and search based on those choices. Let's say those choices are types of music, like Rock, Country, Rap, and Classical. Even if the user has Country save as their saved keyword choice, they should still be allowed to search based on any of the other possible profile choices without changing their profile.

The search mechanism for this feature shouldn't be in the menu, IMO, it should be in the Advanced Search area of the LDM. If the admin is using a multiple selection profile field, you could display the profile saved keyword choices as a drop down box, similar to the category and forum jump choices.

Now for any of this to work correctly, we need the ability to associate the LDM links with the profile field choice we've setup from the users profile. If we don't do this, then all we're really doing now is saving the user from having to type in a keyword. Further, and more importantly, the search system still uses the same "Sql match" or "Sql like" system, which is often inaccurate. What I purpose is when you add or edit a link, you are offered the ability to associate the link with a already configured vB profile choice.

If I'm using field 15, the single-line text box field, I would type in music as the associated keyword for the link, assuming of course it's music. If I'm using field 16, the multiple selection menu profile, I could choose any or all of the profile choices available from profile field 16, which associates them with this link.

Ultimately what all this does is create powerful associations between the LDM links and items that are of specific interest to the user. It also solves the SQL weakness, which is my main goal with this feature.

[ConKien]

The key display template is links_main, which is basically a set of tables:
- Category name, statistics, subcategories
- Links in category/from search, with accompanying pagenavs, sort options

You would need to reorganise this template to put the categories down one side.

You might then need to change the category creation template (links_catbit) to fit properly into the space.

Please be aware that 2.1.1 will make some changes to the category layout in order to make possible multicolumn displays.

Thanks Andrew for letting me know. I'll going to mess around to see if I could do it myself while waiting for version 2.1.1!

How long will v2.1.1 be coming out Andrew?

[TundraSoul]

Here's a couple of small suggestions.

The phrase ll_profile_showhits appears to be an option, but it's not shown in the administration / settings menu. Further if you set the profile_integration to 0, the LDM downloads will still show up in the users profle. Oddly enough I couldn't find the phrase "My Recent LDM Hits:" or "My LDM Search:" using the phrases or templates seach.

The Daily Downloads allowances table appears to be messed up a little. The various usergroups scroll to the right, instread of down the page.

[AndrewD]

Thanks Andrew for letting me know. I'll going to mess around to see if I could do it myself while waiting for version 2.1.1!

How long will v2.1.1 be coming out Andrew?

Just so that I'm clear - 2.1.1. does not do what you are wanting, but does make possible some other changes to the category display so that this can be laid out in multiple columns. The first beta for 2.1.1 is already available here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=847918&postcount=780)

[AndrewD]

Let's discuss the "Integration with the User Profile system" feature. This is item 5.8 in the new LDM manual. Let me begin by apologizing if I wasn't clear when I came up with this idea. I know you're trying to work this in, which I greatly appreciate, and I applaud you for the effort. Unfortunately, IMO it's not implemented correctly and here's why.

:) I had a very strong suspicion you would say this. I'm glad you've given a clear description.


There's no need to create additional profile fields to offer saved keyword searches. These fields will likely already exist as one of the existing vB profile fields, but if they don't, the admin can go make one in vB for use within LDM. This also keeps the members from having to fill new fields again.

I wondered about this - fortunately most of the coding is independent of whether its a new or existing profile field


Single-Line Text Box profile fields.
There should be a setup option in LDM to allow the admin to choose which profile field number LDM should use as a keyword search criteria. Let's say for instance I have the word "music" typed in my single-line text box profile field 15. I would then enter 15 as the LDM profile field choice for this saved search, and of course LDM would now know my saved search keyword is "music".

Trivial to implement


Multiple selection menu profile fields.
My personal favorite, because you could possibly search the other available keyword choices without changing your profile. Let's say I choose the vB profile field 16, which happens to be a multiple selection profile menu field. In LDM, the user could then select from any of the possible profile choices listed in the vB multiple selection menu profile field 16, and search based on those choices. Let's say those choices are types of music, like Rock, Country, Rap, and Classical. Even if the user has Country save as their saved keyword choice, they should still be allowed to search based on any of the other possible profile choices without changing their profile.

Also pretty trivial to implement


The search mechanism for this feature shouldn't be in the menu, IMO, it should be in the Advanced Search area of the LDM. If the admin is using a multiple selection profile field, you could display the profile saved keyword choices as a drop down box, similar to the category and forum jump choices.

My long term plan is to be able to establish multiple pre-cooked but tailored searches, which would be available to different users. I wondered about where these should be accessed. The problem with using Advanced Search is that that is another step away from the casual user, who wants things cheap, free and now.


Now for any of this to work correctly, we need the ability to associate the LDM links with the profile field choice we've setup from the users profile. If we don't do this, then all we're really doing now is saving the user from having to type in a keyword. Further, and more importantly, the search system still uses the same "Sql match" or "Sql like" system, which is often inaccurate. What I purpose is when you add or edit a link, you are offered the ability to associate the link with a already configured vB profile choice.

If I'm using field 15, the single-line text box field, I would type in music as the associated keyword for the link, assuming of course it's music. If I'm using field 16, the multiple selection menu profile, I could choose any or all of the profile choices available from profile field 16, which associates them with this link.

Yes indeed, we discussed this a few weeks back. What shall we do about entries that have not been keyworded? Are they invisible to the profile search or not?

[Synth]

Tiny issue. I have a link that was put up as an upload. When I go into edit it and put the actual link to the site it just says "Uploaded File" and wont let me change it. Can someone help me out please?:)

EDIT - got the above sorted but now my image wont show when i provide a link to my server:(

EDIT AGAIN - Everything is sorted...umm...just thought I'd say HI!

[TundraSoul]

My long term plan is to be able to establish multiple pre-cooked but tailored searches, which would be available to different users. I wondered about where these should be accessed. The problem with using Advanced Search is that that is another step away from the casual user, who wants things cheap, free and now.

Yes indeed, we discussed this a few weeks back. What shall we do about entries that have not been keyworded? Are they invisible to the profile search or not?

Logically I think you could cram the option into the category / mass edit menu. If you want to save space, for instance change the wording (Open Access) and stauts to icons or just re-arrange the template a little.

[NuclioN]

Don't know if this is suggested already but it would be nice when there's a list-category on forumhome that shows the latest link submissions :)

[TundraSoul]

My long term plan is to be able to establish multiple pre-cooked but tailored searches, which would be available to different users. I wondered about where these should be accessed. The problem with using Advanced Search is that that is another step away from the casual user, who wants things cheap, free and now.

I was thinking a while about this one. Agreed the user would have to click on the search menu item, then select Advanced Search to open the menu. You could simply add it underneath the menu search item. For instance we would see Search and perhaps Keyword Search as a menu item choice. The keyword search could in theory be a pull down list of possible keywords from my example with profile 16, the Multiple selection menu profile fields. This option of course could be disabled by the adimin in case they'e not using keywords.

[Wachtmeister]

Hello,

does anybody know, how i can have small pictures into my links? (like shown in the first post (right thumbnail))

I would like to have previews of the linked webpage or my own pictures in every link. I didn't saw a chance to get this...

Regards, Wachtmeister

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

OMG..these updates rule!!

I'm gunna Beta test it. :) nice work as usual. This hack pwns.


Don't know if this is suggested already but it would be nice when there's a list-category on forumhome that shows the latest link submissions :)

it was mentioned along with comments integration. please show your support!! :D



Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU
2. any plans to integrate vbulletin replies for the comments? instead of the current inline comments? I would think this would make it that much easier to integrate LDM into forums. Alternatively, maybe you could do something like they did for the Drupal extension. When new blogs are posted to Drupal ...it autmatically creates a thread in a forum of your choice. then people can comment on it from there. just a thought but the point is... love the plans for new features, but tighter integration with the forums I think one of, if not, the most important as that just really makes this that much more an indespensible seamless part of the vbull system.


This is a very good suggestion, which I have wondered about - there are two philosophies a) keep things distinct but consistent; b) integrate as much as possible. At least while I was still learning about VB, I favoured the first approach!

What do others think?

[Synth]

Where can I change the title "Links and Download Manager"? I can't seem to find the Template.
Thanks

[AndrewD]

Where can I change the title "Links and Download Manager"? I can't seem to find the Template.
Thanks
There is more than one approach.

You can either change the setting database_name on the LDM admin/settings page or you can go into the phrase manager for phrase ll_links_database

[AndrewD]

Hello,

does anybody know, how i can have small pictures into my links? (like shown in the first post (right thumbnail))

I would like to have previews of the linked webpage or my own pictures in every link. I didn't saw a chance to get this...

Regards, Wachtmeister

Two ways: either set link_imagesize to a positive value on the admin page, then the links entry form will expand to include an image field (more control, auto resizing), or use BBCodes (more flexible, no resizing)

[Synth]

There is more than one approach.

You can either change the setting database_name on the LDM admin/settings page or you can go into the phrase manager for phrase ll_links_database


Yeah just found it.

Thanks!

[Wachtmeister]

Two ways: either set link_imagesize to a positive value on the admin page, then the links entry form will expand to include an image field (more control, auto resizing), or use BBCodes (more flexible, no resizing)

Thank you!


Is it also possible to show the links as a light version?

Just one row with linkname, rating, hits ?

I played with the templates and it is not easy. Maybe someone has already done this?

[Wachtmeister]

rm, i cannot create categories? Am i blind? User Group Settings are correct and i was first at Home Category...

[Synth]

rm, i cannot create categories? Am i blind? User Group Settings are correct and i was first at Home Category...


did you change the permissions in admincp > links and downloads

[Wachtmeister]

did you change the permissions in admincp > links and downloads

Yes, Administrator can do everything. I also cannot add links (but thats maybe, because there are no categories)

//edit: no chance. uninstalled, reinstalled. german/english... import works, but i cannot create categories.

//edit2: seems like my ftp did not overwrite some old files. my fault :(

[AndrewD]

Thank you!


Is it also possible to show the links as a light version?

Just one row with linkname, rating, hits ?

I played with the templates and it is not easy. Maybe someone has already done this?

With v2.1.0, you have a toggle bit at the top right of the links listing, which takes you between a 'lite' and full version of the links display. You can force the use fo the lite version on the admin page by selecting the links_linkbit_short template (towards the bottom of the settings page).

[Wachtmeister]

Does anybody has a .htaccess file for me, that handles mod rewrites somehow?

I would love to have the links shown as

http://links.webgurus.de/funlinks instead of http://www.webgurus.de/forum/local_links.php?catid=1


Also http://links.webgurus.de instead of http://www.webgurus.de/forum/local_links.php would be fine.

I know, this would be better in an apache forum, but maybe someone did exactly this ;)

[AndrewD]

Does anybody has a .htaccess file for me, that handles mod rewrites somehow?

I would love to have the links shown as

http://links.webgurus.de/funlinks instead of http://www.webgurus.de/forum/local_links.php?catid=1


Also http://links.webgurus.de instead of http://www.webgurus.de/forum/local_links.php would be fine.

I know, this would be better in an apache forum, but maybe someone did exactly this ;)

Take a look at section 8.3 in the instructions.txt (2.1.0)

[Wachtmeister]

Take a look at section 8.3 in the instructions.txt (2.1.0)

I did, i just did not thought i can use this as .htaccess ;)

Thank you for your support! The more i play with your add-on - the more i love it!

[sitka]

I did, i just did not thought i can use this as .htaccess ;)

Thank you for your support! The more i play with your add-on - the more i love it!


like your commodore 64 avatar! jumpman jr my favorite game

[Wachtmeister]

like your commodore 64 avatar! jumpman jr my favorite game

Thanks ;) What about my C64 style (http://www.webgurus.de/forum/?styleid=47)

back to topic, sorry ;)

[AmpSul]

Thanks ;) What about my C64 style (http://www.webgurus.de/forum/?styleid=47)

back to topic, sorry ;)

2.1.1.b1 installed... the quota system is an absolute god-send!!!

AndrewD - you're a star!!! :)

[AndrewD]

Thanks for the responses so far to 2.1.1 beta 1.

- There is a minor bug in the admin template used for download quotas (an extra double quote). This breaks the display with IE, although Mozilla handles it ok. I attach a fixed template.

Here are plans/remarks for beta 2, which affect just the profile-based search introduced in beta 1:

- I will re-do the Profile-driven 'My Search' feature, along the lines that TundraSoul discussed, but 2.1.1 will not go all the way.

- Instead of using a new profile field to define the search, the admin will be able to link the search to an existing (or custom) profile field.

- If the field is a text box, then its contents will be treated as search keywords/strings, with commas or semicolons used to separate items

- If the field is a pulldown menu or set of checkboxes, then the descriptions of the selected items will be used to construct the searches.

- My Search will move from the 'Show' menu to the 'Search' menu, as additional menu items after 'Advanced Search'. It will expand into the distinct searches are framed by the user's profile.

- I will not at this stage provide the extra facility to link keywords to entries. You will have to do this via the entry's title/description. Keywording will stay on the 'wish list' for the time being.

OK?

[TundraSoul]

Thanks for the responses so far to 2.1.1 beta 1.

Here are plans/remarks for beta 2, which affect just the profile-based search introduced in beta 1:

- I will re-do the Profile-driven 'My Search' feature, along the lines that TundraSoul discussed, but 2.1.1 will not go all the way.

- Instead of using a new profile field to define the search, the admin will be able to link the search to an existing (or custom) profile field.

- If the field is a text box, then its contents will be treated as search keywords/strings, with commas or semicolons used to separate items

- If the field is a pulldown menu or set of checkboxes, then the descriptions of the selected items will be used to construct the searches.

- My Search will move from the 'Show' menu to the 'Search' menu, as additional menu items after 'Advanced Search'. It will expand into the distinct searches are framed by the user's profile.

That all looks great.

- I will not at this stage provide the extra facility to link keywords to entries. You will have to do this via the entry's title/description. Keywording will stay on the 'wish list' for the time being.

OK?

So when someone selects their profile saved search choice, it wiill continue to search the LDM titles and descriptions to find matches? Please add the keyword feature as soon as you can. It's a much more powerful metod of presenting content relevant links than the current MySQL search system.

1,913 links and growing.

[AndrewD]

So when someone selects their profile saved search choice, it wiill continue to search the LDM titles and descriptions to find matches? Please add the keyword feature as soon as you can. It's a much more powerful metod of presenting content relevant links than the current MySQL search system.


I understand, but there's a long list of other wishes as well, I only have a certain amount of time free, and I'd like to live a life :tired:

[yessir]

I only have a certain amount of time free, and I'd like to live a life :tired:
No doubt. Great job Andrew. I'm going to install this over the weekend.

[elsupremo]

Hey guys,
I PM'd Andrew a couple of ideas, including that there should be a better image gallery layout, which he agreed with and thought there should be generally a more flexible layout with options of which layout you want for a category.

The second thing I suggested was to have a "Recent Comments" section as an option. He agreed with me, but was curious how best to implement it, and on that note asked me to post my idea here for your guys' input:
Originally Posted by elsupremo
"#2. For regular links/entries, if possible please have a "Recent Comments" section under the description of the entry, containing between 3-5 comments, with a "Add Comment" link underneath it.
The reason for this is that people are LAZY. I tested the other day with several friends of mine, and they downloaded some videos from my website, without even knowing that they could add a comment, even though I <strong>'ed and increased the font size of the "Add Comment/Rate Link" text.
If people see the first few comments, it would really bring the comment system to a functional and effective point. Right now, people don't see the comments and are too lazy to click the link to go in and check them out."

Andrew's response was the following:
"This is a good idea - I think it needs to be a per-site-configuration option, so that the admin can decide how many comments are summarised in the bit.

What would help me a lot is a couple of rough sketches of possible layouts. I'm not the greatest garphics artist! You don't need to do these in html - just somthing that gives me a sense of what you would find aesthetically 'clean'. Perhaps you could post this in the main thread for others to respond to."

If anyone is able to help with this last part, much thanks to you! I will give it a try myself when I have some time. :)

Regards,
David

[EasyTarget]

I agree, that would be a nice addition. I'd like to see the last 3 or so comments or summaries, and a link to see more.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

.
"#2. For regular links/entries, if possible please have a "Recent Comments" section under the description of the entry, containing between 3-5 comments, with a "Add Comment" link underneath it.



I still say this is teh best method as it also provide much better integration and with vbulletin, will allow for promotion/exposure and flexibility for things like posting LYRICs to songs and discussions about the files in the main forums:

the Drupal plugin has a great system. When new blogs are posted to Drupal ...it autmatically creates a thread in a forum of your choice. then people can comment on it from there. just a thought but the point is... love the plans for new features, but tighter integration with the forums I think one of, if not, the most important as that just really makes this that much more an indespensible seamless part of the vbull system.

perhaps combining them would be best showing first few replies here ...but actually using vbulltein. DEFINITELY gotta have it appear in the forums. imo



BUG:

don't know if this is just mine...but I can't get the default sort to work. I want it default on date created descending, but it always reverts back to TITLE. :(


anyone getting bugs with the BETA? I'm going to install if not...cause I'd love to have more category control.

[AndrewD]

BUG:
don't know if this is just mine...but I can't get the default sort to work. I want it default on date created descending, but it always reverts back to TITLE. :(


How are you setting the default? If you set an overall value on the admin page, and you also set a default sort for a category (edit category), then the category's sort takes priority.

[AndrewD]

I have uploaded a second beta 2.1.1 into the first post in thread for testing and comment.

The only difference between this and the first beta is that the integration with user profiles has been redone, so that it is possible to connect LDM with any user profile field, see discussion between TundraSoul and me.

If you installed 2.1.1 beta 1, you must uninstall before installing the second beta

New features in 2.1.1 over 2.1.0:

Admin pages give better information when invalid parameter settings entered
Default permissions for new links taken from parent category rather than global default_forumid
Daily user file download and bandwidth limits available
File uploads retain their name when downloaded
New *cat_cols_display* setting controls # columns in catlist
New *can_save_musicbox* permission defines whether users see the open/save as hyperlink for Jukebox media files
QuickTime plugin included in Jukebox - *Warning* - if upgrading LDM, manually remove "mov" from *musicbox_filetypes_realplayer* filetypes
'Update to current time' checkbox added to Edit Link form
Uploads of thumbnail images available
UserProfile integration (off by default, set *profile_integration* to 1)
- 'Show MySearch' driven by parameters in User Profile
- Enable showing user's recent LDM hits in profile
Users with *can_moderate_link* can change (Ajax-enabled) name of user who submitted entry

Bugs fixed
- Phrase order in browser title changed to match VB's format
- Some unnecessary links removed from the Jukebox display
- Hard-coded phrases moved from plugins into phrases file

I have also translated the instructions file into html - see the /manual subdirectory in the zip file.

Please note:

- User Profile integration is not switched on by default - you need to set *profile_integration* in the admin settings. Then edit your profile - you should see two new items - 'My LDM Search' and 'My Recent LDM Hits'. Try putting some keywords into 'My LDM Search', then go back to LDM and use Show/My Search. Go to Quick Links/My Profile and you should see the last five items you visited/downloaded.

- File download and bandwidth settings are controlled by a new submenu item on the admin menu

- I have split up local_links.php into two files (local_links and local_links_search). Possibly in the process there are menu commands which don't work properly - please exercise these to look for bugs.

- There are some new phrases which need translation into French, German and Spanish - help please

As usual, please take a back up before installing. Upgrades are handled automatically by installing the product file on top of an existing installation. You can downgrade back to 2.1.0 if necessary by uninstalling and then reinstalling 2.1.0 - this will not lose your database.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

How are you setting the default? If you set an overall value on the admin page, and you also set a default sort for a category (edit category), then the category's sort takes priority.

ahha!! that did it. didn't realize it you could do per category too. :)

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

What would help me a lot is a couple of rough sketches of possible layouts. I'm not the greatest garphics artist! You don't need to do these in html - just somthing that gives me a sense of what you would find aesthetically 'clean'. Perhaps you could post this in the main thread for others to respond to.

I'll see if I can throw something together as well. :D

There are lots of little changes to UI of this that would help A LOT in making it look A LOT better and promote more usage of its features. :)

[Alfa1]

Andrew, this is great stuff! Your hack is a much apreciated expansion of my site.
I am having the following problem and I have been running round in circles to solve it:
I have full functionality ad admin. Other members only have the functionality of posting links, not uploading. They get the error: Error - unable to move uploaded file on server.
As far as I found the settings are right. Do you have any idea, what the problem is?

[AndrewD]

Andrew, this is great stuff! Your hack is a much apreciated expansion of my site.
I am having the following problem and I have been running round in circles to solve it:
I have full functionality ad admin. Other members only have the functionality of posting links, not uploading. They get the error: Error - unable to move uploaded file on server.
As far as I found the settings are right. Do you have any idea, what the problem is?

I registered at your site and went into the 'Add Link' page and I can see the "Upload File" box. This should not be visible to me if you have configured your site so that other users cannot upload. Take a look at the "permissions" page - have you given registered users 'can_upload_files' privilege?

[harry1951]

This looks like a nice add on for my site. I will install it and if it works for me and my visitors I will translate it into dutch and will post the translation here.

[TundraSoul]

2.1.1 Beta 2 installed with no problems, good job!

Here's a couple of cosmetic suggestions.

1. In My Search, change it so it displays the profile word from the profile field, instead of the profile field description. You currently have the profile word set in the ALT tag.
2. I don't enable the "hit parade" because it seems disorganized IMO. Partly because everything appears centered, and you cannot collapse the table. You may want to re-think the way the table items are displayed.
3. I would like to add category icons for any category. Right now, the default icon, category.gif is used for every category but I would like the option to make them unique.

[AndrewD]

if it works for me and my visitors I will translate it into dutch and will post the translation here.

That will be much appreciated, dank u meenheer

[AndrewD]

1. In My Search, change it so it displays the profile word from the profile field, instead of the profile field description. You currently have the profile word set in the ALT tag.

OK, will experiment - by the way the profile word does appear in the menu if the field is a multiple choice. I omitted it for text fields in case the entry was very long - perhaps a trimmed version of the contents

2. I don't enable the "hit parade" because it seems disorganized IMO. Partly because everything appears centered, and you cannot collapse the table. You may want to re-think the way the table items are displayed.

I agree, I've never been happy with this, although it will collapse as far as I know. I think it was Slave who suggested moving the table down the bottom of the display.

3. I would like to add category icons for any category. Right now, the default icon, category.gif is used for every category but I would like the option to make them unique.

Yes, I think we need to make a number of the global settings available on a per category basis - currently, just the sort order and style are per category. As well as the category icon, the link bit should be a per category choice, and perhaps some others.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

3. I would like to add category icons for any category. Right now, the default icon, category.gif is used for every category but I would like the option to make them unique.

I second this !! (all the suggestions but this especially. :D)


Also, I have one big suggestion/request for this hack. But I think it would INVALUABLE to many of your users.

Multiple Languages for Titles

This is one of the single most important features on my board and I suspect for many boards running multiple languages (even if they don't know it...if they HAD it they would love your forever.... ;))

Basically, this is a feature would allow a Category, Category Title and Title of a file to have a language entry for every language installed on the board. This can be accomplished with simple repeating the field for those subjects for each language.


The reason: multi-language sites are forced to have a category title with both languages in the title.. ... which means one language (non-romanized character languages) is always broken and the titles are super long. This looks awful and is very confusing.

Also, doing this give your hack TRUE international appeal as one can really have multi languages for the content and not just the menu items etc. This in the end can be MORE important.

I have this hack install for my FORUMHOME forum titles. it makes ALL the difference in the world.
www.NaeStar.com/forums
and go to the forum index home and switch between ENGLISH and KOREAN. (your browser might still produce broken characters, but you'll see what I mean.)

but if look at the misery I have to do on the LDM main page to deal with both languages where I can't write language different titles, it'll be obvious what I mean.

I can pm you my forum url, or if you think its appropriate post it here so you can see what I mean.

I know this seems like a small and annoying extra to deal with as many users only deal with English...but I hope you can see the merit of it for continuing to improve your already awesome product. :D

[TundraSoul]

Here's another suggestion that may of been posted before. I would like to see a "what's new" table added to forum home. The content of what's new can be based on date of all new links or date of what's new for my search - or both.

You may want to consider just providing the code so the admin can place the table anywhere the link. I actually added a What's New link to the default vB navbar, so people would be able to find new links even quicker.

1,919 links and growing.

[AndrewD]

Here's another suggestion that may of been posted before. I would like to see a "what's new" table added to forum home. The content of what's new can be based on date of all new links or date of what's new for my search - or both.

You may want to consider just providing the code so the admin can place the table anywhere the link. I actually added a What's New link to the default vB navbar, so people would be able to find new links even quicker.

1,919 links and growing.

Thanks, good idea. The guts of this are written - take a look in the release/extras/xml-external subdirectory. This delivers an xml coded list of 'What's New', but it would be easy to modify for another purpose - you would make minor changes to the lines at the end and you would provide a new template in place of links_xml.

Let me know if this is along the lines you're suggesting.

[AndrewD]

Multiple Languages for Titles

You do set me the most interesting problems! I will need to see how easy it is to present different language coded forms on the same page. Just the task after my Christmas turkey and mince pies:)

Added to the list!

[Nam]

Andrew, the most popular entries in the front page is too long, how can I limit it to like 10 or 20 entries?

I'll setup a test site and install the beta 2.1.1 to help you find any bugs. It's so great to hear it's coming soon.

[AndrewD]

Andrew, the most popular entries in the front page is too long, how can I limit it to like 10 or 20 entries?

As far as I recall, this is determined by the value of links_seen_on_portal on your LDM admin settings page

[silurius]

I have a suggestion for a future release: usergroup security by category.

Also, is this version (or a planned release) able to hand multiple instances of LDM on one vB system?

[TundraSoul]

That's similar to what I had in mind, but that file appears to work as an external XML feed of what's new or what's hot. I guess I would like something simpler. For instance a single, collapsible, table, with a working $ldm_whats_hot or $ldm_whats_new variable that we may use in the table. I could then place the table code anywhere in forum home.


Thanks, good idea. The guts of this are written - take a look in the release/extras/xml-external subdirectory. This delivers an xml coded list of 'What's New', but it would be easy to modify for another purpose - you would make minor changes to the lines at the end and you would provide a new template in place of links_xml.

Let me know if this is along the lines you're suggesting.

[kjmz]

Hi,

I'm trying to get the SEO Rewrite to work. I'm using .htaccess because I don't know how to use http.conf because I don't have the file anywhere on my server. I tried inserting the code from the instructions file but it came up with:

"The requested URL /home/****/public_html/local_links.php was not found on this server."

That is where it located though.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks!

[AndrewD]

I have a suggestion for a future release: usergroup security by category.

Do you mean *in addition* to the possibility to associate the category with a forum and pick up the usergroup security that way?

Also, is this version (or a planned release) able to hand multiple instances of LDM on one vB system?

This is not yet possible. The question has been asked before, and the suggestion was to use the nested subcategory system - create your different instances one level down in the tree and set up pointers in your board to these (local_links.php?catid=N) rather than to the base category.

Is there a reason why that approach is not sufficient?

[AndrewD]

Hi,

I'm trying to get the SEO Rewrite to work. I'm using .htaccess because I don't know how to use http.conf because I don't have the file anywhere on my server. I tried inserting the code from the instructions file but it came up with:

"The requested URL /home/****/public_html/local_links.php was not found on this server."

That is where it located though.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks!

Nice site! Is Winnepeg always so sunny?

The documentation on Apache's mod_rewrite describes the feature as "voodoo" ;) I'm not an expert - you might be better posting the question in a general Apache forum. However - I assume your server is running under linux? If Windows, you probably need a drivename somewhere.

You may find it helpful to include a RewriteLog statement in the .htaccess to give insight into what is going on - see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_rewrite.html

[kadafi_alive]

Hi AndrewD,

Do you know how I can fix the report bug. The current format is:

user( mailto:user@hotmail.com ) has reported this link: http://www.domain.comlocal_links.php?catid=13&linkid=403.\r\nThis is the reason that the user gave:\r\n\r\ntestest.

[Wachtmeister]

They can have different styles - each category can be assigned its own style.

Yeah, but how can i set the default style for the script? It always uses my default style.

[lanc3lot]

Sorry to be a bug, but is something similar to EC Downloads 3.3?

Can i see some short of demo, from ppl that have installed this?

[Alfa1]

I registered at your site and went into the 'Add Link' page and I can see the "Upload File" box. This should not be visible to me if you have configured your site so that other users cannot upload. Take a look at the "permissions" page - have you given registered users 'can_upload_files' privilege?

Registered members should be able to upload, but they can't. Have you tried to upload a file?

[AndrewD]

Registered members should be able to upload, but they can't. Have you tried to upload a file?

Sorry, I misunderstood your original question. Just to be clear, can you confirm:

- As admin, you *can* successfully upload files
- As a *registered user*, I should be able to upload, but I get the error message Error - unable to move uploaded file on server, and the same thing happens to your other registered users?

[AndrewD]

Sorry to be a bug, but is something similar to EC Downloads 3.3?

Can i see some short of demo, from ppl that have installed this?

Something similar, I think !?

You can take a look at our site, http://www.eirma.org/f3/local_links.php

[Alfa1]

Yes, this is the problem.

[harry1951]

Allo Paris, ici le traduction hollandaise :rambo:

[Wachtmeister]

Sorry, can someone teach me about the following?

I have a default style for my forum called Style 3.5.0:

- Style 3.5.0
--- Sub-Style of 3.5.0
--- Sub-Style of 3.5.0 (fixed)
- Linklist

I now want the Links and Downloadmanager to use the Style "Linklist", not the default style "Style 3.5.0".

I can set this for each category, but the main script local_links.php always uses "Style 3.5.0".

I'm pretty sure, that i've setup LDM to use "Linklist" in version 2.05... I'm not able to tell LDM to use the Style "Linklist" only in every category and all pages. Isn't this possible?

Thank you very much for help.

[Alfa1]

How do I install the Dutch language file?

[kjmz]

Nice site! Is Winnepeg always so sunny?

The documentation on Apache's mod_rewrite describes the feature as "voodoo" ;) I'm not an expert - you might be better posting the question in a general Apache forum. However - I assume your server is running under linux? If Windows, you probably need a drivename somewhere.

You may find it helpful to include a RewriteLog statement in the .htaccess to give insight into what is going on - see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_rewrite.html

Nope but it sure does make it look like that.

Has anyone else hused .htaccess because I just can't figure it out. Is there anyway I can use http.conf?

Thanks because I can't figure this out.

[harry1951]

How do I install the Dutch language file?
Import it through language and phrases in your ACP

[AndrewD]

Allo Paris, ici le traduction hollandaise :rambo:

Sorry, my friend - you've uploaded the wrong translation!

[harry1951]

sorry, wrong file...this one should be the good one...

[Alfa1]

I should have formulated my question better: I have installed the Dutch language pack for the forum. I want to add the Dutch language pack for the LDM. Do I add to or replace the Dutch language pack for the forum?

[AndrewD]

Yes, this is the problem.

The error mesage is triggered in two situations:

- If the code is unable to create a subdirectory in your uploads directory corresponding to the user who is making the upload
or
- If the code cannot move the uploaded file into that directory once it has created it.

You can check which case is causing the problem by looked in the directory you have specified as your uploads directory. It should contain subdirectories and sub-sub-directories with single digit names, e.g. for a user with userid 36, there should be a directory tree /uploads/3/6, etc.

If these exist, upload a file under your own admin id and check that a new file (it will have a random filename) appears where you expect. If it does, then check that you have given proper permissions to your uploads directory. If not, then try to discover where the files are actually being placed.

Have you, for example, changed the setting of local_file_root (LDM admin page)?

Let me know what you find out, in case there's a bug in LDM.

[AndrewD]

I should have formulated my question better: I have installed the Dutch language pack for the forum. I want to add the Dutch language pack for the LDM. Do I add to or replace the Dutch language pack for the forum?

You simply upload the Dutch translation on top of your existing language, i.e. you import it into the Dutch language via the VB admin cp

I'll now add this to the list of installers, so that in future, there is a single Dutch installation pack for LDM

[harry1951]

I'll now add this to the list of installers, so that in future, there is a single Dutch installation pack for LDM

Keep it also as a language pack because the belgians needs it as language-pack on top of the french installation...

[kjmz]

Nope but it sure does make it look like that.

Has anyone else used .htaccess because I just can't figure it out. Is there anyway I can use http.conf?

Thanks because I can't figure this out.

Okay, I got the directory to redirect to the correct page but the URL doesn't stay Search Engine Friendly.

Here's my code so far:
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^local_links/links/(.+)/(.+) /local_links.php?catid=$1&linkid=$2 [R]
RewriteRule ^local_links/links/(.+) /local_links.php?catid=$1 [R]
RewriteRule ^local_links/jump/(.+)/(.+) /local_links.php?action=jump&id=$1&catid=$2 [R]
RewriteRule ^local_links/jump/(.+) /local_links.php?action=jump&id=$1 [R]

The directory links to local_links/links/1 but it will redirect to locallinks.php?catid=1

Anyone know what to do?

[AndrewD]

Keep it also as a language pack because the belgians needs it as language-pack on top of the french installation...

Pourquoi veux-je assister ces gens qui disent 'septante'?

[AndrewD]

Okay, I got the directory to redirect to the correct page but the URL doesn't stay Search Engine Friendly.

Here's my code so far:
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^local_links/links/(.+)/(.+) /local_links.php?catid=$1&linkid=$2 [R]
RewriteRule ^local_links/links/(.+) /local_links.php?catid=$1 [R]
RewriteRule ^local_links/jump/(.+)/(.+) /local_links.php?action=jump&id=$1&catid=$2 [R]
RewriteRule ^local_links/jump/(.+) /local_links.php?action=jump&id=$1 [R]

The directory links to local_links/links/1 but it will redirect to locallinks.php?catid=1

Anyone know what to do?

I set up a test site with the rewrite rules in my http.conf, as follows


<VirtualHost vb35>
ServerName vb35
DocumentRoot "C:/Documents and Settings/andrew/My Documents/Website/vb35"
RewriteEngine on
RewriteLog "c:/program files/apache group/apache/logs/rewrite.log"
RewriteRule local_links/links/(.+)/(.+) local_links.php?catid=$1&amp;linkid=$2 [R]
RewriteRule local_links/links/(.+) local_links.php?catid=$1 [R]
RewriteRule local_links/jump/(.+)/(.+) local_links.php?action=jump&amp;id=$1&amp;catid=$2 [R]
RewriteRule local_links/jump/(.+) local_links.php?action=jump&amp;id=$1 [R]
</VirtualHost>


and this works fine for me.

Your code doesn't work in my http.conf, because of the carets at the start. Not sure if that helps you

[harry1951]

n'oubliez pas 'nenente....'

[AndrewD]

Sorry, can someone teach me about the following?

I have a default style for my forum called Style 3.5.0:

- Style 3.5.0
--- Sub-Style of 3.5.0
--- Sub-Style of 3.5.0 (fixed)
- Linklist

I now want the Links and Downloadmanager to use the Style "Linklist", not the default style "Style 3.5.0".

I can set this for each category, but the main script local_links.php always uses "Style 3.5.0".

I'm pretty sure, that i've setup LDM to use "Linklist" in version 2.05... I'm not able to tell LDM to use the Style "Linklist" only in every category and all pages. Isn't this possible?

Thank you very much for help.

From what I can see in the code I wrote over the summer, this is not currently possible:
a) the style resetting code checks for a positive category id, i.e. the base category will always show up in your default
b) there is no global setting

I'll add these to the list of things to do.

Andrew

[AndrewD]

Hi AndrewD,

Do you know how I can fix the report bug. The current format is:

user( mailto:user@hotmail.com ) has reported this link: http://www.domain.comlocal_links.php?catid=13&linkid=403.\r\nThis is the reason that the user gave:\r\n\r\ntestest.

Sorry, I'm not sure what you are asking. Is the message wrong? It looks to me as if someone has set up a link that is missing at least one /? Or maybe I miss something

[Alfa1]

That already explains a lot. The directory's permissions needed to be adjusted. Now it works. That directory is a sub-directory of the local_file_root_prefix. I do not get the monitor_dir to scan a directory outside of the local_file_root_prefix.
Any idea on how to solve this?

BTW I just imported the Dutch Language file, but now users can choose between Dutch for the LDM & the forum, but not both. So they'll either get one part of the screen in Dutch or the other.

[Wachtmeister]

From what I can see in the code I wrote over the summer, this is not currently possible:
a) the style resetting code checks for a positive category id, i.e. the base category will always show up in your default
b) there is no global setting

I'll add these to the list of things to do.

Andrew

Thank you. very much!

Something like "Which style to use in LDM default" would do it, but you probalby understodd my question/wish :)

[kadafi_alive]

Sorry, I'm not sure what you are asking. Is the message wrong? It looks to me as if someone has set up a link that is missing at least one /? Or maybe I miss something
No. When someone reports a 'bad link', the format shows like that in my email.

[kjmz]

I set up a test site with the rewrite rules in my http.conf, as follows


<VirtualHost vb35>
ServerName vb35
DocumentRoot "C:/Documents and Settings/andrew/My Documents/Website/vb35"
RewriteEngine on
RewriteLog "c:/program files/apache group/apache/logs/rewrite.log"
RewriteRule local_links/links/(.+)/(.+) local_links.php?catid=$1&amp;linkid=$2 [R]
RewriteRule local_links/links/(.+) local_links.php?catid=$1 [R]
RewriteRule local_links/jump/(.+)/(.+) local_links.php?action=jump&amp;id=$1&amp;catid=$2 [R]
RewriteRule local_links/jump/(.+) local_links.php?action=jump&amp;id=$1 [R]
</VirtualHost>


and this works fine for me.

Your code doesn't work in my http.conf, because of the carets at the start. Not sure if that helps you


I don't have http.conf all I have is .htaccess

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

SUGGESTION:

BULK UPLOADS!!!

:p :D

[yessir]

I tried searching this thread (it's long).

Does this extension handle link security by masking the download or link URL?

[lanc3lot]

Hello again, the following is mainly for users that use this hack, for have a Downloads Database :)
If u are any out there, please provide me a link of your forum so i can see how it works a bit (but only for a downloads database, not for the links part)

Thnx Andreas again, just searching it a bit more before installing :)

[AndrewD]

I don't have http.conf all I have is .htaccess

AS far as I know - if you are using apache - there must be an http.conf somewhere! Can you check what web server you are using?

I used your code in an (apache) .htaccess and it works fine for me.

[AndrewD]

I tried searching this thread (it's long).

Does this extension handle link security by masking the download or link URL?

Absolutely. You can also turn the masking off if you need to.

[AndrewD]

That already explains a lot. The directory's permissions needed to be adjusted. Now it works. That directory is a sub-directory of the local_file_root_prefix.

good!

I do not get the monitor_dir to scan a directory outside of the local_file_root_prefix. Any idea on how to solve this?

I need to do some work on that code - let me think about it.

BTW I just imported the Dutch Language file, but now users can choose between Dutch for the LDM & the forum, but not both. So they'll either get one part of the screen in Dutch or the other.

How did you do the import? When you import the Dutch LDM phrases, you must tell VB to overwrite the existing language, not create a new one. (Since the file only has new phrases, it doesn't actually overwrite anything.) I have set up my test board this way with everything correctly in Dutch.

[Alfa1]

You simply upload the Dutch translation on top of your existing language, i.e. you import it into the Dutch language via the VB admin cp
Ah, I misunderstood you and imported it as a seperate language. Thanks.

[AndrewD]

No. When someone reports a 'bad link', the format shows like that in my email.

Thanks - there was a small bug in the code, which will be fixed with the next release

[harry1951]

Andrew question: Are the menuitems:
Links and Downloads
Settings
Permissions
Categories
Statistics
Import and Export
also phrased, because I can't find them in Language and phrases

[AndrewD]

Andrew question: Are the menuitems:
Links and Downloads
Settings
Permissions
Categories
Statistics
Import and Export
also phrased, because I can't find them in Language and phrases

Yes, the menu items are phrased with phrase names ll_menu_XXX, as follows:

ll_menu_addcat Add Category
ll_menu_addlink Add Link
ll_menu_admcats Categories
ll_menu_admimex Import and Export
ll_menu_admin Administer
ll_menu_admperm Permissions
ll_menu_admset Settings
ll_menu_admstat Statistics
ll_menu_cat Categories
ll_menu_editcat Edit Category
ll_menu_home Home Category
ll_menu_mod Moderate
ll_menu_search Search
ll_menu_show Show

etc

[harry1951]

Yes, they have been translated, but I mean the items on the blue-buttons in the ACP. These 6 I can not find

[AndrewD]

Yes, they have been translated, but I mean the items on the blue-buttons in the ACP. These 6 I can not find

cpnav_xlinks.xml in the includes/xml subdirectory

[harry1951]

I saw that they were hard coded... Can you do it in the next release like this..
<navoption>
<phrase>Settings</phrase>
<link>../local_links_admin.php?set=settings.php?</link>
</navoption>
So it can be translated without changing the original code :)

[AndrewD]

I saw that they were hard coded... Can you do it in the next release like this..
<navoption>
<phrase>Settings</phrase>
<link>../local_links_admin.php?set=settings.php?</link>
</navoption>
So it can be translated without changing the original code :)

I need to figure out how the xml files pick up phrases - there's a couple of other parts of VBulletin where I haven't figured out the phrasing process - probably straightforward.

Thanks

[harry1951]

I will modify it for you, test it and upload it here :)

[lanc3lot]

Hm, cant figured out how can i have a full image (and thumbnails) to the files. When i press edit or i add a new link, there is no any field to add one:(

Also, when someone who hasnt permission to see the files, goes there, maybe would be better to show a download link and when he press it, he have a page that saying that he is not registered therefore cant see the files:)

Thats all for now, great hack it seems till now:)

[AndrewD]

Hm, cant figured out how can i have a full image (and thumbnails) to the files. When i press edit or i add a new link, there is no any field to add one:(

Go to the LDM admin settings page and set *link_imagesize* to a non-zero value. Then the image field will appear on the add link/edit link pages

Also, when someone who hasnt permission to see the files, goes there, maybe would be better to show a download link and when he press it, he have a page that saying that he is not registered therefore cant see the files:)

Again, LDM admin:

Permissions *can_see_protected_links_on_portal* selected user groups can see all links/categories even if the forums-based permission denies them access.

Setting *protected_link* defines how the linkbit displays links that the user is not allowed to access.

You can use these to make everything visible and control what happens when unauthorised users try to access a link

[lanc3lot]

Excellent support indeed mate:)

* lanc3lot is going to see what u just said :)

[Nam]

hi Andrew, I'm not sure if this is eays or hard, but since the feature that make the jukebox resize automatically depend in video screen size is not possible, I wonder if I can make a wmv file is not playable using jukebox but downloadable only. So far the only way I can think of is zip the file, any other way?

P.S I haven't tested it, but does the script support download manager such as getright, flashget?

[kjmz]

AS far as I know - if you are using apache - there must be an http.conf somewhere! Can you check what web server you are using?

I used your code in an (apache) .htaccess and it works fine for me.

Can I just make one or something like that? Also the code does work but it doesn't actually change the URL. It just redirects.

[Wildthinks]

Yes, the menu items are phrased with phrase names ll_menu_XXX, as follows:

ll_menu_addcat Add Category
ll_menu_addlink Add Link
ll_menu_admcats Categories
ll_menu_admimex Import and Export
ll_menu_admin Administer
ll_menu_admperm Permissions
ll_menu_admset Settings
ll_menu_admstat Statistics
ll_menu_cat Categories
ll_menu_editcat Edit Category
ll_menu_home Home Category
ll_menu_mod Moderate
ll_menu_search Search
ll_menu_show Show

etc

Hi,

i'm wondering that i dont add links or cats because the links are left.
Have somebody a hint for me, how can i add links/cat - menu ?
In the forum left also.

i installed the german version.

Thank you
thomas

[AndrewD]

Can I just make one or something like that? Also the code does work but it doesn't actually change the URL. It just redirects.

Can you send me a PM with an admin username and password to your board - I want to find out what you are using as web server, then maybe I can answer the question.

[AndrewD]

hi Andrew, I'm not sure if this is eays or hard, but since the feature that make the jukebox resize automatically depend in video screen size is not possible, I wonder if I can make a wmv file is not playable using jukebox but downloadable only. So far the only way I can think of is zip the file, any other way?

Just remove wmv from the list in the admin setting musicbox_filetypes

P.S I haven't tested it, but does the script support download manager such as getright, flashget?

I haven't tested this - sorry

[AndrewD]

Hi,

i'm wondering that i dont add links or cats because the links are left.
Have somebody a hint for me, how can i add links/cat - menu ?
In the forum left also.

i installed the german version.

Thank you
thomas

Sorry, I'm not understanding your question - maybe in German?

[Wachtmeister]

Sorry, I'm not understanding your question - maybe in German?

I answer in german, because i had the same problem.

Du musst als Admin angemeldet sein und dann in die Hauptkategorie wechseln. Dann wieder auf Kategorien klicken und dort kannst du dann neue Kategorien anlegen.

Um neue Links anzulegen, musst du zuerst in die entsprechende Kategorie wechseln und dann erscheint der Link "Link hinzuf?gen". Sobald du deine Kategorien angelegt hast, erscheint der Link. Ich hatte das gleiche Verst?ndnisproblem ;)

Hope it is the correct answer.

[AndrewD]

I answer in german, because i had the same problem.

Du musst als Admin angemeldet sein und dann in die Hauptkategorie wechseln. Dann wieder auf Kategorien klicken und dort kannst du dann neue Kategorien anlegen.

Um neue Links anzulegen, musst du zuerst in die entsprechende Kategorie wechseln und dann erscheint der Link "Link hinzuf?gen". Sobald du deine Kategorien angelegt hast, erscheint der Link. Ich hatte das gleiche Verst?ndnisproblem ;)

Hope it is the correct answer.

I thinks we are understanding each other!

Step 1 - install LDM
Step 2 - log in as Admin (you must already be logged in as Admin to install LDM) and go to local_links.php
Step 3 - Select Categories/Add Category (Kategorien/Kategorie Hinzufugen) and create a category
Repeat as often as you want
Step 4 - Now you can go to any category and use Add Link (Link Hinzufegen) to add links

Two screenshots attached - the menu bar on the LDM home page and within a category

[LoOnEyToOnZ]

Hi some of my members are having problems downloading from the system... and i've set permissions to allow everyone to access the links. Their problem is that the download title is not even linked. Any idea?

[AndrewD]

Hi some of my members are having problems downloading from the system... and i've set permissions to allow everyone to access the links. Their problem is that the download title is not even linked. Any idea?

Check can_access_link for the usergroups that don't see links on the title.

If that's not the problem, pm me with details of your board + ideally an admin userid and password

[Alfa1]

Any ideas yet about Directories to scan [monitor_dir] outside of the prefix?

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

hi Andrew, I'm not sure if this is eays or hard, but since the feature that make the jukebox resize automatically depend in video screen size is not possible, I wonder if I can make a wmv file is not playable using jukebox but downloadable only. So far the only way I can think of is zip the file, any other way?

P.S I haven't tested it, but does the script support download manager such as getright, flashget?

along that line...how does one go about make the default size of the jukebox video playback larger?

[AndrewD]

Any ideas yet about Directories to scan [monitor_dir] outside of the prefix?

Ideas, definitely. Results, not yet.

[AndrewD]

along that line...how does one go about make the default size of the jukebox video playback larger?

The default sizes are set in the links_play template. Play around with the various width and height parameters. Each appears six times.

[PennylessZ28]

might have to try this out

[Viks]

Hi Andrew,
I installed it on my vb3.5.2 forums.
I can upload files but cannot add links. I get page cannot be displayed on trying to add the links.

I have checked permissions and my settings.. do not know what the issue is..
any suggestions!?

thanks for your help.

Vik

[AndrewD]

Hi Andrew,
I installed it on my vb3.5.2 forums.
I can upload files but cannot add links. I get page cannot be displayed on trying to add the links.

I have checked permissions and my settings.. do not know what the issue is..
any suggestions!?

thanks for your help.

Vik

Sorry to hear that you're having difficulties. You haven't given me enough information to track down the problem - perhaps you can send me a PM - ideally with your board's url + an account with admin privs - am happy to take a quick look

[ZED28]

I'm in the middle of trying to migrate from a Mambo setup to VB with a D/L manager. The DLM is kinda the driving force behind the site but I really wanna do this through VB and have looked at - and installed a few of the packages out there.

This one comes pretty close to what I'm looking for but I have a few questions about the way it handles images. Primarily, the DL's on my site will be 1024x1024 car skins for a driving game. These skins will be submitted my users and myself but the skin file itself isn't really a good representation of the download. Rather, a rendered image or screen-shot is usually used with the car "wearing" the skin.

An example of what I'm looking to closely mimick is HERE (http://www.lfsresource.com/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,40/func,select/id,22/). This is my current site.

The skinfile name is important as it dictates the car it is meant for and usually has the authors' name in it somewhere. I'm finding this DL mod replaces the original name with some kind of random string.

Also, instead of clicking the image and having it open in the browser, it would be useful to be prompted to save or open it to have the user make that choice.

Thumbnail creation is by far one of the biggest requirements I have. Your layout is spot on but it would be great if I could specify two uploads; one for the Skin and one for the thumbnail.

Is there any way I can change the handling of images using this DL mod?

Thanks in advance!

[ZED28]

Quick update! I've just gone ahead and installed your Beta (I do trust you with my life, signed the disclaimer..) and it appears to fix a few of my problems! :squareeyed:

There is a thumbnail upload now which is awsome and though the full sized skin is displayed (opened) in the browser, it has the correct name so a right click and save as will work in that scenario. If I could prompt the user to save as though instead, that would be better.

Also, the thumbnail quality could be better; is there a way to improve that? :ninja:

[AndrewD]

Quick update! I've just gone ahead and installed your Beta (I do trust you with my life, signed the disclaimer..) and it appears to fix a few of my problems! :squareeyed:

There is a thumbnail upload now which is awsome and though the full sized skin is displayed (opened) in the browser, it has the correct name so a right click and save as will work in that scenario. If I could prompt the user to save as though instead, that would be better.

Also, the thumbnail quality could be better; is there a way to improve that? :ninja:

Good to hear - I'll take another look at the save as/open questions (went round and round this a year or so ago because of Adobe Acobat's habit of stealing the browser) - the thumbnail generation also needs some more work at some time, but am not sure about the quality issue - the image is resample down to the specified size and I don't know if there is any control on the resampling method.

[ZED28]

Andy, is there any way to hide the input fields for remote files and thumbs? I know you can disable remote linking in the admin section but the fields are still visible in the upload section.

[AndrewD]

Andy, is there any way to hide the input fields for remote files and thumbs? I know you can disable remote linking in the admin section but the fields are still visible in the upload section.

In other words, you want a clean option for 'uploads only'?

So the options would be
- No uploads, only links/downloads
- Uploads and links/downloads
- Uploads only

Any other sensible splits?

[ZED28]

In other words, you want a clean option for 'uploads only'?

So the options would be
- No uploads, only links/downloads
- Uploads and links/downloads
- Uploads only

Any other sensible splits?
Exactly. Right now the deny linking works but with the spaces for the URL's still visible, the end user doesn't know its disabled until he actually tried to use it. I think these changes would be really useful - and maybe a way to be able to "Label" the description field above each input field? This would allow a greater level of customization towards the targeted use. For instance, mine could say "Browse the Skin to Upload" where other sites could have something completely different.

[ZED28]

Strange, I have the naming problem back the the images I upload. Are they renamed as they are stored? :ninja:

[AndrewD]

Strange, I have the naming problem back the the images I upload. Are they renamed as they are stored? :ninja:

All uploads are renamed as they are stored. With version 2.1.0, the origiinal name was thrown away, but with 2.1.1 betas the original name is retained and used when downloaded again. If you have uploads in your database from 2.1.0, their original names have gone for good, even if you upgrade to 2.1.1. But new ones should be ok. Let me know if this is not the case.

[Nam]

I installed on my vb test site the beta one and so far I haven't found any bug. I also tried with Internet Download Manager (IDM) version 5.01 and there is no resume supported. It's understandable because the link is hidden.

The file download and limit work great, I'm wonder if I can apply download limit in A category and bandwidth limit to B category, I guess it would take a lot of coding. Another question is that if I have too many links, say 10,000 (now I already have 1000), would anti-leech link affect website perfomance? And how bad would that be?

I will report any bug that I found, so far so good, thanks so much Andrew. Happy New Year to you and your family.

[AndrewD]

I installed on my vb test site the beta one and so far I haven't found any bug. I also tried with Internet Download Manager (IDM) version 5.01 and there is no resume supported. It's understandable because the link is hidden.

Good, thanks.

The file download and limit work great, I'm wonder if I can apply download limit in A category and bandwidth limit to B category, I guess it would take a lot of coding.

I'll take a look. I think this will probably have to wait.

Another question is that if I have too many links, say 10,000 (now I already have 1000), would anti-leech link affect website perfomance? And how bad would that be?

The impact depends on how many users are simultaneously trying to obtain downloads which are physically stored on your site or (worse) have to be read through your site. The number of entries in your database is not really relevant.

I will report any bug that I found, so far so good, thanks so much Andrew. Happy New Year to you and your family.

Thanks - and to you too

[Benj]

sorry ive been away for a bit.. whats the happenings ? any news on anti leeching music?

[ZED28]

All uploads are renamed as they are stored. With version 2.1.0, the origiinal name was thrown away, but with 2.1.1 betas the original name is retained and used when downloaded again. If you have uploads in your database from 2.1.0, their original names have gone for good, even if you upgrade to 2.1.1. But new ones should be ok. Let me know if this is not the case.
I think that's exactly what it was then. I uploaded a lot of stuff last night - all went without a hitch! New thumbs look so much better! :D

[Jaynesh]

Ive just installed the hack on my forum, Fantastic and very powerful hack.
When a user uploads a Music or video file how will i make it so that it does not download but opens a player on the browser to listen to it online...

[AndrewD]

When a user uploads a Music or video file how will i make it so that it does not download but opens a player on the browser to listen to it online...

I added a clean way to do this in 2.1.1, which is still in beta but has had no reports of problems.

a) Enable the Jukebox (point file_icons_dir at the set of filetype icons, set the musicbox_* settings appropriately and provide mimetype information in the vb attachment table for these filetypes)
b) Set can_play_musicbox permissions in LDM for the usergroups in question and unset can_save_jukebox for these groups.

[ZED28]

Hey Andy, I've added a bunch of uploads on my site and am using the vBAdvanced front end so thought I would try your modules out for "hot" and "new" items. The hot module displays fine in either the left or right column but the new module throws everything out of place - all the other modules wrap etc.

Also, the hotlink at the top of either module - for example the one that says "Hot Links" fails saying "Category does not exist". The link it points to is this...

http://www.lfsresource.com/local_links.php?catid=-7

I get the same problem with these links in the summary page of the downlads area. But the drop-down links under the "Show" menu work just fine. The link for the Hot items under the drop down menu is different...

http://www.lfsresource.com/local_links_search.php?catid=-7

Other than that, it's working really well! :D

[Jaynesh]

I added a clean way to do this in 2.1.1, which is still in beta but has had no reports of problems.

a) Enable the Jukebox (point file_icons_dir at the set of filetype icons, set the musicbox_* settings appropriately and provide mimetype information in the vb attachment table for these filetypes)
b) Set can_play_musicbox permissions in LDM for the usergroups in question and unset can_save_jukebox for these groups.

Fantasic, cheers mate worked great.

Whats the name of the template for that page where the player is?

[AndrewD]

Whats the name of the template for that page where the player is?

links_play

[Jaynesh]

Little problem, the files arent being played, they open up and everything but they just dont play.

[AndrewD]

Hey Andy, I've added a bunch of uploads on my site and am using the vBAdvanced front end so thought I would try your modules out for "hot" and "new" items. The hot module displays fine in either the left or right column but the new module throws everything out of place - all the other modules wrap etc.

OK, I'll take a look

[QUOTE=ZED28]Also, the hotlink at the top of either module - for example the one that says "Hot Links" fails saying "Category does not exist". The link it points to is this...

http://www.lfsresource.com/local_links.php?catid=-7

I get the same problem with these links in the summary page of the downlads area. But the drop-down links under the "Show" menu work just fine. The link for the Hot items under the drop down menu is different...

http://www.lfsresource.com/local_links_search.php?catid=-7

Other than that, it's working really well! :D

Yes, I split the code with a recent release - as I don't use vbAdvanced, I tend to miss these things - when the catid is negative, the urls should point to local_links_search.php

[AndrewD]

Little problem, the files arent being played, they open up and everything but they just dont play.

Have you got the mimetype info set correctly in your main VB/attachments/extensions and sizes?

for example, mp3 - Content-type: audio/mpeg

etc, etc

[Jaynesh]

Hmm.. Could you please tell me how to set it correctly.

[AndrewD]

Hmm.. Could you please tell me how to set it correctly.

mimetypes are used so that the browser and other software knows what to do with what they are being given. Each filetype that you want LDM to handle corrently as a download, and upload or a media file needs to have an entry in the VB attachments table. Take a look at the entries that are set by the VB team themselves - each file type is set up with the following information:

Extension (i.e. mp3, etc)
Max Filesize(in bytes) (can be left at 0 to set no limit)
Maximum Width (in pixels, for image files)
Maximum Height(in pixels, 600 for example)
Mime Type
Display thumbnail for this type? (image files)
Open this attachment in a new browser window?
Enabled

The only bits that LDM cares about are the extension, the max filesize (for uploads) and the mimetype

Here are some standard mimetypes:

bmp Content-type: image/bmp
doc Content-type: application/msword
gif Content-type: image/gif
jpe, jpeg, jpg Content-type: image/jpeg
m3u Content-type: audio/x-mpegurl
mov Content-type: video/quicktime
mpg, mpeg Content-type: video/mpeg
mp3 Content-type: audio/mpeg
pdf Content-type: application/pdf
png Content-type: image/png
ram Content-type: audio/x-pn-realaudio
rm Content-type: audio/x-realaudio
rmvb Content-type: video/x-realaudio
rpm Content-type: audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
txt Content-type: plain/text
wmv Content-type: video/x-ms-wmv
zip Content-type: application/zip

You can find others at http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/mime-types.shtml

[Jaynesh]

Okay thanx alot :D
Just one more last thing and i will stop bothering you :)
How can i make the player open in the same window, with the footer and header in there aswel.

[AndrewD]

Okay thanx alot :D
Just one more last thing and i will stop bothering you :)
How can i make the player open in the same window, with the footer and header in there aswel.

Not easy, I'm afraid - you'll have to start editing the code, and then you'll have problems when I release updates.

[Benj]

I added a clean way to do this in 2.1.1, which is still in beta but has had no reports of problems.

a) Enable the Jukebox (point file_icons_dir at the set of filetype icons, set the musicbox_* settings appropriately and provide mimetype information in the vb attachment table for these filetypes)
b) Set can_play_musicbox permissions in LDM for the usergroups in question and unset can_save_jukebox for these groups.


sorry does this mean you can stop downloads of files for usergroups in 2.1.1. meaning mp3s if i set it so can only be streamed (played tho player)?

[ZED28]

Yes, I split the code with a recent release - as I don't use vbAdvanced, I tend to miss these things - when the catid is negative, the urls should point to local_links_search.php
LOL, The only part of that statement I understood what that you don'y use vBAdvanced. :ninja: The rest of it left me scratching my lil head! :D

Can I fix the links that point me to "Whats Hot" and "What's New" in the main downloads area? If you try this URL, you'll get a better idea of what I'm asking I hope.

http://www.lfsresource.com/local_links.php?

[Code Monkey]

I was adding images to some of my links today and thought of something that would be a nice addition, IMO.

How about for each item, wether it's a link or other, you add two more text boxes so we can add an additional link and text for that link, if we so choose. For instance, say I add a link to a certain game. And I also have a review or an article, or even a forum thread discusion for that game. I could put a link to the review and then the text "Read Our Review of Blah". The same for a discusion, etc..

[Viks]

Just wondering if anyone has had any success with local_links_external.php file?

I dropped it in the forums directory but the feeds are not showing on an external page as it is supposed to.

I'm wondering if it needs to be configured first.. I can view the XML if I enter it in a browser but there is no output if I run it via the RSS feeder.. although other feeds work fine..

could you please assist?

thanks

[AndrewD]

LOL, The only part of that statement I understood what that you don'y use vBAdvanced. :ninja: The rest of it left me scratching my lil head! :D

Can I fix the links that point me to "Whats Hot" and "What's New" in the main downloads area? If you try this URL, you'll get a better idea of what I'm asking I hope.

http://www.lfsresource.com/local_links.php?


Sorry, I got a bit technical.

The php code that drives LDM is getting rather large, so I'm starting to split it into several files. Unfortunately, in 2.1.1 I've missed a few places where the script name has to change as a result.

If you prefer to keep things simple, you can simply turn off the 'what's new' information by setting 'show_hit_parade' to 0 on the LDM admin settings page.

If you want to patch things, you need to edit two templates and two phrases to correct this. If you make these fixes, remember that you will also need to 'revert' the templates and phrases next time I release an upgrade.

For the faulty links at the top of the main downloads area, edit these phrases:

ll_recent: Change the string that reads "{4}.php" to read "local_links_search.php"
ll_lastvisit: Change "{2}.php" to read "local_links_search.php".

For the vbadvanced fixes, edit the template called adv_portal_custom_ldm_new.
Change the text LINKS_SCRIPT to SEARCH_SCRIPT.

Do the same in the template adv_portal_custom_ldm_hot.

I havent looked at the problem with the vbadvanced template breaking the flow. Will do so when I have chance.

[AndrewD]

I was adding images to some of my links today and thought of something that would be a nice addition, IMO.

How about for each item, wether it's a link or other, you add two more text boxes so we can add an additional link and text for that link, if we so choose. For instance, say I add a link to a certain game. And I also have a review or an article, or even a forum thread discusion for that game. I could put a link to the review and then the text "Read Our Review of Blah". The same for a discusion, etc..

Nice idea, although this would require changes to the database, data entry forms, templates, etc.

You could achieve a similar result by including url bbcodes in the main link description. And if you want to be sure that your users follow the house style, how about using the 'use policy' box in the category description to explain this to them.

[ZED28]

Sorry, I got a bit technical.

The php code that drives LDM is getting rather large, so I'm starting to split it into several files. Unfortunately, in 2.1.1 I've missed a few places where the script name has to change as a result.

If you prefer to keep things simple, you can simply turn off the 'what's new' information by setting 'show_hit_parade' to 0 on the LDM admin settings page.

If you want to patch things, you need to edit two templates and two phrases to correct this. If you make these fixes, remember that you will also need to 'revert' the templates and phrases next time I release an upgrade.

For the faulty links at the top of the main downloads area, edit these phrases:

ll_recent: Change the string that reads "{4}.php" to read "local_links_search.php"
ll_lastvisit: Change "{2}.php" to read "local_links_search.php".

For the vbadvanced fixes, edit the template called adv_portal_custom_ldm_new.
Change the text LINKS_SCRIPT to SEARCH_SCRIPT.

Do the same in the template adv_portal_custom_ldm_hot.

I havent looked at the problem with the vbadvanced template breaking the flow. Will do so when I have chance.
No sweat man, I appreciate all of your help - regardless of how deep it gets! :D

I did the changes to the modules in VBAdvanced and it fixed my problem there - at least with the link. I'll look at the wrap thing later- it's not too important.

Tried the link fixes for the Hit Parade (didn't know what that was until now!) though they still didn't work. But in all honesty, I'm not going to bust a gut over this. I'm very happy with how it's running right now and will iron out some of the very minor issues when you release an update.

Consider me a very "happy camper" Andy, thanks again! :D

[AndrewD]

sorry does this mean you can stop downloads of files for usergroups in 2.1.1. meaning mp3s if i set it so can only be streamed (played tho player)?

Yes, this is the case

[ZED28]

Just noticed a possible bug - though this IS with the current Beta version.

As an anonymous or Unregistered/Not Logged In user, you can't vote or comment on a download - even though you given them permission to.

Not really looking for a fix, just giving you the heads up. :D

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

I was adding images to some of my links today and thought of something that would be a nice addition, IMO.

How about for each item, wether it's a link or other, you add two more text boxes so we can add an additional link and text for that link, if we so choose. For instance, say I add a link to a certain game. And I also have a review or an article, or even a forum thread discusion for that game. I could put a link to the review and then the text "Read Our Review of Blah". The same for a discusion, etc..


this would fit well with my rec for integratign comments into VBULLETIN, instead of the inline ones at present.

Andrew, any word on whether this made it officially on the list?? its just makes sense on sooooooo many levels.

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my trying-to-convince-you arguments: ;)

the hack is great....but in a way..tooo good. Its way too much a separate entity from the actual board imo. It creates a situation where it competes with the board itself...which it bad.

I've seen threads with a media post in it that do better than the whole LDM on a forum, simply because of the visibility and ease of reply. Honestly, I'm always conflicted myself...post to the LDM?, or just make a thread I know will be more popular and can track and will make forum have more posts? I end posting to LDM then having to create a new thread saying "check out the new upload!" or something and then linking it...a pain and a waste.

integrating the replies could solve that.
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its a simple shame, imo, to not integrate the replies into the main forum. Good for ldm, go for forums. win-win. :)


ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SEE THE REPLIES INTEGRATED IN THE FORUMS??? or have a NEW THREAD CREATED in a specified forum when a new upload is made in the LDM???

come on...I can't believe no one else think that would be incredibly beneficial. :/

[ZED28]

I'm always conflicted myself...post to the LDM?, or just make a thread I know will be more popular and can track and will make forum have more posts? I end posting to LDM then having to create a new thread saying "check out the new upload!" or something and then linking it...
Funny, I hadn't thought about that but you're right. Mine is a skin site for a game called Live for Spped and the skins are applied to the cars in the game. So my site is image driven. I'll do a skin, submit it to the downloads area and you're right, go to the forums and post a link to the download.

Having said that, I don't think a seperate comments field or area tied to the downloads is any better as that will still leave the conversation in a seperate area or the forum with some kind of link back to the download.

It almost has to be forum driven though I've no clue how it would be implemented. For images at least, I really could just place them in-line as attachments but didn't want everything scattered all over the forums. Maybe for my use, the changes arn't such a big requirement and I really have no idea how or what I would want to implement to make it any different to be honest. :ninja:

[Code Monkey]

I'll bet you could use Abe1's form hack to create a form to post to the LDM and make a post at the same time.

[sydude]

Andrew, first of all, KUDOS!! Awesome product! Where can I send you some $?

But I'm also wondering if you can help me with a problem I'm having. Most (if not all) of the 'remote' links that I add give me this message:

Link check failed http://jaxwax.us/index.htm

Accept Modify

and also, the thumbnail image link (remote) that I suppy gives me the 'can't load' error on the link bit.

An example of a remote link entry that exhibits both errors (even though I 'forced' the link to work by clicking 'accept') can be found here:

http://www.teamjuicyracing.com/forums/local_links.php?catid=3

I know you're going to ask, so here is what it says at the bottom of my settings page:

Links and Downloads Manager
Code 2.1.0
MySQL 4.1.15-log
PHP 4.4.0
allow_url_fopen Yes
cURL Yes
GD2 Yes
open_basedir

Your help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks

Sy

[docvader]

Incredible piece of work. Very impressive.

But, I've got a simple problem. Stupid easy thing. Just not sure how to handle the mime types in the, let's say, mpeg attachment manager area. Just imput
Content-type: video/mpeg in the little text box? I just haven't dealt with the whole mime type issue before, LOL.

I've enabled the proper file types, permissions, uploaded the icons, inputted that info, not sure what else I have to do to get the jukebox to work.

Thanks!
rich

[AndrewD]

Andrew, any word on whether this made it officially on the list?? its just makes sense on sooooooo many levels.

It made it onto the list - but the free time that I have to devote to this is being used to catch up with other requests that people (you too!) think are terribly important! I will not forget, really - just keep in mind that I have a full time job to do as well!


the hack is great....but in a way..tooo good. Its way too much a separate entity from the actual board imo. It creates a situation where it competes with the board itself...which it bad.

That's a matter of opinion - compete or complement. For the first year, I studiously avoided doing anything which tied LDM to VB, but everyone was SOO persuasive!


I've seen threads with a media post in it that do better than the whole LDM on a forum, simply because of the visibility and ease of reply. Honestly, I'm always conflicted myself...post to the LDM? Integrating the replies could solve that.

I use both approaches on my official site. Forums are used as a temporary holding space, and LDM as a 'library'

[AndrewD]

Andrew, first of all, KUDOS!! Awesome product! Where can I send you some $?

But I'm also wondering if you can help me with a problem I'm having. Most (if not all) of the 'remote' links that I add give me this message:



and also, the thumbnail image link (remote) that I suppy gives me the 'can't load' error on the link bit.

An example of a remote link entry that exhibits both errors (even though I 'forced' the link to work by clicking 'accept') can be found here:

http://www.teamjuicyracing.com/forums/local_links.php?catid=3

I know you're going to ask, so here is what it says at the bottom of my settings page:



Your help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks

Sy


You're using essentially the same environment that I use, and I do not get the link check error that you report with http://jaxwax.us/index.htm.

Best approach is to send me a pm with an admin username and password to your board, so that I can take acloser look.

[AndrewD]

Incredible piece of work. Very impressive.

But, I've got a simple problem. Stupid easy thing. Just not sure how to handle the mime types in the, let's say, mpeg attachment manager area. Just imput
in the little text box? I just haven't dealt with the whole mime type issue before, LOL.

I've enabled the proper file types, permissions, uploaded the icons, inputted that info, not sure what else I have to do to get the jukebox to work.

Thanks!
rich


Yes, that's right - in the VB/attachmente/extensions and sizes, make sure that you have an entry for each file type that you want to handle via the jukebox.

The mimetype should read Content-type: xxx/yyy. I gave a whole set of these a few posts back.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Funny, I hadn't thought about that but you're right. Mine is a skin site for a game called Live for Spped and the skins are applied to the cars in the game. So my site is image driven. I'll do a skin, submit it to the downloads area and you're right, go to the forums and post a link to the download.

Having said that, I don't think a seperate comments field or area tied to the downloads is any better as that will still leave the conversation in a seperate area or the forum with some kind of link back to the download.

It almost has to be forum driven though I've no clue how it would be implemented. For images at least, I really could just place them in-line as attachments but didn't want everything scattered all over the forums. Maybe for my use, the changes arn't such a big requirement and I really have no idea how or what I would want to implement to make it any different to be honest. :ninja:

i posted a while back about a possible solution. the Drupal plugin has a nice way of doing it.

when a new file/link is added....a new thread is automatically created in the forums with a snippet of the text up to a certain number of characters (in this case, maybe the file title and description?). Then any replies that one makes is handle via the forums. There would be a link "reply/add comment" in the actual LDM which showed number of replies and when clicked would send you to that thread. ;)

works well.


@ ANDREW:

1. GREAT!! thanks! I totally know this is just a side thing for ya...so no worries there. We're all just complete grateful you find time at all and continue to support the hack so well. big props for that. :D So, I didn't mean to seem to be pestering at all...

just wanted to knowif it made the list (last I knew, it was still being considered) ;)

now I'm pumped!! WOOT!!


2. good idea for the temp vs library reference. That may help me sort out how to structure it. :D


keep up the great work (whenever you can ;)) and hope you had a great holiday!! gooooooooo LDM 2006!! :p

[Benj]

andrew sorry just got my test board back up and running. i would like uploads to be placed in forumdir/uploads what do i put as the values for upload_dir and local_file_root

tA

[AndrewD]

andrew sorry just got my test board back up and running. i would like uploads to be placed in forumdir/uploads what do i put as the values for upload_dir and local_file_root


tA

You can try putting upload_dir to forumdir/uploads and leaving local_file_root empty, or you can try putting upload_dir to forumdir and local_file_root to uploads

[Benj]

i was wondering if it would be easy for you to write this into the player so you could play more than one track at a time maybe like http://benj.webeyedentity.co.uk/upload/local_links.php?action=play&id=1&id=2

[AndrewD]

i was wondering if it would be easy for you to write this into the player so you could play more than one track at a time maybe like http://benj.webeyedentity.co.uk/upload/local_links.php?action=play&id=1&id=2

No username and password, so I can't take a look ;)

[Benj]

sorry the link was an example i would like to be able to play more than one track thou the juke box at anyone time. so for example adding &id=1&id=2 to a url would play tracks id 1 and 2 in a kinda play list.. the idea for my purposes is that users can play all there favorite tracks in a kinda playlist. obviously this is only good for people who are using LDM for media.

what you think easy to do or ?

thanks benj

[ZED28]

I use both approaches on my official site. Forums are used as a temporary holding space, and LDM as a 'library'Bingo! That's exactly it. I'll always want the downloads listed and accessable but won't wanna talk about them all the time - only when they're fresh. And to be honest, that's how I've always used them, I just needed that analogy! :D

Just for a comparison to how a site works without this mod, the official Live For Speed site used vBulletin also. The skins are usually posted as inline attachments or external links. Navigating through this to find a skin, click the link, view it, find the next - well, you get the idea, it's frustrating. This mod is pretty much exactly what I needed for storing "easily accessable" files. And you can't argue with the search system Andy has implemented, very powerful! ;)

[AndrewD]

sorry the link was an example i would like to be able to play more than one track thou the juke box at anyone time. so for example adding &id=1&id=2 to a url would play tracks id 1 and 2 in a kinda play list.. the idea for my purposes is that users can play all there favorite tracks in a kinda playlist. obviously this is only good for people who are using LDM for media.

what you think easy to do or ?

thanks benj

I'll think ...

[Nam]

Andrew, new suggestion: mirror link. This would be optional though, when enable it, the owner can second filed with differe URL for mirror link.

Btw, the estimated for stable 2.1.1? I'm so excited to use it.

[EasyTarget]

good idea on the mirror.

[AndrewD]

Andrew, new suggestion: mirror link. This would be optional though, when enable it, the owner can second filed with differe URL for mirror link.

Btw, the estimated for stable 2.1.1? I'm so excited to use it.

I got carried away with implementing some new things, so 2.1.1 will become 2.1.2, again as beta, in a few days time.

[Juniors]

Hi

After the uninstall i recieve the following Error when i access my /forum/online.php:

Warnung: Unknown(/my/directory/forum/includes/local_links_init.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /includes/functions_online.php(1424) : eval()'d code (Zeile 7)

Fatal error: (null)(): Failed opening required '/my/directory/forum/includes/local_links_init.php' (include_path='.:') in /my/directory/forum/includes/functions_online.php(1424) : eval()'d code on line 7

You have any Idea?

Thanks a lot

Junior

[pirotess]

You're using essentially the same environment that I use, and I do not get the link check error that you report with http://jaxwax.us/index.htm

Im having a similar problem with .org and .net links. They fail to link check but if I manually accept them they link just fine.

[AndrewD]

Hi

After the uninstall i recieve the following Error when i access my /forum/online.php:



You have any Idea?

Thanks a lot

Junior

Presumably the plugins are not being removed during the uninstallation. Take a look at Plugin System/Plugin Manager and see if there are any plugins that look like Links and Downloads Manager

[elsupremo]

good idea on the mirror.

Instead of just a mirror link, the ability to have multiple links in one (such as for pictures of different resolutions) would be nice. Main link with title and description, then sublinks (maybe above description) with name and one-line description.

[TundraSoul]

Thanks for the responses so far to 2.1.1 beta 1.

- I will not at this stage provide the extra facility to link keywords to entries. You will have to do this via the entry's title/description. Keywording will stay on the 'wish list' for the time being.

OK?

I'm thinking searchable keywords, or a search based on the profile choice. :) My birthday's on the 8th, and I can feel it coming.. j/k

Seriously, I have a workaround I can implement to re-organize the links based on the possible profile choices, but I don't want to do the work if this is coming in the next month.

[AndrewD]

I'm thinking searchable keywords, or a search based on the profile choice. :) My birthday's on the 8th, and I can feel it coming.. j/k

Seriously, I have a workaround I can implement to re-organize the links based on the possible profile choices, but I don't want to do the work if this is coming in the next month.

OK, in the next month. But to be sure we get this right, from what you've seen so far with the second beta of 2.1.1, pls specify the keyworking behaviour:

- how will the set of available keywords be established, and by who
- will keyword searches over-ride fulltext/'like' searches or be in addition to
- what happens if certain entries have no keywords associated with them

etc

[Nam]

Instead of just a mirror link, the ability to have multiple links in one (such as for pictures of different resolutions) would be nice. Main link with title and description, then sublinks (maybe above description) with name and one-line description.

I've suggested multiple files in one link before in this thread, not sure that's what you mean. In case there is an video files that has multiple parts, create a new entry would cluster the interface.

Anyway, Andrew, I can't wait any longer and will install the beta on my server once the beta 2.1.2 is release, it is easy to upgrade to stable one? I like this script so much and want the bandwidth feature on my forum right now.

[AndrewD]

I've suggested multiple files in one link before in this thread, not sure that's what you mean. In case there is an video files that has multiple parts, create a new entry would cluster the interface.

Anyway, Andrew, I can't wait any longer and will install the beta on my server once the beta 2.1.2 is release, it is easy to upgrade to stable one? I like this script so much and want the bandwidth feature on my forum right now.

Upgrades are very straightforward.

The main known bug you will find in 2.1.1 is that some of the controlling urls are broken, in particular those that appear in the table of 'what's new' at the top of the displays and in the VBAdvanced interface. You can avoid the first by setting 'show_hit_parade' to 0, and the second by not using the VBadvanced interface for the time being.

[Nam]

Btw, another question is that how difficult to make access to link based on category? Say Registered member can access to A and not B category, but Premium members can access to both. Just a thought.

You do this with the forum-based permissions system.

Chose (or create) two forums which have the usergroup permissions you want, let's say Forum 1 (Registered and Premium access) and Forum 2 (Premium only)

'Associate' all the links that you want to be available to your premium users only with Forum 2. You set this on the link edit form, or you can 'mass edit' all the links in a category using the Admin/Category page

Ditto 'associate' all the links you want to be available to registered and premium users with Forum 1.

You can set LDM up so that protected links are visible (or not) to other users witht he Admin/Permissions/Can see protected links on portal permissions

Andrew, when I associate all the links to Forum 2 for premium access, all the category and LDM disappear. I want all the links in Forum 2 are seen by Guests members, but they can not download nor play, is this archiveable?

First, I set LDM can_access_link checked for Guests, then in Forum 2's permission setting, I've tried various options with Unregistered/Not Logged In group, just see if I can make they *see* the link but not be able to download:

A. Can View Forum: Yes
Can View Thread Content: Yes
Can View Others' Threads: No
Result: no permission error page (They can't see any link at all)

B. Can View Forum: Yes
Can View Thread Content: No
Can View Others' Threads: Yes
Result: Guests can download/play the file (They can see but also can download).

The case B is the closest I want to archive, they can see the title of the thread, but NOT the content of the thread. But that doesn't work with LDM, which Guests can see the link but also can download the link.

So the bottom line is, your solution only works if I hide the forum completely, hence it will hide specific LDM folder and files underneath it completely. Again, is there anyway to make the link viewable but not download/playable?

[TundraSoul]

The admin would optionally have to add the keywords by editing the current links. I don't see any logical way for you to create them based on titles and descriptions.

When defining a search, I would simply let the admin choose what method is best for their site. The current full text / like / keyword search or a combination of the two.

In the event the admin set his search type to keyword, and some links have no keywords, the search would miss those links. It simply wouldn't be very smart to enable that type of search unless all the keywords have been added.

Allow the admin to choose the text from the profile field as a possible keyword. If the profile field is a multi-line selection field, allow the admin to choose any or all of the possible profile choices and make them keywords.



OK, in the next month. But to be sure we get this right, from what you've seen so far with the second beta of 2.1.1, pls specify the keyworking behaviour:

- how will the set of available keywords be established, and by who
- will keyword searches over-ride fulltext/'like' searches or be in addition to
- what happens if certain entries have no keywords associated with them

etc

[silurius]

For some reason, after upgrading to 3.5.3 yesterday, newly submitted links are not showing up on the forum home, where I have a pseudo forum for my links db. Any idea why?

[AndrewD]

For some reason, after upgrading to 3.5.3 yesterday, newly submitted links are not showing up on the forum home, where I have a pseudo forum for my links db. Any idea why?

No idea, another weekend task ;)

[Viks]

Hi Everyone,

Just wondering if anyone has had any success with local_links_external.php file?

I dropped it in the forums directory but the feeds are not showing on an external page as it is supposed to.

I'm wondering if it needs to be configured first.. I can view the XML if I enter it in a browser but there is no output if I run it via the RSS feeder.. although other feeds work fine..

could you please assist?

thanks

I tried checkin into the local_links_external.php file and RSS feeds.. still no success. Is anyone here using the file for RSS?

please advise.

[AndrewD]

Hi Everyone,



I tried checkin into the local_links_external.php file and RSS feeds.. still no success. Is anyone here using the file for RSS?

please advise.

Bear with me - weekend tasks

Andrew

[Nam]

Andrew, one quick question, the download limit is not based on IP right? Which means that if one person go over the bandwith/files allowed, he can register a new user name? Thanks.

[AndrewD]

Andrew, one quick question, the download limit is not based on IP right? Which means that if one person go over the bandwith/files allowed, he can register a new user name? Thanks.

Correct, it's based on the userid

[EasyTarget]

I upgraded to the beta awhile ago and in the admincp the box for the links and downloads section is blank. How can I get that back?

[AndrewD]

I upgraded to the beta awhile ago and in the admincp the box for the links and downloads section is blank. How can I get that back?

I've noticed that sometimes myself and have never really understood why.

Chceck that your /includes/xml directory contains the file cpnav_xlinks.xml

[EasyTarget]

yeah, its there

[AndrewD]

Andrew, when I associate all the links to Forum 2 for premium access, all the category and LDM disappear. I want all the links in Forum 2 are seen by Guests members, but they can not download nor play, is this archiveable?;

I ran through all this on a clean installation this morning, found one problem with media filetypes, but otherwise it worked as I expected:

1) To make sure that all links are visible even when they cannot be played, you have to give the usergroup can_see_protected_links_on_portal permission.

2) To turn off access to (e.g.) unregistered users, you have to take away can_access_link permission

3) To change what happens when a user with can_see_protected_links_on_portal but without can_access_link permission tries to access something, you set protected_link - 0: no hyperlink shown; 1: normal link, generates no permission error; 2: link jumps to registration dialogue

4) To set the protection for some links, you need to 'associated' them with a forum that is not visible to the usergroup in question. You can do this either on the standard edit link page or on the admin/categories/mass edit page.

The bit that doesn't work properly in the current code is step (3) for media files, where the user will always get a 'no permission' message rather than the alternatives outlined above.

If you still have problems, send me a PM with detail sof your board and an admin u/name + password and I'll take a look.

[EasyTarget]

is it something to do with installing vs upgrading?
I remember when I installed it I was asked if I wanted the admincp link but when I upgraded there was no where to do that I don't think.

[AndrewD]

is it something to do with installing vs upgrading?
I remember when I installed it I was asked if I wanted the admincp link but when I upgraded there was no where to do that I don't think.

No, Vbulletin adds items to the admin menu by looking for xml files in the includes/xml directory. If you've uploaded everything correctly, it should be working correctly.

[EasyTarget]

ok, it was there, but I just reuploaded and its showing up again. thanks.

[AndrewD]

ok, it was there, but I just reuploaded and its showing up again. thanks.

It's strange - I've think that's happened to me too.

[Darat]

Hi Andrew - you went beyond the call of duty to try and figure out a problem I had with your plugin on my site and whilst we didn't solve it I don't think I publicly thanked you for your efforts.

Saying all that it is now working! (I assume the problem was on the server side and something has been changed on that) However after installing it if I click on a "what's new", "what's hot" or "view" new entries I get "Category does not exist. Return"

Any suggestions? (Sorry if it's something already asked and solved but the thread is getting a bit long so I have missed it.)

[docvader]

Yes, I'd like to thank Andrew publicly also. Few go to the lengths to help as he has.

Rich

[ZED28]

Hi Andrew - you went beyond the call of duty to try and figure out a problem I had with your plugin on my site and whilst we didn't solve it I don't think I publicly thanked you for your efforts.

Saying all that it is now working! (I assume the problem was on the server side and something has been changed on that) However after installing it if I click on a "what's new", "what's hot" or "view" new entries I get "Category does not exist. Return"

Any suggestions? (Sorry if it's something already asked and solved but the thread is getting a bit long so I have missed it.)
Darat, I had the same problem and Andrew's answer is #927 in this thread. I dunno if you're using the Beta release or stable - I am using the Beta but the suggested fix did fix my module links but I couldn't get the other fixes to work. I didn't put too much effort into it and just disabled the Hit Parade option until the next code release.

[Nam]

Yes, I'd like to thank Andrew publicly also. Few go to the lengths to help as he has.

Rich

Agree 100%, I can't say thank enough to Andrew, he has gone beyond what others normally suppose to. In fact, his support is better than many paid scripts out there.

Going to make another LDM Andrew? Says Pro version, I'd be the first one to support you, thanks for everything with the permission, I'm kind of firgue out now.

[Darat]

Darat, I had the same problem and Andrew's answer is #927 in this thread. I dunno if you're using the Beta release or stable - I am using the Beta but the suggested fix did fix my module links but I couldn't get the other fixes to work. I didn't put too much effort into it and just disabled the Hit Parade option until the next code release.

Thanks - don't know how I missed that!

[BPapi2004]

what is the max size of the file you can upload

[AndrewD]

what is the max size of the file you can upload

It's determined by several parameters, some of which are set in your php.ini file.

upload_max_filesize, and post_max_size in your php.ini

The maximum filesize setting per filetype in your VBulletin/attachments table

The upload_maxspace in LDM's params.

[AndrewD]

Good news guys and gals...

There's a new beta going to appear here tomorrow or so, with the following features...

+ Categories
can now have inheritable settings defining the appearance of categories/links (i.e. you can change the appearance setting per category), including having different new/not new display icons
+ Email notifications to moderator when link submitted/to user when accepted
+ "Featured Sites" (=selected users' favourites)
+ Final tweaks to User Profile integration
+ Linkbits
New linkbit available (intended for photolibraries)
Option to display multiple columns across some linkbits
General tidying up of linkbit templates (icons, layout)
+ Thumbnail images generated whenever possible during link creation/edit, rather than on the fly.
'thumbs_dir' indicates where these thumbnails are stored
Images generated using 'resample' algorithm rather than resize algorithm to obtain better image quality
+ Admin settings page restructured into groups and new admin settings and permissions added:
'default_style' - style to use for whole LDM board
'moderate_email_submit' and 'moderate_email_accept' - enables confirmation emails
'cat_icon' and 'cat_icon_new' - alternative category icons
'cat_cols_display' and 'link_cols_display' - vary columns of categories/links
'can_link_files' - usergroups has permission to add urls (sister to can_upload_files)
'featured_user_faves' and 'featured_sites' - controls over featured sites

Bugs fixed
> 'Report bad link' works correctly
> Phrased the admin xml file
> LDM checks for some valid mimetype information for Jukebox files
> Improved image quality of thumbnails
> 'Scan' code re-written to behave more consistently

Hope you're happy.

[poliveira]

First, this is a great mod and I really appreciate the effort in providing this to the community.

When I upload a ~15MB zipped file the upload seems OK, but the file name is changed "assume normal behavior" and when it is downloaded, the file data is corrupt.

Try to unzip the file generates the following error.
Some data in your Zip file is damaged. The CRC is ... should be ...

The uploaded and downloaded file sizes are identical.

[AndrewD]

When I upload a ~15MB zipped file the upload seems OK, but the file name is changed "assume normal behavior"

Normal behaviour with 2.1.0 - fixed in 2.1.1

and when it is downloaded, the file data is corrupt.Try to unzip the file generates the following error. Some data in your Zip file is damaged. The CRC is ... should be ... The uploaded and downloaded file sizes are identical.

Not normal behaviour! will investigate

Thanks

[EasyTarget]

Good news guys and gals...

There's a new beta going to appear here tomorrow or so, with the following features...

+ Categories
can now have inheritable settings defining the appearance of categories/links (i.e. you can change the appearance setting per category), including having different new/not new display icons
+ Email notifications to moderator when link submitted/to user when accepted
+ "Featured Sites" (=selected users' favourites)
+ Final tweaks to User Profile integration
+ Linkbits
New linkbit available (intended for photolibraries)
Option to display multiple columns across some linkbits
General tidying up of linkbit templates (icons, layout)
+ Thumbnail images generated whenever possible during link creation/edit, rather than on the fly.
'thumbs_dir' indicates where these thumbnails are stored
Images generated using 'resample' algorithm rather than resize algorithm to obtain better image quality
+ Admin settings page restructured into groups and new admin settings and permissions added:
'default_style' - style to use for whole LDM board
'moderate_email_submit' and 'moderate_email_accept' - enables confirmation emails
'cat_icon' and 'cat_icon_new' - alternative category icons
'cat_cols_display' and 'link_cols_display' - vary columns of categories/links
'can_link_files' - usergroups has permission to add urls (sister to can_upload_files)
'featured_user_faves' and 'featured_sites' - controls over featured sites

Bugs fixed
> 'Report bad link' works correctly
> Phrased the admin xml file
> LDM checks for some valid mimetype information for Jukebox files
> Improved image quality of thumbnails
> 'Scan' code re-written to behave more consistently

Hope you're happy.
awesome job.
would the new photo library be able to be used like the other gallery hacks? That would really benefit me since your hack uses cURL functions :D

If this is the case (crossing fingers) then hopefully people can release vbadvanced and forumhome add ons for previews. actually maybe that's a good addon for the links/downloads right now, a horizontal box on the forumhome with what's hot or new or random. (sorry, typing what I'm thinking lol)

another feature request would be to have permissions per category so that I can allow some users to moderate one category and other users to moderate a different one. (like maybe one will be doing photos, one files, one links, one media, etc)

[AndrewD]

would the new photo library be able to be used like the other gallery hacks? That would really benefit me since your hack uses cURL functions :D

If this is the case (crossing fingers) then hopefully people can release vbadvanced and forumhome add ons for previews. actually maybe that's a good addon for the links/downloads right now, a horizontal box on the forumhome with what's hot or new or random. (sorry, typing what I'm thinking lol)

The photolibrary layout works the same way as the rest of LDM, except that its linkbit template defaults to showing several items across the page rather than just one. I suspect there'll be some adjusting necessary when you guys get your hands on it, but we'll see what we can do. I changed the algorithm used to create thumbnails, so that these are better quality - that costs quite a lot of processing time, so the thumbnails are generated when the entry is added rather than when it is viewed.

another feature request would be to have permissions per category so that I can allow some users to moderate one category and other users to moderate a different one. (like maybe one will be doing photos, one files, one links, one media, etc)

I'm part way there with this - in the new beta, some of the admin settings can be applied per category but not yet the permissions - but the code has been changed to enable this extension on a later occasion.

[Jaynesh]

one of my users uploaded an mp3 file, but it doesnt seem to be clickable to listen to it. how do i fix it?

[AndrewD]

one of my users uploaded an mp3 file, but it doesnt seem to be clickable to listen to it. how do i fix it?

a) Take a look at VBulletin AdminCP/Attachments/Extensions and Sizes. Have you set up an entry for mp3? You need to create this with - at least - information in the mimetype field (Content-type: audio/mpeg)

b) Take a look at LDM/Admin Permissions/can_play_musicbox

[Jaynesh]

I have set up an entry it works with other songs in other categorys ( linked from music )

This song was uploaded. there is no link for it.

Take a look, http://www.lyricalsoundz.com -> Music -> Deejays

[AndrewD]

I have set up an entry it works with other songs in other categorys ( linked from music )

This song was uploaded. there is no link for it.

Take a look, http://www.lyricalsoundz.com -> Music -> Deejays

Shouldn't have happened ;) - easiest for me is (if you're comfortable), take a dump of the local_linkslink table in your database and email it to me at ad_rodin at noos.fr. I'll check what'd happened and get back to you.

By the way, nice site!

[Jaynesh]

Yeah okay il email it to you later on today.
Thanks :)

[EasyTarget]

I can't remember if I said it before so I'll say it again, thank you so much for all the work and support you put into this.

[Ranma2k]

when upgrdaed to 2.1.0 on vb 3.5.3
the viewing of the cat/links is very slow and it over load the server
i have about 677 categories and 6722 available entries

is there away to downgrade to 2.0.5 ?! and if posible can someone send me the files ><

[AndrewD]

when upgrdaed to 2.1.0 on vb 3.5.3
the viewing of the cat/links is very slow and it over load the server
i have about 677 categories and 6722 available entries

is there away to downgrade to 2.0.5 ?! and if posible can someone send me the files ><

I did a quick check - on my test board 2.1.0 is slower than 2.0.5 but not badly so. I'm concerned to get to the bottom of this. Perhaps it is the large number of categories or perhaps the display of thumbnail images?

Would you be willing to send me a dump of your LDM database, so that I can sort this out - LDM/Admin/Import and Export/Export a csv, then email it to me at ad_rodin at noos.fr - or pm me with an admin username and pwd to your board so that I can take this myself.

As far as downgrading is concerned, I think this will work ok - I just tried and there doesn't seem to be a problem - but I'm not making an absolute guarantee. I attach the 2.0.5 zip file. Just use the VB Product Manager, uninstall LDM then upload the 2.0.5 code and reinstall. Uninstalling/reinstalling does not harm your database.

Keep me informed, please.

[AndrewD]

when upgrdaed to 2.1.0 on vb 3.5.3
the viewing of the cat/links is very slow and it over load the server
i have about 677 categories and 6722 available entries

is there away to downgrade to 2.0.5 ?! and if posible can someone send me the files ><

Looking at this in more detail, I suspect that most of the problem has been created by introducing the drop-down 'category jump' menu. There is quite a performance hit in building this menu for several hundred categories. I'll add an option in the next release to disable it, similar to the VBulletin option to disable the forum jump menu.

[Ranma2k]

Looking at this in more detail, I suspect that most of the problem has been created by introducing the drop-down 'category jump' menu. There is quite a performance hit in building this menu for several hundred categories. I'll add an option in the next release to disable it, similar to the VBulletin option to disable the forum jump menu.

Thanks :) i did the downgrade and it works fine :)

i'll be looking for your next release to see if this going to solve the problem ^_^

[AndrewD]

I am uploading the first beta of 2.1.2 into the first post in this thread for testing and comment. As always, please take a backup of your database before upgrading in case of serious bugs.

I have also created an online user manual for LDM, and have removed this from the distribution zipo file. You can access the manual at http://www.eirma.org/devel/LDM

Since the official release 2.1.0, these are the main changes and extensions:

Version 2.1.2

+ Categories can have inheritable settings defining category/link appearance
+ Email notifications available: to moderator when link submitted/to user when accepted
+ "Featured Sites" (=a selection from selected users' favourites)
+ Extensions to linkbits - new photolibrary linkbit available, option to display multiple columns across some linkbits, general tidying up and new icons
+ Thumbnail images generated whenever possible during link creation/edit, rather than on the fly. Images generated using resample algorithm to obtain better image quality
+ Admin settings page restructured into groups and new admin settings/permissions added:

Bugs fixed
- 'Report bad link' works correctly
- Phrased the admin xml file
- LDM checks for some valid mimetype information for Jukebox files
- Improved image quality of thumbnails
- 'Scan' code re-written to behave more consistently
- Improved (much faster) algorithm for building category jump menu

Version 2.1.1

+ Admin pages improved
+ Default permissions for new links taken from parent category rather than global default_forumid
+ Daily user file download and bandwidth limits available
+ File uploads retain their name when downloaded
+ New *cat_cols_display* setting controls # columns in catlist
+ New *can_save_musicbox* permission defines whether users see the open/save as hyperlink for Jukebox media files
+ QuickTime plugin included in Jukebox
+ Images can be uploaded when uploads enabled
+ 'Update to current time' checkbox added to Edit Link form
+ Uploads of thumbnail images available
+ UserProfile integration (off by default), driven by parameters in User Profile
+ Users with *can_moderate_link* can change (Ajax-enabled) name of user who submitted entry

I have promised to add 'keywords' to entries, linked to user profile searches, and I will try to provide per-category permissions, before the final beta of 2.1.2, but otherwise the functionality for this release is complete.

[drdaco]

I'm going to use this as a book review for my site (see www.advancedphysics.org)

can you give me some pointers on how I can taylor it to that? I created sub categories for types of books, but 2.1.0 doesn't inherit the view type (short) to the categories.

I also can find a way to move the picture to the far left as you have shown in your website.

Lastly, how can I force to show short version AND review stars ?

thanks for any help :)

[AndrewD]

I'm going to use this as a book review for my site (see www.advancedphysics.org)

can you give me some pointers on how I can taylor it to that? I created sub categories for types of books, but 2.1.0 doesn't inherit the view type (short) to the categories.

I also can find a way to move the picture to the far left as you have shown in your website.

Lastly, how can I force to show short version AND review stars ?

thanks for any help :)

Thanks.

The new beta 2.1.2 does inherit view types down the category tree, so you can give different categories different appearances and expect that their children will keep these.

To change the appearance in the way you want, you need to modify one of the linkbit templates. These are variants on nested tables stuffed with conditional tests on what to display. It's just a matter of deciding what you want to see where. I suggest you compare the links_linkbit and link_linkbit_short templates to see what has been left out of the short template and to see how the ratings are being handled.

Am happy to help/guide - keep in touch by PM.

[AndrewD]

Yeah okay il email it to you later on today.
Thanks :)

Did you send an email?