Works Like a charm!!!!!
Thank You Sir !!!!

Felix

Andrew,

Welcome back! Any suggestion on how to set my links properties so clicking on the link title opens the link details versus attempting to open the link? I have tried everything but cannot figure it out. Is that even an option?

I took a look at this, and I don't think the problem is as serious as it might be. The keyword filter shown on a category display page only includes kywords that have actually been used for entries in that category. Pages where users can add keywords use an Ajax-enabled drop-down of matching keywords. Have I missed something?

Still, I will add a control setting to disable this menu.

Well i tested with a little spider i wrote... grabs links with description and keyword metatags.. and adds it to the db.. the 50 links i added to the category had very many keywords (from metatags) about 40 or 50 per link... for some reason they were not somilar so i ended up with 2500 keywords for 50 links :eek:

of course if a human fills in the link he will rather add 1 or 2 keywords.. but if you use the keywords from metatags sometimes you have over 100 keywords per link.. ( I know that thats wrong for search engines.. but some people just put them there)
thats why i thought: oh my gosh...

but if you add a way to disable it.. i think it would be great..

Felix

If I understand your question correctly, you can do this on a per-category basis or for everything.

On a per-category-basis, edit the category of interest and go to the control settings tab
For everything, go to ldm/admin/settings

Set the template_linkbit to 'Title Only'

Save

You will then see the entries in the category/categories displayed as single lines with just title, date and number of hits. Click on one of the links and it will take you to the full listing for that entry. Click again and it will take you to the entry.

See images.

Thanks - I will be updating the jw player in the next release, so will make these fixes there. In the meantime, your explanation is excellent and I'ms ure anyone affected can follow it.

when can we expect the next release of LDM?

Thank you Andrew! That worked. I will play around with one of the templates to get the layout I need but overall that worked. Is there any way to get the set it up to show, upon clicking on the title in the list, to take you directly the version that shows when you click on the show comments (action=ratelink&linkid=347&catid=81&lpage=1)? I guess what I'm trying to say is I would like the detail page to show the listing with the comments underneath it.

2.2.9 is likely to stay the supported release for at least a couple of months, perhaps with a few more bug fixes applied.

I have done quite some work already on 2.3.0, but some of the suggestions and the bug reports posted here will take time to complete. Perhaps an early alpha will be available fairly soon, but thorough testing is the big challenge these days.

Coded so far for 2.3.0:

+ Category Display
Added option to display/remove keyword filter dropdown
+ Starred nominations
Entries can be unnominated
Nominations are no longer stacked, i.e. only user's current nomination is recorded
+ Session ids
vBulletin session ids handled corrrectly throughout
+ Efficiency changes
Admin and categories tables cached in vBulletin datastore and other code rewritten to eliminate various database lookups
+ Media Players
Upgraded JWsilverlight player to version 1.1 and added windowless and background params
+ Hooks
Added ldm_icons_cached after caching list of icon filenames
+ Bug fixes
Fixed id3tag-enhancements extra
Fixed permissions-related null category bug within Edit Entry
Fixed sort order/pagination bugs when searches contain urlencoded chars
Fixed Add LDM to VB navbar plugins for situation when vbAdvanced is not installed in forum directory

Still to do:

- Redo much of the 'attributes' code to fix bugs/improve functionality
- Provide import mechanism for vb attachments
- Move to jw media player 4.0
- Disentangle comments and ratings calculations
- Option to make comments/ratings visble inline consistently
- other bug fixes

Anything else?

Would this feature allow display of the 'links_viewall_comment' template (ie. the full list of comments), within the playerbit templates, such as 'links_playerbit_Realplayer' and 'links_playerbit_JWplayer' ?

Also, is it possible to make the LDM variables 'global', so that their use is not restricted to specific templates only, allowing them to be used in other templates too? Is there some code I can edit to do this myself?

Here is an example of how I would like the comments-list displayed within the playerbit templates:




PS. I'm not sure if the comments listing is already paginated, but if not then it would keep things more organised if the comments are listed across a number of pages rather than all running down a single long page.

These are broadly what I have in mind. I have to check to ensure I can be consistent across different displays.

great, thanks for considering our suggestions, I for one would be happy to test any alpha version of LDM you decide to release :)

Is it possible to disable comments, but keep rating options on? o.?

Thanks :D

I think that's already there in 2.2.9 - ldm/admin/settings/comments and ratings/hide comment + hide rate

If I add this line of code into a template, ' <!--$linkid::entities--> ' , only then the entities / attributes are displayed within the template. Is there a similar line of code I need to add to make the following variables work in other templates:

$linkeditbit
$linkfavbit
$linksendtofriendbit
$linkreportlinkbit
$linklikebit
$linkstarbit
$linknewbit

?

There's two different points to consider -

a) the various link_linkbit_* templates can all use any of the variables that are used in the other templates - so you can freely mix and match among these templates.

b) however, the variables are built up in different ways (or not at all) depending on what you are doing. So for example, after a search, not all the variables are created. Similarly when rating/commenting, etc.

For any particular action, the same variables will always be created, regardless of the template. For different actions, different combinations of the variables are created. This is what I need to check carefully.

My problem is that I need to use the link_linkbit_* variables in either the 'links_play_embedded' template or the 'links_playerbit_RealPlayer' template, but they don't work in these templates. Can you please tell me in which php file these variables are defined to work only in the link_linkbit_* templates?

Andrew D, can this be used to manage a users downloads if a user was to purchase a subscription and move in to a different usergroup for 1 day can a limit of 1 download be set, would i have to manually change the usergroup each time - i'm a complete novice in html and php and am just setting up my forum i want a pay per download section on my site, is this possible with this mod?

Andrew,

Thank you. One other suggestion, a few more layout templates to choose from. :D AND just in case you have nothing else to do, the ability to integrate Google Maps into the link display page, via a latitude and longitude attribute, with a waypoint attribute too. I would pay for someone to custom develop that for me! hint...hint...:D

Simon, yes, I think this will work

1- set up VB so that when users puchase a subscription, they are moved to usergroup XYZ
2- in LDM/admin/allowances, you give usergroup XYZ the right to download one file per day
3- give other usergroups zero allowance
4- in LDM/admin/permissions, you give usergroup XYZ *can_access*link* permission and deny it to other usergroups.
5- deny usergroups *can_bypass_bandwidth_limits* permission

5 if there are usergroups that you want to bypass these restrictions, then don't set any of their allowances.

If you want to apply the limit only to downloads in a particular category, follow steps 2 and 3 in the same way, but in place of step 4

6- in the defined category, edit/category/permissions, give/remove the *can_access_link* and *can_bypass_bandwidth_limits* permissions
7- in LDM/admin/permissions, give everyone *can_access_link* and *can_bypass_bandwidth_limits* permissions

My only uncertainty is how well the *day* start/end calculation in LDM will synchronise with vbulletin's calculation. You will need to test it to find out.

While we are at it.. a little internetexplorer bug when editing keywords..

ok we are at the normal display page.. with a page with 20 entries..
each entry (depending of the template you are using) allows you as admin to edit keywords inline..

works fine (I modified the template a little bit)
BUT if you toggle the tag graphic the word "keywords" appears and a field where you can edit the keywords of this entry.. and a go button..

if you click the word "keywords" it goes back to the tag symbol...

In IE7 it acts weird.. because the link is linked to a jumpmark that doesnt really exist.. #$linkid
and it eventually reloads the page.. or pushes the link to the top of the screen when you edit it.. (adding the jumpmark #$linkid to the url)

I fixed it that way:
the link in the template is:
i changed it to:
It has to be done twice (also for the tag image when you toggle).. otherwise IE will jump to the link.. this is NOT the way it should act (imho).. because:

if you are editing the last link on the page... it will open the editfield (as it should) but will then "jump" to that link.. so if you had it in the middle of the page.. it will scroll that link to the top of the page..
It's the same when you close the editbox when klicking on the word: "keywords"
(grrr hope you understood what i meant)


Anyway there should at least be a: return false; at the end of the "onclick" stuff..

Felix

PS: I also removed the $linkid leaving only the # thinking there is no point jumping to that link because you are allready at that link..(i might be wrong)

Andrew D, thanks for the very detailed information, i have VBAdvanced, Donations Pro and Mark Solved Mods is your's ok with these? I'm a novice so is it easy to install?

Regards,
Simon

Certainly ok with vbadvanced - don't know about the others - not had any reports of problems. Installation is straightforward, but am here to help in case of problems.

Andrew, thanks for the responses!, i'm running 3.7.2 PL1 and am going to install this, will post back.

Regards,
Simon

Andrew, in your instructions:
i understand that this means open the folder in LDM and copy contents to corresponding folder in /forum, however inside these folders are folders marked XML and ldm-ox-icons do these just get uploaded to the corresponding parent folder (i.e Includes for the XML) without opening and copying the contents?, also the other files in the /forums folder i.e local_link's eyc do they just go in my /forum folder?

Regards,
Simon

The files and directory structure inside release/forums should be copied into exactly the same directory structure in your /forum folder, i.e. files in release/forum/includes/xml go into forums/includes/xml and so on. The only folder which will not already exist is the images/ldm-ox-icons

I seem to have usergroup permision problems

I have set up two categorys, one usergroup should be able to see both category's and entries within the category's, the second usergroup should only be able to see just one category and the entries within.

The second usergroup can see the category but not the entries, I can the following when I try to access the Category: -

Sorry - there is nothing to show you (no permisions, all entries are hidden, etc)

Can you let me know where I have gone wrong please

Club officals can view both, Team managers have the problem

Cheers

Chet

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2008/08/38.jpg

Andrew, sorry to be a pain, can you tell me where the vba_modules and extra's folders go as i don't have these in my configuration?

I have some feature requests for LDM 2.3.0 or another future update:

1. Allow featured_user_favs to accept usergroups such that all users in that group will have their favorites featured (ie: favorites of all users in VIP group are featured).

2. Use settings in vBulletin's "search relevance options" to order searches.

3. Provide an option for similar_threads plugin to search only in the same category as the entry being searched.

4. Integrate LightWindow into LDM and provide an option to make it the default Flash/ PDF/ image/ video player. LightWindow is a very versatile and robust solution for displaying many file types with just one script (don't need to combine multiple scripts like Lightbox + JW/ Wimpy players). Also, it's free and MIT-licensed so it's less strict than the creative commons license of Lightbox & JW players. Check it out here: http://stickmanlabs.com/lightwindow/#features

5. Need fix for this bug: When editing an entry, the user is able to upload another file (the file is saved in the upload directory), but the new file does not show (file is not linked to in the entry) and his upload allowance is not updated.

Thanks for this great mod and helpful contributions! :D

Simon, these don't get uploaded and you can ignore them unless you need them. vba_modules contains a set of modules to integrate LDM inside vbadvanced. extras contains a whole series of 'specials', mainly in the form of vbulletin plugins, which in some way extend LDM. Each of the extras sits in its own subdirectory with a 'readme' file explaining what it does and how to use it.

By the way, have you found the wiki at www.eirma.org/wikis, which explains a lot about LDM.

Noted - will see what I can do - some of these are straightforward but the tricky one looks like (2)

The forum-based permission system is a bit tricky to understand. It was the original protection mechanism I wrote for LDM, and it is applied separately to categories and entries (i.e. entries in categories can have different permissions than the category). LDM's own permissions system is applied at the category level, so you don't have that possible confusion.

I think your problem is that you have not correctly associated the entries in your categories with the correct forums. This is shown by the information on the screenshot you posted - the categories are associated correctly with the different forums but both your entries have been associated with the same forum.

The category and all the entries which are to be visible to Club Officials and Team Managers should be associated with the Team Members forum.

The category and all the entries which are to be visible to Club officials only should be associated with the Club Officials forum.

You can make the changes in a number of ways - with edit category and checking the box 'Also make this forum the parent of all entries currently in the category' or with edit entry, or on the admin/mass edits pages.

For what you are trying to achieve, you could also (instead of using the forums based permissions system) use LDM's own permissions. Edit the categories, select the usergroup permissions tab and give/deny *can_view_category* permission.

Hope this helps, but get back to me if not.

Hai guys,
just installed and this is a wonderfull Plugin. We had no any issues in installing.
Cheers to the developer !

I'm using vbadvanced so do i need to place the contents of the vba folder somewhere? As for the wiki im checking that now!

Regards,
Simon

No - just keep them on your PC. If you decide to use any of the LDM vba modules, you simply upload them via your vb admincp/vba/download upload modules

I can't reproduce this bug - my tests replace the upload and update the allowances - can you give me more details

Andrew, i've installed it, just have to configure it now, it's a vast add-on! seems really great, such a lot of work gone in to it once again thanks ;)

Hey guys, if you use this mod donate as i did to give this guy the motivation to keep helping us and coming up with great things like this!

Hai Andrew,

Ok, every think configured and woks nicely. I have a question.

When i click the subforum that created when creating a catagory, page cannot disply appear. some problem with the link. how to solve that?

Thank you for making this useful plugin.

I can't reproduce this, but I can see what you saying and have coded the change (also got rid of some duplicate text that I'd put in there for debugging quite a while ago and forgot about...)