I don't think I understand - it seems to work ok for me. May I take a look at your site? (send me a PM)

One more question.
I dont want the uploads to go in to a forum as a new thread? is it possible to do that?

Edited :

Since now the category forum works, i think it is alright to have this function :D Tx.

This problem ok, Solved.
I have posted another question. Pls help.

Another question .

i uploaded an MP3

Upload error - file is larger than maximum size allowed. but the size was 510k.

i have specified 800K :(

* THIS file type has not listed in vb
* after specifying the size and save, the file type table of LDM does not show the size 800k in it file types table.

Edited : Sorry, it takes little time to understand each options. Just now find the solution. Thank You.

For your next release Andrew do you think it would be possible to add an option that would bypass the timeout hit limit based on usergroup premissions?

I'm having a little trouble after installing 2.2.9-post2. The new image permissions don't seem to work correctly. I have it set so that two of the three Usergroups that can post links, can also add thumbnails. However, the thumbs do not show. There is a space where the thumb should be, but the image is not there.

The Thumbnails do show when viewing the Category in the "Short Entries" version.

Thanks for your help,

James

Sorry to hear that there is still a problem. I find these very difficult to debug without direct access to the site - do you mind if I take a look? I will need admin access (send me a PM).

i really suggest and need the comments and rate show in the same page of entry
like vbulletin thread

this make eazy and perfect show of the entry in LDM

Is it possible to upload multiple images for one LDM entry? (just as you can allow multiple images to be attached to a forum post)

Thanks,
Kevin

Yes, using the "Entry Attributes" features introduced in 2.2.9. Use LDM/admin/Entry attributes to set up one or more attributes as images or image uploads, then the Add/Edit entry form will expand to alow you to provide these.

Andrew, thanks for your help last night!, can i ask is it possible (as mostly i intend my downloads to be text files) to have an excerpt or uncopiable show (including scrollbars) of the text in the item window? just so the folk can see what they are getting but can't copy it until they are in the download usergroup?

also caotcha image for unregistered users when they download i do not wanna prevent the download for them but i need captcha iamges which is perfect than any other option
and need this only for download not for play media file

thank u very much

I'm using VB 3.7.2, LDM 2.2.9-post1, Firefox 2, Windows XP (SP2). My upload folder is located within the public htdocs folder. I am testing with administrator privileges in VB/ LDM. I am using LDM's extra swfuploader plugin.

When editing an entry, the user is able to upload another file (the file is created 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. For example, I had an entry with an uploaded file called first.mp3. I edited that entry to change the uploaded file to second.mp3. The new file was created, but after saving the edit, the new mp3 did not play instead the old mp3 still played since it wasn't deleted and the user upload allowance was not updated.

Also, if the file extension of the new file is different from the old file, the "Rename" field will not accept a name with the new file extension since LDM still has the old file extension in the database.

Suggestion: If you can't fix this problem, can you PLEASE provide an option to disable changing the file upload when editing an entry? The user is still allowed to delete the file upload and edit the entry, just don't allow the user to edit the file upload. PLEASE provide this option in your next update if you can't fix this problem.

Note: found partial solution to this problem - read my next post.

I found the cause to this problem: When editing an entry, the user is able to change the file uploaded, but the new file does not show (file is not linked to in the entry) and his upload allowance is not updated.

This bug persists if you installed LDM's extra swfuploader plugin (problem described in my previous post). If you use the default uploader, this problem does not appear. Solution: disable/ uninstall the swfuploader until that plugin is fixed. ;)

Andrew, can you please patch the swfuploader 'cause having the progress bar is really useful? Otherwise, please provide an option to disable changing the file upload when editing an entry.

I have several more bugs to report:

1. In LDM settings, the link_imagesize setting states, "Left blank: LDM uses the current value of Thumbnail Size from the VB admincp." However, this is not true: if left blank, no thumbnails are created even if thumbnail size is specified in VB > Message Attachment Options and VB > Album Options (anywhere else I should check?). Solution: just specify the size for LDM's link_imagesize.

2. The category of a forum is not replaced in the phrase when using {4} in ldm_thread_create_body. Instead, the LDM database name is always shown.

3. The id3tag-enchancements plugin does not update the entry's attributes with the new id3 info if the entry is edited to upload a new file that has a id3 tag.

4. When editing an entry with both an uploaded file and an image file, if that image is deleted then the uploaded file is also deleted. Andrew in addition to fixing this bug, can you provide an option to disable deleting the thumbnail image file?

The plugin, Add LDM Quick Search to VB navbar, does not work because the code/ syntax for the security token is incorrect.
Solution: FIND:
And REPLACE that with:

As you discovered, this was a problem in the interaction between the ldm php code and the swfupload code. The fix is straightforward - please can you test the attached local_links_actions.php (which goes in the forums directory)

If you are using the swfuploader, its javascript should automatically fill in the "Rename" field with the filename of the current upload, and as far as I can see, LDM then accepts it with this bug fix installed. Let me know.

LDM only checks this when you do an update on the LDM/admin/settings page, and leave the link_imagesize field blank. As far as I can see, it then correctly picks up the current value from VB/Message Attachment Options, and that value should then appear on the LDM admin settings and is used correctly. However, I think my logic is wrong - this doesn't allow for the possibility that the admin subsequently changes the value on VB/Message Attachment Options

I think this has always been so. I'll add another parameter to the phrase so that you can also access the category name if you wish.

will investigate

will investigate

Thanks - this was fixed in the 2.2.9-post2 release

Hello ...
First good day and apologize for my English is bad. [I come from mexico]
I have a question:

The problem is with the entries of their product ..
My links appear like this:

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/7649/dibujoce0.jpg

Any disorderly.

And I have seen other sites with links and downloads manager running the links as categories:

clicking on this entry:
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/1707/dibujo1vy6.jpg
It will take us towards the link:

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1606/dibujo2og0.jpg

Thus not much disturbing and we do not have so many links on a single page.
I tried to move and move configurations rather than achievement that appear so.
Someone told me that configurations are templates and that is why I am writing to you.

Greetings.

sorry if this repeated the
question:D. not understand much English.

Yes, I think I understand.

You can change how LDM looks with the settings on the LDM/admin/settings page. To get the very compact look in your second image, find the template_linkbit parameter and choose "Title Only".

But your colleague is also correct - to make major changes, then you have to edit the templates. vBulletin is built around a large number of templates which define how everything is displayed. This is not really the best place to explain.

I mention this as you configure and salio as we wanted.
For need additives templates?
And where addressing the issue?

In the meantime Thank your help.
Greetings.:D

Hi Andrew, your new local_links_actions.php works flawlessly! It corrects the mentioned problems regarding changing the uploaded file when editing an entry.

The link_imagesize setting in LDM settings does not retrieve the size from VB > Message Attachments when I update the LDM settings page.

Please do add the category parameter for {4} - it would be very useful. The LDM wiki actually states {4} is replaced with category for ldm_thread_create_body.

I have a few more feature requests:

1. Modify id3tag-enhancements plugin to auto-create entry attributes for video files. Currently, it only uses the id3 info to size the video player.

2. It's confusing for users to see both the File URL and File Upload textfields. Can you combine them so that only 1 textfield is used for the File URL & Upload - should be do-able since URL's & file paths are different.
If not possible, can you at least combine those 2 textfields into 1 table row so that they don't appear as separate entities. Similarly, this visual problem occurs for Image URL and Image Upload, so a change in that presentation would also be much appreciated.

3. LDM should auto-create blank index.html for files & thumbnails LDM directories to help prevent users from directly accessing the files in those directories.

Thanks for considering these requests. ;)

Thanks for this, nice job

Could someone advise me how to change the wording in the navbar from links/downloads to something else please.

Thanks

OM! Oo

Let me see if it is what I want, thanks Andrew

You need to edit the vbulletin phrase ldm_vbmenu_ldm - vb/admincp/languages/search in phrases

Thanks Andrew, when I do a search as you say the message returned is -

No Phrases Matched Your Query

Any ideas?

Are you searching against the phrase title - by default, the searches look at the text

Is there anyway to add a screenshot for downloads? I found the extra for links, but I have been unable to find a way other than an external upload for download screenshots.

You can add a thumbnail image to any entry, either at the time you create the entry or by editing it. There is an extra available which will automatically extract an image from the ID3 tag data for mp3 files. However, there is currently no automated process for generating thumbnails of other documents, although I've recently been pointed towards a couple of tools for doing this.

Which file formats are of interest?

Many thanks Andrew, I changed the 'search in' option from Phrase Text Only to Phrase Text and Phrase Variable Name and it worked like a charm :)

Yes, please find my PM with site access.

Thank you, Andrew,

James

It would also seem that if I deny a UserGroup the ability to upload files, it also turns off their ability to upload images. Is there a way to avoid this? It would be great to allow them to upload images and not other file types.

Exe, Rar, Zip, Dmg, etc.

Basically just another upload box specifically for adding screenshots would be perfect.

Is the existing image thumbnail feature sufficient? - you can upload screenshots with that. You enable this with ldm/admin/settings/link_imagesize and related settings

demo?

Ah!

It seems that if you leave it blank (to use vBulletin size) it doesn't show up.

You are the second person to report this, so there is clearly a bug which I have missed.

How do we use this as a link exchange?

Hey Andrew... I think I asked this like.... couple years ago (lol) and given all the add-ons maybe I just missed it...


is there a, safe or usergroup-based, way to hotlink to a file after its been uploaded?

goal: I want to hotlink the file to a mp3 player in one's profile and a jukebox player play list.


ps. keep up the awesome work as usual. still one of the best add-ons aruond :)

Good morning,

First, a big thank you for this wonderful module.

I have a problem with the "filter".
I have a category which includes many files (more than 20000 for some).
If you choose a filter, for example the letter "B", only the first page complies.
If you click on page 2, for example, the filter cancels ...

I tried with versions post1 and post2, and invariably the same problem.

If someone can help me, it would be very nice.

Thank you in advance.