Hi Andrew Thanks for all your Support.

Question

I have Music that is 2.43M MY PHP.INI file says 2M Max UPLOAD I changed it to 3 but IDM Does not notice it. and I get the over 2M Message.

What to do so I can Upload Music File that are more then 2M.

INFO

LDM (admin settings) 2.2.6
file_icons_dir images/ldm_icons/
local_file_root No
local_file_root_prefix (not set)
File uploads Enabled
upload_dir ldm_upload
thumbs_dir forum/images/ldm_thumbs
PHP (php.ini) 4.4.4
allow_url_fopen Yes
cURL Yes
GD2 Yes
open_basedir (not set)
post_max_size 8M
upload_max_filesize 2M
MySQL (my.ini) 4.1.21-standard-log
wait_timeout 100
Low value for MySQL wait_timeout

Highlighted in red you see the 2M

This is the line of code in my PHP.INI I changed to 3M
My Question is that most Music files are more then 2M or should they be uploaded in a zip format but then they will not play in that format.

I wanted to let users upload Music, but Most Music files are like 2.34M

What to do and How could I fix this in IDM

Thanks;)

I Inclosed a zip of my PHP.INI if needed

LDM is picking up the values reported to it by your web server. If you edit php.ini, you generally have to restart the server before anything will pick up the new values. I imagine that's the problem.

You can also check these settings by going to the main VB/admincp page or VB/admincp/maintenance/phpinfo page which gives you a full summary of the environment settings. ou should see the same values as are being reported by LDM.

Also make sure that the maximum file sizes set in your vb/admin/attachments/attachment manager is sufficient. LDM will not allow general users to upload files bigger than these settings - it allows admins to upload up to the lesser of post_max_size and upload_max_filesize

Oh, so many questions Oo

Hmm... Andrew, will there be new phrases for 2.2.7?
If so, to schedule translation ^^

Hey Andrew just a little question the downlaods manager seems to pick up the file size of zip files fine. But when it comes to .rar files it doesnt show how large the file is.

Is there a setting I have to change to show the file size?

Yes, you have to add rar to the vbulletin attachments table, so that LDM knows that these are 'downloads'.

VB/admincp/attachments/attachments manager/add new extension

extension: rar
mimetype: Content-type: application/rar

Ok kool thanks for the quicl response now ive done that do I have to wait a while for my current rar downloads to show the size because at the moment there still the same.

as far as I can recall, you need to do one of the following:

- visit them,
- edit them,
- or use the ldm/admin/statistics/validate

thank you very much for every they mr AndrewD

Hi!
AndrewD i have a problem:
Now, our database display bad the numbers of link inside any folder (or directory).
Can you help me to recount?
Is there any way to the script recount and change the values?
Thanks a lot
Bye!

Well I installed this on another site two years ago but just cant get it right this time, is there anyone who can get it going for a small fee? Have uploaded files and ran product xml. Need to have it linked to forums.
Please let me know as this is something we really want to use mainly for music.
Mainy two main categories, audio with 15 sub cats, and video later on.

Hey Andrew Ive just found out that when using local_file_root_prefix for downloads and setting force_redirect to 1 prefix doesnt work.

For example i have my files located in directory /downloads (being my prefix) but when I click the link it goes into mysite.com/forums/myfile.zip instead of mysite.com/downloads/myfile.zip

But if I set it back to 0 then it does work normally. Ive only just changed force redirect to 1 because like I said before I have a low mysql wait timeout (20)

Any ideas?

Thanks for the report - am surprised that this hasn't been picked up before. It looks like a straightforward bug to fix.

Send me a PM with an admin username and password for your board and FTP details for your site, plus brief details of what you are wanting. Am happy to spend a few minutes on this.

As far as I can see, you've done the initial installation (version 2.2.5) correctly.

I'll take a look at your site. Currently, it's not responding.

Dear Andrew,

I've been using LDM when you first released a year ago, it was one of the best mod for vb IMHO, and still is. I've been away for a while and just come back, and it's so great to see you're still offering your consistent support after all this time.

Quick question, my vb is 3.5.2 so I plan to upgrade to 3.6.4 tonight. I believe the LDM would messed up as well. Should I upgrade the forum first, then upload your LDM for vb3.6 later? Or because there's major changes from vb3.5.2 and vb6, I should do fresh install? I have about 300 links in LDM right now.

Thanks and great to see you again,

Andrew, Andrew!!! :D

Is it possible to add this in 2.2.7? You told me it wouldn't be that complicated.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=598

Thank, thanks! :)

Nice to see you back :)

Actually, the upgrade will work either way round, but I'd suggest

Step 1 - *Backup your database* - nothing should go wrong, but...
Step 2 - Upgrade your forums first to vb 3.6.
Step 3 - Then simply install LDM version 2.2.6

As far as LDM's concerned, there's no difference between an installation and an upgrade. The installer works out what needs to be done.

Hey, I already did this in 2.2.6. There's an icon download.gif in the icons directory - if it's present, then it's displayed for downloads.

I didn't produce a linkbit that looks exactly the same as yours, but that would be easy to change the layout - do you want this added as a new linkbit?

Images show your suggestion and the main linkbit ("modern")

Another one that would be nice to add to the collection if possible is putfile.com
They have decent amount of on line storage for videos and pictures for free (private or shared) and download limits are great.

Thanks for the suggestion. This looks straightforward to include.

Hello Andrew!

This is for 2.2.7.

Here is the issue that I'm seeing (I'm using just a regular registered member to do this, not admin).

1. Add Entry
2. Input all the information.
3. In the field where I want to schedule the download to be visible, it is showing my correct time; CST. I input the time and press submit.
4. I look and see that the download is not scheduled (it doesn't have the red "Expired or scheduled" message. When I go in and edit, it is showing one hour earlier (ET) for the scheduled, and not the CST.

Example: I type in 7:40 CST and press submit, it changes it to 6:40 my time instead and doesn't schedule it for later.

I know that this worked in 2.2.6, as we haven't had any issues with it at all.

Second issue:

How do we tell it we want it to expire and move? Once it is expired and moved, will it still be visible to the members who have permission to the forum that it was moved to?

Andrew,

I have tried everything under the sun to get Webthumbs to work with no success. I have followed the directions to the letter. I am on PHP 5.2.0 and MySQL 5.0.16. I have uploaded the PHP file to the forums directory. I have installed the plug-in with my key in it. With all this said I cannot get it to do the thumbs. Can you point me in the right direction?

I have a horrible feeling I should never have provided this 'add on' ;) Sorry if you've had some wasted time. I'm busy in a conference today, but perhaps we can discuss via PMs during the weekend?

Have you set up the timezone/daylight saving settings for your 'registered user'? THe LDM code uses (I think!) standard vb routines for dates/times, but I'll check again.

I'll give you a full answer over the weekend. I'm still working on the interface for this.

Andrew,

Are you kidding? :) No worries. No "wasted" time either. I consider this an investment and I like tinkering around with the MODS. I just can't seem to get this one to work. I see no errors and I know the upload directory is present and working (tested another file upload). Again, I love your MOD and could still sleep at night if I never get this piece working but I thought it would be a cool differentiator. Thanks for your time and I look forward to your PM. ;)

Not all files are getting streamed and I have to wait for some files to be fully downloaded before I can start to look at it.
Is this the cause of the filetype or webserver setting or what?

As far as I can understand, the main factor is the program that plays the media. Some programs are able to start handling streams as they are delivered. Others are not, or only do so with some filetypes.

For example, I think that Winamp is perfectly happy to start to play an mp3 stream when it's delivered via an m3u file, but not when the mp3 comes directly. On the other hand, Windows Media Player starts playing mp3s immediately.

Similarly, the Flash media player will start playing before the transfer completes - it just buffers enough material to prevent jerkiness.

*But* there's an important consideration. You must tell VBulletin/LDM about the filetype, by setting up the correct mimetype information in the VB/admin/attachments table. This information is sent to the user before the file transfer starts, and tells the PC what to do. If you give the wrong mimetype information (or give none at all), then the PC is likely to do the wrong thing, or simply wait for the whole file to be transferred.

There's a further point - by getting the mimetype information right, the media player can recognise the possibility to selectively download parts of the file. LDM handles this (so-called HTTP 206 transfers) correctly. For example, it allows people who are playing videos to scroll to another part of the video without waiting for everything to be transferred.

Maybe a media buff can explain more?

I can't say enough good things about LDM. Amongst the very many powerful features, the best one for me is its sophisticated capability to control bandwidth for each user group.

I hope I'm not missing something here. Does LDM have a function to control the amount of disk space that each user group can use for uploads? I'm looking at Photopost as well: they have this function. But if LDM is going to implement a similar kind of function in a future release, then I may have no need for Photopost. After all, I don't want my vB board to be loaded up with enhancements that have duplicate functionalities.

AndrewD, are you looking to implement this kind of feature in a future release? Thanks for a great product. I just clicked to nominate LDM as MOTM.

Is there any way we can add a countdown for when users download files? (i.e. RapidShare)

I know that this is a question that have asked a lot of times. Did you plan in the future to add custom fields.

Thanks

Not yet (quite)

It will be in version 2.2.7, as of the next beta (just added it)

Thanks - maybe we get to win this time - LDM's been nominated twice, I think, but got outvoted both times.

I've kept meaning to do this, but never got round to it. I still do plan... Maybe soon

I'm not familiar with how that works? Do you mean a progress bar during the download?

This is how I propose that it will work in the final 2.2.7:

(already implemented in the version you have)

- The main admin settings gives two options (currently in the "How Entries are Displayed" section, but they move to their own section). These are links_expiry_days and links_expired_catid. These options are also available on a per-category basis, in the edit category/display settings.

- When links_expiry_days has a non-zero value, then entries only become visible on their submission date (which, as you know, can be forward-dated), and then remain visible for links_expiry_days. Otherwise entries become visible immediately submitted/moderated and remain visible until explicitly deleted.

- When links_expired_category is set (either globally or per-category), expired links are moved to that category the first time their current category is viewed *after* the expiry date.

(in the final 2.2.7)
- there is also an option on the add/edit entry form to immediately expire the entry. This is probably more useful during 'edit entry' than 'add entry'. It gives you a way to force expire certain entries early.

- when an expire entry is moved to a different category, it is automatically given the forum viewing privileges that apply to that new category. Otherwise it keeps its current forum permissions

- the LDM group permission can_view_hidden (up to 2.2.7 alpha, can_view_expired) defines which users can still see expired entries. Other users cannot see these.

So, this gives you the freedom to set up a range of possible behaviours, for example:

- set link_expiry_days but not link_expired_catid: expired entry remains in current category and is visible only to users who have can_view_hidden permission

- set link_expiry_days and link_expired_catid on the global admin page: expired entry is moved to new category, stays expired, and is visible only to users who have both can_view_hidden permission and the relevant forum permissions for the new category

- set link_expiry_days and link_expired_catid for one category only: entries only expire in that category, are then moved to new category, are no longer considered to be expired but are only visible to users who have the relevant forum permissions for the new category

And so on.

Does this cover all your needs?

Hi I'm a new LDM user. Just installed it to my vBulletin 3.6.4. First of all, big thanks to AndrewD for creating such a wonderful mod! I managed to get it up and running smoothly.

I'm now trying to get the vBa modules to work. I tried importing ldm_new and ldm_hot. It prompted that there are already existing modules with those names. I suppose its referring to the modules that came with the default LDM install. So I renamed them to vba_ldm_new and vba_ldm_hot. Confirmed that they are checked within my one and only VBadvanced page. Also included the following in the portal header:
However, my "What's new" and What's Hot" box on the portal appear empty. It currently only shows the headers. Any idea what could be wrong? Or what else I can check?

any help would be greatly appreciated. :)

The pre-module version has an incompatible version of the adv_portal_custom_ldm_hot, adv_portal_custom_ldm_new, etc templates.

Try uninstalling and reinstalling the module, being sure to select the 'overwrite the templates' option.

If this doesn't work, I'm happy to take a look.

You're right about the php code. Pre constructing these modules, the php files were provided in the modules directory.

Andrew, I've noticed that you have something named "limit-uploads-byuploads," which comes as a plug-in with the latest official release. If I use this plug-in now, will all the settings be retained if this functionality is implemented in version 2.2.7. That is to say, if I use this plug-in, and if users upload images and files according to these settings, will I lose these settings and will they have to do it all over again if I upgrade to 2.2.7 in the future?

Beta code for 2.2.7 has been uploaded - see main post of this thread.

Please backup your database before upgrading.

Reports please!!!

No, you will not lose track of user's uploads by changing from the plugin to the new code.

The beta 2.2.7 has just been made available, which includes the new code for upload checking.

Like, the user chooses the file to download, then they get sent to a redirect page which says something along the line "Your download will automatically start in 5 seconds", it counts down until the 5 seconds are up, then the file downloads. Oh, also, is there any way we can choose permissions for categories rather than the entire LDM manager and forum permissions? Like, say in one category, I have a bunch of WMV videos that people can stream in the jukebox and save, and in another category they can only stream the WMV files in the jukebox, not save them.

EDIT: I just installed beta 2.2.7 and I'm now getting this error when I try to go into the admin panel for LDM (I took out the IP and script variables):