can i see a demo?

PM sent.

Sorry about that - I think it's a bug.

The message is only supposed to be shown when there is nothing that the user is allowed to see. However, I just realised that the message is also created in the following situation:
- when *featured_user_favs* and *featured_sites* are both set, but
- there are no featured sites visible in the current category

Assuming this is your situation, then it's my bug, not yours.

I've given a lot of thought to this to see how to implement this cleanly, and this is my proposal.

Instead of having multiple url fields on the 'add entry' form, I've written an 'extra' that works alongside the LDM 'mod_rewrite' feature. This extra adds several new options to the LDM admin/settings page:
a) a url string to look for
b) one to five url strings to replace by
plus a couple of other switches.

When the extra is active, all LDM entries will be tested against the 'look for' string immediately before jumping/downloading. If they match, the 'look for' will be randomly replaced by one of the 'replace by' strings, in other words balancing the downloads across multiple servers.

This allows the admin to change the settings 'on the fly' withough having to edit all the entries.

This is, in effect, the same as the 'mod_rewrite' feature, except that it allows you to have a randomly-selected replacement. (If you are familiar with the Apache mod_rewrite moules, this is the effect of the ReplaceMap and rnd: options).

Please let me know if this is sufficient for your needs, so that I can finalise it.

There is already new of webthumb, why that does not function.

thank you very much
to understand it clearly, is there any option too add per entry or they will be set in admin panel and the rest work exactly as the concept of mirroring....?
the second question is: for example i have set my apache to allow ONLY 1 connection per IP at the same time (second connection gets error page 503 displayed)or in another case, the file doesn't exist on that mirror.... would there be any option (if possible) to check the error code on the server (like 404 error if file doesn't exist on that mirror.....) i know that this option could be meaning for you to spend much time, so ONLY IF you have the time, it would be perfect to have this option, to avoid users get forwarded to broken links etc.

thanks again for the awesome work here :)

For Webthumbs of pictures one can take however different things without itself somewhere to registering.

Like these for example:

• http://www.m-software.de/thumbshots.html
• http://www.artviper.com/tools.php

The only one is with those then obligation which one completely down in the Foter a left sets.

One can integrate that not somehow into the system.

I saw a few references to this but I'm not sure that I completely understand. I am getting this warning

- upload_max_filesize 10M > post_max_size 8M in php.ini file - Large uploads may fail without warning

For the life of me I can't find where to change either one or even where to locate the php.ini file. I'm on a shared server so can I still change that.

Sorry for the noob question.

Andrew,

That was it! Glad I could help you find a bug. :D

These are two parameters which control php's handling of uploads. If you are on a shared server, you probably cannot change the settings directly, so you may want to speak to your hosting company.

At least with some versions of php, if *upload_max_filesize* has a larger value than *post_max_size*, file uploads bigger than *post_max_size* but smaller than *upload_max_filesize* fail without triggering a helpful error message for php to detect and report. (This may be fixed in recent versions of php - I'm not sure.) So the general advice is to set up php with the two values the same or make upload_max_filesize smaller.

The idea is that the mirrors will only be set on the admin page. It seems much more logical that way, much more straightforward for the submitting user, and also straightforward to reconfigure at a later stage if you want to add another mirror.

The find and replace features that I will use can be straightforward or very sophisticated - basically they use the regular expression pattern matching code that is built into php.

Concerning your next point, I will take a look at what is involved. I agree it makes sense to pick up the error code, if any, when trying to retrieve a file, and respond appropriately. I suspect that it's straightforward when using the cURL module to access files.

As an aside, I'm wondering if this may be why some people have difficulties with the LDM jukebox from remote sites. At least, the windows media player plugin sends two or three separate requests to the server, depending on which browser is being used. It doesn't bother reading the full file each time - just picks up the headers and first bytes - but this may be why it hangs on the remote server but not on a local server.

it would be very handy not being forced to edit each single entry, to add an additional download link, but for my conditions, i am getting out of space on my servers, so one mirror may not include a complete list of all files added to LDM.
so it may lead too many broken links if we don't control the error codes....
FYI: 3507 Entries with avg. size of 85 MB per each file
i think i was not completely right when speaking of mirrors, because a mirror is a COPY of the original server with different base url.... what i was talking about was alternative download locations.
is there a possibility to chat with you in messengers so that i could explain what i exactly need before you spend your time on implementing this feature?

thanks:)

If I would find a Coder to that make, you would have which against it. Thus one that of http://www.m-software.de/thumbshots.html tries to integrate into the system.

This means we could have different versions of one file?

Maybe i can add different sizes for my wallpapers? :D

Andrew, Thanks for taking the time to explain that a little more for me.
Mike

I took a look at the webthumbs 'extra' and it seems to work ok for me. There are three thngs to check a) is your site using php5 (webthumbs doesn't work with php4); b) have you uploaded the WebThumb.class.php file into your forums directory; c) is the webthumbs directory that you specified writeable (i.e. in linux, does it have 777 permissions).

I'll take a look at the other sites you mentioned. m-software's webshots looks easy, but my german is not good enough to understand everything on the page. I had problems in the past with artviper's code.

My PHP Version is 5.2.1

Yes it is

Yes it is.

If you liked can I you times the entrance data give, so that you can look at it you.

Andrew,

I have tried to make the web thumbs piece work for a couple of months now with no success. I have everything setup as you describe (PHP5, class file in directory and directory is writable) but still nothing. Any suggestions on what I could try next?

Yes, indeed - this was my bug - I imagine you are using a Linux server? I had tested on Windows. I will post the fix this evening.

Actualy, I'm on NT.

Whatever...

Could you try these.

In order to avoid messing up your LDM admin, proceed as follows:
- if necessary, use the vb admincp to delete the current webthumbs plugins (there should be two, attached to the ldm_start and ldm_link_autoimage hooks)
- go to the ldm admin/settnigs page, go down to the webthumb settings and select the checkbox to delete the settings
- reinstall the new code, attached
- reset your webthumbs key

Bear in mind that the webthumbs directory is a subdirectory of the upload dir

Hello AndrewD

I have a small problem. I need to change the display order and when I go to "edit" it shows me the the fields to edit the category, but when I select "Control Setting" it redirect me to the forum index page.

I don't remember having this problem before because I never used it. I upgraded about 15 days ago, but when I discover the problem I upgraded again just in case I did something wrong.

I'm using the exact same settings in my other two sites and I do not have that problem.

I check the "Control Settings" link and it shows: http://mysite.com/forum/#

while in my other site the "Control Settings" link shows: http://mysite.com/forums/local_links...cat&catid=253#

The only thing I can think I have different between the sites is: In the one with with the problem I have "Zoints SEO" while in the other one I have "VBSEO"

Any help will be appreciated.

PS If can tell me where to manually change it in the database I can do that, because I'm not planning to change it again.

This is certainly caused by your new SEO hack.

I think you can get work around the problem by editing the *links_addnewcat* template (VB/adminc/styles/edit template).

I attach the replacement template.

Basically, this replaces the 'click to change display' by 'hover mouse over' to change display, and should be safe against your SEO hack.

There are a number of other places in this/other templates where the same problem is likely to occur - in situations where there are little shrink me/grow me buttons to contract/expand dialogue boxes.

You might want to raise problem with the SEO author.

Thank you AndrewD!!

Works perfect, you are really good and provide a great support for the mod.

Hi,

I was very keen on developing the vbA modules for this add-on. Having a bit of trouble getting them to display. Not really sure what the problem is but if I make them active in a column there is a response in that the column is created just no content displayed.

One thing I have noticed is that the edit module screen still has a ldm_(module name).php in the file to include. There are no php files, only the .module files were included

Because I am using the up-to-date version of vbA (v3.0 RC1) I have set the 'Process PHP File Modules Within A Function' to no as mention in the wiki.

Anyway i thought i'd post as much info as possible. Hope someone can help. It would be hugely appreciated, cause I really think I'm going to have fun with this addon.:D

Thanks, Cam

Not sure what problem you're experiencing. I found that the modules as supplied do work for me with vbA3.0 as long as 'process in a module' is turned off. I fixed that for the next release - it's basically a matter of wrapping the initialisation code into a function so that everything gets properly globalised.

If you want to share a bit more off line - e.g. by PM, feel free to contact me.

Haha, got it working.:D Just needed to set 'clean file output' to no.

Hello, hello, i was reading about synchronisation... i'm setting up a new forum and was wondering if it's a good idea to use this feature... how does this work?

If i create categories and subcategories, does this create folders and subfolders automatically?

How are the files added? I should upload them to the folders using ftp... or using the upload system in LDM? O.o

I'm confused... x.x
Thanks

Hello,

I've tried searching without luck. Is it possible to install this hack inside another directory (such as www.forum.com/links/)?

Thanks!

Not without patching the code. I haven't made any effort to try this and document how to do it.

The synchronisation features are intended for the situation where you maintain a large library of files on your server, neatly organised into directories and subdirectories, and you want LDM to translate that directory/file structure into the corresponding category/entry structure, and automatically create/delete categories and entries as necessary.

Two examples:
a) you are running your web server directly on a PC where you also maintain your personal photo library or music library. Rather than using LDM to upload and enter the files one at a time, you can use it to monitor the contents of the directories where you are storing these photo/music files.
b) you have a group of support staff who provide files to you by ftp upload. You don't want them to bother adding them to LDM; instead you can use the LDM synchronisation features to add them automatically.

What the synchronisation feature can't do is provide descriptive entries for the categories or entries, but you can do this yourself after these have been created.

Hope that's clear.

Oh, ok, but what if i use thumnails or a second image, does this search for the thumbnail or i should also add it later? :)

Thanks Andrew!

If the thumbnail comes from the entry itself, then it's created automatically. If you use a second image, then you have to add it later.

Installed ok as far as I can see but when I try and upload say a short movie clip it goes through the upload process ok, then it just says its ok but nothing shows in the catagory?

Also sometimes it just says its finished uploading and it just repeats the same white page over and over again and if I refresh it nothing has uploaded?

Any ideas?

Take a look at your php.ini settings (ldm/admin/settings or vb/admincp/maintenance/phpinfo) and see if you are actually able to upload files of the size you are trying (post_max_size, upload_max_filesize). Check that post_max_size has a larger value than upload_max_filesize.

Try uploading a small pdf file just to check that the basic upload process is working ok.

Tried a small upload and that failed, it said "The page cannot be displayed".

Any ideas?

Good, i'll test this feature, thanks Andrew! :D

Hello,
unfortunately I have a small problem and must you again trouble.
I changed and now can the server I unfortunately no new left with me more enter.
If I enter everything and on send press then come after approximately 3 min a white side, or he says procedure worked on, please to wait.

There it remains hanging then.

You can help me please.

Greeting Rene

Same sort of problem here.

When I click on _http://www.xxxxxxxxxx.com/local_links_admin.php and in there I click Settings then I click Update I get the following error:

Website found.
White page
Done

Then The page cannot be displayed Cannot find server or DNS Error

If I then refresh the page, then I see the page ok but nothing has changed.

Any ideas?

Have re uploded all files and still getting the same error?