helo...

does it support "mass import" ?

any chance to integtae it with Vbux?

Yup, I just realized that too, duh, you can set each item to a forum and only the usergroups that have access to that forum will see it.

As for an ERROR, using the protected_links variable gives you 3 choices, no link, a registration dialogue, or... uhhh something else, but I don't think it was an error.

No mass import, but we've asked.

What i was trying to say was.....Lets say Newbies i block access to them i dont want them to be able to see the Download section at all! example you click and it gives you the permission error....

I dont want them to be able to see no title no categories nothing.......

But do you have multiple user groups 1 for newbies and 1 for non-newbies? If not, and "newbie" is just a new Registered User, verus a more experienced Registered user, then this won't work. If they're in different user groups, then you can set your main access level according to a minimum usergroup they need to be in, then set the permissions accordingly to the Registered user group.

*chineese* yeah i have a newbie group....

Under Settings... default_forumid

Set that to your NON-newbie group.

Not quite!!!

Create or choose a forum which is blocked to your newbie group but open to your non-newbie group.

Set default_forum to the id of that forum (if necessary, hover the mouse over the forum listing to see what its id number is).

That's what I said... but I said it in the "short form". :banana:

But i dont have any of these set to forum :-/

why would i need a forum

* even more lost now *

LDM pulls it's permissions per category via your forum permissions. If you never set those accordingly, then you end up in the situation you're in now where anyone can see anything.

Ok i understand got it!

Thanks

next question lol is there a way to add more text to where it says

Allowances: 0 files/1 used, 0 Mbytes/ 0 MBytes used

That line is constructed from several phrases and a template

The phrases are ll_band_bytesuse, ll_band_filesuse and ll_band_consume. They are pulled together in the template links_bandwidthbit. So you can try editing the phrases or the template

I have a problem in the Links and Download Manager when i change my server into a new one.

When i click into the links it says
"Sorry - link is not currently available"

But the structure works fine except the Last Files list that it don’t work correctly.

I don't know what's going wrong, but I think that if I reset all the properties in default, the problem will be corrected.

How can i set all the properties of the LDM into default?

Thanks

I found the solution, sorry for that. It was finally a problem into the security system of my server, and of course it's not a problem of the LDM.

Thanks anyway.

Thanks!!

Just got round to updating the LDM on my site for the first time since I requested an auto prune feature, is it possible to make it prune only from a certain category as well as by usergroup?

See the attached.

massimport would be a real good feature..

what abt integration with vbux?
pay earned point (earned by posting) for each download..??

The framework is there to achieve this - I have provided a 'hook' at the relevant place in the code, so someone who's familiar with vbux should be able to oblige.

Is LDM using "Delayed Inserts" for SQL? I'm getting several of them according to my host and was trying to narrow down where these are coming from. I'm using v2.2.0 since I have not had to time to upgrade.

Not within my code. I've no idea if the underlying vb code ever uses delayed inserts

quick question or suggestion before I forget:


is there a way to make a PERMALINK? or have it show a copiable link so people can use this like Online Image Storage or FILE HOST source?

all the elements are there...just need a copiable link to the download.
(eg: this would be VERY useful for people who want to upload say... a signature image and link it into their signature).

again, doing so would in effect covers thses hacks and more..
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=113583
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=106127

You mean like, upload something, and have it show the link they're to copy for their signature?

woooo ive been away for a bit ..... hows it going andrew benj here...... installs once again :D

AWW, can't make this to work... ok, here is what i've done so far.

Uploaded files as indicated :p -was planning to rename, but i'll do that later-

Now i scanned a folder and was able to add a couple of files, just to test.

It says file is ok... but when i try to download link appears this way and a 404 error is displayed.

http://www. site. com/local_links/jump/2/1 <-- that location doesn't exist, files are stored in a different folder, i thought i enabled some sort of protection in LDM settings to avoid hotlinkin in my files. :(

No broken links shown in admin... so i tried a different way and uploaded directly a different file... no luck, the same result.

Also, if i go to LDM home page i see new category, if i try to browse i see this when clicking category, also 404 error:

http://www. site .com/local_links/links/1

Have i done something wrong? Did i missed something? Files are placed correctly :(

Hope spmeone can help me, thanks.

Thanks Andrew, but it doesn't seem to be working, here is my settings from the file

I want it to delete everything uploaded by all usergroups in cat 18, but after 5 days the file has still not been deleted.

I have setup the sheduled task and uploaded the file into the cron directory (I can see those questions popping into your head ;) )

Is there a way to deny access to particular categories and sub-categories based on the usergroup? It would be nice if I can choose to show the category title to a usergroup and then deny them access when they click on it (maybe with a link to purchasing a subscription) or just not showing the category to them.

So far, I have set my forum permissions to now allow unlogged in people to see the forum that links to a particular category, but if they go directly to the link, it lets them in.

Ideas?

i installed this mod, everything works flawlessly, thank you, you should have a donate button!

PS: is there a way when viewing Music/Videos to force the media player local, instead of opening in a new window, so that when the file is played it is played in the vb page?

This is possible in principle, but I think it will need more work so that things behave sensibly (i.e. that you can get back to your forums, etc).

The trivial change is to edit includes/local_links_include.php. Find function get_linkslistbit, about 140 lines later, you will find these lines:

and kill the sequence I'll give this some thought to see if there is a better approach.

yes. have it be an option in admin to show or hide link.

AndrewD, any answer to my question?

just installed this, and it seems great, but i'm so confused, i don't even understand how to upload a file, or where to upload it to. :/ can i upload files via ftp? if so, where do i upload them to? i couldn't find the folder where the uploaded files would be stored. i looked at the online manual, but the bit about uploading files didn't make much sense to me :/

Hi, sorry that you are confused. You can use this hack in several ways - including using it to upload files, or pre-loading them via ftp then using this to make them available to others.

- As installed, it allows admins to give users access to files that have already been pre-uploaded somewhere on your site or somewhere else on the internet.

- If you want to enable uploads, then you have to enable this via the LDM admin/settings page:

- Create a directory (for example, /uploads) in the root of your web site.
- LDM/admin/settings -> controls on file uploads
- Set upload_dir to /uploads
- Set upload_enabled to yes
- Leave the other two upload_* settings as they are for the time being

- Next thing to consider is what filetypes you will allow to be uploaded. By default, LDM will accept uploads of any types that are defined in the main VB/admin/attachments/filetypes table, for files that are no bigger than the maximum size in that table. If you want to allow new filetypes (e.g. mp3), then you need to add these to the vb attachments table. This is explained in the oline manual, section 5.6

- If you want to allow other users to create entries and/or upload files, then you have to given them permission via the LDM admin/permissions page.

If you get stuck, send me a PM with details of your board and an account with admin privs. I'm happy to take a look and set things up for you.

Have you 'associated' the category with the protected forum (LDM/edit category/parent forum)?

wow...thank you so much for getting back to me so fast, and being so helpful :) i've created the uploads folder, and i uploaded a test file. i added the filetypes that i'll be uploading, too. but now that the file is uploaded, how do i find that file in the download manager, and make it available to people for download? i tried every place in the download manager admin cp, and couldn't find where to find the file and make it available.

You go to the main LDM page - http://yoursite/forum/local_links.php and select categories/add category and create the first category group in which your links will appear (for example 'My Downloads') then you select 'Add Link' and you are given a form which allows you to add a link to that directory or to upload a new file.

by george, i think i've got it :) i'm probably speaking too soon and will be back in five minutes with another question, but i think i've got the basics now. thanks for being patient with a newbie :)

how do i increase the [PHP Maximum Upload Size] which is set to 2mb in the AdminCP home page? screenshots provided below

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Not sure what is going on. The VB admincp quickstats and the LDM table of php settings read and display the same value from your php.ini, i.e. upload_max_filesize, so they should be the same.