Sorry for the delay :D

There is wimpy rave, that I think has the same format of jw player :

vid?o audio audio

thanks

Hi Andrew, it's been a long time and I hope you've been well. I recently upgraded my board completely to 3.8.2 and upgraded the newest version of LDM along with it, and I'm happy to report that it all works beautifully (except for the LDM entries in the User Profiles, but that's not a big deal).

Now for my quick question - is there a simple way to add a link to the LDM entries submitted by a poster in the postbit? I did a search in this thread and the prior version threads, but nothing concrete found.

Thanks for the help, and best regards!

Sy

Sorry, there isn't this feature at present. I think it would be a fairly easy thing to code as an 'extra' - I'll give it some thought.

Thanks, you are the best.

I don't now if it's a bug : in the previsualitaion of the comments, I see the bbcode

Hi Andrew,

will you upgrade your LDM to VB 3.8 ? Hope you will continue developing. Your Downloadmanager is really good, but need to improved. I am looking for a flash uploader over 100 MB. That would make much more easier.

If you look in the header post to this thread, you will find the link to version 2.3.0, which is intended for vb 3.8. In fact, practically everything in version 2.2.9 works fine with vb 3.8, apart from user profile integration (fixed in the release candidate code) and auto-announce thread prefixes (will be fixed in next upload)

Yes, within limits :)

Really :) Are you offering to help? :)

The limit of 100Mb appears somewhere in the adobe flash documentation, so if it's real, it will apply to all flash uploaders. However, from a search on Google, I get the impression that no-one really knows if this is a real limit or not. I have just tried a 188Mb upload with the latest version of the swfupload 'extra' supplied with LDM 2.3.0. It worked fine. I suggest that you do some tests.

Hi Andrew,

Afraid I've found the new test version a bit difficult to use. I'm not very good at arranging templates and upon reverting them to the new version I find the templates not as I expected to see them in the current version.

Any idea why it looks so different to my templates at the moment?

http://www.unofficialmills.co.uk/com...ks.php?catid=3

I take it that the screenshots should be using the default templates and the url is how you want things to look (and is the correct default).

Can't say without looking at the templates. Do you want me to take a look at your upgraded site? Send me a PM with details if so.

Yeah that was with the templates reverted to the original. I'll get in touch at some point - I've downgraded now and things are back normal - but will be in touch when I have a free moment :)

What about vb 3.8?

Take a look at the first post in this thread. Virtually all of version 2.2.9, and all of version 2.3.0, work with vb 3.8

I just installed at my forum http://tweetsocial.com/links

However I am having one small problem.. See the main page there with the box that says "Twitter Directory" and has a empty space below it.

How do I insert text there as an introduction? Thanks.

This is done most easily using one of the 'extras' provided with the release. Take a look in the zip file at subdirectory release/extras/add-information. You install this as a vbulletin plugin (NB: not a product). It adds an extra section to your ldm/admin/settings and edit/category pages to allow you to specify a message and where it is placed.

If you want to 'hard code' the message, you would have to edit the links_main template.

I tried both ways... If i add text to links_main template it shows up on all categories.

Essentially I want my root category to have a description ($viewcattext)...

Is there a way to add a piece of code like, <if page is local_links.php echo "Directory Description"> to the links_main template? Thanks.

Sure, do a test on $viewcatid, which is set to -1 when you are in the root category, e.g.

Thanks! That worked.

I know I read something in the instructions about changing the "local_" label, but I didn't understand exactly.

Is it possible to just rename all my file labels to something else even though I'm already installed?

Sure, see http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php/Hacking_LDM. You should only change the names of files that are in your forums directory, not those in the includes subdirectory, etc.

What could possibly be wrong?

I entered one link entry with an image, when I browse through my cat and select the link I dont see the image.

When I select view enlarged image I see the image appear on a new page.

There's not enough information here for me to help. Would you like me to take a look at your site? If so, send me a PM with details, plus username/pwd for an account with vb admin permissions.

This is on a local machine.

I am trying to add a "Tweet This" button next to the the Rate/Comment button.

How would I edit links_linkbit template to do this...

I don't know the proper syntax for calling these values. Any help would be appreciated.

Maybe not a few ideas where I should look?

OK, as I understand you: The images are not being displayed in the entrybit, but there is a magnifying glass icon. When you click on that icon, you do get the full image displayed in a new window?

Take a look at the url which is being displayed by the browser for the enlarged image. It should be something like .../local_resize?linkid=nnn&size=0

Change the url so that the size= parameter is followed by the number such as 250. See whether you get a smaller version of the image scaled to 250 icons along its larger dimension. Maybe you will get the image, more interesting would be an error message.

Also, take a look at the settings you have given on ldm/admin/settings for images. Have you filled a setting for the thumbs directory? If so, try clearing that setting and see if it makes a difference.

The links_linkbit template includes a section:
which displays the Rate/Comment button (at least if you are using the drop-down option for ratings/comments). Add your code here.

As far as the syntax goes, you should replace spaces by the sequence %20.

E.g.:

I have installed and am successfully editing other than one thing. I have created a new subscription usergroup that I want to have access to download links. They would pay for the subscription in Xcart and then we would give access permissions. The only problem we are having is being able to set an expiration for how long they are in that particular user group. I can add them to a paid subscription in VBulletin, but then I can only choose forum permissions not download manager permissions.

So the only way that I can give and take away access to download from the download manager is by manually unchecking that usergroup when their subscription expires. Here is the site that I'm trying to mimic:

http://www.gottapixel.net/forum/loca...s.php?catid=70


Thanks
Danielle

http://www.gottapixel.net/forum/loca...s.php?catid=70

As far as I recall, gottapixel is using LDM's forum-based permissions to control subscriber access, but it should also be possible using the regular LDM usergroup-based permissions.

You can associate both your LDM categories and entries with individual vb forums by specifying their 'parent forum' on the Add/Edit Category/Enty form. Then, users can only access these entries if they have "can view forum" and "can view others threads" permission for that forum. (It is also possible to create a vb forum which is in fact a link to an LDM category. In that way, you can kill two birds with one stone, by providing a direct link into LDM and also providing the forum from which to take the forum-based permissions.)

Also, categories (but not individual entries) can have different usergroup permissions, set using LDM/Add Edit Category/Usergroup Permissions. Have you tried using this approach?

Please get back to me if I have misunderstood anything or you need further help.

Perhaps it's my ignorance, but I am not having problems giving access to a particular usergroup but the timeframe that they are allowed to have access. For example, I have a registered user that purchases a one month subscription to the download manager and they can download anything they want for that timeframe. So I created a usergroup called "Club Scrap Subscriber". In VB, I keep them as a registered user and check that they have now have access to "Club Scrap Subscriber." Now I give only "Club Scrap Subscriber" usergroup access to the download manager to access links. Everyone else can view. Problem is...when that month is up, I have to manually go into VB and remove them from "Club Scrap Subscriber" usergroup.

So is it possible to use the "paid subscription" portion of VB to determine the timeframe that a user can be in a usergroup? You have a plugin that has time of day and amount they can download but I didn't see one for how long they can download. I would want to have three different subscriptions 1, 3 and 12 month...I could create three different usergroups for each time frame and change it in the LDM/users/allowances, but if they paid to extend their subscription would it lock them out from using it further? Can it be recurring?

I could also create three paid subscriptions in VB. But in VB's paid subscriptions, I can choose all of my other forums, but "download manager" is not a forum option to choose from. Does any of this make sense?

Here's my site: http://www.scrapoutsidethebox.com/fo...ocal_links.php

Thanks so much for all you do.

Dani

I don't think this question is really about LDM. You are wanting to change the user's usergroup membership when their subscription starts (adding them) and ends (removing them)?

I thought (but have not checked) that the vb subscription manager handles this automatically but I'm afraid I have no idea whether X-cart can handle it or not.

If you choose to do this via x-cart, it's easy enough to code a new LDM addin that grants/restricts access based on some condition that can be checked via php (assuming that this is possible with x-cart). I am willing to help you implement this, but I don't want to have buy/learn about x-cart.

I've just tried the following approach, which seems to work fine.
- First, create a new forum called "Download Manager", which is set up as a link to LDM. Then, that forum would appear in the list of available subscriptions on your admin page.
- Second, create a new vb subscription to that forum, which adds users to a new usergroup, let's say LDM Subscribers.
- Then, set up your LDM database so that entries are only accessible to users who have usergroup rights to that forum.

We could also easily tailor the message that unsubscribed users get when they visit LDM to tell them that they need a subscription.

Have I understood you correctly?

I think the later might work, if I can figure out how to link it to LDM. I'll let you know if it works. Thanks so much for your help.

You rock! That was so simple and it worked perfectly. Thank you so much for your help.

Dani

anyone using this with 3.8.*?

Most of version 2.2.9 works fine with vb 3.8. There are a couple of features that don't work (profile intergration, forum prefixes). The release candidate version 2.3.0 works fine with both vb3.7 ad 3.8.

how about a display of thumbnails for new downloads on "non" vb pages (but they are php pages (ie: wordpress))

Hey quick question...

I noticed this mod is forcing "www." in my domain name when the rest of forum is flexible. I would prefer without "www."

How can I change this? Thanks.

LDM creates full urls according to your setting for "Forum URL" (vb acp/vb options/site name). This is to ensure that the vbadvanced modules will work properly even if the main vba code is not in the forums directory. You should check this setting. Main vb code does not add the full forum path to its urls, because it is always operating within the forums directory.

It's important to be consistent with these urls (site.com versus www.site.com) - vb's cookies are url dependent unless you've remembered to set the cookie domain on vb acp/vb options/cookie domain), and people can find themselves logged out.

tried upgrading from 2.2.9 to 2.3.0 and when importing and overwriting the product get this;

Fatal error: Call to undefined function patch_LDMdatastore() in /xxx/xxx/public_html/xxx/admincp/plugin.php(1995) : eval()'d code on line 50

we are using vb 3.8.2

patch_LDMdatastore is defined in includes/local_links_admininclude.php, so I think you have probably not uploaded all the php files correctly.

There's no difficulty in principle in doing this, but it requires someone to write the interface between vbulletin, wordpress and LDM. It's not something I'm prepared to take on at this stage, because in the not-too-distant future, I think there's going to be a lot of effort needed to get things working with vbulletin 4.0.