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See my PM reply

I followed as per your PM, Did you receive my results in the reply,

No matter what file is downloaded, The filename is called. Filename: Local_Links.PHP

The downloaded file arrives as a .PHP file extension and is not the correct format. Any idea's

I really appreciate any help on this at all.... regards

EDIT !!

I have just converted some files to .zip, instead of .rar files. These download in the correct format.
The only problem is, When you try to unpack it, it says its corrupted. tried 5 different zip files and tested each before they were added to the server for use with this program.

Now i am even more confused

I am also very confused. Every file on your site is downloading correctly onto my PC, is being given the correct name and is a valid (i.e. not corrupted). This is true with both Internet Explorer and Firefox.

It seems the problem is on your PC, but to confirm this, can you ask someone/use another PC?

I've only had this report once before. On that occasion, the problem was that the person had installed a third party 'Download Manager' which was not working properly (or the two were not working together properly).

Can you also send me an email with one of the downloaded 'phps' I'd like to see what is being stored on your PC. I'll send you a PM with my email address.

I have retuned your email with the requested information.


Regarding the file you attached yesterday, I have downloaded all files via 3 computers and get the same results.

The file downloads as a .PHP file, as included, Or is corrupted as a zip file.

My browser is Internet Explorer and have no download accelerators or managers installed

:confused: Should i give up at this point :confused:

The file you sent me (called local_links.php) is bit-for-bit identical with the original .rar file on my server. I?ve no idea whether it is a valid rar file, as this is not a format I use.

All the files on your LDM installation server download correctly onto my PC, and they keep the correct name, and are identical to the original files. I have also tried accessing your site from another PC, in another city, and I got exactly the same results. So I?m at a loss to know what is going on at your end. The web site is working correctly, but you seem to have two problems ? a) failure to store the file with the correct file name and b) corrupt file transfers.

One thing you might try is to upload one of your .rar files as an attachment to a standard post in you VB forums, and see if it downloads correctly. Another thing is to try a different browser, e.g. firefox.

Sorry, beyond that I can?t think what else to suggest,

Hi,
I just started loading files into this terrific mod.
I have some categories and subcategories.
The look I would like is:

FDA

|___ Guidance's

|______2006
|______2005
|______2004

How can I get that look?

Thanks, Cliff

We are getting this error:

This is our test server running 3.6 beta 2.... and was migrated from linux to windows (we are making a big change over to a dedicated server and in the process are moving to windows server 2003). Not sure which part its related to but my other plugins have been able to import/export fine. And I am using the 2.2.2 beta 2 script. We are upgrading from 2.1.1 which is pretty far back. Would it work better to get it to 2.2 before going to the beta?

I get that error when I try to import the xml file (and i checked the overwrite checkbox)

Maybe try this one https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=119041
It's for 3.6

im running the beta 2.2 (you still have to download it from this thread)

LOL. ok ok busted. some of those I was thinking were more about look, but of course one would need new features to support the look. lol I officially rescind the freeze part... just want to upgrade the "concentrate on the look" part. :p

that said, whatcha think of those new features? :)
(fingers crossed) :p

also, interesting comment about flickr. I love that kind of slickness (I'm a picaso fan as well). BUT if I may throw out some food for thought..
why not throw that "challenge" into slickness factor of the video and jukebox presentation (like above features. ;) or other). The reason I say that is that there are tons of Photo galleries for vbulletin. Good ones. I've one of each on differetn forums!! lol. I'd be concerned with conflict with those... ie: why throw into a "saturated" hack market, so to speak.

plus, and this a big point for me, its not as much the Gallery addon features that do it for me (they are all about the same), but how well integrated they are into the forums. like cmps addon, show gallery pics on forumhome *(VERY popular), show in profile etc. ...and those are all hacks in themselves (ie: LOTS more work unless people volunteer to make the addon hacks). in orther words, you may be adding on a lot more work than just the core features since the addons are a big draw in the "gallery hack" market, so to speak. other main features for galleries: member galleries. being able to make your own. that sounds like more features too. ;) ie: since robust photo gallery addons are available, people know what they want as basics (A LOT).



On the flip side, that other new hack that uses vidiac that I posted a link to is in the right hack market "space", imo. ... There are NO decent (certianly now where near as complete and robust) as solution for video/jukebox management besides LDM (vbdownloads got you beat on look, imo, but no where near in function and flexiblity).

In fact, the video (and jukebox), links and file handling, for me, are the MAIN uses I take outta LDM. Photos wasn't even a thought for me until you put the idea out there (as I use the other photo gallery hacks) and/or I thought of only as a cool comliment via the thumbnail lightbox.

I just don't like that you actually have to host that vidiac hack elsewhere and feed someone elses ads. otherwise, I'd be all over it and worry about what to do with my LDM videos. :/

But LDM seems as those it could make an easy jump into what vidiac is doing (with what I thought were mostly template edits), and we admin get to control it. Turn us all into "funny video website" owners (or whatever). And everyone knows those are popular.

I know the design and coolness of flickr like stuff is seductive. and I suppose no reason NOT to do that too.... other than time. I'd just love to see the video and link management look and feel get its face lift way before opening up a whole quasi-new functionality (bringning it into the spotlight). again, that's just me but I maybe its some food for thought. there ARE cool video site too. :p :)

anyway, like I said, just some food for thought.

as usual, keep up the good work!! whatever you choose, I'm stickin with LDM and the best support around ;) :D

The message says it can't find local_links_init.php in your includes directory, so I suspect you've not uploaded all the code (or put some of it in the wrong directory).

When I said 'motivated by flickr', I think I was saying the same as you. It's not so much that I want to produce a new photo gallery, rather what interests me is the way sites like that handle the user interface. What works for one filetype might work (or not) for another, and that's interesting to explore.

I know that you want to see tighter intergration with forums. I can see the value, but it isn't something that is very relevant for our needs. But more significantly, the more one codes for tight integration, the more one has to be 110% sure of what is going on inside VBulletin, to avoid doing damage and to keep the number of bugs low. So I hope you'll allow me (for the time being at least) not to go too far down that road.

Thanks for all your interest

If I paste the link directly into my web browser, The files all download perfect and un-corrupted. 3 other people in other locations are experiencing the exact same problem as myself, One of which usaed Firefox.
From the server direct, they are perfect downloads. Downloading through your Install, No downloads work, and the files it does download are corrupted....

Oh well. . . :confused: :confused: Time to uninstall it for the last time,

Thanks for all your help.

Sorry to hear this - but as I said, the files come down perfectly to me from your site via the LDM software.

Ok, Just before i uninstall it, Is there anyone that would be willing to try downloading a test file from my site,

My site is www.multi-forums.co.uk

Test login details -

Username - HACK TESTER
Password - HACK TESTER

If someone could possible test the downloads for me, and post the result here, The link is in the navbar under SERVER.

Not sure if posting your site address breaches any rules here, Please accept appologies and edit accordingly if this is the case.

Regards,

Photo Album would be great, but I think first and foremost would be multiple uploads... :D IMHO

I think this look will require a minor change to a couple of templates, plus an additional variable in the code that builds those templates. Bear with me - I'll see if this can easily be added to the next release (due in a few days, I hope).

What size would the individual uploads be, and how many do you want to upload at once? I'm wondering if it's easier to add this to LDM directly, or simply interface LDM to a third-party Java uploader.

Wow Andrew, that would be amazing.
I presumed it was something I set wrong with the catergories and subcategories.
Thank you

I always say simple is best. Anyway to tie in the current uploads that you set in vB? You know like on my site, I set 10 attachments, but to display the dialogue so only 5 at a time may be done. If you could use those same settings that would rock. I never recommend 3rd party, too many variables that can break, and then you start needing 3rd party support.

You can always link to local_links.php?catid=NN&linkid=MM. This will give you the one link on its own page. With v2.2.2 it even works if you subsequently move the entry to a new category.

Works okay my friend :banana:

So just to confirm,
You downloaded the 4 test files from the server link correctly, and they were not corrupted and they did not download as a file called Local_Links.PHP

Thanks

What would be a nice feature, if the threads/posts column on the main link page had the number of categories/links.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

If your forum url points to a specific category (i.e. local_links.php?catid=N), the 'posts' column will contain the number of entries in the category. I'd avoided including this information when the pointer is to the base category (i.e. just local_links.php), as it adds another database query. If you want to try a variation that includes the total number of entries with the base, take this file and use it to replace the "Links and Downloads Manager - Patch forumhome" plugin which is patched to the forumbit_display hook on your board (VB/admincp/plugins and products/plugin manager/edit)

Let me know what you think and I can consider making this a permanent feature.

Number of categories can also be shown, but is again another database lookup or two.

I will be adding this one right now, I will let everyone know how it goe's. Thanks again Andrew, it's a pitty vbadvanced support isn't this good.

Looks great...well done, maybe the categories option might be nice also, at this stage my database is not that big. Image below of your great work Andrew.

http://www.vpba.com.au/images/sample1.jpg

Hi Andrew,

I've used LDM since 2.1.x. Been upgrading with each release and I must say, I like it a lot! It's now part of the main structure in my website.

Some feedback
- I notice that for the "Daily download and bandwidth allowances" admin setting, let's say if i set it such that unregistered usergroup can download 3 files everyday, it applies to all guest. Meaning, all the unregistered can only download 3 files in total. Would it be possible for this to be ip-specific? For example, if i set 3 files for Unregistered, each user (with unique ip) would be able to download up to 3 files per day? (hope this is not too confusing)

Featured Link/Download
- So far i haven't been able to get it working. Anyone has any screenshots/demo link for me to see how would the featured link/download look like? I'm under the impression that let's say if i set myself as the user whose favourites will be featured, the featured link/download would appear at the main page (ie. local_link.php)?

Future/Suggestions
- I'm thinking, maybe for the future versions, you might wanna consider working towards this direction - let's say if i click on the username of the user who submitted the link/download, i'll be brought to that user's dedicated page, where his uploads, downloads, and other info of that user would be listed. Something like DeviantArt without all the complexity of DA. This way, users would be encouraged to submit links/downloads.

- hooks to work with vbPlaza so that LDM can make use of the vbbux in the system. enable users to receive vbbux for each upload.

Hope you don't mind the suggestions i've thrown up. No obligation and no rush though..You've already done a tremendous job and provided great support and we truly appreciate it. *Double Thumbs up!*

@Nokia Tech, i tried and download. it works fine. no corrupted files whatsoever.

Thanks!


This is a good idea. I'll put it on the list.

You have to follow these steps on the LDM admin page:
a) specify which user(s) will provide featured links
b) specifiy how many to display, and whether they are to be 'category specific'

Then, the indicated users' favourites will be randomly selected as 'featured links'

i.e. suppose you set yourself as the featured user. Everyone will then get to see a random selection of the entries that you have chosen as "favourites". If you haven't chosen any, then none get displayed.

Clear?


I think this is a good idea and very easy to implement. I'll add it to the list.

CMX_CMGSCCC contacted me a couple of weeks ago about this and I've added the hooks I think he needs. I hope he's working on the integration, but I haven't heard back.

It would be nice to have all the files/links added by a member in that member's vb profile.

Hi
I recently change my server where I stored my file. Now I want to change old url to the new one. I want to do this using msql but I do not know what command I should use. Could anyone help me with this. I want to change http://oldserver.com in "linkurl" to http://newserver.com

Thanks

You can do this within LDM itself. Go to the LDM/admin/categories

For each category, select mass edit, then select all the entries, then check the 'edit url' box andtype olderserver.com in the first box and newserver.com in the second.

Depending on how many entries you have in your database, you may have to repeat this a few times.

With recent versions, you have the most recent that they added, if you enable the profile_ldmactivity setting on the admin page

Thanks,
I used this and it worked well

Where is a Link with Screens, Demo?

As per the first post, in http://www.eirma.org/devel/LDM/index.html

Can anyone tell me what the style is for the backgound behind link and icons.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Here is a link to my new style, but parts of it don't work well with LDM
http://www.vpba.com.au/forum/local_links.php?catid=3

hi, i installed this program and i enabled upload of multimedia. i went to test it out and the file extention i wanted to upload wasnt on the list of allowed file extentions, look at sthe attatchment.

my question is, where do i go to add file extentions of multimedia such as the ones already pre listed in the default where i enabled, but its not working am i missing something?

thanks

You add extensions via Admin Control Panel > Attachments > Extensions & Sizes , then you just hit the button Add New Attachement Type.