The current Dutch translation is rather old, but [url=https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=120685]Alfa1/url] has been working on bringing it up to date. I'm waiting for him to post the new translation. Might be worth checking with him before starting the job over.

I'll try to reproduce this when I have chance, and see if I can offer any suggestions/find a bug.

You got that right, just select as many categories to link to one file. (Just hold Ctrl and select, I forgot about that).

Andrew, another quick question about performance. Would using no hided link is faster than using enable hided link (on the same server)? MySQL crashed twice yesterday, not sure what's the reason, but it was a peak time when multiple connections were connected to multiple files on the server.

Almost right. If you completely turn off LDM's link protection, by setting force_redirect to 2, then the load on your server will be reduced. However, the amount it is reduced will depend on the nature of your site.

- If you are serving copies of files that are hosted on your site, then your server still has to deliver them somehow. Provided you set up these entries using local file names (i.e. /dir1/file rather than http: // yoursite /dir1/fil), then it doesn't make that much difference whether the file is processed via LDM or directly by the webserver.

- If the entries are downloads and you set them up as full urls, even if they are on the same server, then there is a high overhead in passing them through LDM.

- The sql performance is another matter. I would be rather suprised if LDM makes a major difference, or if setting force_redirect to 2 changed matters.

- I always use local file name dir1/file and not full http, all of them are streaming, with download option turned off (not allowed)

So server load and sql performance are different then. I'm not sure how much performance different if I were to set force_redirect to 2, would it make a big difference on server load? And I assume mysql has to do with a lot Rams, which I think I have enough (8gb on my server that host only 1 site)

I found out that I was able to select one link to be listed in multiple category (hold Ctrl and select files), but I was unable to select one sub-category to be listed in multiple category, or is it?

For example:

- Category A
-- B
-- C
- Category D
-- E

Could I make C belong to both A and D? So when people click on A and C, they will all see the same C. Save me tons of time by creating another sub-category C in main D.

NAH! it's ok, glad to help you a little.

After all, there is no other LDM i'd rather be. :D

I'm not an expert on configuring mysql - you should probably ask this on a specialist site.

No, this is not possible, and it was an important design decision to prevent problems. The categories create what is usually called a 'tree structure'. The important feature is that you can walk along a tree structure and know that you will eventually reach the beginning/end. If you allow a category to be a subcategory of more than one other category, that no longer applies. It's possible to create 'loops', so the coding becomes harder and more complicated to avoid getting stuck/produce sensible layouts/menus/etc.

However, you can achieve the same (similar) result by creating an entry which are actually pointers to your categories (i.e. make the url /local_links.php?catid=NN), and put this entry in multiple categories. If you give it a display order of 0, you can also ensure it appears at the top of the list with a separator.

I did a test with other computer and it was working fine.
It's mean that the problem is in my computer.

Thanks.

Hi,
I have 3 questions:
1.for some reason I can't see the similes, in Rate/Comment.
2. Can I change the < - > in "filmstrip" to an arrow gif or something like that?
3.How can i limit the "My Recent LDM Entries" in vb profile just to the last five?

Thanks,

This should depend on the LDM setting *allow_smilies*. If you've got that enabled, the smilies should display in the rate entry and the add/edit entry dialogues.

You need to patch the links_filmstrip_bit template. I'll also make this change with the next upload (which will be a bugfix release for 2.2.8).

Edit the LDM plugin which is tied to the member_customfields hook, and find/edit the line $entries_to_show = 50; You're right - this should be configurable.

Thanks!

I tried to add an entry, in URL field I type: /local_links.php?catid=4, then select 3 categories. It say error because the link is not valid, I click accept it and I see the letter B with "See also..." but the B link is invalid.

Was that what you try to tell me, or I did it wrong?

I have just installed this and have a blank page, read a few things about it, but nothing seems to work.

Used this mod 2 years ago, and looking forward to adding it again.

I get this error

=======================================
Unexpected critical failure
Critical Error: Document Root not set, Edit local_links_init.php
=======================================

I have edited the init file with the document root with no luck.

I got about 3000 emails like this one. At first I used PHPmyadmin and see the field local_linksdownload is marked as "in use". Then I click the field and select repair. It worked fine. But after an hour later, I got another few hundred emails again, this time the table was fine

It seems like something seriously wrong with my database, you have any idea?

Fixed, I think, see PM.

You should go to vb/admin/maintenance/repair and optimise tables, and run a couple of repairs, then an optimise. that should tidy things up. If that doesn't solve the problem, use a tool like phpmyadmin, delete the local_linksdownload table and then reinstall LDM to recreate a clean table.

What is the full url to your forum? You should use that, less the sitename.

For example, if your forums are in http: // yoursite / forum, then you should set up the entry as /forum/local_links.php?catid=M

Want to thank you first of all, have been running this for quite sometime and have enjoyed your work.

Secondly, I noticed today when upgrading to 2.2.8 besides the obvious reported bug that if I goto the directory where the downloads reside, I can access it and the index of the downloads publicly, is there anyway I can shut this down, in the event that someone finds out its location, i.e should I chmod it? If so, to what or what might I do that only registered users can gain access, thru the proper channels?

Thanks D*

Andrew, thanks so much for all the help so far, but I have another issue. I keep getting error email about max_user_connections:

So I login my server root and change the my.cnf user_max_connection from 50 to 200. Still, the email error keep coming. You have any idea of what's wrong? I did optimize and everything as you instructed.

Here is my.cnf, just in case you need it:

Several points.

You can place all the LDM files outside the web server directories using the local_file_root and local_file_root_prefix settings. That will completely stop anyone being able to get at the files by guessing the location. This is explained in http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php...nd_Server_Load

In addition, you should block your web server from allowing production of directory listings when someone just enters the directory name. An easy way to do this is to put an empty index.html file in that directory. A better way is to tell the server not to provide directory listings. With Apache, you can also configure the server to prevent directory listings, using the Options commands within the httpd.conf file.

Nam, I'm sorry, but as I said in an earlier message, I am not an expert on MySQL, so I can't help you with this.

It's no problem Andrew, I thought because the error is point to LDM, you might know something about it. I've bothered you enough :).

Thank you I will use those ideas! D*

the new version is here...that's great andrew! :)

i use LDM to let my users to upload the songs they make, so' id' like to know is there something like "nominate for mod/entry/song of the month" add-on...

or, a way to know, every, month, which songs are best rated...or which songs posted on a month the users like more...

thanks! ;)

Well, finally I updated one of my sites to 2.2.8, but now i'm having a little problem.

I decided to sort better my folders, so i renamed the one where my downloads are... I renamed it and used xml to import my db.

But now, every time i want to rename the uploads directory, I cant, i get the following error:

That folder is there, it has CHMOD 777, but it can't be accessed, i even deleted my htaccess file and tried again, but no luck. O.o

Any thoughts?

Thanks! ^^,

I'm surprised by that error - as far as I can tell from the code, it should say Cannot access/create directory /files/uploads [/home/server/public/files/uploads]

try doing it in several steps. clear the upload_dir field and submit. then clear the local_file_root and local_file_root_prefix settings and submit. then reset the local_file_root and local_file_root_prefix settings the way you want them. then reset upload_dir.

Are you sure that your upload_dir is where you think it is, i.e. a subdirectory of /home/server/public?

Here are the Dutch phrases for LDM. Please let me know if this is up to your liking.

Little typo in hooks_ldm.xml, Twice ldm_ repeated

Goto phpMyAdmin -> Show MySQL runtime information/Status or locate phpMA_path/server_status.php manually
look for red values and check their Descriptions, maybe it help u

BTW how many records u've on linksdownload?

Oh, i translated the first, i was using spanish :p

Well, there is nothing set on my local_file_root and local_file_root_prefix, still, i modified them, save and tried again.

Not saving the path, i even tried to set it directly with phpmyadmin, but i get the same result if i try to change something in the configuration. :eek:

Thanks Andrew

Can I take a look at the site, so that I can work this out? Send me a PM with details and an admin account if so.

Thanks as usual pm sent.

I am going to try this out on my test board.

I was wondering if anyone has created a way to pull a list of links so that it can be displayed in a forum post?

What I'd love to see is a popup window where you can enter search queries to search through the links, and check a box to include the desired links as a list in the parent post...

It may sound daunting but I need this exact functionality for my site. :)

Three ideas:

- An 'extra' based on the LDM favourites system, so that users' favourites were treated as nominations for 'entry of the month'. Currently, the favourites table does not keep track of the date/time the item was marked as a favourite, so this would have to be modified.

- Ditto, an 'extra' based on the LDM ratings system.

Both approaches would be quite straighttforward to implement, but might have some compromises - not sure.

- A completely new 'entry of the month' system, running in parallel to ratings and favourites.

I'm assuming that, when you say 'which songs posted on a month the users like more' that this feature only needs to work with new entries in the month. Can someone nominate an old entry this month? If so, what do we do at the end of the month - do we discard the old ratings and start again, or is the system supposed to keep track of the historic winners also?

It doesn't sound too daunting. Question is always time...

When would the pop up box be displayed? When someone creates a new post/edits an existing post? Or is this something they would do inside LDM, then save the results to incorporate into the post later?

Either way is actually fine as long as it's somehow possible to edit/delete the list later.

I imagine a button in the editor, or a link, like "Choose links". When I click on it, I get a popup with a search interface. Links I add are displayed under the search field so that I can add more and more links to my list. When I'm done, I click "save" and close the popup.

I am not sure how to display the links or connect them to the post. I imagine it takes some kind of hook?

What I want to accomplish is the ability to build articles like this in vB:
http://www.hypography.com/topics/wormholes.cfm

Those links are pulled from a homemade link table so that when I update the links in the main application, the changes are reflected wherever the links are shown. It's written in ColdFusion, and not knowing much about PHP I'm not sure how to do the same in vB.

AndrewD, I've the same problem as obmob, I'm waiting for a solution (all works with 2.2.7, but not in 2.2.8). open_basedir is On but I'm 200% sure of my paths.

When this bug is solved and I can test it more, I'll post my French updated translation ;)

Thanks :)

AHA! I'm not alone! :D

PM sent to Andrew! :p

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post1 version of 2.2.8 released