Major Additions - Links and Downloads Manager

Version 2.3.0 of LDM is now the official release. This works with both VB3.7 and VB3.8. You can obtain it here

Version 2.2.8 remains available here, with limited support.

04.02.08: patch-cat.xml 'extra' uploaded - see first post for information

27.10.07: Version 2.2.8-post1 uploaded
French translation of product installer uploaded (other language translations are in the main release zip)

Remember to back up your current database tables before upgrading.

What this is and does

LDM is a general-purpose link and file manager, which handles user uploads and downloads in a flexible way. A range of media players is integrated into LDM and others are included as plugin extras. LDM is described below in the first post of this thread, which also contains a brief list of the currently-known bugs.

This release of LDM works correctly with all VB versions 3.6.x and recent versions of vbadvanced.

Documentation, screen shots, etc, are provided as a Wiki at http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php...nloads_Manager

Thank you to everyone who has tested, given suggestions, helped with the translations, etc.

[obmob]

AHA! Time to make noise XD

Well, i have a doubt, when accesing a file, link and see the details, is there a way to show the current comments as default? o.o

And also... is there a way to show some sort of filmstrip like the one available in vbgallery?

This is, a section where you can see the previous entry thumb, then the current one and finally the next entry available. I posted a screenshot ^^

I think this might be a template an one could easilly call for it adding a code in the linkbits.

[Ophelia]

- There are currently 160914 records in the LDM Download 'Hits' table. You are likely to see reduced performance when using the LDM show_hit_parade setting to show overall statistics, and when analysing hits with LDM/Admin/Hits. Consider setting prune_downloads or use LDM/Admin/Hits to manually delete some of these records.

Andrew, the above isn't a bug, I just have a question. The above records accounts for 90 days worth of records. How badly will it affect our performance?

Also, is there a way to export this as something other than an excel sheet? Because of the amount of things that are put in, the excel sheet is to big and won't load all the way.

[Ophelia]

Also, it appears that when you tidy up the table > delete, you have to run this twice in order for it to visually show that it's deleted something.

I've dumped ours down to 30 days, and leads "There are currently 59613 records in the LDM Download 'Hits' table." Folks seriously need to stop downloading stuff!

[Ophelia]

Looking at our download manager now...

04-05-2007 (expires 12-31-1969)

links_expiry_days is set to 9999999999999999

But on the other site, I have it set to 999999
and it reads 04-13-2007 (expires 04-20-2007)

---> Fix. This must have had something to do with the fact that we had the expire thing installed in the 2.2.6 beta testing it. I set the number to 0, then back to 999999 and it's showing up correctly now.

[Alfa1]

Does LDM have the option to broadcast a RSS feed?

[Rouzbeh1]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

See email reply - my bug.

thank you Andrew, it worked!

btw. does LDM also work with Wimpy AV?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Does LDM have the option to broadcast a RSS feed?

Yes. Take a look at extras/rss2/local_links_rss.php, which goes in your forum directory. It's hasn't been worked on for some months, but still seems to work properly. See image.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Ophelia

Also, it appears that when you tidy up the table > delete, you have to run this twice in order for it to visually show that it's deleted something.

I've dumped ours down to 30 days, and leads "There are currently 59613 records in the LDM Download 'Hits' table." Folks seriously need to stop downloading stuff!

The main routine overhead is when you enable the 'hit parade' on the LDM home page. On my test PC with an LDM database with 33,000 hits, the sql statement required to select the hit parade entries requires 0.12 seconds CPU, an overhead that is required each time the page is displayed.

I've already taken steps to improve the efficiency of this step, and at some stage, I may make it much better (by keeping a 'day table' of hits).

Concerning the 'delete hits' page, it works correctly the first time you select it, but there's no page refresh, I realise.

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Yes. Take a look at extras/rss2/local_links_rss.php, which goes in your forum directory. It's hasn't been worked on for some months, but still seems to work properly. See image.

Where do I place local_links_rss2.php ? Do I need to modify it in any way? Can I set it only to allow files within a certain time frame?
Is there a way to merge this RSS feed with vbulletin's rss feed?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Where do I place local_links_rss2.php ? Do I need to modify it in any way? Can I set it only to allow files within a certain time frame?
Is there a way to merge this RSS feed with vbulletin's rss feed?

You place it in your forums directory.

If you point an RSS browser at this, it will by default show you the ten most recent entries added to your database.

If you point instead at local_links_rss2.php?hot=1, it will show the top ten hits

If you add parameter count=N, it will show N enties

If you add catid=N1,N2, it will restrict the list to entries in category ids N1 and N2.

It does not integrate with the vb feed, it's a separate feed.