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.

[Alfa1]

Thanks.

Originally Posted by AndrewD

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

Where exactly should I add this?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Thanks.

Where exactly should I add this?

As command arguments, at the end of the URL, in the usual way...

A call to

http://yoursite/yourforums/local_lin...atid=1&count=5 will show the five most recent entries in category 1, and so on.

[Alfa1]

I see. So if I don't use the Nx command, then LDM will broadcast entries from categories which are restricted to certain member groups?

Strange. When going to the url http://yoursite/yourforums/local_links_rss2.php
It shows the 5 last entries, not the 10 last entries.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

I see. So if I don't use the Nx command, then LDM will broadcast entries from categories which are restricted to certain member groups?

Strange. When going to the url http://yoursite/yourforums/local_links_rss2.php
It shows the 5 last entries, not the 10 last entries.

Probably you've got the ldm setting links_seen_on_portal set to 5.

I'm not quite sure what it will do - whether it broadcasts them all or only those that are visible to the user who is looking at the stream. In any event, unauthorised users should not be able to access the entries, even if broadcast.

As I say, it hasn't had any work for some time.

[Alfa1]

Probably you've got the ldm setting links_seen_on_portal set to 5.

Yes, I have.

Edit: It indeed broadcasts restricted files. Can this be resolved?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Yes, I have.

Edit: It indeed broadcasts restricted files. Can this be resolved?

As I said, it hasn't had work for some time - that was a gentle hint I'm trying to get some other things done. The code can certainly be patched but I haven't got much time at the moment.

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Which would you say are the main features that are missing? I'm not one for masochism, but I'd quite like to have a good photo album system myself.

Originally Posted by Alfa1

These features: http://www.photopost.com/featuresphp.html

A few nice functions off the top of my head, that I have with Photopost now:

• Special lay out features for the image gallery.
• The option to have it seem separate from the rest of LDM.
• Recent & most popular photo's (is already possible but would need a different lay out as well.
• Slide show.
• User galleries.
• Show thumbs of other pics in dir/member gallery
• Watermark.
• Comments with a more forum like appearance.

One thing I totally forgot to mention here, is forum integration of the gallery with the forum's attachment function. When a members adds pictures as an attachment they will not show up in the gallery. This way a massive amount of pictures gets lost. Several thousands in my case. At the same time it seems like madness to have 2 different ways to store images.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

One thing I totally forgot to mention here, is forum integration of the gallery with the forum's attachment function. When a members adds pictures as an attachment they will not show up in the gallery. This way a massive amount of pictures gets lost. Several thousands in my case. At the same time it seems like madness to have 2 different ways to store images.

That's something I've had on my own list for some time - smooth integration of vb attachments into LDM

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by unknowngiver

hey
i just added a new theme..and the download thing at the main page [vbadvanced] doesnt show anyway of adding it back in?

If you create a new theme after installing vbadvanced modules, you have to make the new style a child of the style into which you did the installation (I think). Otherwise, the required templates don't exist.

[obmob]

Originally Posted by 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.

Please, some help for me?