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.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Thanks Andrew.

You missed this:




I have installed the create autothread feature. Where do I set the forum to place threads in?
Where do I find the phrases?

I didn't miss anything - I don't think

I assume you're running version 2.2.7. The plugin installation does everything - there are no more files to change.

You set the forum in one of three ways, exactly as with the forums-based access permissions.

a) LDM admin setting default_forumid creates a default for all new entries
b) Create/edit category, and choose the associated forum on that menu. If you wish, retro-apply it to all existing entries. That forum will be the default for all new entries in the category
c) Create/edit entry, choose the associated forum.

All vbulletin phrases are accessed by vb/admin/languages and phrases. Search for the phrase names I mentioned. Alternatively, edit the LDM installation .xml file.

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I didn't miss anything - I don't think

I assume you're running version 2.2.7. The plugin installation does everything - there are no more files to change.

You are talking about upgrading LDM 2.2.7 to the 2.2.7 fix right? Not about the autocreate threads plugin.
As far as I can see 2.2.7 has a product, not a plug in: product-eirma_ldm.xml
I am not refering to the autocreate threads extra, but to LDM in general and the fix you released for 2.2.7.

Originally Posted by AndrewD

b) Create/edit category, and choose the associated forum on that menu. If you wish, retro-apply it to all existing entries. That forum will be the default for all new entries in the category

If I go to the category in my LDM -> 'edit category'-> Parent Forum -> select appropriate forum
then nothing happens with new entries. What am I doing wrong?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

You are talking about upgrading LDM 2.2.7 to the 2.2.7 fix right? Not about the autocreate threads plugin.
As far as I can see 2.2.7 has a product, not a plug in: product-eirma_ldm.xml
I am not refering to the autocreate threads extra, but to LDM in general and the fix you released for 2.2.7.

Sorry, we were talking at cross purposes.

There are minor changes in quite a lot of files between 2.2.7 and the 2.2.7-post2. So it's best to re-upload all the php files and then reinstall the product xml.

Originally Posted by Alfa1

If I go to the category in my LDM -> 'edit category'-> Parent Forum -> select appropriate forum
then nothing happens with new entries. What am I doing wrong?

I've done a test run on your board, and left the results for you to see.
You'll find that the autothread has been created and the link set up.

[Alfa1]

Thanks. I have been able to recreate this, by following your option C:

c) Create/edit entry, choose the associated forum.

But not with option B, which I would like to use, since it doesn't require members to select a forum:

b) Create/edit category, and choose the associated forum on that menu. If you wish, retro-apply it to all existing entries. That forum will be the default for all new entries in the category

Edit: for some reason members can now only see 4 categories, instead of all. Some categories do not show all files. Moderators and admins see all categories and files without problems. Can this have to do with permissions of a forum getting applied to my total LDM? With trying to use option B above, I set the Parent forum, which in turn applies forum permissions to that category.

[Rouzbeh1]

hi Andrew
i have installed the ldm_new_thumb, but it's covering only one style.
what do i do to use the same module for one other style?(without having one module for each style)
thanks in advance

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Edit: for some reason members can now only see 4 categories, instead of all. Some categories do not show all files. Moderators and admins see all categories and files without problems. Can this have to do with permissions of a forum getting applied to my total LDM? With trying to use option B above, I set the Parent forum, which in turn applies forum permissions to that category.

This is probably related to forum permissions. Easiest way to see what is going on is to visit LDM/admin/categories. Down the bottom of the page, you will find a tabulation of the forums associated with categories and with entries.

You can also use the links on that page (if you are brave) to carry out 'mass edits' of the asociated forums (and many other things) on large groups of entries.

Thing to note: Forum is associated with an entry or category at the moment the entry/category is created. By default, the category picks up default_forumid, and the entry picks up the category's forum. If you change the default forum or you change the category forum, this does not automatically get reapplied unless you tell LDM to do so.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Rouzbeh1

hi Andrew
i have installed the ldm_new_thumb, but it's covering only one style.
what do i do to use the same module for one other style?(without having one module for each style)
thanks in advance

I don't know that much about vbadvanced. When you install a vba module, you have to specify the style into which the templates are placed. Isn't this about getting the style hierarchy correct, so that you choose a style which is a parent of all the styles of interest?

Anyone else know the answer?

[Rouzbeh1]

hmm, no idea
i've done this with REimporting the module for the other style and then deleted it again.
thanks anyway

this module is exactly what i needed.

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

This is probably related to forum permissions. Easiest way to see what is going on is to visit LDM/admin/categories. Down the bottom of the page, you will find a tabulation of the forums associated with categories and with entries.

Yes, that showed the problem. I had assigned all categories to a forum that had limited user rights using method A you described. This works as well. LDM entries caused threads in that forum.
I don't know why, but method C now works as well. I guess method A was overriding method C.

Can it be that entries with titles above 85 characters don't get added to New threads?

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Thing to note: Forum is associated with an entry or category at the moment the entry/category is created. By default, the category picks up default_forumid, and the entry picks up the category's forum. If you change the default forum or you change the category forum, this does not automatically get reapplied unless you tell LDM to do so.

I reapplied the association off all files within the Law LDM section with the Law forum category. Then posted a test comment on one of the LDM entries(Law), but nothing happened. No thread showed up. What do I do now?

[efil]

Hi,
I get this error.

see attach,