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 mili

Yes thank you. It is essential for my site. Any idea when this feature will be available? I don't want to sound pushy, merely inquiring.

I'm part way through with 2.2.8, but am in the busiest part of the year as far as my main job is concerned. I can probably code your request this weekend - but will have to decide whether to honour the commitment to add some other features in 2.2.8 (in which case, release of everything is a few weeks away) or not (in which case I can probably do an update in a couple of weeks).

[mili]

Please please pelase :-)
Even if only a patch.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by mili

Please please pelase :-)
Even if only a patch.

I'll do my best.

[itsblack]

Hi Andrew, do you remember the download allowance problem I mentioned before?
I edited local_links.php file, moved these codes

PHP Code:

// Use filesize recorded in database to check that user has sufficient allowance to complete the download
    $allow = check_user_allowances($linksize, $linkid);
    if (!$allow['can_download']) {
        eval(standard_error($allow['errormessage']));
        exit;
    } 


before these codes

PHP Code:

    if (!$links_permissions["can_access_link"]) {
        ldmjump_access_error();
        exit;
    } 


now everything goes OK.

[AndrewD]

Early days with vba 3.0, but it seems that the release LDM modules do not work by default with a new installation of vba 3.0. You get a funny page.

I find that if you turn off vba/options/main options/Process PHP File Modules Within A Function
that everything works ok.

Will investigate further.

[wolfe]

m8 why wont it wrap the descriptions of the download files

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

I see this description of RSS feeds in your wish list:
Does this cover implementing the RSS feeds of flash video sites(google video et al) to get the video's in the desired feeds to play in the jukebox, with the flash video add on?
If not, can you please add this request to your wish list?

Originally Posted by Slave

That was one of my wishes Alfa1

I was thinking more along the lines of just links ..

It would use the RSS feeds of flash sites in a similar way that vbulletin's RSS Feed Manager turns feeds into threads. But instead video entries in LDM would be created.

Andrew, Could you please consider adding this feature to the wish list?

[obmob]

Pushie, pushie!!! XD

No, no patches... can't we just wait for the next release? u.u

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by wolfe

m8 why wont it wrap the descriptions of the download files

It's very difficult to fix problems with only a partial description of what's going wrong, without access to your site. Sorry. Maybe you want to got to LDM/admin/imprt and export and do an xml export of your LDM database? I could take a look at that.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by obmob

Pushie, pushie!!! XD

No, no patches... can't we just wait for the next release? u.u

It won't be a patch - it will be a plugin, an 'extra'.

I'm having some difficulties with the next release - I made a commitment to a) multiple urls and b) metadata, and they're hard to retrofit!