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.

[Barteken]

got a problem with ldm 2.2.5.
When I place an external link to a AVI file (that users can download) ldm shows the url to the external domain. Although this happens only with Internet Explorer. With Firefox everything works fine. But when they click on the link with internet explorer the real path is given and instead of saving/opening the file IE just shows the code of the file (a page full of charachters)
how can I solve this?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Barteken

got a problem with ldm 2.2.5.
When I place an external link to a AVI file (that users can download) ldm shows the url to the external domain. Although this happens only with Internet Explorer. With Firefox everything works fine. But when they click on the link with internet explorer the real path is given and instead of saving/opening the file IE just shows the code of the file (a page full of charachters)
how can I solve this?

Have you set up mimetype information for avi files (VB/admincp/attachments/attachment manager -> Content-type: video/avi)?

[obmob]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Thanks. Currently, the 'add entry' form includes a text box for associating keywords with the new entry. This text box is 'Ajax' enabled, so you will be shown which matching keywords are already available when you start typing. You can choose to ignore this list, and any new words you specify are 'auto added' to the database.

As I understand, you would prefer a select box which lists the currently available keywords.

So, I have these questions:

a) Is this what you are asking for?

b) What happens if there are a lot of keywords defined - the risk is that the select box will be so long that the page will never finish being displayed.

c) How will you add new words to the list?

Oh... well, you are right, ajax could be a lot better, all i need is to be able to add kewywords while adding a new file or while editing a single entry.

Thanks Andrew

[amnesia623]

gotta love the wimpy integration!!!

I got it workin on my site and it's pretty sweet

[dpkm]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

pls see my PM - the problem is (I think) that you have an old, modified LDM template stored in your database

Thank you very much! This was exactly the problem - not sure why I had that template modified, though.

[Sparky_s]

I'm not sure if it my settings, but any uploaded WMA or WMV file goes ahead to load the embedded media player, but does not play.

I have the Mimes set properly to
Content-type: video/x-ms-wmv
Content-type: audio/x-ms-wma

Any ideas?

[Ophelia]

I apologize if this has been posted, I searched, couldn't find anything, but that never means anything.

We are having an issue with our Links & Download manager, but we don't know if it's related to another issue we are having so I went into admin and closed all the categories. I assumed this would shut everything down so that no one could download anything else.

When I go into the actual Links & Download Manager area on the site, on the top it shows:

Allowances: 20 files/1 used
[Closed]

But all the downloads are there to download.

Did I misunderstand what the close feature was, or is it just not working right?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Ophelia

I apologize if this has been posted, I searched, couldn't find anything, but that never means anything.

We are having an issue with our Links & Download manager, but we don't know if it's related to another issue we are having so I went into admin and closed all the categories. I assumed this would shut everything down so that no one could download anything else.

When I go into the actual Links & Download Manager area on the site, on the top it shows:

Allowances: 20 files/1 used
[Closed]

But all the downloads are there to download.

Did I misunderstand what the close feature was, or is it just not working right?

Closed means closed for adding new entries. Everything that is already there remains there and accessible, and admins can also add new entries.

If you want to temporarily prevent downloads from the category, use Edit Category/User Group Permissions. You can set permissions which over-ride the master set. Be aware that these will also apply to any subcategories in the category concerned, unless you re-override them there.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Sparky_s

I'm not sure if it my settings, but any uploaded WMA or WMV file goes ahead to load the embedded media player, but does not play.

I have the Mimes set properly to
Content-type: video/x-ms-wmv
Content-type: audio/x-ms-wma

Any ideas?

Will try to think about this

[myplacidcasual]

I've looked everywhere for this setting but it won't allow me (THE ADMIN) to upload files bigger than 2 megs. Where do I change this.

I have upload space set to unlimited (0) and my understanding is that is just the room on the server.