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 amnesia623

IIs there a way to do 2 column catagories, without descriptions? When I set it to 2 columns I htink it still makes space for the descriptions and scrunches the catagory name.

Thanks - great add-on btw

This would be an edit to the links_catbit template. Let me know if you need help.

[obmob]

Andrew, do you need further spanish translation?

Please let me know to help you with it.

[amnesia623]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

This would be an edit to the links_catbit template. Let me know if you need help.

thanks andrew, mucho appreciated!

Now - general question: can I install this product 2 times? One for the normal template and one for the updates template? Please forgive me, I haven;t completely explored the templating system inside this plugin yet. I'm using for a business directory.

thanks!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by obmob

Andrew, do you need further spanish translation?

Please let me know to help you with it.

Yes, thanks - I will need some more help - in a few days, when the next release is uploaded - but not yet. I'll let you know

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by amnesia623

thanks andrew, mucho appreciated!

Now - general question: can I install this product 2 times? One for the normal template and one for the updates template? Please forgive me, I haven;t completely explored the templating system inside this plugin yet. I'm using for a business directory.

thanks!

No, you don't install this multiple times - the way you deal with this is to create multiple categories and give them different associated styles - one using one template set and another using another - ok?

[AndrewD]

Uploaded into first post in this thread. Tests appreciated. Thanks.

[obmob]

OK, time to start testing, thanks Andrew

[EasyTarget]

I read a bit but couldn't find anything definitive. Has anything been added to allow images from certain categories to be displayed on forumhome or a vbcmps?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

I read a bit but couldn't find anything definitive. Has anything been added to allow images from certain categories to be displayed on forumhome or a vbcmps?

Yes

The same code is used to build both the cmps ldm_new and ldm_hot modules, as well as the patch-forumhome-newlinks extra. This code sets up a variable $linkimgshow which can be used to display the thumbnail. By default, this variable is not displayed - all you need to do is edit the links_vbalinks template and refer to $linkimgshow.

[Jaxel]

Hello... I am LOVING LDM... I went through about 6 different downloader/gallery systems before I found LDM and it is by far the best one yet... To see how I am using LDM... http://www.crookedjester.com/local_links.php... If you are unsure on whether or not you want to try LDM out, I recommend you check out how I use them on my website. I found that the images on the Eirma website really dont reflect the diversity of this mod.

However, I ran into one problem...
http://www.crookedjester.com/local_links.php?catid=61
If you download any of my videos, the hit counters dont go up! Why not? The hit counters go up for the images within LDM, but they dont go up for the videos within LDM.

Ordinarily, the hits dont matter... but because the hits aren't getting picked up, the downloads aren't being recorded... in which case, if I put a download limit on a certain level of users, say 200mb in a 24 hour period, it doesnt come into effect since technically, according to the system, the user hasn't downloaded anything.