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.

[Ophelia]

Hi Andrew (boy are you going to dread seeing me).

http://www.gottapixel.net/forum/showthread.php?p=74347

Folks are still having an issue with the Accept / Decline page. It appears that there are still some issues with download managers affecting it... but there is one person who claims they don't have a DL Manager. I wish I could sit at a computer that it does this on so I can get the true configurations of what is on it :sigh

[Ophelia]

I might not be understanding how to do this... so bear with me

We have 1001 pages of download stats.

I go to Admin > Stats > View Hits

I check Delete Download Records

nothing happens

So I click Archive. It allows me to download the records, but it does not delete the records.

Am I doing something wrong?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

is there a way to edit all entries which have a url of /forum/files to be changed to http://sitename.com/files?

I moved my hosting to have access to the machine but its a much slower file host. I left all my files on the previous host and want to just keep the path the same except lose the /forum part of it since there will no longer be forums at the old url.

even if its using the db to do it that's fine, I just don't want to go through 1 by 1 and edit them all if I don't have to. (I have a lot of files mixed in with other urls as well so I can't just edit every single entry)

There's a mass edit feature built into the LDM admin/categories - at least per category. See attached image.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by glenvw

I am using your hack but also had someone create a phrase and integrate it so that the welcome header box appeared the same whether logged in or not not registered. Obviously the message is different on the registered welcome header. I just like the uniform look. Maybe this could be worked into your hack?

See: http://www.warmislands.com

Isn't this just a straightforward edit to the links_main template?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Ophelia

I might not be understanding how to do this... so bear with me

We have 1001 pages of download stats.

I go to Admin > Stats > View Hits

I check Delete Download Records

nothing happens

So I click Archive. It allows me to download the records, but it does not delete the records.

Am I doing something wrong?

No, it's me - I 'back installed' an extension that I have written for version 2.2.7 into 2.2.6 without checking it. There's a bug.

If you need to clean things out, do the archive, then use a database tool (phpmyadmin) and empty the links_downloads table.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Ophelia

Hi Andrew (boy are you going to dread seeing me).

http://www.gottapixel.net/forum/showthread.php?p=74347

Folks are still having an issue with the Accept / Decline page. It appears that there are still some issues with download managers affecting it... but there is one person who claims they don't have a DL Manager. I wish I could sit at a computer that it does this on so I can get the true configurations of what is on it :sigh

My friend, the next time I'm wherever you live, you buy me a really nice dinner.....

I'll take another look !!

[EasyTarget]

thanks andrew, the project was a breeze. Not only can you mass update categories but you can mass update the mass update lol.. so I didn't have to go category by category but I could do every single file that it applied to.

With over 1000 files it was only a matter of minutes to do. I also appreciate the color coding so that I could distinguish easily from local and remote hosting.. that made it so much faster.

[Ophelia]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

If you need to clean things out, do the archive, then use a database tool (phpmyadmin) and empty the links_downloads table.

Thank you!

Originally Posted by AndrewD

My friend, the next time I'm wherever you live, you buy me a really nice dinner.....

I'll take another look !!

Deal! My favorite is the Outback... you can even order the Alaskan King Crab

[obmob]

Outback is good... geez, i love meat

OK, here is my spanish translation for 2.2.6... no, i didn't forget, i was just lazy

Now, back to business... well, i lost all my templates again when updating to 2.2.6, that was meant to be?

And... Andrew, how do i use that image resizing feature you told me about?

Is it somewhere in the wiki? :classic:
Thanks

[EasyTarget]

I recently moved all the files off of the server I'm hosting on to a remote url which I also own. If I use the ldm to download the file my speed is MUCH slower than if I link to the file in my browser. (I'm not talking about the time for the download to start, I mean the duration of the entire download). Is there a way to avoid this? it counteracts the whole reason I moved the files.