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.

[chorton]

Wimpy player.
I tried all weekend to get wimpy to work on my server. It appears there is an issue with wimpy and php 5.

[robihot]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

http://site/forum/local_resize.php?linkid=N&size=M

where N is the linkid of the link (hover the mouse over the link to find it out) and M is the size you want it to display at (e.g. 200)

Sorry, guess my question was not exact enough.
I want to have a thumbnail with every Link I add in DLM. As I understand, I can only add an image manually to my links.

But I like to use a service to "create an thumbnail" on the fly, based on the URL which is stored in the DLM.

Or have I overseen something and DLM is able to do this somehow?

Thanks for your help.
Kind regards, Robihot

[zellvnn]

Originally Posted by chorton

How do you download videos from youtube?


I put this hack in my ldm
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=132702

It streams the youtube videos just fine.
http://www.versionist.com/local_links.php?catid=22

Would be nice to have the same thing for google..but my members seem to enjoy the new videos.

Just go to Google. Type keywords " How to download movies from youtube"
U can do it easily.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by robihot

Sorry, guess my question was not exact enough.
I want to have a thumbnail with every Link I add in DLM. As I understand, I can only add an image manually to my links.

But I like to use a service to "create an thumbnail" on the fly, based on the URL which is stored in the DLM.

Or have I overseen something and DLM is able to do this somehow?

Thanks for your help.
Kind regards, Robihot

If the file points to an image, then LDM auto-generates the thumbnail without entering anything into the image url field. It will also do so for mp3s with embedded cover art, povided you have uploaded the getid3 code in the jukebox-enhancements 'extra'.

If you want to do something fancier (e.g. autolink a jpg to an avi or create a thumbnail by referring to an external source), then this needs a plugin. Maybe I missed something in your question?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by chorton

Wimpy player.
I tried all weekend to get wimpy to work on my server. It appears there is an issue with wimpy and php 5.

Well, I've just uploaded the full wimpy files to my test site which is running php 5 and it all ran straight away without difficulty. Not sure what to say.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by nexus851

thanks, yes, please post the code, i'll get that wimpy player so that i can use your code. Thanks Andrew!

J

Here you go. should be self-explanatory. the zip file contains the same directory structure as the normal ldm release, with only those files you need. Reinstall the product xml, upload the various bits of extras/wimpy and then install the wimply-player-flash plugin. The zip contains the demo version of the wimpy wasp player, so you can see how it works.

[chorton]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Well, I've just uploaded the full wimpy files to my test site which is running php 5 and it all ran straight away without difficulty. Not sure what to say.

what version are you using? I know there is issues prior to 5.2
I guess i need to patch my site.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by chorton

what version are you using? I know there is issues prior to 5.2
I guess i need to patch my site.

My home (coding) site is running windows/apache/php 5.1.6. My live site is running linux/apache/php 5.2.0 Both run wimpy just fine. With a black screen, I wonder if you've uploaded the swf?

[chorton]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

My home (coding) site is running windows/apache/php 5.1.6. My live site is running linux/apache/php 5.2.0 Both run wimpy just fine. With a black screen, I wonder if you've uploaded the swf?

I tried it 10 different times.
Do you want to try it for me?
I have win03/php 5.1.6 with IIS 6

[smoknz28]

Hi gang...I'm slowly getting this hack together....and I would like to see some of your all's layouts and categories.

If you don't mind...please post up a link to your site so I can get some ideas of where to go with my setup.

Also, when I go into adding categories...I don't see all of my Parent Forums. Attached is a screen shot of what I'm refering to. Any help on this is appreciated.

Thank you