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 4x4 Mecca

Also is there a way to make the thumbnail for images use lightbox also instead of just the little magnifier image?

I'll make that change in the final 2.2.7, at least for the v2 lightbox.

[obmob]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

can I just say...
Andrew, you continue to give the some of the most (if not THE most) concerted, best and most importantly patient and courteous support in all of vb org. And the mod is equally incredible reflection of that. so many coders crack and/or get nasty under 1/10000 the amount of questions and pressure you get for your hack. Its a true mark of character that you have done so much with the mod and with supporting it and so many appreciate it for that.

props Andrew..and CHEERS.

LDM pwns all. :bow:

Andrew rules!

[Demon fox]

Yes he does.. Hey Andrew do you have an estimated time of completion for 2.2.7

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Demon fox

Yes he does.. Hey Andrew do you have an estimated time of completion for 2.2.7

It's ready, except for confirmation of a couple of bug reports - I want to be certain about the 'long file name' problem reported a few posts back and the sql error in the 'like search'.

I get very nervous just before a release - there's always something that has been missed!

[Alfa1]

Andrew; is there any way to create a new category and let it have multiple parent categories?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Andrew; is there any way to create a new category and let it have multiple parent categories?

No, a category can only have one parent at a time. This is deliberate, to prevent the possibility to create 'infinite loops' of categories which end up being their own grandchildren

[Alfa1]

How would you suggest handling the structure of categories?
I have my LDM categorised as:

1. categorised per topic
2. video
3. music & audio

I have the video seperately because I want to pull the latest video's from this category. Still many video's are dedicated to topics, which have a section in the 1st category. So there should be a link between the related sections.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

How would you suggest handling the structure of categories?
I have my LDM categorised as:

1. categorised per topic
2. video
3. music & audio

I have the video seperately because I want to pull the latest video's from this category. Still many video's are dedicated to topics, which have a section in the 1st category. So there should be a link between the related sections.

Two possibilities come to my mind:

a) Create entries in your categories which are actually links to another category, and give these a display order of 0 to force them to appear at the top of the list

b) Place entries in multiple categories (you can do this just fine by selecting several categories from the list)

[Alfa1]

Not really satisfying solutions though. Ah, well. You can't have everything.

[Jaxel]

Hey Andrew, I asked for a feature a few months ago and you told me you would consider it in a future release. I was wondering what is the status of my request. Essentially what I am asking for is an "extra data field" built into the system. Then of course I could use this piece of extra data in any which way I want...

For instance, the way I would use it... my links and download manager I use as a system to distribute match videos. Sometimes I like to mirror these matches on YouTube. So if I had an extra field where I could put information, I would put the YouTube ID tag in the extra field. Then of course I would within my linkbit_featured I would add in an if not null display of the ID tag with a link to its youtube counterpart.

Of course if you want to see my implementation... http://www.crookedjester.com/local_links.php?catid=88