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.

[NFLfbJunkie]

Can 2.2.6 be used with vbbux and vbplaza?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by 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

I'm sorry, I haven't implemented this yet and it's too late to include in version 2.2.7. It does seem an important feature, so I can only say that I will keep it on the list.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Junkie

Can 2.2.6 be used with vbbux and vbplaza?

It's not integrated with these. I had a brief discussion with one of the the authors last summer, but we didn't get anywhere.

[NFLfbJunkie]

Is it something that could still possibly get integrated with your mod? Also, is 2.2.7RC safe to upgrade with at this time?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Junkie

Is it something that could still possibly get integrated with your mod? Also, is 2.2.7RC safe to upgrade with at this time?

I've only had one major bug with 2.2.7 RC, which is fixed if you also upload the replacement local_links_search.php. But the final 2.2.7 will be available in a day or so, when I get a couple of reports back on possible bugs.

I see no any reason why the various hacks won't integrate, but I've never used the ones you mention, and am not in a position to make a commitment on this.

[NFLfbJunkie]

For gif images, I changed the MIME type in the vB attachment manager to Content-type: application/force-download' to force the download box to open instead of showing the image in a browser, but this did not work. Am I missing something?

[josiespencer]

I've got a question: is there a way to limit just one or two users to a specific download quota? If a user belongs to three or four user groups, his rights seem to go from the top down. If any one user group has no quota for downloads, this user's downloads are not limited in any way. So I want a hard coded download limit for one or two users so far.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by josiespencer

I've got a question: is there a way to limit just one or two users to a specific download quota? If a user belongs to three or four user groups, his rights seem to go from the top down. If any one user group has no quota for downloads, this user's downloads are not limited in any way. So I want a hard coded download limit for one or two users so far.

Yes, there is a way.

It can be done with a plugin which is configured to check on the specific userid. If you feel comfortable with a small bit of coding, take a look in the extras/limit-useraccess directory, where you'll find some samples which give quotas by testing other parameters. Otherwise, I will write something for you - it's about ten or twenty lines of code.

The way LDM usergroup allowances work is not quite as you describe. The quotas are based on the user's primary usergroup. Other permissions are done the way you say - the code checks all the user's groups to see if it should give the permission or not. I thought about doing it the same way for quotas also, but it wasn't obvious to me what this would mean. So I stuck with using the primary group.

On a separate matter - I'd like to get to the bottom of your problem with long file names, but need access to you site. Please can you reinstate my account.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Junkie

For gif images, I changed the MIME type in the vB attachment manager to Content-type: application/force-download' to force the download box to open instead of showing the image in a browser, but this did not work. Am I missing something?

I tried this - seems to work fine with Firefox and Opera, but IE continue tos show the image in the browser. I suspect that IE is hard coded to recognise image formats, but I may be wrong.

[josiespencer]

Andrew, I have sent the information to you via email. Thanks!