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.

[Alfa1]

Andrew, I've been testing this in various ways, but still cant get this to work:

Originally Posted by AndrewD

b) Create/edit category, and choose the associated forum on that menu. If you wish, retro-apply it to all existing entries. That forum will be the default for all new entries in the category

Can you please take a look?

[digital3]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Interesting site...

I think the fix is in the 2.2.8 code - can you try uploading this file into your includes directory.

If this doesn't fix it, can you send me a PM pointing at a particular entry which creates the problem.

thanks

It *is* interesting, isn't it?

The code fix doesn't seem to be working, unfortunately. I will PM you a direct link to a file that is hosted on another domain on my server. You already have my admin login.

[digital3]

Update: The files do stream but not until they are 100% downloaded. I will test this with the divX player and see if it suffers from the same issue as windows media.

[digital3]

OK. The divX player starts them to streaming instantly. I wonder if the windows media issue could be a problem with my local settings. Normally my windows media streams instantly too so I don't think it is. I have it set to a 5 second buffer.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by digital3

OK. The divX player starts them to streaming instantly. I wonder if the windows media issue could be a problem with my local settings. Normally my windows media streams instantly too so I don't think it is. I have it set to a 5 second buffer.

There are a number of problems with windows media player, one of which is that it insists on fetching files more than once. I'll take a look again and see if I can make any suggestions.

[edenx]

Hello AndrewD, thanks for this hack.

Question:
I want to Force Accept Termns & Conditions every time a member access Links and Downloads Manager, actually it seems it stores a cookie for 20 hours or something, but I want it to appear every time a user enters the LDM

Can you help me?

Thanks

RFC

[Alfa1]

New threads are not created if the file title length is above the allowed thread tittle length. With my files this is almost always the case. This is why it is not working. How can this be solved?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by edenx

Hello AndrewD, thanks for this hack.

Question:
I want to Force Accept Termns & Conditions every time a member access Links and Downloads Manager, actually it seems it stores a cookie for 20 hours or something, but I want it to appear every time a user enters the LDM

Can you help me?

Thanks

RFC

Take a look at the code of local_links.php. Around line 317, you'll find a sequence that reads

	if ($vbulletin->db->num_rows($asb)) {
		$ldm_accept_timeout = 24*60*60; // one day
		$rec = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($asb);
		if (($rec['usertime']+$ldm_accept_timeout)>TIMENOW) {
			$ldm_accept = 1;
		}
	}

Change the line

		$ldm_accept_timeout = 24*60*60; // one day

to something like

		$ldm_accept_timeout = 3600; // one hour

You'll need a value greater than zero, otherwise you're going to irritate your members greatly as they try to look around your site and keep being asked the same question.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

New threads are not created if the file title length is above the allowed thread tittle length. With my files this is almost always the case. This is why it is not working. How can this be solved?

Take a backup copy of includes/local_links_misc.php, and then upload the attached file. That should do the job.

[Conagher]

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Unexpected critical failure
Critical Error: Links and Downloads Manager v.2.2.1 requires VBulletin version 3.5
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Anyone want to guide me in the right direct to fix this?