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.

[Underlab]

I uploaded the files. When I go to the admin and click on

links and downloads>settings>
or
links and downloads>permissions>

I get -

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 737280 bytes) in /../forums/local_links_admin.php(1693) : eval()'d code on line 386

what do I do? Where do i even begin to check out the problem?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Underlab

I uploaded the files. When I go to the admin and click on

links and downloads>settings>
or
links and downloads>permissions>

I get -

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 737280 bytes) in /../forums/local_links_admin.php(1693) : eval()'d code on line 386

what do I do? Where do i even begin to check out the problem?

Looks like your web server is allowing php to use up to 8Mbytes. Depending on how many hacks you install into VBulletin, it is easy to exceed this.

Go to vbulletin->admincp->maintenance->phpinfo. Look for the memory_limit and safe_mode settings. I imagine you'll find that memory_limit is 8M. You should ideally get your site admin to increase that to (e.g.) 12M - it's set in the server's php.ini file.

If you can't do that, and provided safe_mode is off, I can probably give you a patch that will get round the problem.

[dilbert]

I tried upgrading to php 5, and vBulletin itself was giving this type of error. I needed to move back to php4. My host is currently set at 8MB, and will be updating that soon so I can move back to php5.

[itsblack]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Replace the ldm_tot.php file in your forum/modules directory with the attached and let me know if this is ok. I've tried to make it a bit smarter.

Yes, it works great. :up:

[itsblack]

Hi Andrew, is that possible to let the keyword have more than 1 word? I mean, key phrases, like amazon did. For some phrases, such as "fairy tales", I don't know how to appoint the keyword with only one word.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by itsblack

Hi Andrew, is that possible to let the keyword have more than 1 word? I mean, key phrases, like amazon did. For some phrases, such as "fairy tales", I don't know how to appoint the keyword with only one word.

I think that would require some careful checking through the code, to avoid unexpected consequences. Why not use something like an underscore to replace spaces?

[Alfa1]

Members often put keyphrases in anyway. This now causes a mass of unwanted keywords, as every word in the phrase is handled as a keyword. These need to be cleaned up regularly. I have about 600 keywords I need to delete per month.
I did add keywords with dashes, like 'fairy-tales', but members will enter 'fairy tales' non the less and leave 'fairy-tailes' untouched.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Members often put keyphrases in anyway. This now causes a mass of unwanted keywords, as every word in the phrase is handled as a keyword. These need to be cleaned up regularly. I have about 600 keywords I need to delete per month.
I did add keywords with dashes, like 'fairy-tales', but members will enter 'fairy tales' non the less and leave 'fairy-tailes' untouched.

OK, it clearly needs a rethink. Not sure that this can be done for 2.2.8 - I keep telling myself that we've reached the end...

[Alfa1]

You've created a monster Andrew. It's so good that the end is near the end of the rainbow. I mean this. You can expand this to be an advanced photo / image gallery, a advanced multimedia player( wimpy only plays a few formats), reciprocal links manager, expand vb integration, add design options, etc. etc.

I do believe that your software is no less valuable than vbulletin itself and therefor to fully develop it to full potential, you'll need either a lot of time or a team of coders.

[Tulsa]

How has this escaped being mod of the month? It should be mod of the year!!