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.

[vrom]

Is it possible to run many instances of LDM on one installation?
(for links, for files etc)

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by vrom

Is it possible to run many instances of LDM on one installation?
(for links, for files etc)

This is not straightforward - you would have to modify the code to read different initialisation files (includes/local_links_init.php).

However, you can achieve essentially the same effect by structuring your categories in the way you want - have one top level category in which you will create subdirectories for all links and have another for all files, etc. Then, instead of setting up menu links to the top level of LDM, set them up to the main categories.

[Phalynx]

Another issue:
By clicking on "View Hits" you get the following URL:
http://www.myurl.com/local_links_adm...nt=0&linkid=21

If you want to page through the records, you get f.e. this URL for the second page:
http://www.myurl.com/local_links_adm...page=25&page=2

On my server this page has always no rows, regardless which page I call.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Phalynx

Another issue:
By clicking on "View Hits" you get the following URL:
http://www.myurl.com/local_links_adm...nt=0&linkid=21

If you want to page through the records, you get f.e. this URL for the second page:
http://www.myurl.com/local_links_adm...page=25&page=2

On my server this page has always no rows, regardless which page I call.

Thanks, will check. There's a parameter missing from the url. Just to confirm - you are still using 2.2.8 RC2?

[Phalynx]

Yes, 2.2.8 RC2 upgraded directly from 2.2.7

If you need admin permission on my db contact me via PM.

[mauro1947]

Hi!
I have "allow_html" setted to Yes and when i insert my Google Adsense code into description, ads never shows...
Can you help me?
Thanks a lot.
Regards!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by mauro1947

Hi!
I have "allow_html" setted to Yes and when i insert my Google Adsense code into description, ads never shows...
Can you help me?
Thanks a lot.
Regards!

I have not tried this myself. Can you send me a PM with more details of the code you are including?

[Tulsa]

I'm probably just missing this somewhere but how can I allow a specific usergroup to add a sub category under a specific category only without giving that group global permission to add categories? Also, is there a way to allow a specific user to only be able to edit a category they add?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Tulsa

I'm probably just missing this somewhere but how can I allow a specific usergroup to add a sub category under a specific category only without giving that group global permission to add categories?

This is not a feature at present, but there is no real reason why this is not already the case and it is a trivial change to the code to make it possible. Do you wish me to make this the case in the final version of 2.2.8, or do you want instructions on how to patch the code?

Originally Posted by Tulsa

Also, is there a way to allow a specific user to only be able to edit a category they add?

Yes: if you give a usergroup *can_add_category* permission but not *can_edit_category* permission, then users in that group can always edit categories they add themselves, but no others.

[Tulsa]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

This is not a feature at present, but there is no real reason why this is not already the case and it is a trivial change to the code to make it possible. Do you wish me to make this the case in the final version of 2.2.8, or do you want instructions on how to patch the code?

Why both of course.

By the way, when you set the template_altbit to bold you get this in the bottom right hand corner.