Major Additions - Links and Downloads Manager

What this is and does

LDM is a general-purpose tool for managing libraries of links and files, and handling uploads and downloads in a flexible way, while tracking and control user access. It has a range of integrated media players and a large library of 'plugin' extras.

Installation and Usage Explained in the on-line Wiki, with a brief explanation in the file instructions.txt in the release zip. The recent revision history is given in the first post of this thread.

Please use carefully and always backup your database before upgrading. Post reports of problems and suggestions for enhancements in this thread.

14.06.09 Version 2.3.0 is now the the officially-supported version. Works with 3.7 and vb 3.8. Please post comments in this thread

22.06.08 Version 2.2.9-post1 - This is the previous supported version. Works fine with all versions of vb 3.6 and vb 3.7. All standard features except profile integration and forum prefix selection work fine with vb 3.8.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by DJDrew

Hello, everything for the links and downloads manager is working fine for me. Altough my forum runs very quickly, including the downloads section, it seems to run very slow when loading the images for the downloads.

All the images are hosted on the same dedicated server and the image loads up fine when linked direct to the image rather than through the download manager.

Anyone got any ideas to why this might be happening? I've tried playing round with it all but couldn't seem to figure out why it was doing it! Please help, Drew.

Have you specified a directory in which to cache the thumbnails - ldm/admin/settings/images and icons/thumbs_dir - if not these are being regenerated each page display, and this is slow.

[DJDrew]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Have you specified a directory in which to cache the thumbnails - ldm/admin/settings/images and icons/thumbs_dir - if not these are being regenerated each page display, and this is slow.

Hello,

That seems to have worked.

Did you look into the vBadvanced for me?

[vbboarder]

FYI: The version checking for LDM doesn't work in the adminCP products page - you need to update your pid in the "Edit Settings" of this thread page for it to work.

FYI: Since you do a lot of plugin coding for extra plugins, you may find this mod useful (make sure to read post #9 by Carnage for VB code changes): https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=191438

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by DJDrew

Hello,

That seems to have worked.

Did you look into the vBadvanced for me?

Yes, I replied here

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by vbboarder

FYI: The version checking for LDM doesn't work in the adminCP products page - you need to update your pid in the "Edit Settings" of this thread page for it to work.

fixed, thanks. forgot to update it when i stopped supporting vb 3.6

Originally Posted by vbboarder

FYI: Since you do a lot of plugin coding for extra plugins, you may find this mod useful (make sure to read post #9 by Carnage for VB code changes): https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=191438

[DJDrew]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I realise what is the problem.

There is a bug in the vbadvanced code when vba is installed on a windows-based server, and this causes the error you report ("this is not a valid module file") with all attempts to upload modules (not just LDM). I have reported this to Brian on vbadvanced.com, but so far I don't think it has been fixed in the official release.

The fix involves a minor change to the file admincp/vba_cmps_admin.php, as attached. If you upload this file, I think you will find that the modules install correctly.

When you have fixed this, be careful to avoid another problem related to the way vbadvanced handles module installation. The vba upload module form asks you which style(s) to add the new module's templates. You have created eight styles, but you have made them all 'top level' styles - i.e. they all have 'no parent style' (admincp/styles/edit style settings), so they cannot inherit templates from their parent. This means that the new vba module templates must be installed to *all* your styles, i.e. you must select all of them when uploading the module.

Again, I'm happy to do the installation for you, but obviously I can't install the code fix.

Hello,

Just tried that - didn't seem to work.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by vbboarder

Andrew, I'm about to update to LDM 2.3.0-beta1 but I would also like to update to VB 3.8.0-beta1. Do you know of any conflicts the new LDM will have with VB 3.8? Should I update LDM first or VB? Please let me know soon, thanks.

From a quick check, I don't see problems with the vb 3.8 beta. The LDM profile integration isn't working in the code I've released, but that's because there's an explicit check for version vb 3.7. When I change the test to allow vb 3.8, this feature also works ok. Auto posting in vb threads is still working fine.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by DJDrew

Hello,

Just tried that - didn't seem to work.

Please check that you did upload the modified file into the correct directory (i.e. forum/admincp). Otherwise, this is a vba problem, not an LDM problem, and I think you have to pose it on vbadvanced.com.

[Simon Lloyd]

Andrew, how do i get LDM to follow the default style of the forum?, right now i can only get it to show the style that i was using when i added LDM, could you explain?

Thanks for your valuable time!

[vbboarder]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

From a quick check, I don't see problems with the vb 3.8 beta. The LDM profile integration isn't working in the code I've released, but that's because there's an explicit check for version vb 3.7. When I change the test to allow vb 3.8, this feature also works ok. Auto posting in vb threads is still working fine.

Thanks for checking Andrew. For the LDM profile integration, are you talking about the 2 LDM plugins hooked to member_customfields for "latest LDM entries" and "what's viewed list"? I justed added '3.8' to the '3.7' case statement. Anything other version checks or plugin edits I should do?