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.

[rockinaway]

I have the uploading of files enabled. However, when a person adds an entry the option to upload a file from computer is not there. I have to add an option as a attribute. What I am doing wrong?

[Montecristo]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

The image is normally provided separately from the link/file.

The first step is to set LDM/admin/settings/link_imagesize to the size of the thumbnail you want to display. Otherwise, you are not given the option to specify an image in the add/edit entry form. (Up to LDM version 2.2.9, you have to do this step explicitly. From 2.3.0, it will automatically pick up a value from vbulletin if necessary)

It is also a good idea to specify LDM/admin/settings/thumbs_dir, so that LDM can cache the thumbnails of your images, but this is not essential.

After you have done this, the add/edit entry form contain one or two extra fields, for pointing to an image and for uploading an image. (The field for uploading an image only appears if you have also enabled uploads.)

The thumbnail image is also created automatically in the following situations:
- Your main file is an image, or
- Your main file is an mp3 file containing albumart *and* you have installed the ID3tags extra for LDM.

I can be doing wrong that I did not create the thumbnail image?

Thanks and sorry for my english....

[rockinaway]

Originally Posted by rockinaway

I have the uploading of files enabled. However, when a person adds an entry the option to upload a file from computer is not there. I have to add an option as a attribute. What I am doing wrong?

Also, if I comment on a video. The thread in the forum specified is not updating with the comment.

[rockinaway]

Okay, I have the upload options .. just the comments problem now..

[rockinaway]

My attachment limit is set at 10MB. This works fine for normal members, however when uploading as admin I have a very small upload limit. Why?

Also, how can I increase the size of the video shown? I can increase the size of the player, but not the video.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by rockinaway

My attachment limit is set at 10MB. This works fine for normal members, however when uploading as admin I have a very small upload limit. Why?

LDM gets its limits in several ways, but I'm surprised that you are finding that the admin limits are smaller than regular users:

a) The 'master switches' are the php.ini settings *post_max_size* and *upload_max_filesize*. You can't exceed these values.

b) For vb admins, LDM allows uploads up to the smaller of those two values

c) For other users, LDM sets the maximum size on a per filetype basis by looking up the max size setting in the vb attachments table

d) If you've set LDM/admin/settings/upload_maxspace, and the total uploads are close to that limit, filesize is further reduced.

Concerning thread creation, have you set LDM/admin settings/autocreate_username? There's a bug in version 2.2.9-post1 with that setting, fixed in 2.2.9-post3. I think things work ok if you leave the setting blank.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by rockinaway

Also, how can I increase the size of the video shown? I can increase the size of the player, but not the video.

LDM/admin/players. There's a set of control settings for each of the media players, normally within variable "player_width=XXX" and "player_height=XXX". Be careful with the syntax. Apologies that this is not the friendliest interface - the different media players are controlled in different ways.

I have one question. How can i do this? Left the category table en right the download items. See for a example the attachement. Thanks for your help Andrew.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Laserboy

I have one question. How can i do this? Left the category table en right the download items. See for a example the attachement. Thanks for your help Andrew.

There's an 'extra' in the release (explorer-view) which gives you the category table in this form.

[rockinaway]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

LDM/admin/players. There's a set of control settings for each of the media players, normally within variable "player_width=XXX" and "player_height=XXX". Be careful with the syntax. Apologies that this is not the friendliest interface - the different media players are controlled in different ways.

Thanks for the other info, but thsi increases the size of the player. I want to increase the size of the actual video shown within the player.