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.

[macc]

no i have not installed extra inline player ...will test do that ... thanks for help!

regards

macc

[Rouzbeh1]

i think there is a bug in 2.2.9-a3
autocreate thread in not working at all....
could you please check if it works for you?
thanks

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Rouzbeh1

i think there is a bug in 2.2.9-a3
autocreate thread in not working at all....
could you please check if it works for you?
thanks

Thanks for this. As far as I can tell, it works if you enable the (new in 2.2.9) admin option that requires users to confirm thread creation, but not if everything is fully automatic. The bug has been there from alpha-1. Will investgate and fix.

Edited.

If you want, you can patch this bug by editing the links_addnewlink template. Find the lines:

<else />
<tr style="display:none;">
	<td class="alt1" colspan="2">
	<input type="hidden" name="linkautocreate" value="0" />
	</td>
</tr>
</if>

and replace by

<else />
<tr style="display:none;">
	<td class="alt1" colspan="2">
	<input type="hidden" name="linkautocreate" value="1" />
	</td>
</tr>
</if>

i.e. change the 0 to 1

Be careful if you make this change - if I make further changes to the template before the final version of 2.2.9, vb will not warn you about the need to revert the template.

[macc]

thanks for help...now blocks work with inline player...

regards
macc

[bxbigt]

So heres the big question the mod is really nice but i rather not have people upload to my server is there any way to have them use this hack with whatever host they want to use ie rs , mu mediafire etc etc

[Rouzbeh1]

Thanks Andrew,
it worked! i will revert that template manually when i update to next version.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by bxbigt

So heres the big question the mod is really nice but i rather not have people upload to my server is there any way to have them use this hack with whatever host they want to use ie rs , mu mediafire etc etc

You can use this hack to let people upload files or you can use it to let them provide links to files that are held on other servers. It's up to you. You can disable uploads altogether or on a per-usergroup basis.

[bxbigt]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

You can use this hack to let people upload files or you can use it to let them provide links to files that are held on other servers. It's up to you. You can disable uploads altogether or on a per-usergroup basis.

Thanks for the reply gonna test it out on the demo board

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Rouzbeh1

if you like, i will send you admin information and you take a look yourself.
i have no campare anymore, because i updated my live site to 2.2.9
let me know

I did some quick tests on a database with a few dozen categories and a few thousand entries.

With LDM's home page statistics turned off, 2.2.8 and 2.2.9 seem pretty well identical in speed.

However, 2.2.9 has more home page stats options, and these can be quite expensive. I'll take a look at the code to see if they can be speeded up.

[choccyclaire]

Any idea why this works on firefox but when I tested it on IE it gives me a database error?