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.

[ShawnV]

Welcome back Andrew, get well soon.

All my best,

_V

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Hello, guys!

As you know, I have not been well and it has not been possible to provide any help on this forum for several months. I have very much appreciated the good messages that many people have sent me - it really does help . The news is that I am in the middle of a course of chemotherapy. It seems to be working but it has the side effect of making one feel very weak and unable to concentrate for more than a short period.

I do not know when I shall be able to resume "full time support" of LDM, but it is by no means a dead product. The big question is really *how much of a rewrite will be needed for vb 4.x* and what will the vb guys themselves provide. I have seen notes about major changes to the attachment system, which will surely impact on LDM.

Concerning the wiki, thanks to ObMob for pointing out that hackers had got at it. I had updated the mediawiki software a couple of weeks ago, and accidently left a door open for those delightful people to replace pages by links to nasty sites. I think it should be back in a fit state again.

So, please bear with me - I enjoy my hobby very much, and I do want to resume it.

[pooslokka]

Originally Posted by Simon Lloyd

Just click Support Developer!

Cool thanks

[pooslokka]

i would be great full to you if any body can help with this problem

cant upload a 3325 x 2081 jpg image with 800k. The out put is a blank page.
but i can upload a 1920 x 1200 with 900k successfully.

whats wrong??? in vb cp under attachments. the max width and height for jpg images are set to unlimneted. i even try chnaging it to 10000 x 10000. no use

pls help

[obmob]

Don't you have any limits on your server config?

Maybe the images are too big to upload.

[ccole513]

I want to alter the td class for entries, but I can't find the location to make this edit. Does anyone know the specific sql table or template where said class can be found?

e.g.

<tr><td colspan="2" class="alt1"><table style="width:100%; height:100%;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

Edit: I found the location > local_links_include.php

[SeanE]

Hey Andrew -

Heard you're back, and hope you're doing better - chemo sucks.

I saw that the release 2.29 'works with' vb3.8 - is that a pretty solid assessment - I mean is it 80-90% or so? I ask as I have daily users, and depend on this product everyday for document downloads, etc - and don't want to risk the jump to vb3.8 (I'm at 3.6 now) if there are issues, etc...

Anyhow - best of luck to you - and thanks for such great work!

SeanE

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by SeanE

I saw that the release 2.29 'works with' vb3.8 - is that a pretty solid assessment - I mean is it 80-90% or so? I ask as I have daily users, and depend on this product everyday for document downloads, etc - and don't want to risk the jump to vb3.8 (I'm at 3.6 now) if there are issues, etc...

I ask others to correct me if I've missed anything here.

As far as I know (based on my own experience and the reports here), pretty well everything in versions 2.2.9-post3 and 2.3.0-beta1 works perfectly with both vb 3.7 and 3.8. There are a few minor fixes needed to the code, basically to fix the integration with user profiles and to make the 'human verification' checks work.

1) User profile support. For both the 2.2.9-post3 and 2.3.0-beta1 code, you need to edit two LDM plugins, as described by Simon Lloyd in this post:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1683

He says to change

PHP Code:

case "3.7": 


to

PHP Code:

case "3.8": 


in two places. You can also add the line

PHP Code:

case "3.8": 


immediately after the line

PHP Code:

case "3.7": 


Then the code will work with both vb3.7 and 3.8.

2) Human verification (only needed with the 2.2.9-post3 code):

In local_links.php, lines 1701 and 1819:

change

PHP Code:

if (VALID_VB_VERSION=="3.7") { 


to

PHP Code:

if (VALID_VB_VERSION>="3.7") { 


Ditto in local_links_search.php at lines 740 and 1014

[anime4viet]

is there anyway i could increase the amount entries on one page from 10??

Edit: Figured out thanx

[sava700]

Andrew can you help with this security token issue?

Gostemilov posted about adding something to a template but which one? I've looked through all of them and no issues. I've got everything up todate and can't figure out for the life of me this problem.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by sava700

Andrew can you help with this security token issue?

Gostemilov posted about adding something to a template but which one? I've looked through all of them and no issues. I've got everything up to date and can't figure out for the life of me this problem.

I can certainly try to help. It is easiest if you send me a PM with details of your site and a username and password which has admin privileges, and some fuller information on what you are doing to trigger this message. Otherwise, we will spend forever sending messages to each other.