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.

[pooslokka]

Originally Posted by obmob

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

Maybe the images are too big to upload.

Capacity wise the size is well ok. not sure about the Height and Width limitaions in server settings. but in vbulleting attachments options, the dimention of the image limitation has set to any.

[sparklywater]

Andrew, I'd be grateful if you can let me know how to make the following change to my LDM setup. I know that currently the 'can_access_link' permission prevents users from accessing ALL links in a given category. However, I want to change this so that the permission affects all links EXCEPT those that are playable in a media player, ie. those that are played by the LDM Jukebox. In other words, those who have the 'can_access_link' permission set to false should still be able to access a media file which is played by LDM. I'm quite sure that this is possible using conditionals in some function, but I don't know what code-edits to make.

[Simon Lloyd]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

The problem was not in the upgrade to 3.8.2. When I told you the phrase names for these profile box titles, I forgot to check whether the code would correctly handle a change made *on the fly*. I have patched the two LDM plugins on your site and it seems to be working correctly now. Sorry about that.

Andrew, as ever thanks for the great support, no sorry needed

[abdelghani68]

I have a lot of miniatures empty in my server. I think it's the images of the audio. It will be good if we can desactive the minatures for the audio.

Thanks very mush

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by sparklywater

Andrew, I'd be grateful if you can let me know how to make the following change to my LDM setup. I know that currently the 'can_access_link' permission prevents users from accessing ALL links in a given category. However, I want to change this so that the permission affects all links EXCEPT those that are playable in a media player, ie. those that are played by the LDM Jukebox. In other words, those who have the 'can_access_link' permission set to false should still be able to access a media file which is played by LDM. I'm quite sure that this is possible using conditionals in some function, but I don't know what code-edits to make.

This is not straightforward, because there are checks on can_access_link in several places/files, precisely to stop people from bypassing the control. Not all those checks take place in situations where the code is aware of the entry's type. I am reluctant to spent the time to work out how to modify things, particularly since these changes would need to be re-thought with each subsequent release.

[abdelghani68]

Hi

I have featur request please :

We can use highslide for the pictures

If we have a long description for an entree, we can put it in a page and these page opened when we clik in a picture.

And there is a little picture for go in the discussion of the entree.

I think the pictures that I said can will put near that :



In vbadvanced, for the module ldm_new.php, ldm_hot.php and ldm_random.php : when an entree change, the color of the line change. The color don't change when the line change. The module ldm_new.php works good.

Thanks very mush.

[vbboarder]

Originally Posted by abdelghani68

Hi

I have featur request please :

We can use highslide for the pictures

If we have a long description for an entree, we can put it in a page and these page opened when we clik in a picture.

And there is a little picture for go in the discussion of the entree.

I think the pictures that I said can will put near that :



In vbadvanced, for the module ldm_new.php, ldm_hot.php and ldm_random.php : when an entree change, the color of the line change. The color don't change when the line change. The module ldm_new.php works good.

Thanks very mush.

Hi abdelghani,

Andrew has already implemented 2 image viewers: lightbox and shadowbox. Lightbox is an older version, but shadowbox was recently implemented with many features (besides pics, can play audio & video files). You can also have a thumbnail in the entry; click on the title to see the full image. Is there a reason why you want highslide and not shadowbox? Andrew probably has a backlog of issues to deal with, so implementing another image viewer when shadowbox works fine is probably very low priority.

[abdelghani68]

Hi vbboarder

I am with you in what you say. It's right.
Shadowbox is very good product and works with no problem.

(I like highslide for her speed in opening a picture).

[abdelghani68]

Hi Andrewd

Sorry, I have forget to ask in my featur request :

For the module ldm_newcats, there is the option :

"Comma-separated list of category ids to search. Leave blank to search all categories"

Otherwise, I can not find things missing. This product is great !

thanks!

[abdelghani68]

The "Wimpy" extras may need to be updated also to work with the new Wimpy registration codes and flash player 10 requirements. And it will be possible to use wasp inline ?

Thanks very mush.