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 pspcrazy

Truly amazing mod that's for sure, thanks for adding what I need. Only complaint I got left is how do I get rid of the bars in between the categories randomly?

http://www.pspcrazy.com/forums/local_links.php : The separators shouldn't be there. Now If only there was that SEO feature mentioned above in there, then I'd be in heaven Awesome mod for sure.

The category bars aren't random. They appear between groups of categories with different 'display orders'. I'm at a hotel PC at present, so can't check the code, but I think you get rid of these altogether by editing the links_linkseparator template. I'll post a follow-up message later.

[Rouzbeh1]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

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.

i think i found the reason why LDM gets slow....
ONLY on pages, where i have set display order for each category, LDM slow down. in other cases it's working as fast as 2.2.8 or maybe faster....

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

ok...
3.7 beta 5
LDM alpha 3

I get an infinite loop then this ERROR:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /home/******/public_html/forums/includes/local_links_include.php on line 2079

EDIT:
grrrr... tried installing 2.2.8 now I get this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function ldm_lookup_forum_protections() in /home/********/public_html/forums/includes/local_links_vbafunc.php on line 26

don't know what's up.... HELP!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Rouzbeh1

i think i found the reason why LDM gets slow....
ONLY on pages, where i have set display order for each category, LDM slow down. in other cases it's working as fast as 2.2.8 or maybe faster....

Noted.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

ok...
3.7 beta 5
LDM alpha 3

I get an infinite loop then this ERROR:

EDIT:
grrrr... tried installing 2.2.8 now I get this error:



[/B]don't know what's up.... HELP!

Your second problem is caused by mixed code - the local_links_vbafunc.php file was introduced in 2.2.9. I imagine you've got the 2.2.9 vba modules installed.

I will try to pin down the first problem - the code in question is trying to strip bbcodes and is looping indefinitely.

[RikiB]

I installed 2.2.9 and its so close to perfect for what I need. It addresses almost everything that I wanted in 2.2.8. Is there any word on if playlists will be available with the JW flv player? I wonder if would be easy since I think the JW mp3 player accepts playlists.

Thanks!

[Rouzbeh1]

i'm not sure but i think it would be enough to add XML to the player file types for JW media player ( Filetypes handled: mp3, xml) + maybe you will need to add it in vb attachment table

[RikiB]

interesting, Ill give that a shot, thanks!

[RikiB]

It almost works, I added it to the attachment table and also the media player and it brings up the flv player but it acts like it cant find the videos, the videos are in the same folder and the xml is just calling the filename like normal. Anyone know why its not working?

Riki

[RikiB]

ahh, I really need to avoid that..its imperative that I use the "stream" feature.

do you mean full server url, like home/usernane/public_html