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.

[abdelghani68]

Thanks for this new version. Installed but I don't see the button of wimpy in the portal and in the library.

I have put correctly the registrations code. Jw player isn't active for mp3. Wimpy player isn't active.

I haven't modified the var wimpySwf = "clientscript/wimpy/wimpy_button.swf

Vbadvanced :

www.home.fr/index.php

Clientscript wimpy :

www.home.fr/forum/clientscript/wimpy

I must modifie the var wimpySwf ?

thanks

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by abdelghani68

Thanks for this new version. Installed but I don't see the button of wimpy in the portal and in the library.

I have put correctly the registrations code. Jw player isn't active for mp3. Wimpy player isn't active.

I haven't modified the var wimpySwf = "clientscript/wimpy/wimpy_button.swf

Vbadvanced :

www.home.fr/index.php

Clientscript wimpy :

www.home.fr/forum/clientscript/wimpy

I must modifie the var wimpySwf ?

thanks

From what I can see, you did not reinstall the product, nor the plugins. I have done this for you and ask you to check that everything is working.

[abdelghani68]

<div align="left">Thanks very mush. I am really sorry for the inconvenience. Yet I install and uninstall the plugins of wimpy several times before coming to write here.

Wimpy button works now in the library bur it doesn't works in vbadvanced.
</div>

[vbboarder]

The 'edit' link next to the parent forum name in the Permissions page just reopens the same default permissions page in a new tab. Shouldn't it open the permissions page specific to that category (ie: local_links.php?action=editcat&catid=1)?

[jantequino]

Awesome mod!

2 quick questions!

1. How do I remove the "Sort By" dropdown from the entries page
2. How do I force the entries pages to be viewed in Short view everytime the page is refreshed or returned to... Obviously when the user is on the page we want them to be able to expand.... but I don't like the fact that it remembers to always stay expanded... I want each refresh of the page to be put back into short view.

thank you!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by abdelghani68

Thanks very mush. I am really sorry for the inconvenience. Yet I install and uninstall the plugins of wimpy several times before coming to write here.

Wimpy button works now in the library bur it doesn't works in vbadvanced.

I don't know why the wimpy button is not working any longer on your vbadvanced pages, but will try to find out. The correct (I think ) code is certainly been loaded on your home page, and the same code seems to work fine on my site. One possible problem - you have many 'addons' installed on your site, and I can see that others also include javascript. It is possible that these are interacting during the page load process - the javascripts have to initialise themselves.

One thing you should be aware of - there are quite a lot of html errors on your generated home page. I don't think that these will be the cause of this problem.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by vbboarder

The 'edit' link next to the parent forum name in the Permissions page just reopens the same default permissions page in a new tab. Shouldn't it open the permissions page specific to that category (ie: local_links.php?action=editcat&catid=1)?

Actually it should open the vb admincp forum permissions page. There is a variable missing from a global statement in local_links_admin.php. lines 398 onward should read

PHP Code:

function ldm_get_adminforumperms() {
    global $vbulletin, $vbphrase, $stylevar;
    global $linkscat, $links_defaults, $ldm_usergroup_cache;
    global $ADMIN_SCRIPT, $ADMINCP_FORUMPERM_SCRIPT;
    global $forum, $linkstats; 


Thanks for pointing this out.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by jantequino

1. How do I remove the "Sort By" dropdown from the entries page

This would require a template edit. The links_main template has the following sequence at around line 120:

<if condition="$sortnav or $keyfilterbit">
	<td align="$stylevar[left]" valign="top">
	<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" border="0">
<if condition="$sortnav">
	<tr>
		<td align="$stylevar[right]">
		<form action="$script.php" method="get">
		<input type="hidden" name="s" value="{$vbulletin->session->vars['sessionhash']}" />
		<span class="smallfont">
		$sortreturnbit $vbphrase[ll_sortby] $sortorderbit
		<input type="submit" class="button" name="doit" value="$vbphrase[ll_go]" />
		</span>
		</form>
		</td>
	</tr>
</if>
<if condition="$keyfilterbit">
	<tr>
		<td align="$stylevar[right]">
		<form action="$script.php" method="get">
		<span class="smallfont">
		<input type="hidden" name="s" value="{$vbulletin->session->vars['sessionhash']}" />
		$keyreturnbit $vbphrase[ll_keywords_filter] $keyfilterbit
		<input type="submit" class="button" name="doit" value="$vbphrase[ll_go]" />
		</span>
		</form>
		</td>
	</tr>
</if>
	</table>
	</td>
</if>

If you change the first line to

<if condition="$keyfilterbit">

that will do the trick.

Originally Posted by jantequino

2. How do I force the entries pages to be viewed in Short view everytime the page is refreshed or returned to... Obviously when the user is on the page we want them to be able to expand.... but I don't like the fact that it remembers to always stay expanded... I want each refresh of the page to be put back into short view.

I can't reproduce this problem. As far as I can see, page refreshes do retain the entries' expand/contract setting, provided cookies are properly enabled.

But, to your main question - how to have the 'short' listing as the default and the standard listing as the alternative. This is quite straightforward with version 2.3.0, possible but requires code edits with 2.2.9.

With version 2.3.0, you first go to the LDM/admincp/linkbits & catbits page, find the links_linkbit_short entry, change the value in the 'collapsed' box from 0 to links_linkbit, and click on 'go' to save the change.

Then go to LDM/admin/settings and set the template_linkbit setting to Short (title, thumb, short description).

This will make the default display 'short' and the alternative 'long'.

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Does anyone know how to add 'files to moderate' and 'comments to moderate' to the vbulletin notifications menu?

Originally Posted by AndrewD

an extra to display some LDM stats on the admincp will be available with the next 2.3.0 release

It would be optimal if moderators could see if there are files and comments to moderate. Moderators do not have access to the adminCP. I think the notifications menu, which shows how many PM's, VM's, subscribed threads you have, would be optimal for this.


Am I correct to think that LDM has two ways of assigning moderators to a category:

Either by assigning a whole usergroup moderating functionality or by inheritance from forums(which i think also has other effects)?

If this is correct, then could you please add functionality to make specific users, the moderator of a category?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

It would be optimal if moderators could see if there are files and comments to moderate. Moderators do not have access to the adminCP. I think the notifications menu, which shows how many PM's, VM's, subscribed threads you have, would be optimal for this.

Noted.

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Am I correct to think that LDM has two ways of assigning moderators to a category:

Either by assigning a whole usergroup moderating functionality or by inheritance from forums(which i think also has other effects)?

If this is correct, then could you please add functionality to make specific users, the moderator of a category?

Actually, this functionality already exists as of version 2.2.8. There's a setting moderate_usernames on the admin/settings page, also on Add/Edit category pages, to allow you to specify additional users who can moderate.

The other two groups of moderators you identify are correct.