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.

[shlomot]

Are you an LDM expert? We need a tutor/integrator to help us do things right with this great add-on.

Please PM me.

[PitchouneN64ngc]

Hey AndrewD, by translating it in French for 2.2.9, I've seen a little bug.

When you moderate links, there is some templates which are not cached ('links_likebit' and 'links_sendtofriendbit').

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by PitchouneN64ngc

Hey AndrewD, by translating it in French for 2.2.9, I've seen a little bug.

When you moderate links, there is some templates which are not cached ('links_likebit' and 'links_sendtofriendbit').

Thanks, will fix in the post-1 release, coming very soon.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by kevinh

Hi,
I was hoping another knowledgeable LDM user could help me out. I'm trying to modify the minimalistic Template: "links_linkbit_featured" by adding in Keywords functionality that exists in the Template: "links_linkbit_mshort" ('modern short'), without the box that exists in the latter template.

See attached screen shot - I want "Keywords" to appear where it says "test".

I have tried copying and pasting code from one template to the other but I can't quite get it right.

If this is more complex than simply copying and pasting code into the template I would be happy to pay someone to do this for me.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin, the change to the template is straightforward:

<if condition="$linkkeys"><br />$vbphrase[ll_keywords]: $linkkeys</if>

This works if you tell a normal LDM display to use the featured linkbit. However, it will not work with the standard 'featured' display as it stands, because (for reasons of efficiency) the keywords are not cached at that point in the code. It's an easy change to make to the code - let me know what you need.

[maroceve]

hello, does anybody have troubles displaying the PNG's ? from the ox icons ? it' makes a huge mess in the width of the ldm library entries ...Since it displays the link phrase and not the ICONS....

Anyone encountered that problem ?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by maroceve

hello, does anybody have troubles displaying the PNG's ? from the ox icons ? it' makes a huge mess in the width of the ldm library entries ...Since it displays the link phrase and not the ICONS....


Anyone encountered that problem ?

It displays text if it cannot find the icons in the directory you have specified. Check (LDM/admin/settings) that you have pointed file_icons_dir at the right place.

[kevinh]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

..... It's an easy change to make to the code - let me know what you need.

Thanks Andrew, but my freind Cam has sorted it out with your help (I didn't know he had contacted you as well).

Cheers,
Kevin

[shlomot]

Hello, can someone teach me how I can post an iFrame link to the merchant's site as an affiliate?

Best is to define an attribute for it, however - I'll even be happy to know how to post the iFrame in the textarea description field.

A typical example for such iFrame would be AllPosters':

<IFRAME name="apciframe" id="apciframe" style="width:504px;height:1083px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://affiliates.allposters.com/PosterStore/347730_PosterStore.htm" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"><a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?AID=1578089047&PSTID=4&LTID=16&lang=1">Buy Usher Raymond posters and art</a></IFRAME>

Thanks for your help.

[maroceve]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

It displays text if it cannot find the icons in the directory you have specified. Check (LDM/admin/settings) that you have pointed file_icons_dir at the right place.

Actually it keeps adding a slash at the end of the adress : So when i enter /images/ldmicons

it transforms it to images/ldmicons/

[glowinggal]

we just moved our server to a new host and now for some reason all the thumbnails that were originally associated with each download is not showing. It's still showing as "linked" and the files are there as i checked that already; but they aren't actually coming up in LDM?