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 Darkstarproject

Answer to 1 - I assume I set it at - link_imagesize ? If so, I did not have a value set, but I set a value now.

2 - Thread annoucements are working fine, when I uploaded the photo, it created a thread. when the user uploaded a photo, it did not create the thread.

I took a quick look at your site. I can see one problem which should be fixed first - I'm not sure if this is the cause of your problem or not.

I think you've got different base urls set for your site and your forum on your vb/admincp/options/site settings. One is set to www.sitename.xxx and the other just to sitename.xxx. You should make these consistent.

LDM uses full urls to avoid problems at the interface between vbulletin and vbadvanced.

Because vBulletin login cookies are (by default) url specific, someone who has logged on at www.sitename.xxx is not logged on when taken to sitename.xxx. This might be causing your difficulties.

If this is not the problem, I'm glad to take a look but will need full admin privs. Send me a pm if you want.

Yes, link_imagesize was correct - from what I see, this is now working correctly.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by RikiB

Perhaps there could be a way to display a warning that the admin can view when someone downloads with multiple IPs.
I can then quickly check the IPs geolocaion and make a judgment. If I check the IPs and one is from UK while the other is from Austrailia, then I know that the user is sharing their user info, or someone stole it.

What would be even better is if ldlm could figure out the aprox location of the IP, but that is wishful thinking.

Just wondering, this isnt a huge deal but I have caught a few people abusing the system.

Riki

Take a look at the LDM/admin/hits information page - the default listing shows you how many IP addresses each recorded user has 'hit' from. I imagine that we could provide a plugin extra which links this page to a geolocation facility.

[RikiB]

Thanks Andrew yeah currently I check that page when I think about it to see how many people are using multiple IPs, and its fairly rare. What I was thinking is if there could be some sort of notification when this happens without having to manually check. The problem is buy the time I realize 2 people downloaded a purchased file, it is too late.

[derfelix]

Great version... very happy..

One little thing.. the german language file has a little problem.. it is UTF-8 which is OK but the xml-encoding is also UTF-8 which is a problem unless you use the vbulletin from vbulletin-china.cn.
In that version the core files have been modified to accept that encoding..

Most people use the language files (also for vbulletin and blog) following way:
Load lang file in texteditor.
Save as UTF8
Then only load into vbulletin.
in Vbulletin language settings make sure ALL charsets are set to UTF-8

But the first line in the languagefile should be:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
and NOT:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
(otherwise each line gets truncated at the first special character -- at least in the vbulletin versions purchased from vbulletin.com)

just wanted to let people know, if someone runs into the same problem..
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BTW.. has anybody seen a russian language file out there??
(I read in an older version - 3.6 or 3.5 - that someone was working on it)
I would very much appreciate

Thanks for the great work, andrew

Felix

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by RikiB

Thanks Andrew yeah currently I check that page when I think about it to see how many people are using multiple IPs, and its fairly rare. What I was thinking is if there could be some sort of notification when this happens without having to manually check. The problem is buy the time I realize 2 people downloaded a purchased file, it is too late.

OK, understood

[kevinh]

Hi Andrew (or anyone else who may be able to help),

I'm building a replacement for an existing vB 3.6/vBaCMPS site which uses LDM 2.2.7

The replacement site uses vB 3.7.1 and LDM 2.2.9-RC2

What is the best way to transfer all the LDM content from the old site to the new one?

Thanks,
Kevin

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by kevinh

Hi Andrew (or anyone else who may be able to help),

I'm building a replacement for an existing vB 3.6/vBaCMPS site which uses LDM 2.2.7

The replacement site uses vB 3.7.1 and LDM 2.2.9-RC2

What is the best way to transfer all the LDM content from the old site to the new one?

Thanks,
Kevin

I assume that you are either installing on a new server, or creating a new instance of VB/LDM with new database tables. If you are simply upgrading an existing site, the sequence is straightforward: upgrade vbulletin and LDM (in either order), and everything's done.

There are two things you need to think about in moving server/database:

Database: The best approach is to copy the database (or at least the LDM SQL tables, which normally have names starting "local_links") to the new site, then install LDM 2.2.9. Alternatively, you can use the LDM/admin/export and import commands to upload the tables into an empty new installation.

Content: If you are moving to a new server, and your content consists of files on your own site (rather than urls pointing to another site), then you need to copy these files over to the new server. They need to be in the same place relative to the LDM settings local_file_root and local_file_root_prefix (if necessary, you can change those parameters).

[Darkstarproject]

AndrewD. I'll get a PM off to you with the admin rights info.

[vidan]

mr andrew pls check your email, i sent email to you thanks.

[obmob]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

You mean with the LDM export/import - I will check - this will be a character set handling problem.

Yeah, using the LDM import/export features