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.

[Stilgar]

Is anyone else having problems showing Thimbnails on Links using Version 2.2.9-post2?

Ever since upgrading to this version, I have not been able to make Thumbnails show.

Added:

The Thumbnails do show when viewing the Category in the "Short Entries" version.

[Delazar]

Hi,

wenn ich versuche eine Kategorie zu erstellen, bekomme ich folgende Meldung:

Warnung: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/local_links_misc.php (Zeile 74)

Ich habe schon mal alles deinstalliert und wieder Installiert, immer noch das gleiche.

Was kann es sein?

Gru?
Delazar

[gamextract]

I've just installed the 2.2.9 version on my 3.7 vbulletin, and I'm getting this security token error. Any help on how to fix this would be great.

Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error.

I checked the local_links.php
and local_links_actions.php

and both already have the define('CSRF_PROTECTION', true);

I'm confused as to what I'm missing

I've even gone through all my template files and made sure the

<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />

was included where needed

[gamextract]

Edit-sorry for the double/new post

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by yahoooh

still wait : timer to download to prevent hotlinking
i still prefer timer than any other way
or also verification by image

Sorry for the long delay... needed my rest

There is an LDM add-on, secure-urls, in the release/extras directory which provides timer- and user- based locks on LDM urls.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by evildream

Using vb 3.6.4 and LDM 2.2.9 post2 and having this problem that's been frustrating me for hours because it should be simple.

local_file_root is set to Yes
local_file_root is set to /attachments/
sync_enabled is set to Yes
sync_populate_categories is set to Yes
sync_populate_entries is set to Yes

I uploaded the files into /attachments/songs/mp3/
set chmod 777 to all directories

When adding a category I set this:
Synchronise with... songs/mp3/

And gives me this error:
Cannot synchronise category with songs/mp3/ - directory not found.

What on earth am I doing wrong??

Did you get to the bottom of this?

local_file_root set to 'yes' means 'look for the files outside your website, starting at the root of the file structure. So with (I presume you mean) local_file_root_prefix set to 'attachments', LDM will try to find your songs in the directory /attachments/songs/mp3/.. at the root of the file system.

Also worth checking that your site's php settings allow this access, particularly, is open_basedir set? You can find this information on the LDM admin pages, on the left side.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by IrPr

Hi Mr Andrew;

Bug report:
With can_edit_link and no can_select_category and no can_admin_links permission, when local_links.php generates editlink form ldm_construct_category_list() returns null, so no $optbit, so no pcatid[] input array in form, so ll_error_category standard error will be returened when form submitted.

How to fix:
local_links.php (line 1328) in "editlink" area
"can_add_link" permission should be "can_edit_link"

Thanks - that bug has been there for a long, long time.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by sparklywater

Someone please help, I'm trying to include some HTML formatting in my entry layout, and although the formatting does correctly display the first time it is submitted and applied, the HTML code reverts back to bbCode format and the HTML code does not show up in the editer window when the same entry is edited again. For example if I apply the bold attribute in HTML around a text like this: <b>This text is bold</b>, when the entry is edited again the HTML code does not remain in this way but changes to bbCode format: [ b] This text is bold [/b]. This causes problems because I need the HTML code to remain in the exact way I enter them in order to apply the required formatting to the entry using HTML. I've checked my LDM settings and HTML input is enabled in entries. If anyone has any idea what I am talking about and can offer some advice on how to solve this, please let me know. How can I prevent the WYSYWIG editer from automatically converting HTML code into bbCode?

EDIT: I've just noticed that this problem only accurs with the Advanced WYSIWYG editor but not the Standard editor, so switching to the standard version solves the problem.

The code uses vbulletin wysiwyg textbox forms. I imagine that the html/bbcode handling is built into the handling of these forms.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by derfelix

Maybe its only me.. but probably I am doing something wrong....

Talking about Keywords..
(this is only theoretical.. but i plan to have it running in couple of weeks)

I set up LDM as a simple link directory with 16 categories...
Users add links with title, description AND Keywords..
Suppose every user adds 5 keywords.. some are double.. some not..
so if i plan to have about 5000 links.. that makes 25000.. keywords.. no.. because of doubles etc.. but lets say about 5000 in total..

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Now on the display links page for example and in other places I have the "Filter" (a dropdown that shows all keywords).. that would be a dropdown with 5000 fields?????
I know this is theoretical only, but realistic is to have about 1000 keywords after 5000 links.. (specially if you have very different categories)
even a the 1000 keywords loaded every page would slow down the system.. or am I wrong..
Ok the filter is limited to keywords by category.. but still.. we dont know how big we get..
I would suggest an option to turn the keyword filter off.. specially to save ressources on bigger board

Thats only an idea... but maybe i'm totally wrong..

Felix

Thanks, will check if I've beem that stupid (highly likely) and provide the option to turn this off. There have been similar problems with other drop-down menus during development.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by stwilson

I noticed one small issue for the Attributes option. The Attributes display order works for the presentation of the link but does not order correctly in Add Entry form. I don't know what the order is for the Add Link form but it is not consistent with the Display Order identified in the Admin Panel.

One other suggestion for Attributes, allow for adding a required option per attribute. I find that Attributes will be very powerful for me but there is no way for me to identify specific attributes (not all of them) that I would like my members to enter.

I added attributes earlier this year, and the code is still rather raw and buggy. I'll check and also see how to deal with your good suggestion.