Links and Downloads Manager

LDM extends VBulletin to manage a library of documents, files and links to other web sites. Documents can be stored on your own web site, stored on your server separate from the web site, uploaded by your user community, or held somewhere else altogether. So you can use LDM to provide your user community with access to your own files and allow them to share files with each other.

12/08/06 - Versions that work with vb36 are available and supported in the VB36 thread. Version 2.2.1, which works with VB 3.5 but not with VB 3.6, remains available here.

Thanks to everyone who has helped with all the design, testing, etc.
Translations are provided (thanks dLutt and LeeWicked) into German, (thanks to Allan) into French, and (thanks to Hugo) into Spanish. Harry1951 has handled the Dutch translation.

Screenshots, Instructions and How to Install

Full details and instructions are available as a Wiki at http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php...nloads_Manager

LDM installs as a VBulletin product. There are no modifications required to standard VB code.

Basically - upload php files and run the installer through VB's Product installer. No changes needed to VB code. Remember to BACKUP YOUR DATABASE. By default, LDM prefixes its database tables 'local_'. Edit the configuration file, local_links_init.php, if you need/wish to change this.

LDM can handle an essentially unlimited number of categories and nested subcategories, and an unlimited number of entries (hyperlinks or downloadable files). Each entry can be placed in one or several categories. Categories can have styles. Descriptions and titles can optionally include BBcodes, smilies, images and html, giving the possibility to add images, colouring, etc. File types can be flagged using icons and individual entries can also have associated thumbnail images.

Standards templates are provided for libraries of links, files, documents, and photographs.

Users can offer comments and rate the links/downloads. Each user is allowed one rating and many comments per entry, and can freely edit these if they change their mind.

Permission to use specific features is established via the product's admin page, where the administrator specifies which usergroups can add and edit entries, comment and rate these entries, moderate, etc.

By default, all entries are visible to all users. You can restrict visibility/access to links and categories by using the permissions masks from your board's forums.

Moderation of new entries is available but turned off by default.

Users can report bad links to the relevant moderators/administrators.

Each user can flag links as his/her "Favourites".

Modules are provided for VBAdvanced.

Hooks are provided in suitable places in LDM and sample plugins are included in the release (see extras directory), for example to integrate with ID3 tags in mp3 files, for slideshows, to autocreate new threads in your forums, etc.

Plus much more.

[gothicuser]

Originally Posted by jaffy

Great job on this program. I was wondering though how I would be able to show the new downloads using vbportal. I noticed it had the code for vbadvanced. Is there a way?


thanks

I tried to extend this to vBPortal myself, but didn't get too far, my knowledge of php is too limited ..

I found that there were so many good hacks, mods and themes that had been adapted for vBAdvanced that reverting back to vBA was a far easier option than spending many long hours trying to adjust these mods/hacks for vBP!
Now got a redundant vBP license.

[mariannet]

This script has just killed my forum upon uninstalling!

I used uninstall product and then local_links_kill.php.

I now get:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT dateline, userid FROM customavatar WHERE userid =;

[jaffy]

It uses the module approach like vba. tried making one but limited on php.

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I'm sure there is - I don't know anything about vbportal - does it tie into VBulletin's plugin system or does it use a mdoule approach like VBadvanced?

[jaffy]

Originally Posted by gothicuser

I tried to extend this to vBPortal myself, but didn't get too far, my knowledge of php is too limited ..

I found that there were so many good hacks, mods and themes that had been adapted for vBAdvanced that reverting back to vBA was a far easier option than spending many long hours trying to adjust these mods/hacks for vBP!
Now got a redundant vBP license.

I have never used vba so not sure of its capabilities. Plus this is for someone else.
But I thank you for your suggestion, it is worth looking into.

[Ian Emu-UK]

Andrew, would it be possible to make LDM auto delete uploaded files from a set category. I was thinking about adding a requests section for small files, obviously these files wouldn't be needed forever so if they were pruned after 7 days and deleted from the server by the script it would save me a bit of time and sever space as I know full well I'd forget to delete things.

I only updated to a version that allowed uploads a couple of days ago and it's great. Your efforts are appreciated, thanks.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by mariannet

This script has just killed my forum upon uninstalling!

I used uninstall product and then local_links_kill.php.

I now get:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT dateline, userid FROM customavatar WHERE userid =;

Marianne, I'm at a bit of a loss to help you, since this hack doesn't touch the customavatar table, nor the list of userids. What else have you installed?

[silurius]

Another request: Could you look into integration with James' Redirect hack?

[AmpSul]

could someone please clarify the file/byte quota system:

if a usergroup is set to 2 files / 100mb - will it stop them at 2 files or 100mb? that is, will it take the lowest first?

currently, i host large files and small files. i want my users to be able to get two large files (100mb limit) or many small files (up to 100mb). should i just turn off the files and keep the 100mb byte limit?

any info most appreciated.
(i've said it before (and will probably say it again) this util is absolutely excellent... there is no other utils that does the job for vbulletin like this!!)

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by AmpSul

could someone please clarify the file/byte quota system:

if a usergroup is set to 2 files / 100mb - will it stop them at 2 files or 100mb? that is, will it take the lowest first?

currently, i host large files and small files. i want my users to be able to get two large files (100mb limit) or many small files (up to 100mb). should i just turn off the files and keep the 100mb byte limit?

any info most appreciated.
(i've said it before (and will probably say it again) this util is absolutely excellent... there is no other utils that does the job for vbulletin like this!!)

Yes, you should probably disable the files limit. LDM stops the user at the first limit to be hit. For the bytes limit, it prevents a hit if this will take the user over their limit.

[AmpSul]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Yes, you should probably disable the files limit. LDM stops the user at the first limit to be hit. For the bytes limit, it prevents a hit if this will take the user over their limit.

great stuff... i'll give it a try.

thanks for the ultra-speedy response