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.

[testpig]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I tried your settings on my PC and they work fine, so I suspect that it's something to do with file and directory permissions.

Maybe you can try this for me and let me know the results (by PM preferably)

Edit includes/local_link_include.php and look for the line

if (!move_uploaded_file($GPC['tmp_name'], $fullfile)) return(NN);

Take a copy of this file and temporaily edit those lines so that they read

if (!move_uploaded_file($GPC['tmp_name'], $fullfile)) {
echo 'move failed :'.$GPC['tmp_name'].':'.$fullfile.':<br />';
exit; 
}

run a test and take note of the message that goes on the screen

Then replace the original file.

*edit* PM sent...need to read the whole message

[testpig]

*edit* as suspected the problem was my own doing. Incorrect pathway (that I didnt see with my blinkers on).

Thanks for the assistance.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Ole_Chilli

If IT is better to upload via FTP fine, but how do I still index them in this system

FTP the files into a directory on your web server, e.g. yoursite.com/myuploads

Use the 'scan directory' facilities in the LDM admin - with version 2.1.0, you find these on the admin/import and export page; with 2.1.2, they move to the admin/category page.

You can then do a mass import of the files you uploaded into LDM.

Alternatively, ftp them and simply add one entry at a time to ldm in the normal way by setting a the url to /myuploads/file1.type, etc

[Ole_Chilli]

thanks Andrew don't know how I missed that options

[Langly]

Is it possible to get you to add a "point system" to LDM? They can get xxx amount of megs credit for uploads that are approved to use. They can get xxx amount of megs credit per posts they make, etc...

Thanks

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Langly

Is it possible to get you to add a "point system" to LDM? They can get xxx amount of megs credit for uploads that are approved to use. They can get xxx amount of megs credit per posts they make, etc...

Thanks

I'll put this on the list (actually, it's quite a long standing request), but I can't guarantee to do it very quickly. I know that there are several VB hacks around for handling points - is there any particular interface that people use most/prefer?

[kr580]

Importing Product, Please Wait...

[:]

*** Installation functions are only available to administrators

When I try to import the product it gives me this message. I can do any other products fine... this one just is choosing not to work. I have full everything when it comes to permissions.

Any ideas?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by kr580

When I try to import the product it gives me this message. I can do any other products fine... this one just is choosing not to work. I have full everything when it comes to permissions.

Any ideas?

Yes. The code checks that the person installing the product is a member of user group 6, which is what I understood to be the standard administrator group.

If this is not the case, then LDM gives the message you saw.

a) You can get round this by editing includes/local_links_admininclude.php and commenting out these lines at the beginning:

if (!is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, 6)) {
	echo '*** Installation functions are only available to administrators<br />';
	exit;
}

You may run into problems in LDM itself - I'm not sure, so it would be a great help if you could tell me something about your admin account on your VB site - in which what user group id is it? Any idea why not 6?

[kr580]

My usergroupid is 9. Someone else set the forums up for me. He made it that and I've just left it be.

Anyway, the import worked so thank you. I'll LYK if I run into any more problems.

[MikeGK]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Yes, I'm happy to add this to the list - can you point me at any scripts that do handle the partial content response?

Hi Andrew, right now I'm using http://www.21code.com/alfgate/index.php (Alfgate) to support partial content response ...thank you

MikeGK