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.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by testpig

Hi Andrew.
Is it still possible to do a mass import into LDM from the server? I cant find the option.

Yes, and there's a new option in 2.1.3.

The traditional csv export/import is still available on admin/import and export

That page also has an xml export option. The script to import xmls is in the extras directory in the zip.

Difference between the two - csv import/export will backup/restore the important data but misses out som eof the more recent entries. csv import will restore categories and links into an empty database and will restore links only into a database in which there already are some entries.

xml export is a complete dump. xml import clears your database before restoring.

I do plan at some stage to extend the xml import to allow partial imports and imports into an existing database, but that will have to wait.

[Joep11]

Originally Posted by Joep11
Hi Andrew!

This is a great hack!

Is it possible to have featured sites per catagory? So that favourites are shown as featured only in the catagory/catagories that favourite is in....

That would be great because it does not make sense to have a featured dog in a cat catagory

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I'll add that as an option. Thanks.

That would be REALLY great! It is what we are waiting for
I don't want to push it...when do you expect it to have it ready for download? :nervous:

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Joep11

That would be REALLY great! It is what we are waiting for
I don't want to push it...when do you expect it to have it ready for download? :nervous:

In about one or two days time...

[Viks]

Hi AndrewD,

I have a question for you. I am planning to use your mod to make a collection of mailing addresses (clinics and hospitals actually) but the problem is that I either have to upload a file OR enter a URL to save the description (which will have the address) otherwise I get a error message.

Is there a way to make the mod accept description without uploading or adding a URL?
Please also not that I am also using your mod as a file and links database on the same website.

I would appreciate if you can reply and help me with this issue.

regards,

Vik

[Ophelia]

Andrew, I'm back again. We are having this with a couple members.. not sure if it's the manager or the person.

First, thank you for bringing back the freebies. I love this site and it's the first place I go every morning.

When I go the download section (like the Daily Download), I see the different downloads available. I click the link above the picture (and also tried clicking the picture), and it brings me to an accept/decline screen. I click accept and it brings up my download manager. However, the file it brings up is always called the same thing, "local link.htm".

When I go to my folders to see if it downloaded, all it contains is the blue "e" Internet Explorer symbol, and when I hit that it just brings me back to your download section.

I use MSN with Windows Explorer. This is the first time I've had trouble with your site.

It doesn't matter which zip file I try to download, I always get the same thing, a file called Local_links.htm.

Any ideas?

[Langly]

patch-showthread
patch-forumhome

Will either of these make a post in a certain forum?

[Langly]

How can I change the button "Add Link" to "Upload a File"?

[Slave]

Originally Posted by Viks

Hi AndrewD,

I have a question for you. I am planning to use your mod to make a collection of mailing addresses (clinics and hospitals actually) but the problem is that I either have to upload a file OR enter a URL to save the description (which will have the address) otherwise I get a error message.

Is there a way to make the mod accept description without uploading or adding a URL?
Please also not that I am also using your mod as a file and links database on the same website.

AndrewD answered this a couple of pages back ..

"allow_null_links box on the admin settings page"

If you make it "1" this will allow you to make an entry without the need for a URL

[Slave]

Originally Posted by Langly

How can I change the button "Add Link" to "Upload a File"?

I take it you're talking about the Add Link menu item?

If so you need to go to your .. admincp -> Languages & Phrases -> Search in Phrases -> Search for Text "Add Link"

This will bring up that phrase with which you can replace with whatever wording you like

You can then do the same thing with any other phrase you need to change.

[Langly]

Not sure if this is a bug or just my settings but it seems that if someone changes the site style then the LDM style still stays the same. How do I make it so that the style in LDM changes with the rest of the site?