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.

[shiva]

I will have a look at it and see. Thanks, might make it a bit easier, better than the time it's taken to write enough words to describe the cat...
Another thing to play with when I make more icons for the new listings.

[shiva]

It does work, but...

I guess a picture is worth a thousand words. I haven't removed the individual codes for the cats, but on listings where the folder is used to list the sub categories...
Would work fine as long as there are no child categories

I think maybe a seperate image type thing may be better down the road, as it is, bbcode works fine with just a simple addition in admincp.

Thanks though, the ability to change that little folder image is very useful though in other ways.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by shiva

It does work, but...

I guess a picture is worth a thousand words. I haven't removed the individual codes for the cats, but on listings where the folder is used to list the sub categories...
Would work fine as long as there are no child categories

I think maybe a seperate image type thing may be better down the road, as it is, bbcode works fine with just a simple addition in admincp.

Thanks though, the ability to change that little folder image is very useful though in other ways.

OK, noted

[shiva]

Have another idea...

I have a lot of childs in each of my parent categories. How about the ability to clone a category, with all of its settings intact to use as a template. So we can have our descriptions/extended descriptions, use policy and the settings carry over, as well as display settings and permissions, and then it's a simple to edit any changes you want.

Thinking about it, all you would need is to tell it the cat id you wish to use for the template settings, and a new name to call that created cat.

Not sure how much that would take though, might be simplier than the use policy idea, but just a idea for a good option down the road. Mind you, with all the other ideas from everyone else, that might be version 7.0

Thanks for all your help.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

wow. been a bit since I've been able to visit this thread/hack for updates...
and DAAAAAAAAAAAAANNGGGGGG andrew....still pluggin away and TONS of updates!!

I've said it before and I'll say it again... this hack is amazing and the support and consist development you provide is unprecendented and a true mark of why this is such a popular hack. I continue to be incredibly impressed with your efforts. GREAT JOB and keep it up!!!!

that said, and I tried looking for the answer but didn't come up with it...
its been a while so I hope this wasn't coverd....

1. any updates on having a reply automatically post into a forum of choice? (like with the drupal hack or events forums hack or the like).

I know I've asked you about this several times before so I'm really sorry for buggin you...
but I really believe this would be a HUGE boon to the already great system as it would really give direct exposure for uploads and encourage much much more contributions, etc.

2. Is there a bulk upload feature working in this version?

once again.. Keep up the great work.

[MikeGK]

I'm having a serious problem with linking files offsite, sometime it would detect the file and sometime it would just show html file or "sorry no link available" ..I got the link work correctly and permission are set fine...what could it be? thank you Andrew

[wdlove]

Thank You for your hard work on our behalf.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by MikeGK

I'm having a serious problem with linking files offsite, sometime it would detect the file and sometime it would just show html file or "sorry no link available" ..I got the link work correctly and permission are set fine...what could it be? thank you Andrew

Mike, I need a bit more information to help you - can you give me some examples of problem files, etc - perhaps PM me and include an admin username/pwd for your board?

[Slave]

Could that be related to the same problem I was having Andrew?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

1. any updates on having a reply automatically post into a forum of choice? (like with the drupal hack or events forums hack or the like).

I will provide a plug in with the final version of 2.1.5 to auto create a thread in the forum that have associated with a new link. This plugin will be called when you create a new link, not when you edit it. I am not going to write code to delete threads, edit threads, etc.

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

2. Is there a bulk upload feature working in this version?

No.