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]

Second release candidate, with minor changes from 2.1.5 RC1 - the change in version number is to force the VB installer to rerun the installation code.

Withdrawn - next RC is available here

[Slave]

Cool AndrewD ..

I'll have a play and let you know if I find anything ..

[Akagi]

im using 2.1.2beta and was doing fine, until recently, i tried to add in an additional filetype to be uploaded. First, i added it to the vb attachment mimetype table, then the LDM one. However, when i tried to upload it to the LDM, it kept saying the below errror message even though these filetypes are clearly defined in the vb attachment table.

The following setting(s) are invalid
upload_filetypes : jpg,png,jpeg
jpg not set in VB mimetype table
png not set in VB mimetype table
jpg not set in VB mimetype table

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Akagi

im using 2.1.2beta and was doing fine, until recently, i tried to add in an additional filetype to be uploaded. First, i added it to the vb attachment mimetype table, then the LDM one. However, when i tried to upload it to the LDM, it kept saying the below errror message even though these filetypes are clearly defined in the vb attachment table.

The following setting(s) are invalid
upload_filetypes : jpg,png,jpeg
jpg not set in VB mimetype table
png not set in VB mimetype table
jpg not set in VB mimetype table

Have you actually given the mimetype information for these types in the VB attachments table?

[shiva]

Looks good Andrew, I will install this tonight. Thanks for the auto parsing links, makes life a lot easier for me.

[|oR|Greg]

Upgraded.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Extras
Sample plugins provided for these features:
- Limit the number of times a user can download a given file
- Autocreate threads in associated forums when new links are added

AWESOME! !THANKS!!! Andrew has the best and best supported hack EVER!! :bow: :bunny:

I shall be away on business for the next week, so I'm leaving the zip file down here at the bottom of the thread. If no-one reports serious problems by the time I come back, then this will become the new official release. No more new features for a while - I have to do something else.

a well deserved break. Good luck with your business trip.

and yah.....forget new features for now... let all help Andrew mock up some UI changes. That's the only area ecDownloads seems to be ahead on.
(eg: smooshed columns, unsitely subcategories, better placement for hit parade, show latest, highest rated etc on portal. NOT as a dropdown)

[Akagi]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Have you actually given the mimetype information for these types in the VB attachments table?

yes they were..in fact these file extensions have been working fine and the problem only occur when i try to add in an additional filetype (which i've already added to the vb attachment table too)

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Akagi

yes they were..in fact these file extensions have been working fine and the problem only occur when i try to add in an additional filetype (which i've already added to the vb attachment table too)

OK, will take a look - 2.1.2 you said? Somewhere in my mind I remember a problem.

[MissKalunji]

One quick question with this mod....lets say someone has the setting to open media from IE in media player example will it overide the setting and open a box asking to open save or cancel?

Thanks