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.

[Deska]

Thank's AndrewD & Tyegurl for the answer
[high]* Deska click install [/high]

[Deska]

Btw, any chance to add custom field(s) like text, dropdown select, etc. ?

[Tyegurl]

like the slide menu javascript?

click on home and it slides or drops down to show your categories?

i thought about asking for that myself but i all ready have a tricky request in lol

ooooo just thought of something....andrewd...can we use the mypopupmenu posted by jake bunce on www.vbulletin.com to do that?

[Deska]

It's not like you said, Tyegurl.
I mean, adding some custom fields in each categories.
So member can add link with some more fields.

I hope AndrewD know what I mean

[Tyegurl]

oh i think i do....but not sure....i will wait and see what develops lol

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Deska

It's not like you said, Tyegurl.
I mean, adding some custom fields in each categories.
So member can add link with some more fields.

I hope AndrewD know what I mean

I think I know what you mean

You want to be able to extend the number of fields that LDM handles, for example by defining 'my birthday' and 'address' and 'my favourite car' fields.

Unfortunately, this is not among the features of LDM at the moment. It's on the 'wish list' but it's not likely to be dealt with very soon.

[Deska]

AndrewD is correct.
I'll wait it then

[|oR|Greg]

Andrew, you are more then welcome to include the minor fixes I did to the local_links.php file and my super sexy template in the next release.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by |oR|Greg

Andrew, you are more then welcome to include the minor fixes I did to the local_links.php file and my super sexy template in the next release.

You're way ahead of me (or maybe the other way round) - I've been working on this - fixing the closed category bug and the extra templates so that code changes aren't needed in order to achieve your template layout.

The closed category bug was rather tricky, as there is an intrinsic error in Internet Explorer and some confusion in the other browsers.

A couple of days and we'll be there...

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Tyegurl

oops...i went and looked at the versions and i thought i did....uploading now....must have missed an update sorry.

updated....

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT COUNT(linkid) AS hits
FROM local_linksdownloads
WHERE linkid='608'
AND userid='1'
AND usertime>'1145629606';

MySQL Error : Lost connection to MySQL server during query
Error Number : 2013
Date : Friday, April 21st 2006 @ 07:27:24 AM
Script : http://www.teamrespawn.com/vBulletin...d=608&catid=30
Referrer :
IP Address :
Username : Tyegurl
Classname : vb_database

no connection loss...loaded and played just fine....

Are you still getting the email messages? I can't see anything wrong, although there are similar reports of lost database connections on the internet.

You can if you want turn off 'hit recording' by setting the LDM admin permission *can_bypass_hit_recording* on for all usergroups.