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.

[obmob]

You know, it would be great to be able to determine a folder for each category... and separate one for thumbs.

Also a temporal folder for uploads... oh well, i think that's already here...

Something like this:

data
--- media
------cat1
------cat2
------cat3
--- thumbs
------cat1
------cat2
------cat3
--- temp_uploads
--- temp_thumbs

This is a great mod, with a lot of potential... i'm translating to spanish, i'll attach it later this week.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by obmob

... i'm translating to spanish, i'll attach it later this week.

Thanks!!

You realise that there is a 50% translation provided into Mexican Spanish? Take a look in the /development part of the directory tree in the zip file.

[Boofo]

Andrew, sorry to bother you here again, but do you remember how we got the images to display in the links last time? I had to reinstall this after a server HD crash (I lost everything) and the image shows a red x now instead of the image.

[Benj]

andrew anyway you could russle up another addon to show a users files in there profile? id be willing to donate (if your accepting them now )

cheers mate

[obmob]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Thanks!!

You realise that there is a 50% translation provided into Mexican Spanish? Take a look in the /development part of the directory tree in the zip file.

Yeah, i didn't like it, so i'm also changing some spanish to make it more natural, hope you like it whe it's done. :bunny:

[oglsmm]

Sorry I did some searches using terms I was able to think of, but was unable to find an answer.

I have two questions;

1) Is it possible to just rename local_links.php to another name?
For example files.php, etc

2) Is there a way to force users who have permission to upload to only upload to a specific Catagory?

[obmob]

Originally Posted by oglsmm

Sorry I did some searches using terms I was able to think of, but was unable to find an answer.

I have two questions;

1) Is it possible to just rename local_links.php to another name?
For example files.php, etc

2) Is there a way to force users who have permission to upload to only upload to a specific Catagory?

First answer is right here O_o
http://www.eirma.org/devel/LDM

Second one... i'd love to know the answer too ^_^

[arcadian_girl]

i'm having trouble with the extra to auto-create a thread when a new file is uploaded. i uploaded the plugin, but nothing's happening-it's still not creating the thread. i was kind of confused as to the instructions-was i supposed to do something other than just install the plugin?

thanks

[Boofo]

Can some please help me with the forum of this setting?

thumbs_dirDirectory in which thumbnails are stored [relative to webroot]. Ensure writable by webserver.

Right now is is set at:

/forum/images_fr/ldm_thumbs

but I am still getting a red x next to the link, even after rebuilding the thumbnails. Does anybody have any idea what I am doing wrong?

[arcadian_girl]

hi Boofo