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.

[Benj]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I'm not sure that I really like the look yet, but perhaps you can try this variant on the link_listbit template and let me know if that's what you are wanting to achieve. Bear in mind that with the links collapsed by default, you are relying on your users enabling javascript.

i like this template its cool

Lovin this product man......

any idea about puttin so called template conditionals in this template to show if any paticualar download has moved up or down the chart. sorry im kinda drunk.

the idea i have is to show like an upward (or downwards) image showin if the paticualar download has moved up or down the hits list regarding its previous position.

for example if download a had 19 hits and b had 17 on day 1
and then
on day to a had 19 and b had 21 then b would have an upward image next to it showing it had gained a place in the hits list


hopes this is reomotly clear as i said im kinda drunk

if its not possible or requires lots more "hard" sql then dw just a drunken idea



cheeers

Benj

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by robihot

Hmmm... My location is Switzerland. But can it be that within VB (as Thumbs if attched to a post) it's working but not in DLM?

I assume, VB is also using GD2 to create the Thumbnail. And the GIF is realy a normal GIF.

VB uses the same library but not the same function. As a first guess, lets assume the problem is inside LDM. As I suggested, email me one of your gifs and I'll try to track down the problem.

[EasyTarget]

how do I use/integrate that xml you made? (sorry I'm a noob)

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

how do I use/integrate that xml you made? (sorry I'm a noob)

The xml is a single template, a replacement for the link_listbit template. Just use VB admincp to update the template with these new contents. You can always 'revert' it again later

[robihot]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

VB uses the same library but not the same function. As a first guess, lets assume the problem is inside LDM. As I suggested, email me one of your gifs and I'll try to track down the problem.

Hello Edward,
I emailed you an example of the GIF I tried to resize.
PS: The URL is fine, I can see it in the HTML page (of course, otherwise the PNG/JPG would be displayed :nervous: )

Thanks and regards, Robi

[NuclioN]

Great hack but i'm confused with the upload permissions. When my upload dir is forum/uploads how must i specify the *local_file_root* and
*local_file_root_prefix* and further in the settings: upload_dir ?

Also i wonder how you can add an image beside the added link. Tnx in advance.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by NuclioN

Great hack but i'm confused with the upload permissions. When my upload dir is forum/uploads how must i specify the *local_file_root* and
*local_file_root_prefix* and further in the settings: upload_dir ?

local_file_root: indicates whether files are located in terms of their position on your web site ('web space') or the raw server ('server space')
local_file_root_prefix: force files to be in a particular part of 'web space' or 'server space'
upload_dir: the specific directory in which the uploads are stored, relative to the constraints imposed by the above

Example 1: your upload directory, uploads, is a top-level directory in http://yoursite, ie all uploads will be stored inside http://yoursite/uploads -> set local_file_root to 0, leave local_file_root_prefix blank and set upload_dir to /uploads

Example 2: your upload directory, uploads, is to be kept outside your website so that curious users can't get at it. You want it to be a subdirectory of /data on the the computer which is acting as server. All local documents that you will 'serve' to your user community will also be held in subdirectories of /data: set local_file_root to 1, set local_file_root_profix to /data and set upload_dir to /uploads

Originally Posted by NuclioN

Also i wonder how you can add an image beside the added link. Tnx in advance.

Two ways: Either use standard BBcodes [img] within the descriptions or title. Or set link_image_size to a non-zero value, in which case the link entry form will extend to include an additional item, which is the image to accompany the entry. In the second case, your web server must have the GD2 library available.

[NuclioN]

Followed your suggestions but i can't upload anything. Also i can't upload a link icon, not by direct upload and not with an url to an image.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by NuclioN

Followed your suggestions but i can't upload anything. Also i can't upload a link icon, not by direct upload and not with an url to an image.

Is your web site available to the public - if so, the easiest way to help is if you send me a PM with an admin userid and password and the site's url, so that I can take a look

[NuclioN]

That's ok, check PM. I also see database errors linked to 'image.pm' but this maybe something else