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]

Originally Posted by XtAzY

woot thanks XD

Included in 2.0.7RC

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by TundraSoul

Looks good, no problems here.

Here's a suggestion. Can you change the When submitted date format to read mm/dd/yyyy instead of dd/mm/yyyy or just use whatever date format vB is using so everyone will be happy.

Included in 2.0.7RC

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

I'm just looking to be able to choose whether they can download the file or visit the link straight from the link_listbit template or whether the entries on the link_listbit would link the user to another page in the LDM with more information about the file.

-link_listbit
-->live link + brief description/thumbnail
-->live link + brief description/thumbnail
-->live link + brief description/thumbnail
-alt_link_listbit
-->brief description/thumbnail
--->extensive description/thumbnails + live download link
-->brief description/thumbnail
--->extensive description/thumbnails + live download link

Included in 2.0.7RC - use the link_linkbit_short template option on the admin page

[COBRAws]

Im moved from ecDownloads to LDM, seems better and you give support.

In exchange I could also help with spanish translation for 2.0.7. Ill start ASAP.

Greetings

[EasyTarget]

Thanks Andrew and good luck on the trip.

Originally Posted by COBRAws

Im moved from ecDownloads to LDM, seems better and you give support.

same here. This hack is awesome and so is the person that's making it.

[EasyTarget]

after upgrading it no longer shows the thumbnails, it says "Can't load" and the image location. I used both jpg and gif images and they were working in the old version. If I embed it as a [ img] in the description I can get it there, but not in the thumbnail section. This is for remote images from another site. If I copy the image to my site then link from there it works fine. this is all using cURL as allow_url_fopen is off.

also on the edit/add link page (local_links.php?action=editlink&linkid=11&catid=5 &page=1) I get this message

Warning: implode(): Bad arguments. in /includes/local_links_include.php on line 867

also using the linkbit short template with the thumbnail problem I lose the ability to edit the link and for entries with thumbnails, if you click on the thumbnail it goes right to the download instead of the extended description.

(sorry I was in a hurry and didn't have time to test everything, but when I get back I go through it some more)

[Benj]

hey andrew just wondering is there a way in the links_linkbit template to show which place a download/link appears on a list? so when looking at say hits in 24 hours the top downloaded link (at top of list) has 1 next to it followed underneath by 2 3 4 etc

[TundraSoul]

Thanks Andrew!

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Included in 2.0.7RC

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

after upgrading it no longer shows the thumbnails, it says "Can't load" and the image location. I used both jpg and gif images and they were working in the old version. If I embed it as a [ img] in the description I can get it there, but not in the thumbnail section. This is for remote images from another site. If I copy the image to my site then link from there it works fine. this is all using cURL as allow_url_fopen is off.

also on the edit/add link page (local_links.php?action=editlink&linkid=11&catid=5 &page=1) I get this message


also using the linkbit short template with the thumbnail problem I lose the ability to edit the link and for entries with thumbnails, if you click on the thumbnail it goes right to the download instead of the extended description.

(sorry I was in a hurry and didn't have time to test everything, but when I get back I go through it some more)

I should know better than to change things that were working!

These are straightforward mistakes, introduced when I tried to do something else. I'm too tired to think straight at the moment, but after a night's sleep, I'll test and upload the fixes.

[AndrewD]

I've re-uploaded 2.0.7RC to fix some problems reported by EasyRider. If you've upgraded to the first 2.0.7RC, please re-install with the new code.

Bugs fixed are concerned with thumbnail images, links from the new short template and validation of uploads.