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]

is anyone running this with vbstyles element skin... if so could you post a link to your forum.... i just want to see how it would look before i get it

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by kadafi_alive

Hi Andrew,

is there a way to prevent users exploiting the jukebox system.

You see, when an user registers and plays media via the jukebox (streamer), he can bookmark the jukebox page and go directly next time without having to sign up.

a) You can always turn off 'can_play_musicbox' on the LDM permissions page by usergroup

b) As far as I thought, bookmarking the link does not allow the user to bypass the access permissions - the player checks for a valid logged in user before streaming the file. If I'm wrong, let me know and I'll check/fix.

Is there something else you want to block?

[Slave]

AndrewD .. I noticed that the xml file for integrating the admin options into the AdminCP had "Settings and Permissions" as one option instead of separate (hangover from when they were on one page?) ..

I've redone the file with Permissions as a separate link ..

[welo]

Quick question here: Been busy and haven't upgraded since 2.0.2. Will I need to go through each subsequent release to get it to the latest version? Or can I just perform the upgrade for 2.1.0?

[kadafi_alive]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

a) You can always turn off 'can_play_musicbox' on the LDM permissions page by usergroup

b) As far as I thought, bookmarking the link does not allow the user to bypass the access permissions - the player checks for a valid logged in user before streaming the file. If I'm wrong, let me know and I'll check/fix.

Is there something else you want to block?

Hi,

The thing is, the links and downloads manager installed on my website is solely based on the jukebox.

With bookmarking, I meant bookmarking the streamurl.

For example, when the user clicks on the winamp icon, it opens a new window playing the file. The users can mark that 'window' and go from there directly.

Is there a way to remove the address bar and limit the size of the window so that they cannot scroll.

I know that it can be done with javascript like:

javascriptpenNewWindow('link','height=416,width= 575,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,left=0,top=0')

but how would you implement that in the vb template?

Thanks in advance

Regards

[GamerJunk.net]

Thanks I love it!

[Slave]

Originally Posted by kadafi_alive

I know that it can be done with javascript like:

javascriptpenNewWindow('link','height=416,width= 575,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,left=0,top=0')

but how would you implement that in the vb template?

I have something like that in some html I use ..

<a onclick="MyWindow=window.open('FileYouWantToShowInTheWindowHere.php','MyWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no,width=400,height=300,left=150,top=150'); return false;" href="#">TextOrImageHere</a>

(watch out, vB adds spaces into the above code as the line is so long)

Is that the sort of thing you're after?

[kadafi_alive]

Originally Posted by Slave

I have something like that in some html I use ..

<a onclick="MyWindow=window.open('FileYouWantToShowInTheWindowHere.php','MyWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no,width=400,height=300,left=150,top=150'); return false;" href="#">TextOrImageHere</a>

(watch out, vB adds spaces into the above code as the line is so long)

Is that the sort of thing you're after?

Yes, exactly, how can I implement that for the jukebox?

Regards

[Slave]

Originally Posted by kadafi_alive

Yes, exactly, how can I implement that for the jukebox?

heh .. not sure tbh, I don't use the jukebox .. I was hoping you'd know and be able to use the code I gave to sort it out ..

I'm sure AndrewD will be able to put it to good use ..

[Slave]

Oh AndrewD .. when I was reading the instructions about the jukebox I noticed a couple of mistakes in the instructions.txt file ..

In the Sections key you have "The jukebox" at 4.5 and "Thumbnail images" at 4.6 .. but when you look at the sections they are reversed with "Thumbnail images" at 4.5 and "The jukebox" at 4.6 ..

Also within the Sections key you have "Icons" showing as 3.9 when it should be 3.6 .. and "Mime type" as 3.10 instead if 3.7 ..