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 silurius

I may have missed this in the thread, but what is supposed to happen when a submitter's login name has changed? I see that the old name is still displayed and does not get updated.

This bug is fixed with the official version 2.1.0. However, in order to fix any existing mistakes in submitters names, you will need to edit those users' profiles in the main VB admin cp and click on 'submit' - no need to make further changes, just view/submit.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Mastar

Can someone upgrade to work with 3.51 Thanks! Great hack!

It works fine with 3.5.1 as far as I can see.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by kadafi_alive

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

Regards

Implemented in 2.1.0

[kadafi_alive]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Implemented in 2.1.0

Awesome!

Can you tell me where you added the code incase I want to modify the size, and such

Much thanks in advance!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by benj

sweet works for me how would i edit the xml external file to return the favorites for a user. i was kinda hoping to pass a user id in the file like xml.php?userid=6 which would produce an xml document containing all the favs of userid 6


sorry im a pain i know all the rest seems to work for me

I think the attached external.php will do the job.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by kadafi_alive

Awesome!

Can you tell me where you added the code incase I want to modify the size, and such

Much thanks in advance!

In the links_header template

[kadafi_alive]

Hi Andrew,

is it possible to copy the exact link (jukebox) for the icons to the 'jump' link?

What I have tried is by changing

// Launch embedded media player

if ($this_action == "play" ) {..

to
if ($this_action == "play" or "jump" ) {

in local_links.php

it does work however, the javascript noscroll, size etc won't take effect.

Regards

[AmpSul]

Originally Posted by AmpSul

@andrewd: are there any plans to include daily download limits? obviously this only applies to files.

my board currently offers several gigs of (legal) dj sets which are remotely hosted. access to these files is controlled by usergroup... but still if everyone decides one day to download the whole lot again - there goes my bandwidth for the month

as previously stated, this software absolutely rocks and has enhanced my forum a great deal... but i'm reluctant to add any more content (file links) in case they get abused.

any feedback most appreciated!

@andrewd: sorry to be a pain but... did this one make the "to do" list???

[TundraSoul]

Upgraded to 2.1.0, no problems at all here. 1606 links.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by AmpSul

@andrewd: sorry to be a pain but... did this one make the "to do" list???

It made the "to do" list but not yet the "done" list - it's there & will be attended to.