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 Wachtmeister

Thank you!


Is it also possible to show the links as a light version?

Just one row with linkname, rating, hits ?

I played with the templates and it is not easy. Maybe someone has already done this?

With v2.1.0, you have a toggle bit at the top right of the links listing, which takes you between a 'lite' and full version of the links display. You can force the use fo the lite version on the admin page by selecting the links_linkbit_short template (towards the bottom of the settings page).

[Wachtmeister]

Does anybody has a .htaccess file for me, that handles mod rewrites somehow?

I would love to have the links shown as

http://links.webgurus.de/funlinks instead of http://www.webgurus.de/forum/local_links.php?catid=1


Also http://links.webgurus.de instead of http://www.webgurus.de/forum/local_links.php would be fine.

I know, this would be better in an apache forum, but maybe someone did exactly this

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Wachtmeister

Does anybody has a .htaccess file for me, that handles mod rewrites somehow?

I would love to have the links shown as

http://links.webgurus.de/funlinks instead of http://www.webgurus.de/forum/local_links.php?catid=1


Also http://links.webgurus.de instead of http://www.webgurus.de/forum/local_links.php would be fine.

I know, this would be better in an apache forum, but maybe someone did exactly this

Take a look at section 8.3 in the instructions.txt (2.1.0)

[Wachtmeister]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Take a look at section 8.3 in the instructions.txt (2.1.0)

I did, i just did not thought i can use this as .htaccess

Thank you for your support! The more i play with your add-on - the more i love it!

[sitka]

Originally Posted by Wachtmeister

I did, i just did not thought i can use this as .htaccess

Thank you for your support! The more i play with your add-on - the more i love it!

like your commodore 64 avatar! jumpman jr my favorite game

[Wachtmeister]

Originally Posted by sitka

like your commodore 64 avatar! jumpman jr my favorite game

Thanks What about my C64 style (http://www.webgurus.de/forum/?styleid=47)

back to topic, sorry

[AmpSul]

Originally Posted by Wachtmeister

Thanks What about my C64 style (http://www.webgurus.de/forum/?styleid=47)

back to topic, sorry

2.1.1.b1 installed... the quota system is an absolute god-send!!!

AndrewD - you're a star!!!

[AndrewD]

Thanks for the responses so far to 2.1.1 beta 1.

- There is a minor bug in the admin template used for download quotas (an extra double quote). This breaks the display with IE, although Mozilla handles it ok. I attach a fixed template.

Here are plans/remarks for beta 2, which affect just the profile-based search introduced in beta 1:

- I will re-do the Profile-driven 'My Search' feature, along the lines that TundraSoul discussed, but 2.1.1 will not go all the way.

- Instead of using a new profile field to define the search, the admin will be able to link the search to an existing (or custom) profile field.

- If the field is a text box, then its contents will be treated as search keywords/strings, with commas or semicolons used to separate items

- If the field is a pulldown menu or set of checkboxes, then the descriptions of the selected items will be used to construct the searches.

- My Search will move from the 'Show' menu to the 'Search' menu, as additional menu items after 'Advanced Search'. It will expand into the distinct searches are framed by the user's profile.

- I will not at this stage provide the extra facility to link keywords to entries. You will have to do this via the entry's title/description. Keywording will stay on the 'wish list' for the time being.

OK?

[TundraSoul]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Thanks for the responses so far to 2.1.1 beta 1.

Here are plans/remarks for beta 2, which affect just the profile-based search introduced in beta 1:

- I will re-do the Profile-driven 'My Search' feature, along the lines that TundraSoul discussed, but 2.1.1 will not go all the way.

- Instead of using a new profile field to define the search, the admin will be able to link the search to an existing (or custom) profile field.

- If the field is a text box, then its contents will be treated as search keywords/strings, with commas or semicolons used to separate items

- If the field is a pulldown menu or set of checkboxes, then the descriptions of the selected items will be used to construct the searches.

- My Search will move from the 'Show' menu to the 'Search' menu, as additional menu items after 'Advanced Search'. It will expand into the distinct searches are framed by the user's profile.

That all looks great.

Originally Posted by AndrewD

- I will not at this stage provide the extra facility to link keywords to entries. You will have to do this via the entry's title/description. Keywording will stay on the 'wish list' for the time being.

OK?

So when someone selects their profile saved search choice, it wiill continue to search the LDM titles and descriptions to find matches? Please add the keyword feature as soon as you can. It's a much more powerful metod of presenting content relevant links than the current MySQL search system.

1,913 links and growing.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by TundraSoul

So when someone selects their profile saved search choice, it wiill continue to search the LDM titles and descriptions to find matches? Please add the keyword feature as soon as you can. It's a much more powerful metod of presenting content relevant links than the current MySQL search system.

I understand, but there's a long list of other wishes as well, I only have a certain amount of time free, and I'd like to live a life :tired: