Major Additions - Links and Downloads Manager

Version 2.3.0 of LDM is now the official release. This works with both VB3.7 and VB3.8. You can obtain it here

Version 2.2.8 remains available here, with limited support.

04.02.08: patch-cat.xml 'extra' uploaded - see first post for information

27.10.07: Version 2.2.8-post1 uploaded
French translation of product installer uploaded (other language translations are in the main release zip)

Remember to back up your current database tables before upgrading.

What this is and does

LDM is a general-purpose link and file manager, which handles user uploads and downloads in a flexible way. A range of media players is integrated into LDM and others are included as plugin extras. LDM is described below in the first post of this thread, which also contains a brief list of the currently-known bugs.

This release of LDM works correctly with all VB versions 3.6.x and recent versions of vbadvanced.

Documentation, screen shots, etc, are provided as a Wiki at http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php...nloads_Manager

Thank you to everyone who has tested, given suggestions, helped with the translations, etc.

[obmob]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I'm surprised by that error - as far as I can tell from the code, it should say Cannot access/create directory /files/uploads [/home/server/public/files/uploads]

try doing it in several steps. clear the upload_dir field and submit. then clear the local_file_root and local_file_root_prefix settings and submit. then reset the local_file_root and local_file_root_prefix settings the way you want them. then reset upload_dir.

Are you sure that your upload_dir is where you think it is, i.e. a subdirectory of /home/server/public?

Oh, i translated the first, i was using spanish

Well, there is nothing set on my local_file_root and local_file_root_prefix, still, i modified them, save and tried again.

The following setting(s) are invalid
upload_dir : /files/uploads
Cannot access/create directory /files/uploads [/home/myserver/public_html/files/uploads]

Not saving the path, i even tried to set it directly with phpmyadmin, but i get the same result if i try to change something in the configuration.

Thanks Andrew

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by obmob

Oh, i translated the first, i was using spanish

Well, there is nothing set on my local_file_root and local_file_root_prefix, still, i modified them, save and tried again.

The following setting(s) are invalid
upload_dir : /files/uploads
Cannot access/create directory /files/uploads [/home/myserver/public_html/files/uploads]

Not saving the path, i even tried to set it directly with phpmyadmin, but i get the same result if i try to change something in the configuration.

Thanks Andrew

Can I take a look at the site, so that I can work this out? Send me a PM with details and an admin account if so.

[pspcrazy]

Thanks as usual pm sent.

[tormodg]

I am going to try this out on my test board.

I was wondering if anyone has created a way to pull a list of links so that it can be displayed in a forum post?

What I'd love to see is a popup window where you can enter search queries to search through the links, and check a box to include the desired links as a list in the parent post...

It may sound daunting but I need this exact functionality for my site.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by jGas

the new version is here...that's great andrew!

i use LDM to let my users to upload the songs they make, so' id' like to know is there something like "nominate for mod/entry/song of the month" add-on...

or, a way to know, every, month, which songs are best rated...or which songs posted on a month the users like more...

thanks!

Three ideas:

- An 'extra' based on the LDM favourites system, so that users' favourites were treated as nominations for 'entry of the month'. Currently, the favourites table does not keep track of the date/time the item was marked as a favourite, so this would have to be modified.

- Ditto, an 'extra' based on the LDM ratings system.

Both approaches would be quite straighttforward to implement, but might have some compromises - not sure.

- A completely new 'entry of the month' system, running in parallel to ratings and favourites.

I'm assuming that, when you say 'which songs posted on a month the users like more' that this feature only needs to work with new entries in the month. Can someone nominate an old entry this month? If so, what do we do at the end of the month - do we discard the old ratings and start again, or is the system supposed to keep track of the historic winners also?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by tormodg

I am going to try this out on my test board.

I was wondering if anyone has created a way to pull a list of links so that it can be displayed in a forum post?

What I'd love to see is a popup window where you can enter search queries to search through the links, and check a box to include the desired links as a list in the parent post...

It may sound daunting but I need this exact functionality for my site.

It doesn't sound too daunting. Question is always time...

When would the pop up box be displayed? When someone creates a new post/edits an existing post? Or is this something they would do inside LDM, then save the results to incorporate into the post later?

[tormodg]

When would the pop up box be displayed? When someone creates a new post/edits an existing post? Or is this something they would do inside LDM, then save the results to incorporate into the post later?

Either way is actually fine as long as it's somehow possible to edit/delete the list later.

I imagine a button in the editor, or a link, like "Choose links". When I click on it, I get a popup with a search interface. Links I add are displayed under the search field so that I can add more and more links to my list. When I'm done, I click "save" and close the popup.

I am not sure how to display the links or connect them to the post. I imagine it takes some kind of hook?

What I want to accomplish is the ability to build articles like this in vB:
http://www.hypography.com/topics/wormholes.cfm

Those links are pulled from a homemade link table so that when I update the links in the main application, the changes are reflected wherever the links are shown. It's written in ColdFusion, and not knowing much about PHP I'm not sure how to do the same in vB.

[PitchouneN64ngc]

AndrewD, I've the same problem as obmob, I'm waiting for a solution (all works with 2.2.7, but not in 2.2.8). open_basedir is On but I'm 200% sure of my paths.

When this bug is solved and I can test it more, I'll post my French updated translation

Thanks

[obmob]

Originally Posted by PitchouneN64ngc

AndrewD, I've the same problem as obmob, I'm waiting for a solution (all works with 2.2.7, but not in 2.2.8). open_basedir is On but I'm 200% sure of my paths.

When this bug is solved and I can test it more, I'll post my French updated translation

Thanks

AHA! I'm not alone!

PM sent to Andrew!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by obmob

AHA! I'm not alone!

PM sent to Andrew!

** Edited **

post1 version of 2.2.8 released