Major Additions - Links and Downloads Manager

What this is and does

LDM is a general-purpose tool for managing libraries of links and files, and handling uploads and downloads in a flexible way, while tracking and control user access. It has a range of integrated media players and a large library of 'plugin' extras.

Installation and Usage Explained in the on-line Wiki, with a brief explanation in the file instructions.txt in the release zip. The recent revision history is given in the first post of this thread.

Please use carefully and always backup your database before upgrading. Post reports of problems and suggestions for enhancements in this thread.

14.06.09 Version 2.3.0 is now the the officially-supported version. Works with 3.7 and vb 3.8. Please post comments in this thread

22.06.08 Version 2.2.9-post1 - This is the previous supported version. Works fine with all versions of vb 3.6 and vb 3.7. All standard features except profile integration and forum prefix selection work fine with vb 3.8.

[pooslokka]

Originally Posted by pooslokka

Hai andrewD,

I did that, still same blank page

i use LDM 2.2.9

Hai andrew,

this is the image causing the problem
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/222...pissuposoa.jpg

can you pls login to our site and try to upload this image in the catogary ill pm ?
ill also pm you a moderator account.

Hope you will help to solve this issue

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by pooslokka

Hai andrew,

this is the image causing the problem
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/222...pissuposoa.jpg

can you pls login to our site and try to upload this image in the catogary ill pm ?
ill also pm you a moderator account.

Hope you will help to solve this issue

I have a suspicion that the problem is caused by running out of memory when creating the thumbnail.

For some reason that I do not understand, even though your file is less that 1Mb in size, the php function that converts it to a thumbnail grabs 39Mb in order to do the job. If your php installation sets a lower value of memory_limit than this (check vb/admincp/php info, then your php.ini file), LDM fails with a blank screen. You are the first person to discover this problem in 5 years, I think

On my test system, everything works fine with your image (which is beautiful, by the way) when memory_limit is set to 40Mb and higher. I would recommend a value of 64Mb or more.

Let me know if this solves the problem.

[sava700]

Andrew, this mod works great and thanks again for the help a while back.

I do have two questions.

Is there a way to set permissions to only one file and not all of them? I'd like to force you to register to get only one file but leave the others up for whoever for example.

Otherwise if not where can I edit the error message when someone goes to download something and I've got those groups set not to be able to download anything beyond 0kb? I'd like to edit that message to say that they need to join the site/forums to be able to get unlimited downloads etc...

Thanks

[obmob]

Hmm... anyone has an idea on how to add multiple entries to LDM, i want to upload a series of images, and i'l lazy to add one by one, since it is the same data, only the file changes

I used to do this using CVS files, but i can't make XML work, I tried making a XML file like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>

<LDM>
	<links>
		<link linkid="365"...
</links>
</LDM>

When it is supposed to read the link, i get error while importing the file, and i just saw there is no category attached directly to the linkid, so it seems i'd have to add also something related to "linkcats" and "ltoc"

Either way, do you know an easy way to add multiple entries?

Still running 2.2.9
thanks!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by sava700

Andrew, this mod works great and thanks again for the help a while back.

I do have two questions.

Is there a way to set permissions to only one file and not all of them? I'd like to force you to register to get only one file but leave the others up for whoever for example.

Otherwise if not where can I edit the error message when someone goes to download something and I've got those groups set not to be able to download anything beyond 0kb? I'd like to edit that message to say that they need to join the site/forums to be able to get unlimited downloads etc...

Thanks

1) This is done using the 'associated forum' mechanism built into LDM. You need either to create/choose an existing forum which has the required user group permissions. You then edit the entry which you want to be restricted, and you set its associated forum to that forum. Then, your users have to be members of one of the usergroups which has access to the forum in order to download the file.

2) This message comes from the phrase <<ll_error_allowances>>. Go to vb/admincp/languages and phrases and find/edit that phrase

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by obmob

Hmm... anyone has an idea on how to add multiple entries to LDM, i want to upload a series of images, and i'l lazy to add one by one, since it is the same data, only the file changes

I used to do this using CVS files, but i can't make XML work, I tried making a XML file like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>

<LDM>
	<links>
		<link linkid="365"...
</links>
</LDM>

When it is supposed to read the link, i get error while importing the file, and i just saw there is no category attached directly to the linkid, so it seems i'd have to add also something related to "linkcats" and "ltoc"

Either way, do you know an easy way to add multiple entries?

Still running 2.2.9
thanks!

Indeed, your xml file needs to contain at least the linkcats, links and ltoc sections. I attach a sample file which will create a new category called Videos 2 with a set of entries.

Note the catid, linkid and ltocid values that you give can have arbitrary values, just as long as you are consistent.

[AndrewD]

Code reuploaded: see this post.

I am pleased to provide a new version of LDM for testing and your reaction. This is nominally the release candidate code for version 2.3.0, and should work fully with VB 3.7 and 3.8. These are the main changes since the 2.3.0 beta.

+ Additional attributes
Attribute group names starting with * are replaced by the corresponding vb phrase when displayed on user pages

+ Admin/Hits
Added option to sort hit records in ascending and descending order

+ Admin/Import and Export
Added option to use import xml to update names/descriptions of existing entries
Removed csv export option

+ Caching
Infrastructure added to support caching of display bits
Caching enabled for vba modules; base category bit; hit parades; and explorer, tagcloud 'extras'

+ Mass Edits
Included submitting username in mass edit linkbit
Added option to mass edit all enties by given user

+ vbAdvanced modules
Modified templates to display short entry names and correct pagenavs and avoid unwanted plain borders

+ File uploads
Reworked logic to use a) vb attachments/permissions, then b) ldm upload_filetypes (if set) otherwise vb attachments/enabled
to determine which filetypes users can uploads

+ Extras
Add_mimetypes: Added tif file extension
ID3 enhancements: Fixed admin scan
JWplayer: Added option to insert linkbit image above media player for mp3 files
Enabled JW inline player for media attributes
Updated getid3 library to version 1.7.9
Updated JW player to version 4.4
Shadowbox: Fixed parameter settings and execution order
Updated SWFUploader to version 2.2.0 (works with Flash 10)
Updated Wimpy players to latest versions (works with Flash 10) (NB: requires new licence and registration code)

+ Bug fixes
Fixed admin/debug page so as to work correctly with IE.
Fixed sql error when editing comments that contain quotation marks
Fixed category handling bugs when category names are not unique
Fixed Ajax keyword suggestions
Fixed RealPlayer template to remove stuttering on startup
Fixed human verification settings for VB3.8
Fixed highlighting of favourites/nominations in base category
Fixed parentage of subcategories when changing category's parent
Fixed bug when handling corrupt catagory parentage
Fixed blank screen bug when image display code runs out of memory
Refixed bugs when *cat_desc_popup* is set
Restored facility to play/download files after vb admin disables filetype

+ Translations
Directory structure changed (phrases and product translations moved) to reduce size of main release file

Please treat this with care - I have tried to test as much as possible, but it is no longer possible to test everything.

[abdelghani68]

Hi andrew

thanks very good job ! Installed.

In vbadvanced :

LDM_cats.php : The display isn't good if I do 2 columns

Is it possible please to have more caracters displays for the title of the entree in ldm_new.php ?

Feature request for ldm_new_cats.php : the option "Include page navigator" and "Comma-separated list of category ids to search. Leave blank to search all categories"

Wimpy button :

I have put the licence in the admincp ldm but there is write demo when I play an audio...

And how to use wimp player and wimpy wasp ? (I have put the licence in the wasp.js).

It will be good if JW player is active for the library, we can choose to use wimply player in vbadvanced for some module that we want (when the module is in the right of the left, wimpy player can works very good because he is small). But if the module is in the center, we use jw player.

thanks very mush

[abdelghani68]

The module that I would like we can use only in vbadvanced (with wimpy bouton) when the jw player is active are :

ldm_hot.php, ldm_random.php and ldm_new.php

For the oder modules and in the library it's jw player who works

thanks

[obmob]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Indeed, your xml file needs to contain at least the linkcats, links and ltoc sections. I attach a sample file which will create a new category called Videos 2 with a set of entries.

Note the catid, linkid and ltocid values that you give can have arbitrary values, just as long as you are consistent.

OH! It seems i was missimg some code

Thank you Andrewm i'll test it, and thanks for releasin 2.3.0 RC
Will take a look at the spanish translation.