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.

[ConKien]

Andrew, can you give me a direction where to dig in and change the template so it could display the category column?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=737

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by ConKien

Andrew, can you give me a direction where to dig in and change the template so it could display the category column?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=737

The key display template is links_main, which is basically a set of tables:
- Category name, statistics, subcategories
- Links in category/from search, with accompanying pagenavs, sort options

You would need to reorganise this template to put the categories down one side.

You might then need to change the category creation template (links_catbit) to fit properly into the space.

Please be aware that 2.1.1 will make some changes to the category layout in order to make possible multicolumn displays.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

once agin, this HACK RULES ALL!! and is one of the most important hack, imo. AWESOME WORK!! keep it up1!!

ok....sorry if this was asked before, but its a HUGE thread and I tried search, but didn't come up with it. lol

1. what file do I edit to snazz up the jukebox popup? I want to add Adsense at the bottom and/or top of the jukebox.

2. any plans to integrate vbulletin replies for the comments? instead of the current inline comments? I would think this would make it that much easier to integrate LDM into forums. Alternatively, maybe you could do something like they did for the Drupal extension. When new blogs are posted to Drupal ...it autmatically creates a thread in a forum of your choice. then people can comment on it from there. just a thought but the point is... love the plans for new features, but tighter integration with the forums I think one of, if not, the most important as that just really makes this that much more an indespensible seamless part of the vbull system.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

1. what file do I edit to snazz up the jukebox popup? I want to add Adsense at the bottom and/or top of the jukebox.

It's the links_play template

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

2. any plans to integrate vbulletin replies for the comments? instead of the current inline comments? I would think this would make it that much easier to integrate LDM into forums. Alternatively, maybe you could do something like they did for the Drupal extension. When new blogs are posted to Drupal ...it autmatically creates a thread in a forum of your choice. then people can comment on it from there. just a thought but the point is... love the plans for new features, but tighter integration with the forums I think one of, if not, the most important as that just really makes this that much more an indespensible seamless part of the vbull system.

This is a very good suggestion, which I have wondered about - there are two philosophies a) keep things distinct but consistent; b) integrate as much as possible. At least while I was still learning about VB, I favoured the first approach!

What do others think?

[elsupremo]

I think integrating with Vbulletin for the comments is best.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Please be aware that 2.1.1 will make some changes to the category layout in order to make possible multicolumn displays.

kick@ss!!

Situation for 2.1.1 is that the following are done completely or in large part:
+ Default permissions for new links taken from parent category if set rather than global default_forumid
+ Daily file download and bandwidth limit settings available
+ Users with can_moderate_link can change username of who submitted an entry
+ Admin pages give more information on invalid parameter settings
+ File uploads retain their name when downloaded
+ Unnecessary links removed from jukebox display
+ 'Update to current time' checkbox added to Edit Link form
+ Adjustable # columns displayed in catlist (cat_cols_display setting)
+ Integration with My Profile:
>- MySearch driven by parameters in Profile
>- Plugin to show user's recent LDM hits in profile

I'm currently working on the My Profile group of changes. I'll try to get these finished this weekend, then upload a beta.

DRRRROOOOLLLLLLL!!!

and I'll put another vote it for vbulletin forums for the replys (with auto thread creation with title and summary in the content).

this hack PWNS!

[Synth]

should I install now or wait for the update? Nice Hack BTW!!

[Synth]

*installed*

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Synth

should I install now or wait for the update? Nice Hack BTW!!

You made the right decision - the beta 2.1.1 is about to go up, but I don't recommend that anyone starts with beta code...

[AndrewD]

*19/12/05 Edited - first beta removed, new beta placed in first post in thread

Again with trepidation, I provide the first beta release of 2.1.1 for testing and comment. This includes the following new features over 2.1.0 (NB slightly more than was mentioned above):

Admin pages give better information when invalid parameter settings entered
Default permissions for new links taken from parent category rather than global default_forumid
Daily user file download and bandwidth limits available
File uploads retain their name when downloaded
New *cat_cols_display* setting controls # columns in catlist
New *can_save_musicbox* permission defines whether users see the open/save as hyperlink for Jukebox media files
QuickTime plugin included in Jukebox - *Warning* - if upgrading LDM, manually remove "mov" from *musicbox_filetypes_realplayer* filetypes
'Update to current time' checkbox added to Edit Link form
Uploads of thumbnail images available
UserProfile integration (off by default, set *profile_integration* to 1)
- 'Show MySearch' driven by parameters in User Profile
- Enable showing user's recent LDM hits in profile
Users with *can_moderate_link* can change (Ajax-enabled) name of user who submitted entry

Bugs fixed
- Phrase order in browser title changed to match VB's format
- Some unnecessary links removed from the Jukebox display
- Hard-coded phrases moved from plugins into phrases file

I have also translated the instructions file into html - see the /manual subdirectory in the zip file.

Please note:

- User Profile integration is not switched on by default - you need to set *profile_integration* in the admin settings. Then edit your profile - you should see two new items - 'My LDM Search' and 'My Recent LDM Hits'. Try putting some keywords into 'My LDM Search', then go back to LDM and use Show/My Search. Go to Quick Links/My Profile and you should see the last five items you visited/downloaded.

- File download and bandwidth settings are controlled by a new submenu item on the admin menu

- I have split up local_links.php into two files (local_links and local_links_search). Possibly in the process there are menu commands which don't work properly - please exercise these to look for bugs.

- There are some new phrases which need translation into French, German and Spanish - help please

As usual, please take a back up before installing. Upgrades are handled automatically by installing the product file on top of an existing installation. You can downgrade back to 2.1.0 if necessary by uninstalling and then reinstalling 2.1.0 - this will not lose your database.