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.

[harry1951]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

It's there, but all the language files need to be reviewed - there are new phrases which are mixed in, in English. Will appreciate help.

I'll do it for dutch

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

wooT!~

upgraded to 2.1.2b, working great.
<< vb 3.5.3

one thing I noticed though...
can you have it so the thumbnail image uploads retain their name? for SEO purposes.

ps. glad you like the wiki idea. already see a couple little things that could use a little more detail in the instructions.
pps. if you a donate link up.. I'm SOOOOOO there.

[EasyTarget]

thanks andrew, I'll install the beta later today.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

found a bug (at least on mine)....

on thumbnail images where a remote link is used for the thumbnail, I get an error when I click the "enlarge image" +button thingy...

looks like this:

Warning: curl_error(): supplied argument is not a valid cURL handle resource in /includes/local_links_resize.php on line 82

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

aw man...spoke too soon....

BUG (or something):

1. none of my previously uploaded videos/music files play any more. a newly uploaded one seems to work....but all old ones before the update don't. :/ hmm... which is the one in admincp that sets the path for jukebox playback? maybe I changed someting I shouldn't have.

2. if the link is wrong or the file is huge. open the jukebox. while still "connecting" close the window or press stop and close the window.

mine hangs the browser (ff and/or mathon/IE).

haaaalp!!

[MrEdit]

Thanks very much - installed 2.10 onto vb3.53 and it works beautifully.

One small bug - if you make a link category accessible only to members of a particular group, it seems that although not visible in the main page, the category is still available in the drop down menu - though you do get the no permission message. This, of course is a very very minor bug indeed

Just a thought - how about having group specific categories (maybe optionally) visible to non group members but with an 'available to members of zzz group only' or somesuch message in similar fashion to the way forum groups work?.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by MrEdit

Thanks very much - installed 2.10 onto vb3.53 and it works beautifully.

One small bug - if you make a link category accessible only to members of a particular group, it seems that although not visible in the main page, the category is still available in the drop down menu - though you do get the no permission message. This, of course is a very very minor bug indeed

Just a thought - how about having group specific categories (maybe optionally) visible to non group members but with an 'available to members of zzz group only' or somesuch message in similar fashion to the way forum groups work?.

Yes, I'm part way through trying to redesign the access permissions. I made a mistake way back in version 0.something to use forum based permissions and most of the tricky questions since then have been a result of that decision. Bear with me - we'll get there in the end...

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

found a bug (at least on mine)....

on thumbnail images where a remote link is used for the thumbnail, I get an error when I click the "enlarge image" +button thingy...

looks like this:

Oh b****ger.

Link 82 of local_links_resize.php in the includes directory should read

$error = curl_error($conn);

and not

$error = curl_error($ch);

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

aw man...spoke too soon....

BUG (or something):

1. none of my previously uploaded videos/music files play any more. a newly uploaded one seems to work....but all old ones before the update don't. :/ hmm... which is the one in admincp that sets the path for jukebox playback? maybe I changed someting I shouldn't have.

2. if the link is wrong or the file is huge. open the jukebox. while still "connecting" close the window or press stop and close the window.

mine hangs the browser (ff and/or mathon/IE).

haaaalp!!

Send me a PM with an admin username and pwd to your site - maybe you already did, but I've not got
it any more

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Send me a PM with an admin username and pwd to your site - maybe you already did, but I've not got
it any more

done