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 GrendelKhan{TSU

done

replied - easy to fix

[TosaInu]

Hello,

There are .pl files in this, is PERL required?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by TosaInu

Hello,

There are .pl files in this, is PERL required?

No, those are part of my development kit - to build the product installer from the separate files, etc.

[ZED28]

Andrew,

Thanks for the work you've put into this new release! I love the clickable link to show the full image!

Couple of questions/comments if I may...

Is it possible to substitute a small graphic (like a magnifying glass) for the "[+]" for the full sized image link?

The comments link still doesn't seem to allow non-members to add comments if the permissions were set to allow it.

I have a dark theme with a light gray font but some of the admin options seem like the background colors are hardcoded. How can I fix this?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by ZED28

Is it possible to substitute a small graphic (like a magnifying glass) for the "[+]" for the full sized image link?

will be included in second beta

Originally Posted by ZED28

The comments link still doesn't seem to allow non-members to add comments if the permissions were set to allow it.

if unregistered users are allowed to comment and try to do so, they will be asked to register

Originally Posted by ZED28

I have a dark theme with a light gray font but some of the admin options seem like the background colors are hardcoded. How can I fix this?

second beta uses correct styles for these boxes

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by MrEdit

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

But a bug nonetheless, thanks - will be fixed in the next beta.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Ranma2k

when upgrdaed to 2.1.0 on vb 3.5.3
the viewing of the cat/links is very slow and it over load the server
i have about 677 categories and 6722 available entries

is there away to downgrade to 2.0.5 ?! and if posible can someone send me the files ><

Just so that you know - version 2.1.0 has an awful algorithm to build the category jump menu, which slows down badly as the number of categories increases above a hundred or so. The code in 2.1.2 beta is much faster (probably 50-100 times in your case), plus the option not to display the jump menu at all.

[Alfa1]

I have one category as the main index(forum link). Under that are many layers of sub-categories. The link in the forum only shows the latest added file in the main index. Not the latest added file of all categories.
The same goes for all categories I have linked with the forum; they only show the latest file in that categorie, not in all sub-categories thereoff.

Is there a solution yet for opening the pdf's straight from the link directory?

[BPapi2004]

Question: Many users on my site have really would like to show a Progress bar on the Uploads. They dont really know whats happening when all it says is processing Is there anyway you can do this? By replacing code

[ZED28]

Thanks Andy.