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.

[Slave]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

So which version of php are you on now?

Still the old one .. so if that's the problem, fair enough ..

Although it happens on my 2.1.0 installation .. and my 1.60 installation come to that ..

[Slave]

Oh, and another thing ..

This is on 2.1.0, but maybe 2.1.3 too ..

When you've created a linked subforum .. when looking at the threads page you can see the subforum and the latest link details .. ok so far ..

But! .. if you only have cats in the cat that has the subforum the threads page doesn't show the latest link if the new link is in a subcat ..

Hmm .. does that make sense? I guess what I'm trying to say is that the subforum should show the latest link details even if the newest link is in a subcat ..

heh .. not sure if that's made it any clearer

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Slave

Oh, and another thing ..

This is on 2.1.0, but maybe 2.1.3 too ..

When you've created a linked subforum .. when looking at the threads page you can see the subforum and the latest link details .. ok so far ..

But! .. if you only have cats in the cat that has the subforum the threads page doesn't show the latest link if the new link is in a subcat ..

Hmm .. does that make sense? I guess what I'm trying to say is that the subforum should show the latest link details even if the newest link is in a subcat ..

heh .. not sure if that's made it any clearer

That's clear, although whether it's easy to implement is another matter... I'll need a clear head.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Slave

hmm .. this is with 2.1.3b3

As you know AndrewD I'm still on an old version of PHP but I still like to install the latest version on my test forum .. so not sure if this is just my server playing up or a bug ..

After I add a comment/rating to a link when I go to the cat page showing that link I get an IE error ..

Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site http://test.test.com/local_links.php?catid=34

Operation aborted

I'll PM you the URL so you can have a look ..

You know, I'm really getting tired of Internet Explorer. You're right, it kills the new code. Will have to withdraw it.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

You know, I'm really getting tired of Internet Explorer. You're right, it kills the new code. Will have to withdraw it.

Found the bug. D**n IE :squareeyed:

[AndrewD]

Reuploaded. Apologies to anyone who had problems today - weird bug in Internet Explorer

[Ophelia]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

No, I'm not asking that.

Your users may be using download managers on their PCs, e.g. products like FlashGet, which take over control of the download from their browser. That's what I was asking. If they are just using a browser, then which one? Can we pin down the problem.

This is from one of the users:

I am using Netscape and Download Accelerator (DAP). This is the first time I ever have had a problem on this site and I have the same problem that has been described. Help.

From another:

The same things happens to me too...I tried in firefox and cant get anything to DL...tried it in IE and it fdownloads but the files have a huge long number...I hate IE so would rather not use it if I dont have to.

[elsupremo]

Andrew, love the new version.
Question though: I just got into VBAdvanced. I have the "ldm_new" module in the center column of my homescreen. However, I really, really, really, would like to have the thumbnails (mine are rather small) to the left of the title of the entries.

I tried and tried for hours to get that little thumbnail to appear, but wasn't able to have any success.

I am hoping this is simple, and if so, please let me know how I can implement this.

Thank you!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by elsupremo

Andrew, love the new version.
Question though: I just got into VBAdvanced. I have the "ldm_new" module in the center column of my homescreen. However, I really, really, really, would like to have the thumbnails (mine are rather small) to the left of the title of the entries.

I tried and tried for hours to get that little thumbnail to appear, but wasn't able to have any success.

I am hoping this is simple, and if so, please let me know how I can implement this.

Thank you!

I think this will be straightforward - will get back to you.

[elsupremo]

Awesome, thank you Andrew.