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]

I've just tried it AndrewD ..

It seems to have fixed the cat creation problem, and the -999 problem has gone too

On the admin settings page, I can click the ok button and I don't get the error any more .. BUT! .. it doesn't save any of the changes

On the permission page something really funny happens .. it still doesn't save the change .. AND .. the permission setting I'm trying to change jumps out of the table and ends up at the top of the page .. (You'll have to see that one )

Have you still got the details of my test forum?

[Slave]

btw .. I've completely uninstalled and reinstalled 2.1.3b3 with the files in the post 2 posts up just to make sure .. same thing happens

[tamborinegal]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

This turned out to be quite easy to implement, so it'll be in the next beta.

Wow thanks Andrew! Any idea as to when you plan to release the next beta?

Clancy

[Viks]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I don't understand - I've just tried this and it works fine for me.

Which version of LDM are you running?

I am using 2.1.0

What I'm trying to say is that -

IF I do not upload a file and do not add a URL - can I still see the description and name in LDM?

Currently I have to either upload OR add a link in order for LDM to work.

I will appreciate if you could suggest me a fix or tell me how can I remedy the issue.

Thank you for helping me out..appreciated!

Vik

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Slave

I've just tried it AndrewD ..

It seems to have fixed the cat creation problem, and the -999 problem has gone too

On the admin settings page, I can click the ok button and I don't get the error any more .. BUT! .. it doesn't save any of the changes

On the permission page something really funny happens .. it still doesn't save the change .. AND .. the permission setting I'm trying to change jumps out of the table and ends up at the top of the page .. (You'll have to see that one )

Have you still got the details of my test forum?

Ouch. I'm sure it's the same probem with the old version of php. When I have a chance, I'll dig a bit further.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by tamborinegal

Wow thanks Andrew! Any idea as to when you plan to release the next beta?

Clancy

We'll give people a few days to track down bugs in the current beta - maybe next weekend or the following one - there's also a couple of tricky things to sort out for Slave and Ophelia.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Viks

I am using 2.1.0

What I'm trying to say is that -

IF I do not upload a file and do not add a URL - can I still see the description and name in LDM?

Currently I have to either upload OR add a link in order for LDM to work.

I will appreciate if you could suggest me a fix or tell me how can I remedy the issue.

Thank you for helping me out..appreciated!

Vik

Let me try again with 2.1.0 to see if I can repeat the problem.

[sinoeu]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

We'll give people a few days to track down bugs in the current beta - maybe next weekend or the following one - there's also a couple of tricky things to sort out for Slave and Ophelia.

Will the hook system be added into the next beta?

[Derekclarke]

I have installed 2.1.0 on one of my forums. I am going to test 2.1.3 on my other one.

2.1.0 works perfect

Thanks for the Hack

[Ophelia]

Andrew,
We are having a huge issue right now.. hoping you can give some insight.

Whenever anyone tries to do something in the download manager, they are getting the following error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.4:

Invalid SQL:

		INSERT INTO local_linksdebug (userid, settingtime, message, settings)
		VALUES (
		'2564',
		'1141749185',
		'local_filename:/forum/correctlink/980611410121089844.jpg:returns:/home/webattit/public_html/forum/teamuploads/imageuploads/980611410121089844.jpg:',
		'a:78:{s:17:"title_data_access";s:26:"ll_settings_title_features";s:16:"title_data_entry";s:23:"ll_settings_title_entry";s:14:"title_controls";s:26:"ll_settings_title_controls";s:10:"allow_html";s:1:"0";s:12:"allow_images";s:1:"1";s:13:"allow_smilies";s:1:"0";s:12:"allow_bbcode";s:1:"1";s:16:"allow_null_links";s:1:"0";s:14:"title_moderate";s:26:"ll_settings_title_moderate";s:14:"moderate_links";s:1:"0";s:21:"moderate_email_accept";s:1:"0";s:21:"moderate_email_submit";s:1:"0";s:16:"title_displayopt";s:28:"ll_settings_title_displayopt";s:17:"cat_depth_display";s:1:"1";s:15:"cat_sub_display";s:1:"0";s:16:"cat_cols_display";s:1:"1";s:11:"count_depth";s:1:"1";s:8:"cat_icon";s:0:"";s:12:"cat_icon_new";s:0:"";s:16:"template_linkbit";s:13:"links_linkbit";s:17:"link_cols_display";s:0:"";s:14:"links_per_page";s:1:"0";s:20:"links_show_othercats";s:1:"1";s:18:"default_sort_order";s:1:"d";s:13:"default_style";s:2:"-1";s:13:"title_general";s:25:"ll_settings_title_general";s:25:"categories_seen_on_portal";s:0:"";s:18:"category_jump_menu";s:1:"1";s:13:"database_name";s:0:"";s:19:"days_seen_on_portal";s:2:"30";s:18:"featured_user_favs";s:0:"";s:14:"featured_sites";s:1:"0";s:20:"links_seen_on_portal";s:2:"10";s:11:"mod_rewrite";s:0:"";s:16:"monitor_template";s:14:"links_scantext";s:12:"seo_friendly";s:1:"0";s:15:"show_hit_parade";s:1:"1";s:27:"template_category_selection";s:26:"links_addnewlink_catselect";s:12:"title_images";s:24:"ll_settings_title_images";s:14:"file_icons_dir";s:17:"images/ldm_icons/";s:14:"link_imagesize";s:3:"100";s:10:"thumbs_dir";s:14:"/forum/thumbs/";s:12:"title_search";s:24:"ll_settings_title_search";s:18:"default_search_all";s:1:"1";s:19:"default_search_desc";s:1:"1";s:19:"default_search_keys";s:1:"1";s:16:"match_using_like";s:1:"0";s:19:"profile_searchfield";s:2:"-1";s:14:"title_security";s:26:"ll_settings_title_security";s:22:"allow_remote_downloads";s:1:"1";s:15:"default_forumid";s:4:"-999";s:16:"default_cat_dseq";s:1:"1";s:17:"default_link_dseq";s:1:"1";s:12:"force_accept";s:1:"0";s:14:"force_redirect";s:1:"0";s:15:"local_file_root";s:1:"0";s:22:"local_file_root_prefix";s:0:"";s:19:"profile_ldmactivity";s:1:"1";s:14:"protected_link";s:1:"0";s:15:"robots_meta_tag";s:15:"index, nofollow";s:17:"timeout_hit_allow";s:2:"30";s:21:"timeout_hit_recording";s:2:"60";s:17:"validate_on_entry";s:1:"1";s:11:"title_media";s:23:"ll_settings_title_media";s:18:"musicbox_filetypes";s:44:"mpg, mpeg, wmv, mp3, swf, asf, wma, avi, wav";s:28:"musicbox_filetypes_quicktime";s:3:"mov";s:29:"musicbox_filetypes_realplayer";s:34:"rm, ra, ram, rt, rp, rv, rmvb, rpm";s:12:"title_upload";s:24:"ll_settings_title_upload";s:10:"upload_dir";s:18:"/forum/teamuploads";s:14:"upload_enabled";s:1:"1";s:16:"upload_filetypes";s:0:"";s:15:"upload_maxspace";s:1:"0";s:11:"title_debug";s:14:"ll_perms_DEBUG";s:5:"DEBUG";s:1:"1";s:11:"LDMHomePage";s:41:"http://www.eirma.org/devel/LDM/index.html";s:12:"this_version";s:5:"2.1.3";s:17:"version_installed";s:1:"1";s:15:"bandwidth_limit";s:0:"";}'
		);

MySQL Error  : Duplicate entry '32767' for key 1
Error Number : 1062
Date         : Tuesday, March 7th 2006 @ 11:33:05 AM
Script       : http://www.oursite.com/forum/local_r...4.jpg&size=600
Referrer     : http://www.oursite.com/forum/local_links.php?catid=17
IP Address   : 67.48.75.160
Username     : Ophelia
Classname    : vb_database

We get this when we are trying to view the image, trying to download... anything/everything. Any ideas?

**Updating

Andrew there were over 32,000 entries into the debug table in the database. I emptied this and the download manager works again. However, this might be something that needs looked into.