Major Additions - Links and Downloads Manager

What this is and does

LDM is a general-purpose tool for managing libraries of links and files, and handling uploads and downloads in a flexible way, while tracking and control user access. It has a range of integrated media players and a large library of 'plugin' extras.

Installation and Usage Explained in the on-line Wiki, with a brief explanation in the file instructions.txt in the release zip. The recent revision history is given in the first post of this thread.

Please use carefully and always backup your database before upgrading. Post reports of problems and suggestions for enhancements in this thread.

14.06.09 Version 2.3.0 is now the the officially-supported version. Works with 3.7 and vb 3.8. Please post comments in this thread

22.06.08 Version 2.2.9-post1 - This is the previous supported version. Works fine with all versions of vb 3.6 and vb 3.7. All standard features except profile integration and forum prefix selection work fine with vb 3.8.

[abdelghani68]

when I clic on the image for send an entrie to a friend, the link is wrong : it is a link for the categorie and not for the entrie as I want...

thanks

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by abdelghani68

when I clic on the image for send an entrie to a friend, the link is wrong : it is a link for the categorie and not for the entrie as I want...

thanks

Thanks - will fix in 2.3.0 beta 1 (expect the upload later today )

[webchills]

First of all thanks for this great mod.
I' m using 2.2.9 and everything is working fine, but I can't get the links in the navabr working properly.
I have renamed local_links to downloads as the mod is used for downloads only.
In the navbar for example under "Show" "New entries" ends up in a link like this:
downloads_search.php?action=find&catid=-8
The result is the message that you have insufficient rights to perform this operation. Even when you are logged in as Admin.
"Show" "New Ratings" ends up in a link like
downloads_search.php?action=find&catid=-13
Same result.
Any idea where these strange links with negative category numbers do come from and how to fix that?
All other links in the navbar (Add link, Category, Moderate, ...) are working fine by the way.

[Sandgrinder]

Got some problems with my LDM, first of all, a normal member can't see the additional attributes and yes, I've checked the permissions.

The second thing is that my download index looks a bit messed up, can't really find what's wrong. - http://crinale.com/forums/local_links.php

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by webchills

First of all thanks for this great mod.
I' m using 2.2.9 and everything is working fine, but I can't get the links in the navabr working properly.
I have renamed local_links to downloads as the mod is used for downloads only.
In the navbar for example under "Show" "New entries" ends up in a link like this:
downloads_search.php?action=find&catid=-8
The result is the message that you have insufficient rights to perform this operation. Even when you are logged in as Admin.
"Show" "New Ratings" ends up in a link like
downloads_search.php?action=find&catid=-13
Same result.
Any idea where these strange links with negative category numbers do come from and how to fix that?
All other links in the navbar (Add link, Category, Moderate, ...) are working fine by the way.

Have you renamed the top level scripts consistently with the way you have edited includes/local_links_init.php?

The navbar is pointing towards downloads_search.php because you've set:

define('SEARCH_SCRIPT', 'downloads_search');

in includes/local_links_init.php

Script local_links_search.php should have been renamed downloads_script.php, etc, matching these definitions.

The negative category ids are used to specify special searches, i.e. -8 = new entries, etc

Let me know if I'm missing the point

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Sandgrinder

Got some problems with my LDM, first of all, a normal member can't see the additional attributes and yes, I've checked the permissions.

Check the attribute types and display orders - 'hidden' types and display orders (group and attributes) that are set to zero or negative are only shown to users who have 'can_view_hidden' permission

Originally Posted by Sandgrinder

The second thing is that my download index looks a bit messed up, can't really find what's wrong. - http://crinale.com/forums/local_links.php

I don't understand what you mean - it looks ok to me?

[webchills]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

The negative category ids are used to specify special searches, i.e. -8 = new entries, etc
Let me know if I'm missing the point

Hi Andrew,
I have renamed consequently the local_links_xxx.php to downloads_xxx.php as set in local_links_init.php
The links are working, but the point is, that noone has permission to view these negative category ids. What permissions are responsible for that?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by webchills

Hi Andrew,
I have renamed consequently the local_links_xxx.php to downloads_xxx.php as set in local_links_init.php
The links are working, but the point is, that noone has permission to view these negative category ids. What permissions are responsible for that?

Without looking in detail at your site (which I'm happy to do if you send me a pm with details and an admin account), I can only guess.

The code that is executed for script?action=find&catid=-NN carries out a check for valid values of NN, using a set of definitions that are pulled in from includes/local_links_include.php. It gives a 'no permission' error in two situations:

- if someone without "can_moderate_links" permission is trying to execute one of the 'moderator' based 'find' commands (which only show up on the menu if you have those permissions in the first place

- if the value NN is not in the valid range

I would suspect that somehow it is the second condition, but I can't see (without checking your site) how that can be.

[Sandgrinder]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Check the attribute types and display orders - 'hidden' types and display orders (group and attributes) that are set to zero or negative are only shown to users who have 'can_view_hidden' permission



I don't understand what you mean - it looks ok to me?

I'm don't understand to 100% but it looks like this at the moment:
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8281/69381540wa8.jpg

About the Downloads index it looks like this:
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2000/81952230xp5.jpg

I want it to look like a forum category, not splitted up. =)

Many thanks again!

[Simon Lloyd]

Hi Andrew, i have just looked at my profile (vb3.7.3 PL1) and in the "About me" tab it shows Recent LDM hits & Entries, i have had hits and entries but they dont show (shows N/A), if i click the pencil (edit section) icon a box pops up saying "if you want to keep private then...." theres nothing in it if i then click save i get presented with "The server failed to respond in time. Please try again.", any ideas?

I have the upload folder outside of my forum and root (you helped with this), it is properly referenced as i can view/download files.