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.

[testpig]

Hi Andrew.
Bet your sick of the questions

I'll add a couple......I have uploaded the latest release but still have a couple of minor bugs. I can upload any size file, but if the physical size of an image goes over my forum settings the software goes to an error screen (white 404 page not found).

I have vB uploads set to 800 x 800 pixells so it doesnt blow the screen out......if I try to upload an image into the links manager thats larger than this it fails to a white default screen.

Any thoughts?

[TundraSoul]

Andrew,

Is there a way I can delete all my keywords at once? I have multiple keywords from previous beta installs and I would like to start fresh.

[Slave]

Originally Posted by TundraSoul

Andrew,

Is there a way I can delete all my keywords at once? I have multiple keywords from previous beta installs and I would like to start fresh.

Just go to "Edit keyword list" within the admin area and untick them all ..

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by TundraSoul

Andrew,

Is there a way I can delete all my keywords at once? I have multiple keywords from previous beta installs and I would like to start fresh.

There's no 'single switch' to do this at the moment. If unticking them on the admin page is too tedious, empty the linkskeys and linksltok tables

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Slave

btw AndrewD .. don't forget to change this threads Prefix to "Major Addition"

Have I missed something? Major Addition?

[Slave]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Have I missed something? Major Addition?

It's something the admins of vb.org have added. It allows people to filter 3.5 hacks ..

I would think you need to edit the thread (as if you were adding a new version), and somewhere there you can pick what type of hack this is.

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Have I missed something? Major Addition?

Have a look at this thread

Edit: Slave was too fast for me.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

Have a look at this thread

Edit: Slave was too fast for me.

Thanks, folks. Done.

[Slave]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

Edit: Slave was too fast for me.

Well, you had to go find the correct thread .. I just typed .. I'd call it a draw

[shiva]

I just grabbed this, so I'm impressed so far, though I will say the online manual is rather complex, and very hard to use, as it has info scattered all over the place. I would suggest it follows the structure of the admin control panel, would make it a bit easier to use.

Just looking at it, wow. A bit overwhelming, but seeing the possible future features is more than can be suggested.

Only things I can add as a request are anchor links in admin to sections like VB Options does. Also, maybe a easy way for changing templates for the actual system, if that is possible. I really don't like that particular look if there's not a lot of text to a post, and I also think text should be aligned to the top instead of the middle. One more, have the menu bar at the bottom available as well. When you have a lot of links to add in, you have to keep scrolling up to the top to add a new link, because it refreshes to the bottom of the page when you put in a link.

Just minor stuff really, more annoying than anything.