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 shiva

hey AndrewD,

I just moved to a new host, but because of the differences, i will have to do a new install, as LDM refused to work when I just copied over the database. It's now php 5.1.4 , so if you haven't been able to test with php5, be happy to let you in, as it's not gonna be open for a while.

I use php5 on my development machine, so eveything should be ok.

[shiva]

cool, just wondered. I will keep a list if I get any errors. I will install and then start manually adding the database then...

*** crosses fingers and toes ***

[q8-star]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I need some more information. Does this always happen with LDM admin setting changes - and which values are you trying to change? Does your site use htaccess files or have mod_redirect working, etc?

Am happy to take a look at your site (although the arabic is a bit difficult for me( - if you PM me a username/password with admin privs.

Well I'll PM you shortly .And don't worry you'll see the English version of it

[|oR|Greg]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

have multiple files with the single entry?

No guarantees, but will add it to the wish list

Use the variable for attachments per post, or maybe make a new one if you like. As well as the uploads shown on the upload pop-up.

So on my board, you can have 10 attachments per post, and upload 5 at a time. Same for LDM. How you do it of course is your choice, but I was thinking you could also set a different variable per usergroup for the upload limits, ya know like 1 group can upload 10mb's per user total, another can do 2mb, admins can be set to 0 meaning no limit, etc.

The reason for all of this, in combination with a new template, you've now got a gallery/garage.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by |oR|Greg

Use the variable for attachments per post, or maybe make a new one if you like. As well as the uploads shown on the upload pop-up.

So on my board, you can have 10 attachments per post, and upload 5 at a time. Same for LDM. How you do it of course is your choice, but I was thinking you could also set a different variable per usergroup for the upload limits, ya know like 1 group can upload 10mb's per user total, another can do 2mb, admins can be set to 0 meaning no limit, etc.

The reason for all of this, in combination with a new template, you've now got a gallery/garage.

OK, this ties up with other requests to allow multiple links per entry, e.g. for people who split a video into segments.

[MissKalunji]

questiion for zip extension the little zip logo shows

how can i do the same for rar?

[|oR|Greg]

Add a .gif file called rar.gif to the same directory the zip.gif is in.

[MimeSong Erk]

I've been working more and more with the software and am just getting more impressed; you've done a good job of keeping everything sorted out so that even a novice hacker like me can alter things to suit my needs.

I have some mods I'm working on figuring out right now... one is something my coadmin ccoa already posted here, the ability to sort files by submitter. The others include a top contributors listing based not on #files submitted but on a little bit more complicated equation. That'll tie into some other aspects of my site, like the Badges system I have implemented that show minor accolates in a user's postbit, so the top submitter will have a little icon that says "#1 file contributor" in their name. Anyway.

If I complete these, shall I post them here for interest's sake?

For those interested, my site is www.rmxp.org

[|oR|Greg]

Sounds like a whole lotta extra queries, no?

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by |oR|Greg

Add a .gif file called rar.gif to the same directory the zip.gif is in.

Thanks dear