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.

[Langly]

Is LDM using "Delayed Inserts" for SQL? I'm getting several of them according to my host and was trying to narrow down where these are coming from. I'm using v2.2.0 since I have not had to time to upgrade.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Langly

Is LDM using "Delayed Inserts" for SQL? I'm getting several of them according to my host and was trying to narrow down where these are coming from. I'm using v2.2.0 since I have not had to time to upgrade.

Not within my code. I've no idea if the underlying vb code ever uses delayed inserts

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

quick question or suggestion before I forget:


is there a way to make a PERMALINK? or have it show a copiable link so people can use this like Online Image Storage or FILE HOST source?

all the elements are there...just need a copiable link to the download.
(eg: this would be VERY useful for people who want to upload say... a signature image and link it into their signature).

again, doing so would in effect covers thses hacks and more..
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=113583
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=106127

[|oR|Greg]

You mean like, upload something, and have it show the link they're to copy for their signature?

[Benj]

woooo ive been away for a bit ..... hows it going andrew benj here...... installs once again

[obmob]

AWW, can't make this to work... ok, here is what i've done so far.

Uploaded files as indicated -was planning to rename, but i'll do that later-

Now i scanned a folder and was able to add a couple of files, just to test.

It says file is ok... but when i try to download link appears this way and a 404 error is displayed.

http://www. site. com/local_links/jump/2/1 <-- that location doesn't exist, files are stored in a different folder, i thought i enabled some sort of protection in LDM settings to avoid hotlinkin in my files.

No broken links shown in admin... so i tried a different way and uploaded directly a different file... no luck, the same result.

Also, if i go to LDM home page i see new category, if i try to browse i see this when clicking category, also 404 error:

http://www. site .com/local_links/links/1

Have i done something wrong? Did i missed something? Files are placed correctly

Hope spmeone can help me, thanks.

[Ian Emu-UK]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

See the attached.

Thanks Andrew, but it doesn't seem to be working, here is my settings from the file

PHP Code:

$expireusergroups = array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15);  // use this array to specify which usergroups' entries trigger an autodeletion
$expirecategories = array(18);  // use this array to specify which categories can be pruned, default all categories
$expiredays = 3; // number of days after which an entry is removed from the database 


I want it to delete everything uploaded by all usergroups in cat 18, but after 5 days the file has still not been deleted.

I have setup the sheduled task and uploaded the file into the cron directory (I can see those questions popping into your head )

[Holidazed]

Is there a way to deny access to particular categories and sub-categories based on the usergroup? It would be nice if I can choose to show the category title to a usergroup and then deny them access when they click on it (maybe with a link to purchasing a subscription) or just not showing the category to them.

So far, I have set my forum permissions to now allow unlogged in people to see the forum that links to a particular category, but if they go directly to the link, it lets them in.

Ideas?

[pumarjr]

i installed this mod, everything works flawlessly, thank you, you should have a donate button!

PS: is there a way when viewing Music/Videos to force the media player local, instead of opening in a new window, so that when the file is played it is played in the vb page?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by pumarjr

i installed this mod, everything works flawlessly, thank you, you should have a donate button!

PS: is there a way when viewing Music/Videos to force the media player local, instead of opening in a new window, so that when the file is played it is played in the vb page?

This is possible in principle, but I think it will need more work so that things behave sensibly (i.e. that you can get back to your forums, etc).

The trivial change is to edit includes/local_links_include.php. Find function get_linkslistbit, about 140 lines later, you will find these lines:

PHP Code:

            if (isset($icon_cache[$urlType])) {
                if ($is_musicbox and $links_permissions["can_play_musicbox"]) {
                    $linktypebit .= '<a href="'.$LINKS_SCRIPT.'.php?action=play&amp;id='.$linkid.'" target="player" onclick="ldmpopup(this.href);return false;">'; 


and kill the sequence

PHP Code:

target="player" onclick="ldmpopup(this.href);return false;" 


I'll give this some thought to see if there is a better approach.