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.

[obmob]

I think spanish translation is over... now LDM is "Administrador de Vínculos y Descargas" or AVD ^^

I think i translated everything, but somehow i can't import the file into my board, it says it's an invalid file. ><

EDIT: ¬¬

I forgot the phrases, attached both, product and phrases.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by arcadian_girl

i have a question-i know its been asked before but i can't seem to find the answer

i have an image as my forum background, and that image is also coming up as the background for the text box, which makes it hard to read..is there a way to change it to a solid color?

thanks, and sorry, i know this has been asked before-but i cant find it :/

Which text box are you referring to? I'm sure this will be easy to restyle.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by obmob

I think spanish translation is over... now LDM is "Administrador de V?nculos y Descargas" or AVD ^^

I think i translated everything, but somehow i can't import the file into my board, it says it's an invalid file. ><

EDIT: ??

I forgot the phrases, attached both, product and phrases.

Thanks - will be included as part of the next release.

[arcadian_girl]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Which text box are you referring to? I'm sure this will be easy to restyle.

not the box you type in, but the box that recieved messages appear in.

[arcadian_girl]

anyone?

[EasyTarget]

has anyone made an addon for the categories with links_linkbit_photo categories where we can display the last X photo submissions or X random images on the forum home from selected LDM categories?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by arcadian_girl

anyone?

Travelling, sorry - but I'm still not clear which text box you are referring to. Which function are you using when this text box is displayed?

[Alfa1]

I have searched this thread and could not find anything about this:

I would very much like to connect the reputation system of vBulletin to LDM, so that ratings on the file would affect the reputation of the member posting it. This would greatly improve the amount of files posted.

Andrew, thanks again for this great software. I am enjoying this very much.

[obmob]

You mean the comments box? i see an alt class applied in there, maybe you have an image in your style, that's why the image appears in the background.

Well, i think i found a bug, one of my test folders have 4 entries, i put dates back to 2003, but the folder says it has new entries and that last entrie was in july 2006 not 2003 Oo

no luck trying to open image in a new page with my banner and ad on it. Is there a file where i can edit how that works?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

I have searched this thread and could not find anything about this:

I would very much like to connect the reputation system of vBulletin to LDM, so that ratings on the file would affect the reputation of the member posting it. This would greatly improve the amount of files posted.

I'll think about a plugin - I'm not sure that this is something that everyone will want?