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 obmob

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

As far as I recall (without checking the code in detail), the 'something new in category' flag is set when something is either added or edited in the category, not when the code had spotted an entry with a current date.

Originally Posted by obmob

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?

Will have to wait until the weekend to answer this

[EasyTarget]

I moved a download link to a different category today and now when people try to access the old link they get a

Unfortunately, this entry is only available to our registered users. If you have an account at this site, log in and try again. Otherwise, consider using the register button to obtain one.

Please be aware that some entries on this site may only be available to privileged usergroups, in which case you may still receive a warning message after logging in.

Would it be possible to add a new error message which states the entry has been moved or some sort of auto-forwarding?

Also as far as alfa's suggestion.. seems like a good idea to me, although I don't use the reputation system on my site.

Any thought on supporting some code to display random images/latest images on forumhome or vbacmps index?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

I moved a download link to a different category today and now when people try to access the old link they get a
Would it be possible to add a new error message which states the entry has been moved or some sort of auto-forwarding?

Also as far as alfa's suggestion.. seems like a good idea to me, although I don't use the reputation system on my site.

Will add to the 'to do' list - this is a clear bug.

[obmob]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

As far as I recall (without checking the code in detail), the 'something new in category' flag is set when something is either added or edited in the category, not when the code had spotted an entry with a current date.

Will have to wait until the weekend to answer this

OH, ok, but what about the date, it says las added july 2006 not july 2003, that's weird.

Thanks for the other one, i don't want to start directories scanning without setting this.

Any thought on supporting some code to display random images/latest images on forumhome or vbacmps index?

Thought there were some modules on the release... o_o

[EasyTarget]

Originally Posted by obmob

Thought there were some modules on the release... o_o

hmm.. true. I didn't think of using the module to show latest pictures, I thought of it mainly for links/files. does it support showing picture thumbnails?

*edit*
just tested. The module will show a link to the picture but it does not display an actual image.

[EasyTarget]

is there a way to make submissions in one category subject to moderation but not submissions in another?

[EasyTarget]

I seem to get a database error after a user submitted a keyword with an apostrophe in it. (actually I'm just assuming that's the error from the message below.. I guess you'd be the one to know for sure)

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.4:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT keyid, keyword
FROM local_linkskeys
WHERE keyword IN ('opengl', 'shatner', 'shatner's', 'ogl');

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 's', 'ogl')' at line 3

[EasyTarget]

haha dang.. just noticed my sig got editted which had a cool link to make people nominate this as motm

[obmob]

You've been very busy... well, i guess there must be a way to edit modules and add the thumbnail view for them, but i guess it must be resized in some way. At least my thumbs are 200 width... too big

[obmob]

OK, i have a doubt... i want to show something similar to editbit or favbit templates and show an icon to download the files, i tried plain html and added $linkurllink in the URL, but it shows the whole path... then i tried $linkurljump but that one is embedded into a <a></a> tag.

Is there any way to show a "Download Link" besides clicking on the name of the file or the image? Oo

Hope i'm clear, thanks. XD