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 Meltingfire

I have created a own module i call "ldm-hotcat.php" that is basicly a hot category.
Since i use the category as a filename, lets say "miranda" and then post a link for each version "miranda 1.0", "miranda 2.0" etc i want all hits to be collected together inside that category so i use the following code as SQL, other then that there is no changes made to the original "ldm-hot.php"

PHP Code:

        SELECT cat.catid AS linkid, cat.catname AS linkname, cat.catdesc AS linkdesc, 
            SUM(link.linkhits) AS linkhits, link.linkstatus AS linkstatus
        FROM ".THIS_TABLE."linksltoc AS ltoc         
        LEFT JOIN ".THIS_TABLE."linkslink AS link 
            ON ltoc.linkid = link.linkid 
        LEFT JOIN ".THIS_TABLE."linkscat as cat 
            ON ltoc.catid = cat.catid
        GROUP BY cat.catid

            $order
        LIMIT $linksee 


The problem is that when i use the $filter i get a SQL error, cant see why...

if the filter is "WHERE link.linkmoderate = 0" it gives a error which it shouldnt, or am i just blind

Because the filter (WHERE) has to come before the GROUP BY

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Meltingfire

Also, adding a phrase for "local_links.php" would be appreciated so you can translade it to for example "links.php", so i dont have to word-replace all urls in styles after a upgrade even if that only takes 2 seconds.

Maybe not the best solution but would work and phrases wouldnt be changed after an upgrade as styles do.

In the next version, I will parameterise the script names using DEFINES in the local_links_init file. That way, there is one file to edit for configuration changes to code and database.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I think what was bugging me about the first try was 'too much line spacing' - I switched over to putting everything in one table row, with line breaks. I agree with you that the two-column style is better than the one column parenthesised version, but still wonder about the table length. What do you think?

yah I gotta agree with PtP. the 2 column look was better. Column spacing is not as big a deal as the overall is much better with the two column approach. The one table row looks like a beta version....ie: no styling.

definitely go with the 2 column. (imho)

[MissKalunji]

okay lets try this i installed it but n e one can help me make it look like this :

http://www.dancehallareaz.com/links/

[Meltingfire]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

okay lets try this i installed it but n e one can help me make it look like this :

http://www.dancehallareaz.com/links/

Edit the styles?

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by Meltingfire

Edit the styles?

i suck at these things.......can n e one help me? if i gotta pay i dont mind....

[lttcoder]

Andrew, How can I change the category display order?
I know how to set links display order but I want to change category display order by date. The recent added categories should come first and old last.
Is there a way?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by lttcoder

Andrew, How can I change the category display order?
I know how to set links display order but I want to change category display order by date. The recent added categories should come first and old last.
Is there a way?

In the current version, you can only do this by manually editing the categories and changing the last field "Display Order" so that the numbers decrease in the order you created them.

Currently, there is no datestamp in the database showing when a category was created - only datestamps showing when links were created and when a link was last added to each category.

If this is a big deal, I'll add it to the 'to do' list.

[Benj]

Feature Request

dunno if this has been requested before but would it be possible to add a kind of chart for the most visited / downloaded items in the system

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by benj

Feature Request

dunno if this has been requested before but would it be possible to add a kind of chart for the most visited / downloaded items in the system

Chart rather than just a list?