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 GrendelKhan{TSU

ok I'll try out v1. any specific uninstall instructions for v2 before I install? or just delete it from plugins?

Delete the plugin and remove the files (there's some javascript and a css)

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Delete the plugin and remove the files (there's some javascript and a css)

you know.. I tried giving it one more shot with v2 (I'm persistent like that).

deleted everything and went to reinstall....
(and this could be a coincedence but) then I noticed that the lightbox2.02 zip file had one extra js file than the v2 folder did (effects.js). so I just uploaded that with the other clientscript files and finished the install... and BAM! v2 is now working :woot:

like I said, dunno if that was the difference or I just messed up somehow the first time. but its working and I'm not making any suddent movements in case it decides to stop again.

dunno maybe a test to check the download file and see if the effects.js is in the clientscript and if that is what the problem is?

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by kira

Hey Andrew, I tried it out -- works perfectly! I tweaked the code to use an unordered list (just so it matches the rest of my sidebar). Easy peasy. Thanks a million!

I just noticed that for some reason the hit counter isn't working on either this "top list" addon or the regular directory listings pages. Can you think of what might cause such a problem?



Sure thing! My setup is very different as I've moved all the "what's going on" stuff to a sidebar. So you can get a better picture of what this would look like on a standard setup, I re-added the what's going on section and took a screenshot. (See #1.)

The second screenshot shows my CSS-ized sidebar version without the description or hits.

wow! beautiful set up and site. makes me jealous AND want to throw in the towel. :iss:

I wish I knew how you implemented it so beautifully. if its ok.. I'd apprecaite and love to see the code you used to do that. (or at least some clues. can I at least ask what font you are using? )
the new and hot links implemented on forumhome is GREAT but the huge list at the bottom waaay to bulky and cumbersome looking.

(anyway to control the options there andrew?)

anyway...n job kira

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

sorry to keep buggin ya Andrew (hopefully I'm not being spammy)


question/comment:

--I noticed with video files... clicking on the image or link triggers the download. (links_linkbit)
http://www.clantsu.org/forums/local_...atid=4&lpage=1

--yet with mp3... clicking on the link or image makes quicktime plug launch in background. (doesn't launch player or download dialogue). :/
http://www.clantsu.org/forums/local_...esort=D&page=1

this is not good as it seems like nothing is happening and browser is frozen and then 20 secs later or whatever (after download) it comes active playing the song (scaring me to death).

Is this normal? why is it different for mp3s and video files??

I mentioned this before in the context of requesting a feature to limit users per chosen category and usergroup to only be able to launch the jukebox. I hope some solution can be reached for this. its very confusing and no one knows to click the little icon (or forget).

As always... love this hack...just doing my best to continue to offer input to keep it as the best hack around

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

sorry to keep buggin ya Andrew (hopefully I'm not being spammy)


question/comment:

--I noticed with video files... clicking on the image or link triggers the download. (links_linkbit)
http://www.clantsu.org/forums/local_...atid=4&lpage=1

--yet with mp3... clicking on the link or image makes quicktime plug launch in background. (doesn't launch player or download dialogue). :/
http://www.clantsu.org/forums/local_...esort=D&page=1

this is not good as it seems like nothing is happening and browser is frozen and then 20 secs later or whatever (after download) it comes active playing the song (scaring me to death).

Is this normal? why is it different for mp3s and video files??

I mentioned this before in the context of requesting a feature to limit users per chosen category and usergroup to only be able to launch the jukebox. I hope some solution can be reached for this. its very confusing and no one knows to click the little icon (or forget).

As always... love this hack...just doing my best to continue to offer input to keep it as the best hack around

Different add ins (Adobe Acrobat as well as Quicktime, etc) integrate themselves with the browser in different ways. I also find it a real pain to deal with, and it cost me a lot of thought early on with pdf files (my original reason for writing this hack).

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

I noticed that the lightbox2.02 zip file had one extra js file than the v2 folder did (effects.js). so I just uploaded that with the other clientscript files and finished the install... and BAM! v2 is now working :woot:

Thanks - that seems to have been the problem

[sydude]

One of my links categories is very text intensive, and the existing linkbits don't work that well for it. Does anyone have a 'Legacy Postbit' style of linkbit? Or is it easy to make one up? Here is what I'm trying to achieve:

Attachment 49778

Thanks!

Sy

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by sydude

One of my links categories is very text intensive, and the existing linkbits don't work that well for it. Does anyone have a 'Legacy Postbit' style of linkbit? Or is it easy to make one up? Here is what I'm trying to achieve:

Attachment 49778

Thanks!

Sy

try this

[sydude]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

try this

DAMN YOU'RE GOOD!!!! You are the MAN! :banana:

Thank you again!

[sydude]

And here's another quick template question.. (sorry if this sounds completely dumb or if it's been covered ad nauseum..):

How do I make a new linkbit and have it selectable in the LL settings? For now I've had to delete out Greg's template with the code you gave me.