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.

[Alfa1]

It would be nice to have all the files/links added by a member in that member's vb profile.

[lovevn]

Hi
I recently change my server where I stored my file. Now I want to change old url to the new one. I want to do this using msql but I do not know what command I should use. Could anyone help me with this. I want to change http://oldserver.com in "linkurl" to http://newserver.com

Thanks

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by lovevn

Hi
I recently change my server where I stored my file. Now I want to change old url to the new one. I want to do this using msql but I do not know what command I should use. Could anyone help me with this. I want to change http://oldserver.com in "linkurl" to http://newserver.com

Thanks

You can do this within LDM itself. Go to the LDM/admin/categories

For each category, select mass edit, then select all the entries, then check the 'edit url' box andtype olderserver.com in the first box and newserver.com in the second.

Depending on how many entries you have in your database, you may have to repeat this a few times.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

It would be nice to have all the files/links added by a member in that member's vb profile.

With recent versions, you have the most recent that they added, if you enable the profile_ldmactivity setting on the admin page

[lovevn]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

You can do this within LDM itself. Go to the LDM/admin/categories

For each category, select mass edit, then select all the entries, then check the 'edit url' box andtype olderserver.com in the first box and newserver.com in the second.

Depending on how many entries you have in your database, you may have to repeat this a few times.

Thanks,
I used this and it worked well

UPDATE tablename SET fieldname = replace( fieldname, "old", "new" );

[MotMann]

Where is a Link with Screens, Demo?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by MotMann

Where is a Link with Screens, Demo?

As per the first post, in http://www.eirma.org/devel/LDM/index.html

[directprint]

Can anyone tell me what the style is for the backgound behind link and icons.



Here is a link to my new style, but parts of it don't work well with LDM
http://www.vpba.com.au/forum/local_links.php?catid=3

[puregraf]

hi, i installed this program and i enabled upload of multimedia. i went to test it out and the file extention i wanted to upload wasnt on the list of allowed file extentions, look at sthe attatchment.

my question is, where do i go to add file extentions of multimedia such as the ones already pre listed in the default where i enabled, but its not working am i missing something?

thanks

[directprint]

Originally Posted by puregraf

hi, i installed this program and i enabled upload of multimedia. i went to test it out and the file extention i wanted to upload wasnt on the list of allowed file extentions, look at sthe attatchment.

my question is, where do i go to add file extentions of multimedia such as the ones already pre listed in the default where i enabled, but its not working am i missing something?

thanks

You add extensions via Admin Control Panel > Attachments > Extensions & Sizes , then you just hit the button Add New Attachement Type.