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.

[dpkm]

*grin* That was quick. Thanks!

[Benj]

Originally Posted by benj

yeah i am, im planning to letting users upload mp3s so they can battle it out to see who can get to the top of the "chart" so id preferably need daily weekly monthly stats which can be filtered into their respective cats... but hey not all are curial, just need a list to start with


cheers

andrew !!! lol sorry thought you might have missed my post

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by benj

andrew !!! lol sorry thought you might have missed my post

Yes, I saw it - am thinking about this and will try to do something at the weekend - I'm also thinking of modifying the 'autoload' feature that's available to admins, so that mp3s and jpgs and so get illustrated, annotated, etc, according to the ID3, EXIf, etc, tags in the files.

But I have to do my paid job first

[Benj]

whats that sounds sick (amazing) thanks man... what exactly do you mean by illustrated ?

[Benj]

just wondering if there is or if your concidering adding the option to upload the file. instead of linking to it

[bhxtyrant]

Originally Posted by benj

just wondering if there is or if your concidering adding the option to upload the file. instead of linking to it

Would be nice to have both options possibly in a future version?

[AmpSul]

been using this for months on my old 3.0.x and it rocks!

two minute upgrade and it still rocks hard!

thanks andrewd!!!!!!!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by benj

whats that sounds sick (amazing) thanks man... what exactly do you mean by illustrated ?

For example, if it's an mp3 with cover art in the file, then the picture would appear in the linkbit. If it's a photo, then a thumbnail would appear. I have to work out the details.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by bhxtyrant

Would be nice to have both options possibly in a future version?

This is the most-asked-for upgrade. I need to think through the details. No promises, just a strong maybe.

[Brandon Sheley]

nice looking hack AndrewD
I haven't installed it, but I will. this weekend or next

thx