Major Additions - Links and Downloads Manager

What this is and does

LDM is a general-purpose tool for managing libraries of links and files, and handling uploads and downloads in a flexible way, while tracking and control user access. It has a range of integrated media players and a large library of 'plugin' extras.

Installation and Usage Explained in the on-line Wiki, with a brief explanation in the file instructions.txt in the release zip. The recent revision history is given in the first post of this thread.

Please use carefully and always backup your database before upgrading. Post reports of problems and suggestions for enhancements in this thread.

14.06.09 Version 2.3.0 is now the the officially-supported version. Works with 3.7 and vb 3.8. Please post comments in this thread

22.06.08 Version 2.2.9-post1 - This is the previous supported version. Works fine with all versions of vb 3.6 and vb 3.7. All standard features except profile integration and forum prefix selection work fine with vb 3.8.

[RikiB]

Yes you are correct, I cannot access it as guest..everything seems ok..Im relieved

[obmob]

Hmm... time to start translation?
Thanks for the beta, will try to make an online test forum.

[IR15H]

I've found a few minor bugs;

1. If you put a smiley in your title for an entry, it displays properly everywhere, except in the navigation at the top when I view the entry;
   
2. If you upload a file that isn't a supported attachment by vB and hit submit, I see the following;
   
   I'm guessing it should say something along the lines of "This type of file is not allowed to be uploaded".
3. A browser issue with WMP, so it may not be fixable your end;
   

Haven't had that long to play around with it, but still love it .

[MikeGK]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Are you sure you've updated all the code to the latest 2.2.9 and then reinstalled the product xml?

My bad Andrew, it is working awesome now. Thank you! Great Script! Andrew it would be nice to add hostname and ip address of user. It would be a PLUS.

Mike

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by IR15H

I've found a few minor bugs;

1. If you put a smiley in your title for an entry, it displays properly everywhere, except in the navigation at the top when I view the entry;
2. If you upload a file that isn't a supported attachment by vB and hit submit, I see the following;
   I'm guessing it should say something along the lines of "This type of file is not allowed to be uploaded".
3. A browser issue with WMP, so it may not be fixable your end;

Haven't had that long to play around with it, but still love it .

Thanks - the first two are bugs, the third is because I was lazy when I wrote the javascript to resize the video window.

Edited - actually, I can't reproduce the first one - it displays fine for me. Can you give me any hints?

[IR15H]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Thanks - the first two are bugs, the third is because I was lazy when I wrote the javascript to resize the video window.

Edited - actually, I can't reproduce the first one - it displays fine for me. Can you give me any hints?

I might know why, do you have HTML enabled (Category and Entry Creation and Editing > allow_html)? I turned it on and it displayed correctly, but I wouldn't enable it on my live board because it enables HTML in the actual entry itself as well. BB code is enabled.

EDIT:

A couple more minor bugs. If an individual comments more than once on an entry, it still states there is only 1 comment/rating. Also, if you set comments to be in-line (inline_comment_and_rate = X), but have X+1 comments then "More..." appears, but doesn't link anywhere.

The link to more comments works with the drop down menu (dropdown_comment_and_rate), but the X comments/ratings thing is the same.


EDIT 2:

A strange browser issue;

The song (mp3) plays in IE 32 bit, but I can't see any of the controls, just the white bar. It doesn't play in the 64 bit version, but I get the link to download flash. It displays perfectly in FireFox. This might just be some strange setting I have on my PC (Vista 64 bit), so if anyone else could check this on theirs that'd be cool.
EDIT (again): The first time I navigate to the entry in IE7 32bit it displays normally, but any subsequent visits to the same entry, or any other mp3 entry results in the white box. Opening a new tab or window makes it display normally again on the first view.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by IR15H

I might know why, do you have HTML enabled (Category and Entry Creation and Editing > allow_html)? I turned it on and it displayed correctly, but I wouldn't enable it on my live board because it enables HTML in the actual entry itself as well. BB code is enabled.

You're right. At that point in the code, I inadvertently included the line of code to catch smilies, etc, in entry names twice, with the effect of escaping the html.

Originally Posted by IR15H

If an individual comments more than once on an entry, it still states there is only 1 comment/rating. Also, if you set comments to be in-line (inline_comment_and_rate = X), but have X+1 comments then "More..." appears, but doesn't link anywhere.
The link to more comments works with the drop down menu (dropdown_comment_and_rate), but the X comments/ratings thing is the same.

The count is misleading and I should correct it. Only the last rating from each user is counted. Comments were added to LDM after ratings, and I must have taken a short cut with the code.

More.. should link, so will fix.

Originally Posted by IR15H

A strange browser issue;
The song (mp3) plays in IE 32 bit, but I can't see any of the controls, just the white bar. It doesn't play in the 64 bit version, but I get the link to download flash. It displays perfectly in FireFox. This might just be some strange setting I have on my PC (Vista 64 bit), so if anyone else could check this on theirs that'd be cool.
EDIT (again): The first time I navigate to the entry in IE7 32bit it displays normally, but any subsequent visits to the same entry, or any other mp3 entry results in the white box. Opening a new tab or window makes it display normally again on the first view.

Your problem with the white bar is a bug in Flash with IE (I think) - I spent some time on this a while back and found many reports of similar. I'm currenctly not able to check 64 bit Vista

[webgeek247]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

The solution, I think, is to move the vbulletin.init script code outside all your divs, just before the close of the body tag, which is where it should be.

Hi Andrew i had a look but couldnt figure it out

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by djpassion

Hi Andrew i had a look but couldnt figure it out

OK, I'll give this some more thought.

It is possible might also have problems in other parts of vBulletin, depending on whether they also expect to be initialising Javascript at the end of the page.

[IR15H]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Your problem with the white bar is a bug in Flash with IE (I think) - I spent some time on this a while back and found many reports of similar. I'm currenctly not able to check 64 bit Vista

Okay. When I install this on my live board, if any of my IE users are able to reproduce this (browser) issue I'll simply disable the JW player, and do it via WMP, as that works fine .

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I've found another comments bug. With settings of dropdown_width_comment_and_rate = 60 and dropdown_rows_comment_and_rate = 5, I get the following result;

The numbers I chose are arbitrary, but the comments do not match the values I set. This is the same for in-line comments, too.

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I also found a picture related bug;

The blank space is a picture upload entry.

EDIT:

Oh, and also, a very minor thing when you create a new entry. If you type something in the "Name" field and then press the TAB key on your keyboard it jumps to the "New Keywords" field, missing out the "Description" input area.