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 Aeolian

Andrew .. i hav a question...
i like the script a lot... but in my forum i basically will be sharing artists demo music.. so its painful to add media files everytime... is it possible to make a directory listing of specific folder.. and users can download?
Thanx~

If you take a look at LDM/admin/import and export, see if the Scan Directory feature is what you were looking for - it will basically do a directory search and auto create the entries for you.

[Benj]

*request* this might have been requested before but maybe custom fields for links / downloads ?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by benj

*request* this might have been requested before but maybe custom fields for links / downloads ?

I think something like this is needed, but I need to think through how to do this cleanly.

Thanks.

[Tradjick]

Originally Posted by Tradjick

I am almost finished with customizations, the only thing i can?t figure out is how to have the same "breadcrump" (navigation) from the links directory show up in showthread.php. Is there an easy way around you would consider to me?

Hi Andrew, did you come up with an idea on this?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Tradjick

Hi Andrew, did you come up with an idea on this?

Bear with me - I've been travelling and in meetings for the last week and there's a few other things to deal with to get 2.0.6 properly released. I'll try to give you an answer in a few days.

[Neutral Singh]

- To install one of the translations (French, German), *either* upload
/release/product_eirma_ldm_fr.xml or
/release/product_eirma_ldm_de.xml
*or*
install the English version, then run the Language Manager
(admincp->Download/Upload Languages) and upload the relevant file
(phrases_XX.xml) from subdirectory /dev/phrases into the appropriate language.

This instruction somewhat confuses me.

When I go to Language Manager --> Upload Langugage, i am encountered with following option:

--> Overwrite Language : What should i select from drop-down menu? Should i create a new language? Would overwriting language have any implications?

Please guide me.

Regards

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Neutral Singh

This instruction somewhat confuses me.

When I go to Language Manager --> Upload Langugage, i am encountered with following option:

--> Overwrite Language : What should i select from drop-down menu? Should i create a new language? Would overwriting language have any implications?

Please guide me.

Regards

If you want just a single language installation of LDM, then install it using one of the three product loaders, i.e. product_eirma_ldm.xml (English), product_eirma_ldm_fr.xml (French) or product_eirma_ldm_de.xml (German)

If you run a multi-language board and you have already installed the main French or German Vbulletin translation, then you can 'add on' the LDM phrases into that language - VBulletin -> Admincp -> Download/Upload Languages -> Upload Language -> Overwrite Language (French/German). This will *include* the additional phrases and will not destroy what was already there.

[Marv]

Thanks for sharing this hack, Andrew.

One question. I´ve already installed LDM in english, tried to switch to german and to import the german-language via the phrase-manager - but it keeps on telling me "This file only contains phrases, but none of the necessary values. It´s not possible to create a new language with this file".
Even with the option "Overwrite" anabled.

Any help aprecciated - any ideas ?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Marv

Thanks for sharing this hack, Andrew.

One question. I?ve already installed LDM in english, tried to switch to german and to import the german-language via the phrase-manager - but it keeps on telling me "invalid file - file can?t be executed".

Any ideas ?

Which file are you trying to import into the German language? With the language installer, you should use development/phrases/phrases_de.xml. The product installer in release/product-eirma_ldm_de.xml is used if you simply want to install one language (i.e. German).

I've juyst tried this and it seems to work ok to me. Let me know if you still have problems.

[Marv]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Which file are you trying to import into the German language? With the language installer, you should use development/phrases/phrases_de.xml. The product installer in release/product-eirma_ldm_de.xml is used if you simply want to install one language (i.e. German).

Thanks for your fast reply, Andrew.

I did it exactly the way as you described it. But still no go..
May be you?ve got some extra time to join me in the chat room ?