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.

[josiespencer]

I'm having a weird problem - the daily accesses count is always 0 "0 Files during last 24 hours". But I know people have downloaded files.

[RikiB]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

May I take a look at your site myself? Sometimes these things are browser/cache dependent, but if there's a real bug, I want to get rid of it.

I dont know how, but I think I got it working. If I find anymore out about this I will post it.

Originally Posted by AndrewD

You mean that you are including a url as raw html in the category description? You are using the word_wrap setting?

Yes, I include a link inside the category description like this:

 <a href="http://website.com/forum/faq.php?faq=pdinfo#faq_dlm">See our recommendations</a>.

And it seems to count all of theses characters and splits the line. For example,

instead of getting something like this:
For help with a list of options See our recommendations

I get this:
For help with a list of options
See our recommendations

[RikiB]

I almost forgot, yes I tried playing with the word wrap settings and it didnt seem to effect it much.

[Ipuck]

AndrewD

In my site some users don't have access to all the links, they can see the links but they can click on it.

Question:

How can I add a icon (like a lock) at the end of the link just for the user that don't have access to the link.

Thanks!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Ipuck

AndrewD

In my site some users don't have access to all the links, they can see the links but they can click on it.

Question:

How can I add a icon (like a lock) at the end of the link just for the user that don't have access to the link.

Thanks!

I'll include this in the next upload. When an entry is visible but not accessible, the 'filetype' icon will change to a padlock.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by josiespencer

I'm having a weird problem - the daily accesses count is always 0 "0 Files during last 24 hours". But I know people have downloaded files.

Do you mean that the admin/allowances page is showing zero accesses or do you mean somewhere else?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by RikiB

Yes, I include a link inside the category description like this:

 <a href="http://website.com/forum/faq.php?faq=pdinfo#faq_dlm">See our recommendations</a>.

And it seems to count all of theses characters and splits the line. For example,

instead of getting something like this:
For help with a list of options See our recommendations

I get this:
For help with a list of options
See our recommendations

I can't find anything wrong with the code, so I may need more help in understanding your settings.

Can you just check the following - edit the category and make sure that you have not inadvertently added a line break in either the category description or the extended category description at the point where the text is wrapping. These are easy to insert by mistake and impossible to see. If you are using the same extended description as standard description, it's worth clearing the extended description and letting LDM recreate it from the standard text.

[Ipuck]

I'll include this in the next upload. When an entry is visible but not accessible, the 'filetype' icon will change to a padlock.

Excellent!!

[Clinotus]

Will this thumbnail pdfs?

[RikiB]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I can't find anything wrong with the code, so I may need more help in understanding your settings.

Can you just check the following - edit the category and make sure that you have not inadvertently added a line break in either the category description or the extended category description at the point where the text is wrapping. These are easy to insert by mistake and impossible to see. If you are using the same extended description as standard description, it's worth clearing the extended description and letting LDM recreate it from the standard text.

Thanks for checking the code, so I went back and messed with it and simply removed a few extra spaces and it seemed to fix the problem. Sometimes I guess the wires just need to be wiggled a bit to get things working

Thanks again,
Riki