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.

[Boofo]

Ahhhh, I could see where that would be hard to emulate.

Would there be a way to maybe have the links show their display order number somewhere in the listing? If you get enough links added (is there a limit?), it would be nice to know what the next number should be instead of having to open the last link in a category for editing to find out.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Ahhhh, I could see where that would be hard to emulate.

Would there be a way to maybe have the links show their display order number somewhere in the listing? If you get enough links added (is there a limit?), it would be nice to know what the next number should be instead of having to open the last link in a category for editing to find out.

Yes, good idea. I'm also thinking about an approach similar to the new VB inline moderation system (the right hand column in the thread list) so that one can more easily mass edit the entries.

There is no limit on the number of links - the list will paginate automatically. If you don't provide a sequence number, then they will default to "1" and appear in alphabetical order.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Yes, good idea. I'm also thinking about an approach similar to the new VB inline moderation system (the right hand column in the thread list) so that one can more easily mass edit the entries.

There is no limit on the number of links - the list will paginate automatically. If you don't provide a sequence number, then they will default to "1" and appear in alphabetical order.

Oooohh, I like the mass edit idea.

Maybe have a sorting option where you can do it by display number or alphabetrically? Or maybe even link creation date/time?

It might be nice to also know the creation date/time so if the link is ever dead, how long it has been there.

And here I thought you couldn't make this any better.

[Boofo]

The clear/delete ratings can only be done by the Admin, right?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Boofo

The clear/delete ratings can only be done by the Admin, right?

Yes, and by the user who submitted it.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Yes, and by the user who submitted it.

Do you really want the person who submitted the link to be able to clear the rating? If they didn't like how it was rated, then they could start the rating all over.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Do you really want the person who submitted the link to be able to clear the rating? If they didn't like how it was rated, then they could start the rating all over.

No, I'm being unclear. Anyone who has *can_rate_link* privilege can rate/comment on any link. They can also change their own rating/comment but they cannot change anyone else's. The admin can delete any rating/comment but can only change his own. The person who created the link in the first place has no special privileges in this regard, unless he's an admin.

[Boofo]

I don't think you were being unclear, I was just misunderstanding. Sorry about that.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

I'm getting this error when I try to change the admistrater settings:

The following setting(s) are invalid
monitor_dir :

any ideas?
(note:
MySQL version 4.0.22-log
PHP version 4.3.10 )

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

I'm getting this error when I try to change the admistrater settings:
any ideas?
(note:
MySQL version 4.0.22-log
PHP version 4.3.10 )

This error is flagged if you enter something in the monitor_dir text box and the code can't find a directory that matches. But your error message suggests that you haven't put anything in this box? Do you get this error every time you try to change admin settings?