Major Additions - Links and Downloads Manager

Version 2.3.0 of LDM is now the official release. This works with both VB3.7 and VB3.8. You can obtain it here

Version 2.2.8 remains available here, with limited support.

04.02.08: patch-cat.xml 'extra' uploaded - see first post for information

27.10.07: Version 2.2.8-post1 uploaded
French translation of product installer uploaded (other language translations are in the main release zip)

Remember to back up your current database tables before upgrading.

What this is and does

LDM is a general-purpose link and file manager, which handles user uploads and downloads in a flexible way. A range of media players is integrated into LDM and others are included as plugin extras. LDM is described below in the first post of this thread, which also contains a brief list of the currently-known bugs.

This release of LDM works correctly with all VB versions 3.6.x and recent versions of vbadvanced.

Documentation, screen shots, etc, are provided as a Wiki at http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php...nloads_Manager

Thank you to everyone who has tested, given suggestions, helped with the translations, etc.

[pplc]

Just wanted to give a shout to Andrew! Logged into my forum and fixed the problem with my board and my images are now showing up. Andrew you are the bomb!

[Alfa1]

Andrew, about the vbadvanced plugin blocks:
If I want to add multiple blocks, can I just rename the plugin to whatever I like and use it several times under different names?
What are ldm_cat.php and ldm_tot.php?
If I want to display newest files in a certain category, what do I add/change in ldm_new.php?

And something different: I have been tooling around for a while to get the thunbs displayed, but can't seem to succeed. The dir where the thumbs should be stored is empty. I can not find another place where they are. Seems like the function is off. create_thumbs_oninsert is on. Strangely enough the database lists 3 thumbs, which I can not find. I hit reset to see if that helps. Now I've got 0. Where can I mass generate thumbs?

[amnesia623]

Same here.

Great support from AndrewD and much appreciated.

Thanks Again

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Andrew, about the vbadvanced plugin blocks:
If I want to add multiple blocks, can I just rename the plugin to whatever I like and use it several times under different names?

I'm no expert on vbadvanced, but it seems you can copy/rename the modules in order to use them multiple times. (Actually, you can use a module multiple times without renaming it, but then it becomes difficult to get it to say different things on different parts of the page .) The thing to check is the number of database hits you create in the vba page - every module carries a load, although the LDM modules should do most of the initialisation work only one time regardless of how many LDM modules you load up.

Originally Posted by Alfa1

What are ldm_cat.php and ldm_tot.php?

ldm_cats.php creates a block which looks like the categories section of the LDM home page, i.e. a list of the top level categories with direct links to them.

See attached image for an example of how these look.

Originally Posted by Alfa1

If I want to display newest files in a certain category, what do I add/change in ldm_new.php?

Find the line which reads $filter= and change it as follows:

$filter = array("link.linkmoderate = 0", "ltoc.catid IN (1,3,5)");

Originally Posted by Alfa1

And something different: I have been tooling around for a while to get the thunbs displayed, but can't seem to succeed. The dir where the thumbs should be stored is empty. I can not find another place where they are. Seems like the function is off. create_thumbs_oninsert is on. Strangely enough the database lists 3 thumbs, which I can not find. I hit reset to see if that helps. Now I've got 0. Where can I mass generate thumbs?

A number of people have been having difficulties with this for some time. Every time I find a way to patch the last problem, a new one appears.

Easiest is for me to take a look - I've forgotten my username on your site, and I'll need full admin perms back again.

Last question: thumbs are generated 'on the fly' if they don't exist, i.e. after you click the 'reset thumbs' link. There used to be a mass recreate function, but I realised it was unnecessary.

[Alfa1]

Thanks for that info. I have created a latest music block. How do I limit the number of files displayed?
Your username is same as here and has full admin perms again.

[berayiwu5]

Thanks, AndrewD. Your support has been nothing but phenomenal.

In the "LDM Usage and Quotas" section of the wiki manual (http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php...age_and_Quotas), there is a passage that says:

"Limits can be placed on the number of files a user can access and/or the bytes that she can download in a 24 hour period, or both. If both types of limit apply, the first limit to be hit triggers the block. These limits apply individually to registered users, and collectively for unregistered users. Different limits can apply to each usergroup."

What does applying "collectively for unregistered users" mean? Does it mean that if I assign 200MB daily bandwidth allowance to unregistered users, I can have either 20 users using 10MB per day or 40 users using 5MB per day? If a couple of unregistered users have used up 150MB on a given day, does it mean that there wouldn't be much bandwidth left for other unregistered users to use?

Besides, I don't understand how file limits can be meaningfully set collectively for the group of unregistered users, since there is no telling how many unregistered users will visit a site on any given day.

Thanks for your pointers.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by berayiwu5

Thanks, AndrewD. Your support has been nothing but phenomenal.

In the "LDM Usage and Quotas" section of the wiki manual (http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php...age_and_Quotas), there is a passage that says:

"Limits can be placed on the number of files a user can access and/or the bytes that she can download in a 24 hour period, or both. If both types of limit apply, the first limit to be hit triggers the block. These limits apply individually to registered users, and collectively for unregistered users. Different limits can apply to each usergroup."

What does applying "collectively for unregistered users" mean? Does it mean that if I assign 200MB daily bandwidth allowance to unregistered users, I can have either 20 users using 10MB per day or 40 users using 5MB per day? If a couple of unregistered users have used up 150MB on a given day, does it mean that there wouldn't be much bandwidth left for other unregistered users to use?

Besides, I don't understand how file limits can be meaningfully set collectively for the group of unregistered users, since there is no telling how many unregistered users will visit a site on any given day.

Thanks for your pointers.

The manual is out of date on this point, thanks for highlighting that. For unregistered users, the test is now made using their IP address. If you turn on bandwidth limits and set a limit for unregistered users, each IP address will be allowed the speofied number of files/bytes per day. It's not perfect, but it seems better than giving the whole world a limit that one person could use up.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Thanks for that info. I have created a latest music block. How do I limit the number of files displayed?

All the LDM vba modules use the same parameter, links_seen_on_portal, to limit the number of files displayed. You set it on the LDM admin settings page.

See PM concerning thumbs.

[Ophelia]

Andrew,
We started to get the following database error last night. I removed IP and username info.

> Database error in vBulletin 3.6.2:
>
> Invalid SQL:
>
> INSERT INTO local_linksdownloads
> SET
> linkid=0,
> linkurl='Accepts site terms',
> bytes=0,
> userid='7173',
> username='removed',
> usertime='1163380954',
> userip='00.00.000.00';
>
> MySQL Error  : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that 
> corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 
> 'sgirl',
> usertime='1163380954',
> userip='00.00.000.00'' at line 7
> Error Number : 1064
> Date         : Sunday, November 12th 2006 @ 08:22:34 PM
> Script       : http://www.mysite.net/forum/local_links.php
> Referrer     : http://www.mysite.net/forum/local_links.php
> IP Address   : removed
> Username     : removed
> Classname    : vb_database

Any thoughts?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Ophelia

Andrew,
We started to get the following database error last night. I removed IP and username info.

> Database error in vBulletin 3.6.2:
>
> Invalid SQL:
>
> INSERT INTO local_linksdownloads
> SET
> linkid=0,
> linkurl='Accepts site terms',
> bytes=0,
> userid='7173',
> username='removed',
> usertime='1163380954',
> userip='00.00.000.00';
>
> MySQL Error  : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that 
> corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 
> 'sgirl',
> usertime='1163380954',
> userip='00.00.000.00'' at line 7
> Error Number : 1064
> Date         : Sunday, November 12th 2006 @ 08:22:34 PM
> Script       : http://www.mysite.net/forum/local_links.php
> Referrer     : http://www.mysite.net/forum/local_links.php
> IP Address   : removed
> Username     : removed
> Classname    : vb_database

Any thoughts?

This is triggered by a username that has an apostrophe in it. Sorry about that. I'll post a fix this evening.