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.

[PitchouneN64ngc]

I didn't check with 2.2.9-post1 installation (i'm busy by translating it in French and a lot of others things) and I have seen a little translation error.

Phrase 'll_perms_report_email', there is some unnecessary <em></em>.

Action taken on <em>Report Entry</em>. 0: Email <em></em> users, 1: As 0 plus category/forum  moderators, 2: As 1 plus all VB moderators, 3: As 2 plus all VB supermoderators and administrators.

This line is the only one which isn't translated.

Edit: an other bug:

When you have some saved searches in the search menu, the DOI lines (to be searched) has a wrong colspan.

PS: i'm finishing to translate it with the first release of LDM 2.2.9 and I will check for news in 2.2.9-post1 just after

Edit 2: translation finished - look your PMs

[chronoshift]

I get this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function check_LDM_envt() in /var/www/mysite.com/forum/admincp/plugin.php(1985) : eval()'d code on line 22

when trying to install the product

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by chronoshift

I get this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function check_LDM_envt() in /var/www/mysite.com/forum/admincp/plugin.php(1985) : eval()'d code on line 22

when trying to install the product

Check that you have uploaded all the php files into the right places. They should follow the directory structure in release/forums. The installer is trying to find a function that is in includes/local_links_admininclude.php

[chronoshift]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Check that you have uploaded all the php files into the right places. They should follow the directory structure in release/forums. The installer is trying to find a function that is in includes/local_links_admininclude.php

I'm pretty sure I uploaded it all in the correct directory structure

I just checked and local_links_admininclude.php is in /mysite.com/forum/includes/

[josiespencer]

AndrewD, just thought I would give you some more information. It looks like the reason a user can get into the hidden category files is because of my cookies being on the same server. When I tried the test with george on a newly imaged server, the problem did not occur. So it looks like your download agreement logic is causing the probem.

I try to download a file for the first time as BeauBeau:


But your download Continue screen shifts me back to SSULibrarian - I don't know if this is because of cookies or the Remember Me option being "on":



Hope this helps.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by josiespencer

AndrewD, just thought I would give you some more information. It looks like the reason a user can get into the hidden category files is because of my cookies being on the same server. When I tried the test with george on a newly imaged server, the problem did not occur. So it looks like your download agreement logic is causing the probem.

I try to download a file for the first time as BeauBeau:


But your download Continue screen shifts me back to SSULibrarian - I don't know if this is because of cookies or the Remember Me option being "on":



Hope this helps.

I don't think it's my download agreement logic that's causing the problem. If you take a look at those two screens, you'll see that one of them is for uber-goober.com and the other is for www.uber-goober.com. These have different cookies, so you are shown different users. This happens when the vbulletin admin/options/sitename settings identify the site differently from your site entry urls.

As I said in a PM a couple of weeks ago, you've got at least some, if not all, of an old release of LDM installed - I can see that from the LDM admin settings screen, which has the layout from onne of the alpha or beta 2.2.9 releases.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by chronoshift

I'm pretty sure I uploaded it all in the correct directory structure

I just checked and local_links_admininclude.php is in /mysite.com/forum/includes/

Make sure it's not the version left from an old installation. The function was renamed going from version 2.2.8 to 2.2.9 (part of the process of avoiding problems between LDM and other hacks)

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by obmob

Yeah, using the LDM import/export features

I think this requires a rewrite of the ldm import code to deal correctly with extended characters. I'll put it on the list of things to do, but I don't think I can make this change quickly.

[Cyborg86]

Hi,

I have a problem. Whenever I enter a link (remote or local) for a file, the link duplicates as you you can see in the attached file. So, when I have 6 entries for example and I choose a value of 6 for (links_per_page) from Entry Display Settings, I only see the first 3 entries on the page, and there is no button or something that takes me to the other 3 entries. But, when I enter a value of 12, I see all the 6 entries. Hope there is a solution for that, and thanks for this great mod and your effort.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Cyborg86

Hi,

I have a problem. Whenever I enter a link (remote or local) for a file, the link duplicates as you you can see in the attached file. So, when I have 6 entries for example and I choose a value of 6 for (links_per_page) from Entry Display Settings, I only see the first 3 entries on the page, and there is no button or something that takes me to the other 3 entries. But, when I enter a value of 12, I see all the 6 entries. Hope there is a solution for that, and thanks for this great mod and your effort.

I thinhk you're pointing to two different things.

The missing entries are caused by a bug in 2.2.9 which occurs when entries have different display orders (which I can see you are using). The fix is provided in the local_links_include.php file in the header post. Just upload that file into your forum/includes directory and the problem should be fixed. Please let me know.

I will merge this into the main zip file very shortly as part of the 2.2.9-post1 release, but I am waiting on resolving someone else's problem before doing so.

On the second point, the duplication of file names on your admin/mass edit page, this is quite different. The first (top line) url in each box is the one you provided for the entry url box on the 'add entry' form and the second is the one you entered into the thumbnail image box. I'm not sure why you are specifying an rar file for the thumbnail image?