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.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Master of Music

Hallo,
Ich bekomme immer die fehlermeldung
Warnung: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/local_links_misc.php (Zeile 74)

Can i help me?

Sounds as if the product has not been properly installed or one of the code files is missing/corrupt. I suggest that you re-upload all the files and then re-install the product.

[AndrewD]

* Deleted - superseded by post-3 test release.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by RikiB

Hello Andrew, would it be easy to upgrade ldlm to use the new version of jw media player (4.0)

http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player

Thanks!

I've taken a look at this - it wil be fairly straightforward, but I would like to take the time to test everything properly before launching this.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Stilgar

I do have a feature question. How do I allow Usergroup A to upload thumbnails and deny UserGroup B this ability?

Regards,
James

Feature added in 2.2.9 post 2. There's a new LDM permission to allow/prevent usergroups from providing associated images at all, and LDM also checks the vb per-usergroup attachments permission to see what filetypes the user is allowed to upload.

Your request for per-usergroup sorting is not in this release, but is on the wish list.

[Stilgar]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Feature added in 2.2.9 post 2. There's a new LDM permission to allow/prevent usergroups from providing associated images at all, and LDM also checks the vb per-usergroup attachments permission to see what filetypes the user is allowed to upload.

Your request for per-usergroup sorting is not in this release, but is on the wish list.

Brilliant! Thank you, Andrew.

[Stilgar]

Andrew, After updating to version post2, I do see where the limited usergroups don't have the ability to post a thumbnail 'can_add_image'. However, they are still able to add an image to the Link Description. This image then shows on the added entry. May I have missed a setting to disallow this?

Thanks,
James

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Stilgar

Andrew, After updating to version post2, I do see where the limited usergroups don't have the ability to post a thumbnail 'can_add_image'. However, they are still able to add an image to the Link Description. This image then shows on the added entry. May I have missed a setting to disallow this?

Thanks,
James

You need to go to vb/admincp/attachments/permissions and deny the usergroup rights to jpg, gif, bmp and png. Unless I've missed something, which is quite possible

[obmob]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Try the LDM/admin/Mass Edit/Scan features. This gives you an easy manual interface to syncing directory contents with existing categories.

Hmm... ok, i'll test this week.

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Not sure what you mean - you want to add these automatically?

Oh, on thosekeywords i was thinking about using xml to import new entries, and just edit the filename... so, i was thinking, there might bean issue to add keywords directly with the xml file ^^,

Thanks! ^^

OH! have a nice vacation!

[IR15H]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I provide release 2.2.9-post 2 for careful testing.

As I be away for most of the next five weeks (work + vacation), I may not be able to provide any support. Please report problems in the usual way and I will reply when possible. The major change is the integration with vbulletin per-usergroup attachment permissions for file uploads

Changes from 2.2.9 post 1

Permissions
- Added *can_add_image* permission to control which usergroups can add thumbnails to entries

Thread/post creation
- ldm_post_addrating_title and ldm_thread_create_title phrases both accept (entry name, category name, submission date) as variables {1}, {2}, {3}; default ldm_post_addrating_title phrase change to Re: {1}

Uploads
- Restrictions (if any) in VB usergroup attachments permissions included in controls on uploadable filetypes/maximum filesizes
- Removed thumbnail image formfield from Add/Edit Entry form when attachment permissions disallowed for all image types
- Modified code to set file permissions of uploaded files to 0644 (some versions of php erroneously set this to 0600)

Extras
- Added 'upload-names' extra to modify the naming convention for file uploads
- Extended 'hide-magnifier' extra to deal sensibly with images specified as full urls

Bug fixes
- Updated JWsilverlight.js file so that Silverlight player works with Firefox 3
- Changed to vertical layout of yes/no form settings with right-to-left languages
- Correctly cache the *humanverify* template
- Changed German language file xml to ISO-8859-1
- Fixed bug in 'import-radiostation' extra introduced in release 2.2.9

Thanks a lot! Enjoy your holiday .

[derfelix]

very nice release
thx a bunch for the great work..

I just have little problems (that have nothing to do with the new release)
very simple setup as link database with six 1 level categories on mainpage...

1. problem, using multiple styles..
(stupid me probably) i just want on the main page to have the folder icons for categories to be blue.. for the blue style and green for the green style..
as the category.png is somehow cached in the code.. i do not seem to be able to place a $stylevar to the imagefolder..

2. problem, same setup.. 6 categories (1.st level)
i have categories A, B, C, D, E and F

I have 2 categories per line
works fine if I have
A --- B
C --- D
E --- F
But if i change the display order.. using 1, 3, 5, 2, 6, 4
the layout (2 per line) is lost.. i can get it back by using 2x the same digit for displayorder.. i.e. 2,2, 3,3, 1,1
But i cant change from left to right..
hope that was clear.. if not i wanted to have the cats on the main page to be:
D --- C
F --- A
B --- E

but the closest i could get was
C --- D
A --- F
B --- E

(But that is not a major issue.. as i am doing a fresh setup anyway and will create the cats in the order i want)

Felix