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.

[Nam]

Another quick question Andrew, in what template that I can remove the image in the pop up window and insert some text or code there, such as adsense? Thanks a lot .

Edit: I can't seem to add HTML code into description page either, is it suppose to be that way?

[TundraSoul]

Here's a couple of small template suggestions:

1. In the header template, change around the site name with the category name. This is so the category or link name is shown before the site name in the title of the category. vB does it this way.

2. In the advanced search, increase the width and height of the search categories form boxes. Right now the box is too small. I updated this by changing many of the 200px items to 300px, and the multi-category select number from 6 to 10.

Can you tell us when the next update will be? I'm wondering if I should continue updating my templates.

1,783 links!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Annie^.^

Problem with your hack. When users are adding banners to the links after a while when you click on the banner it won't take you to the website it will just open the banner in a new window. Any idea what causes this?

I've no idea - have you got a sample that I can visit to see this problem?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Nam

Another quick question Andrew, in what template that I can remove the image in the pop up window and insert some text or code there, such as adsense? Thanks a lot .

I'm sorry, I'm not sure which pop-up you mean?

Originally Posted by Nam

Edit: I can't seem to add HTML code into description page either, is it suppose to be that way?

There's an *allow_html* setting on the LDM admin page. It's turned off by default as allowing html can create security problems.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by TundraSoul

Here's a couple of small template suggestions:

1. In the header template, change around the site name with the category name. This is so the category or link name is shown before the site name in the title of the category. vB does it this way.

2. In the advanced search, increase the width and height of the search categories form boxes. Right now the box is too small. I updated this by changing many of the 200px items to 300px, and the multi-category select number from 6 to 10.

Can you tell us when the next update will be? I'm wondering if I should continue updating my templates.

1,783 links!

Thanks! Good suggestions.

Situation for 2.1.1 is that the following are done completely or in large part:
+ Default permissions for new links taken from parent category if set rather than global default_forumid
+ Daily file download and bandwidth limit settings available
+ Users with can_moderate_link can change username of who submitted an entry
+ Admin pages give more information on invalid parameter settings
+ File uploads retain their name when downloaded
+ Unnecessary links removed from jukebox display
+ 'Update to current time' checkbox added to Edit Link form
+ Adjustable # columns displayed in catlist (cat_cols_display setting)
+ Integration with My Profile:
>- MySearch driven by parameters in Profile
>- Plugin to show user's recent LDM hits in profile

I'm currently working on the My Profile group of changes. I'll try to get these finished this weekend, then upload a beta.

[Nam]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I'm sorry, I'm not sure which pop-up you mean?

Sorry for not being cleared, I meant the pop-up jukebox player window. I want to remove the jukebox image to make the pop-up window loads faster and add a adsense banner on the top or bottom.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Nam

Sorry for not being cleared, I meant the pop-up jukebox player window. I want to remove the jukebox image to make the pop-up window loads faster and add a adsense banner on the top or bottom.

It's the links_play template. There are two table cells pointing to $jukeboxpic

[Annie^.^]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I've no idea - have you got a sample that I can visit to see this problem?

Thank you Andrew for your reply. It only happens when users Upload the banner to the site. At this point I had to disable it.

http://www.bikerstalkonline.com/foru...page=1#linkid2

The second link is the problem. At first it was working fine but the next day after it was set up it changed.

[Benj]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Thanks! Good suggestions.

Situation for 2.1.1 is that the following are done completely or in large part:
+ Default permissions for new links taken from parent category if set rather than global default_forumid
+ Daily file download and bandwidth limit settings available
+ Users with can_moderate_link can change username of who submitted an entry
+ Admin pages give more information on invalid parameter settings
+ File uploads retain their name when downloaded
+ Unnecessary links removed from jukebox display
+ 'Update to current time' checkbox added to Edit Link form
+ Adjustable # columns displayed in catlist (cat_cols_display setting)
+ Integration with My Profile:
>- MySearch driven by parameters in Profile
>- Plugin to show user's recent LDM hits in profile

I'm currently working on the My Profile group of changes. I'll try to get these finished this weekend, then upload a beta.

sounds wkd

[Benj]

Originally Posted by Annie^.^

Thank you Andrew for your reply. It only happens when users Upload the banner to the site. At this point I had to disable it.

http://www.bikerstalkonline.com/foru...page=1#linkid2

The second link is the problem. At first it was working fine but the next day after it was set up it changed.

did that person add a link or just upload the banner ?