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.

[|oR|Greg]

Site will be upgraded in 48 hours.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by |oR|Greg

Site will be upgraded in 48 hours.

I'm shuddering and shaking in my cowboy boots, Tonto...

[SherryG]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Sorry about this - third report of this problem this week

I think you've added new usergroups *after* installing LDM. As a result, one of the LDM tables is the wrong size, and users in the new groups get the message you are seeing.

Easy to fix - go to LDM/admin/download quotas - then just click on the 'Go' button. That should fix it. Please let me know.

Thank you - you are correct, I did add a new usergroup. I did what you asked and it got rid of that pesky error however, I'm still having a bit of trouble.

Even though I have permissions set for the new usergroup, they can see the link but cannot access it. It also does not show file hits or the comments section. I've done just about everything I can think of.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by SherryG

Thank you - you are correct, I did add a new usergroup. I did what you asked and it got rid of that pesky error however, I'm still having a bit of trouble.

Even though I have permissions set for the new usergroup, they can see the link but cannot access it. It also does not show file hits or the comments section. I've done just about everything I can think of.

Take a look in LDM/admin/permissions. Whenever registered users are allowed to do something, you should also give your new usergroup the same permission. (By default they will not have it.)

[SherryG]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Take a look in LDM/admin/permissions. Whenever registered users are allowed to do something, you should also give your new usergroup the same permission. (By default they will not have it.)

The new usergroup has exactly the same permissions as registered users and moderators. Perhaps you could log in as a member of the new usergroup and tell me what you see on your end?

Link: http://www.stamp-shack.com/forum/loc...s.php?catid=12

User: testergal
PW: happyday

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by SherryG

The new usergroup has exactly the same permissions as registered users and moderators. Perhaps you could log in as a member of the new usergroup and tell me what you see on your end?

Link: http://www.stamp-shack.com/forum/loc...s.php?catid=12

User: testergal
PW: happyday

I see your problem. Can you send me a PM with an admin account, so that I can look inside?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by SherryG

The new usergroup has exactly the same permissions as registered users and moderators. Perhaps you could log in as a member of the new usergroup and tell me what you see on your end?

Link: http://www.stamp-shack.com/forum/loc...s.php?catid=12

User: testergal
PW: happyday

See PM for the fix

[Ucla74]

Andrew, I'm very new to vB and vBA. I really want to use LDM as a links manager for my site, but I've been struggling for 3 days with this problem: Unregistered visitors can see the vBA homepage just fine -- 3 columns. But once you log in, everything is in one column.

Here are screenshots to illustrate what I mean: http://oops-hq.us

http://tkfu.com/beibhinn/oops2.gif

http://tkfu.com/beibhinn/oops3.gif

At the moment, I've uninstalled LDM (but I did export my links in an xml file). I wonder if you would mind looking at the site to see what I'm doing wrong. (I suspect I need to change some php code somewhere, but I am very confused by php, where to find files, etc.)

I've taken the liberty of sending you an admin logon name & password, if you want to take a shot at fixing things.

Thanks very much!

[Brew]

Originally Posted by Ucla74

Andrew, I'm very new to vB and vBA. I really want to use LDM as a links manager for my site, but I've been struggling for 3 days with this problem: Unregistered visitors can see the vBA homepage just fine -- 3 columns. But once you log in, everything is in one column.

Here are screenshots to illustrate what I mean: http://oops-hq.us

http://tkfu.com/beibhinn/oops2.gif

http://tkfu.com/beibhinn/oops3.gif

At the moment, I've uninstalled LDM (but I did export my links in an xml file). I wonder if you would mind looking at the site to see what I'm doing wrong. (I suspect I need to change some php code somewhere, but I am very confused by php, where to find files, etc.)

I've taken the liberty of sending you an admin logon name & password, if you want to take a shot at fixing things.

Thanks very much!

I was looking into installing this but I think I'll wait to see if there is a fix with this problem. My DB is way to large to keep making backups and reinstalls.



Brew

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Ucla74

Andrew, I'm very new to vB and vBA. I really want to use LDM as a links manager for my site, but I've been struggling for 3 days with this problem: Unregistered visitors can see the vBA homepage just fine -- 3 columns. But once you log in, everything is in one column.

Here are screenshots to illustrate what I mean: http://oops-hq.us

http://tkfu.com/beibhinn/oops2.gif

http://tkfu.com/beibhinn/oops3.gif

At the moment, I've uninstalled LDM (but I did export my links in an xml file). I wonder if you would mind looking at the site to see what I'm doing wrong. (I suspect I need to change some php code somewhere, but I am very confused by php, where to find files, etc.)

I've taken the liberty of sending you an admin logon name & password, if you want to take a shot at fixing things.

Thanks very much!

I think you had probably installed something the wrong way - the broken column layout was caused by a faulty mix of html commands. Anyway, I've reinstalled two LDM VBA modules on your site (category list and what's new) just to show that things are working correctly. If you want to add/change these, I recommend you use the 'vba_modules.zip' in the top post of this thread, rather than the files that are actually in the LDM release zip, which have not been properly 'module'ised.

Get back to me if you still have problems.