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.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Brew

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

A cautious man, indeed....

I don't think I've destroyed many databases recently, but perhaps the victims are out on the streets of Paris today, waiting to gain their revenge on me.

Seriously, am happy to be of help to you.

[Ucla74]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

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.

Ahhh...no doubt, that's what I did. Thank you very much for the help--that's perfect! I doubt I'll need more than those two modules for quite awhile.

Thanks again, and Happy New Year!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by CSS59

Hi Andrew,
Any way to make this easier to look at?
Perhaps set it up more like a directory?
like http://linkageplus.com

I am willing to pay for this. Please let me know

Something like this?

[Slave]

Looking good so far Andrew

my 2d .. make the top level categories a larger font and limit the subcats to a user nominated number. Perhaps allow the picking of which subcats to show, although this would increase the amount of coding needed.

Final thing would be to limit the amount of text per subcat to enable a clean look over however many columns chosen.

Hope that helps

[zellvnn]

avi extension isn't working in Jukebox sir

[Zowners]

Hey Andrew just asking about that additional extra you gave me to limit downloads by posts. I want to add usergroup id 17 to the exceptions so that they dont require posts to download, im having difficulty finding where to add it in the code.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Zowners

Hey Andrew just asking about that additional extra you gave me to limit downloads by posts. I want to add usergroup id 17 to the exceptions so that they dont require posts to download, im having difficulty finding where to add it in the code.

Take a look in the plugin code and find the line

$exclude_groups = array(6);

Change this to, e.g.

$exclude_groups = array(6, 17);

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by zellvnn

avi extension isn't working in Jukebox sir

I assumne you've added mimetype info (video/avi) for the avi filetype to the vbulletin file attachments table. (I.e. does the player open but then not play anything?)

I've set up LDM to use WMP to handle the avi filetype by default. However, avi files come in different formats. Windows Media Player only handles some of them. (It depends on the video codec used to produce the file.)

DivX is another player which works better. Try switching to this - LDM/admin/settings, find the Media File and Jukebox Settings section, and remove avi from the musicbox_filetypes list and add it to the musicbox_filetypes_divx
list.

The DivX player has to be downloaded from the divx web site. It should auto download when you try to play a file through it, but you can also pre-install it by going to http://www.divx.com/divx/webplayer/

[Zowners]

Thanks worked perfectly lets all bow down to your fast responses.

[mike the mix]

I am an absolute Newbie and struggling. I have a simple vB running very well (latest release) and wish to add a simple "web site" on the same server containing some html pages which link to pdf files. I want to control access to the "web site" using vB, so that only registered users get access. I have uploaded the web site and its files (via ftp) to a new directory (with 777 rights) on the same level as public_html (so it is not visible or accessible to internet browsers).
I have installed LDM and have sucessfully got it to link to the "index" page of my web site. However, when I then attempt to follow a link into the site, it attempts to use the normal url - which cannot be resolved. What am i doing wrong? Do i need to upload the site and its linked files using LDM? How?

Thanks and regards,
Mike