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.

[silurius]

For some reason, after upgrading to 3.5.3 yesterday, newly submitted links are not showing up on the forum home, where I have a pseudo forum for my links db. Any idea why?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by silurius

For some reason, after upgrading to 3.5.3 yesterday, newly submitted links are not showing up on the forum home, where I have a pseudo forum for my links db. Any idea why?

No idea, another weekend task

[Viks]

Hi Everyone,

Originally Posted by Viks

Just wondering if anyone has had any success with local_links_external.php file?

I dropped it in the forums directory but the feeds are not showing on an external page as it is supposed to.

I'm wondering if it needs to be configured first.. I can view the XML if I enter it in a browser but there is no output if I run it via the RSS feeder.. although other feeds work fine..

could you please assist?

thanks

I tried checkin into the local_links_external.php file and RSS feeds.. still no success. Is anyone here using the file for RSS?

please advise.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Viks

Hi Everyone,



I tried checkin into the local_links_external.php file and RSS feeds.. still no success. Is anyone here using the file for RSS?

please advise.

Bear with me - weekend tasks

Andrew

[Nam]

Andrew, one quick question, the download limit is not based on IP right? Which means that if one person go over the bandwith/files allowed, he can register a new user name? Thanks.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Nam

Andrew, one quick question, the download limit is not based on IP right? Which means that if one person go over the bandwith/files allowed, he can register a new user name? Thanks.

Correct, it's based on the userid

[EasyTarget]

I upgraded to the beta awhile ago and in the admincp the box for the links and downloads section is blank. How can I get that back?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

I upgraded to the beta awhile ago and in the admincp the box for the links and downloads section is blank. How can I get that back?

I've noticed that sometimes myself and have never really understood why.

Chceck that your /includes/xml directory contains the file cpnav_xlinks.xml

[EasyTarget]

yeah, its there

[EasyTarget]

is it something to do with installing vs upgrading?
I remember when I installed it I was asked if I wanted the admincp link but when I upgraded there was no where to do that I don't think.