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.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Nam

Andrew, when I associate all the links to Forum 2 for premium access, all the category and LDM disappear. I want all the links in Forum 2 are seen by Guests members, but they can not download nor play, is this archiveable?;

I ran through all this on a clean installation this morning, found one problem with media filetypes, but otherwise it worked as I expected:

1) To make sure that all links are visible even when they cannot be played, you have to give the usergroup can_see_protected_links_on_portal permission.

2) To turn off access to (e.g.) unregistered users, you have to take away can_access_link permission

3) To change what happens when a user with can_see_protected_links_on_portal but without can_access_link permission tries to access something, you set protected_link - 0: no hyperlink shown; 1: normal link, generates no permission error; 2: link jumps to registration dialogue

4) To set the protection for some links, you need to 'associated' them with a forum that is not visible to the usergroup in question. You can do this either on the standard edit link page or on the admin/categories/mass edit page.

The bit that doesn't work properly in the current code is step (3) for media files, where the user will always get a 'no permission' message rather than the alternatives outlined above.

If you still have problems, send me a PM with detail sof your board and an admin u/name + password and I'll take a look.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by 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.

No, Vbulletin adds items to the admin menu by looking for xml files in the includes/xml directory. If you've uploaded everything correctly, it should be working correctly.

[EasyTarget]

ok, it was there, but I just reuploaded and its showing up again. thanks.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

ok, it was there, but I just reuploaded and its showing up again. thanks.

It's strange - I've think that's happened to me too.

[Darat]

Hi Andrew - you went beyond the call of duty to try and figure out a problem I had with your plugin on my site and whilst we didn't solve it I don't think I publicly thanked you for your efforts.

Saying all that it is now working! (I assume the problem was on the server side and something has been changed on that) However after installing it if I click on a "what's new", "what's hot" or "view" new entries I get "Category does not exist. Return"

Any suggestions? (Sorry if it's something already asked and solved but the thread is getting a bit long so I have missed it.)

[docvader]

Yes, I'd like to thank Andrew publicly also. Few go to the lengths to help as he has.

Rich

[ZED28]

Originally Posted by Darat

Hi Andrew - you went beyond the call of duty to try and figure out a problem I had with your plugin on my site and whilst we didn't solve it I don't think I publicly thanked you for your efforts.

Saying all that it is now working! (I assume the problem was on the server side and something has been changed on that) However after installing it if I click on a "what's new", "what's hot" or "view" new entries I get "Category does not exist. Return"

Any suggestions? (Sorry if it's something already asked and solved but the thread is getting a bit long so I have missed it.)

Darat, I had the same problem and Andrew's answer is #927 in this thread. I dunno if you're using the Beta release or stable - I am using the Beta but the suggested fix did fix my module links but I couldn't get the other fixes to work. I didn't put too much effort into it and just disabled the Hit Parade option until the next code release.

[Nam]

Originally Posted by docvader

Yes, I'd like to thank Andrew publicly also. Few go to the lengths to help as he has.

Rich

Agree 100%, I can't say thank enough to Andrew, he has gone beyond what others normally suppose to. In fact, his support is better than many paid scripts out there.

Going to make another LDM Andrew? Says Pro version, I'd be the first one to support you, thanks for everything with the permission, I'm kind of firgue out now.

[Darat]

Originally Posted by ZED28

Darat, I had the same problem and Andrew's answer is #927 in this thread. I dunno if you're using the Beta release or stable - I am using the Beta but the suggested fix did fix my module links but I couldn't get the other fixes to work. I didn't put too much effort into it and just disabled the Hit Parade option until the next code release.

Thanks - don't know how I missed that!

[BPapi2004]

what is the max size of the file you can upload