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.

[nogerorob]

I'm looking for something so my users can post files that will automatically expire after x number of days. Sort of like a local yousendit.

I saw that there's something like this in administration, is this sort of setup available and does anyone have it running on a board so I can see how it works?

Thanks,

rob

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by nogerorob

I'm looking for something so my users can post files that will automatically expire after x number of days. Sort of like a local yousendit.

I saw that there's something like this in administration, is this sort of setup available and does anyone have it running on a board so I can see how it works?

Thanks,

rob

In the current code, the admin is given an easy way to select entries submitted more than N days ago, see an indication of when these were last 'hit', then easily prune them from the database. It is more a 'facilitated manual delete' rather than an 'autodelete' feature, although I don't think it would be hard to write a plugin to do this.

[nogerorob]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

In the current code, the admin is given an easy way to select entries submitted more than N days ago, see an indication of when these were last 'hit', then easily prune them from the database. It is more a 'facilitated manual delete' rather than an 'autodelete' feature, although I don't think it would be hard to write a plugin to do this.

Ya this would be fantastic. If I could set a certain user class to be able to upload files that would be deleted after x number of downloads and / or y number days.

rob

[|oR|Greg]

Andrew, 2.2.0 works great, along with the thread creation. Thanks.

[AndrewD]

Based on the responses received in the last few days, I think that we should treat 2.2.0 as the new official release, so it's recorded as such in the first post in this thread.

Please note that, after upgrading, you will need to reinstall any of the LDM optional plugins from the extras subdirectory.

Thanks to everyone for all your help.

Consolidates all changes/fixes since 2.1.0

I would very much welcome some help with completing the translation of the phrase files into French, German and Spanish. I'm attaching these to this post. The official release contains partial translations.

[|oR|Greg]

Oh I forgot to mention, the upgrade wiped out my custom linkbit template somehow... I had to recreate the template. So, a word to the wise if you use custom templates for displaying your content, backup the code!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by |oR|Greg

Oh I forgot to mention, the upgrade wiped out my custom linkbit template somehow... I had to recreate the template. So, a word to the wise if you use custom templates for displaying your content, backup the code!

Thanks for letting me know...

[dlutt]

* Installed *

Andrew, attached you'll find the translated german phrases for LDM 2.2.0.

I've retranslated all phrases from the beginning (based on the original XML from 2.2.0 beta) and not used the provided german translation before... This is because I use only "German- formal SIE" and not the "Du" version.

XML should work for most users.

Daniel

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by dlutt

* Installed *

Andrew, attached you'll find the translated german phrases for LDM 2.2.0.

I've retranslated all phrases from the beginning (based on the original XML from 2.2.0 beta) and not used the provided german translation before... This is because I use only "German- formal SIE" and not the "Du" version.

XML should work for most users.

Daniel

Thanks, Daniel

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by nogerorob

Ya this would be fantastic. If I could set a certain user class to be able to upload files that would be deleted after x number of downloads and / or y number days.

rob

Rob, the 2.2.0 release includes a trial cron job that you can easily edit (two minor changes) to achieve what you want. Take a look in the /extras/prune-expiredlinks subdirectory of the zip.