Major Additions - Links and Downloads Manager

What this is and does

LDM is a general-purpose tool for managing libraries of links and files, and handling uploads and downloads in a flexible way, while tracking and control user access. It has a range of integrated media players and a large library of 'plugin' extras.

Installation and Usage Explained in the on-line Wiki, with a brief explanation in the file instructions.txt in the release zip. The recent revision history is given in the first post of this thread.

Please use carefully and always backup your database before upgrading. Post reports of problems and suggestions for enhancements in this thread.

14.06.09 Version 2.3.0 is now the the officially-supported version. Works with 3.7 and vb 3.8. Please post comments in this thread

22.06.08 Version 2.2.9-post1 - This is the previous supported version. Works fine with all versions of vb 3.6 and vb 3.7. All standard features except profile integration and forum prefix selection work fine with vb 3.8.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Is there anything special that I need to do to get ldm_new_media.module working? ldm_new.module works fine.

What is the problem? I delayed replying until I had a chance to retest this, and it seems ok to me.

[glowinggal]

hey there We have recently upgraded to 2.9.9 R3 hoping that it would correct the issue we seem to be having... we have the directory listed correctly in our admin for the images upload but when we upload an image it actually uploads to the server and is present... but when we view the download; it doesn't show an image

For instance one of the downloads is this and you can link directly to the image it should be linking to for the thumbnail but the thumbnail doesn't actually show WITH the download listed in the category :\

http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/chat/...0317956368.jpg


heeeellllp =]

[jwashburn]

Getting this error when creating a new link

vBulletin Message
New entry accepted. Unfortunately, a thread could not be created in forum for the following reason:
Access denied.

Return

This is when I have the auto create announcement feature turned on.

Any ideas?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by glowinggal

hey there We have recently upgraded to 2.9.9 R3 hoping that it would correct the issue we seem to be having... we have the directory listed correctly in our admin for the images upload but when we upload an image it actually uploads to the server and is present... but when we view the download; it doesn't show an image

For instance one of the downloads is this and you can link directly to the image it should be linking to for the thumbnail but the thumbnail doesn't actually show WITH the download listed in the category :\

http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/chat/...0317956368.jpg


heeeellllp =]

By all means send me a PM with site details and an admin account - I will take a look.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by jwashburn

Getting this error when creating a new link


vBulletin Message
New entry accepted. Unfortunately, a thread could not be created in forum for the following reason:
Access denied.

Return

Have you got LDM set up to post to the forum under a particular username, and is the forum only open for posting by certain usergroups?

There is a bug in version 2.2.9-post1, corrected in 2.2.9-post3, which gives the error message you report in that situation.

[Simon Lloyd]

Originally Posted by Simon Lloyd

Andrew, thanks for your help last night!, can i ask is it possible (as mostly i intend my downloads to be text files) to have an excerpt or uncopiable show (including scrollbars) of the text in the item window? just so the folk can see what they are getting but can't copy it until they are in the download usergroup?

Hi Andrew, i know how busy you are but any ideas with the above?

Regards,
Simon

[glowinggal]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

By all means send me a PM with site details and an admin account - I will take a look.

will do now TY!

[sparklywater]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

You need to make a similar change in the code attached to hook online_location_unknown. However, this code is somewhat more complex and I'm sitting in a train station, so I prefer not to give you a definitive answer at the moment.

Just a reminder to please address this sometime soon when you can...

Thanks.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by sparklywater

Just a reminder to please address this sometime soon when you can...

Thanks.

Go to vb/admincp/products and plugins/plugin manager

Edit the plugin Links and Downloads Manager - Handle Who's Online attached to hook online_location_unknown

Find the lines:

PHP Code:

    elseif ($linkid) {
        $thisone = $vbulletin->db->query_first("
            SELECT linkid, linkname
            FROM " . THIS_TABLE . "linkslink
            WHERE linkid = '".$linkid."'
            LIMIT 1
        ");
        $userinfo['where'] = '<a href="'.LINKS_SCRIPT.'.php?catid='.$catid.'&linkid='.$linkid.'">'.$thisone['linkname'].'</a>';
    } 


and change to

PHP Code:

    elseif ($linkid) {
        $thisone = $vbulletin->db->query_first("
            SELECT linkid, linkname
            FROM " . THIS_TABLE . "linkslink
            WHERE linkid = '".$linkid."'
            LIMIT 1
        ");
        $userinfo['where'] = '<a href="'.LINKS_SCRIPT.'.php?action=play&catid='.$catid.'&linkid='.$linkid.'">'.$thisone['linkname'].'</a>';
    } 


and save.

This will change the link for *all* entries to a direct "play"

[AndrewD]

A number of people have reported that they are having problems with file uploads, with the message:

Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error.

This is probably a result of trying to upload files which are larger than your php settings allow.

If you experience this error, go to vb/admincp/maintenance/php info. Look in the section "PHP Core", for the following values:

post_max_size

and

upload_max_filesize

If the value of post_max_size is smaller than or the same size as upload_max_filesize, then things go badly wrong in ways that vbulletin/LDM cannot handle.

Solution - make sure that post_max_size is set to a larger value than upload_max_filesize in the php.ini file.

If you've no idea what I'm talking about, speak to your server administrator.