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 Ophelia

I double checked and this isn't an issue w/ 2.2.6, which we have installed on the main site...

I'm wondering though if maybe I did something wrong in the configuration of vBulletin though... can anyone else confirm that it's doing this in 2.2.7? When I go into vB's options to set time and set it to ET, it reads -4 instead of -5, even though I picked -5. Maybe that is the issue and it's all my side I don't want to send you on a wild goose chase!

I've confirmed the problem - I changed some code to consistently (??!!??) use the user's time zone, but have clearly messed something up. I'll try to post a fix as soon as posisble - it's very easy to go back to the old behaviour, but I would prefer to find an approach that gives the user the option of seeing dates/times on the server and on a local basis.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Deathspank

Andrew, I still haven't heard a response from you about my question... is there any way we can choose permissions for categories rather than the entire LDM manager and forum permissions? Like, say in one category, I have a bunch of WMV videos that people can stream in the jukebox and save, and in another category they can only stream the WMV files in the jukebox, not save them. I've noted that you could do this with usergroups, but I need it to be done with categories.

The relevant permissions can be set on a per-category basis. Go to 'Edit Catgeory' then the 'User Permissions' tab, and give/take can_play_musicbox and can_save_musicbox, etc

[Renada]

Hi Andrew,

Thank you so much for this mod, it's incredible.

Could you tell me if its possible, and if so how I do it, to set this as a "read only" mod instead of a download?

For example, if someone clicks on a text file could it "open" as opposed to them downloading it?

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Renada

Edit: Unfortunately for some reason the code to stop right clicking also prevents me from editing any settings - i.e. I couldn't change the above setting from 600 to something else. Any ideas?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Renada

Hi Andrew,

Thank you so much for this mod, it's incredible.

Could you tell me if its possible, and if so how I do it, to set this as a "read only" mod instead of a download?

For example, if someone clicks on a text file could it "open" as opposed to them downloading it?

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Renada

If you set the mimetype information (VB/admin/attachments) for text files to "Content-type: text/plain", then a simple left click on an entry which is a text file opens automatically in the browser window. This works correctly, as far as I can tell, with IE, Firefox and Opera.

However, the user can still force a "save as" using right click with the mouse, or by doing a "view source" and then save. You can disable the 'right click' menu by adding a bit of javascript to the page.

For example, if you edit clientscript/ldm_global.js and add these lines to the end:

document.oncontextmenu = function(){return false}
if(document.layers) {
    window.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
    window.onmousedown = function(e){
        if(e.target==document)return false;
    }
}
else {
    document.onmousedown = function(){return false}
}

then I think you'll disable the right click menu throughout LDM.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Ophelia

I double checked and this isn't an issue w/ 2.2.6, which we have installed on the main site...

I'm wondering though if maybe I did something wrong in the configuration of vBulletin though... can anyone else confirm that it's doing this in 2.2.7? When I go into vB's options to set time and set it to ET, it reads -4 instead of -5, even though I picked -5. Maybe that is the issue and it's all my side I don't want to send you on a wild goose chase!

Ophelia, I think I've got a fix which always correctly presents the user with times in their own time zone. I can let you have this, or I can let you have the old (server times) behaviour back.

Am going on vacation tomorrow for a couple of weeks - not sure if I'll have an internet connection or not (or even if I should be working on this on holiday...).

If you can let me know by the morning, I'll post the code.

[COBRAws]

Some bug reporting for 2.2.7 b1


in template links_admin;
Report #01: Apply CSS to this button.
Find:

	$vbphrase[ll_admin_expire]
	<input type="hidden" name="action" value="massedit" />
	<input type="submit" name="expire" value="$vbphrase[ll_go]" />

Replace with:

	$vbphrase[ll_admin_expire]
	<input type="hidden" name="action" value="massedit" />
	<input type="submit" class="bginput" name="expire" value="$vbphrase[ll_go]" />

Report #02: Add a space after each Usage stats. At the moment it will only show "0 Visits 0bytes". This fix will show "0 Visits 0 bytes"
Find:

	<td class="alt2" align="center"><span class="smallfont"><if 

condition="$totusage['fileshit']">$totusage[fileshit]<else />0</if> $vbphrase[ll_band_files] 

$vbphrase[ll_band_usage_24]</span></td>
	<td class="alt2" align="center"><span class="smallfont"><if condition="$totusage['byteshit']">$totusage[byteshit]<else />0</if>$vbphrase[ll_bytes] 

$vbphrase[ll_band_usage_24]</span></td>

Replace With:

	<td class="alt2" align="center"><span class="smallfont"><if condition="$totusage['fileshit']">$totusage[fileshit] <else />0 </if> $vbphrase[ll_band_files] $vbphrase[ll_band_usage_24]</span></td>
	<td class="alt2" align="center"><span class="smallfont"><if condition="$totusage['byteshit']">$totusage[byteshit] <else />0 </if>$vbphrase[ll_bytes] $vbphrase[ll_band_usage_24]</span></td>

ITs not much, but hope it helps. Keep up the good work!

[obmob]

Have a nice vacation Andrew!!!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by COBRAws

Some bug reporting for 2.2.7 b1


in template links_admin;
Report #01: Apply CSS to this button.
Find:

	$vbphrase[ll_admin_expire]
	<input type="hidden" name="action" value="massedit" />
	<input type="submit" name="expire" value="$vbphrase[ll_go]" />

Replace with:

	$vbphrase[ll_admin_expire]
	<input type="hidden" name="action" value="massedit" />
	<input type="submit" class="bginput" name="expire" value="$vbphrase[ll_go]" />

Report #02: Add a space after each Usage stats. At the moment it will only show "0 Visits 0bytes". This fix will show "0 Visits 0 bytes"
Find:

	<td class="alt2" align="center"><span class="smallfont"><if 

condition="$totusage['fileshit']">$totusage[fileshit]<else />0</if> $vbphrase[ll_band_files] 

$vbphrase[ll_band_usage_24]</span></td>
	<td class="alt2" align="center"><span class="smallfont"><if condition="$totusage['byteshit']">$totusage[byteshit]<else />0</if>$vbphrase[ll_bytes] 

$vbphrase[ll_band_usage_24]</span></td>

Replace With:

	<td class="alt2" align="center"><span class="smallfont"><if condition="$totusage['fileshit']">$totusage[fileshit] <else />0 </if> $vbphrase[ll_band_files] $vbphrase[ll_band_usage_24]</span></td>
	<td class="alt2" align="center"><span class="smallfont"><if condition="$totusage['byteshit']">$totusage[byteshit] <else />0 </if>$vbphrase[ll_bytes] $vbphrase[ll_band_usage_24]</span></td>

ITs not much, but hope it helps. Keep up the good work!

Thanks - appreciated.

The underlying thing I have to fix is the code I use to turn number like 123456 into 123K, etc, so that the spacing continues to look right in that situation, i.e. whether or not the space comes before the K or before the bytes. It's one of those tiny but annoying things that I had not dealt with.

[berayiwu5]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Am going on vacation tomorrow for a couple of weeks - not sure if I'll have an internet connection or not (or even if I should be working on this on holiday...).

Well deserved. Enjoy your vacation! I'll ask you about integrating a user profile for easy access to photos (the user has uploaded) when you come back.

[AndrewD]

Just to avoid wasting your time...

The most irritating/significant bug in the 2.2.7 code is that users living in a different timezone from your board will see inconsistent information on the add and edit entry forms. As of 2.2.7, the date/time that the user enters is given in her local timezone and correctly entered into the database according to the board's timezone. But when the user edits the entry, they will see the server time, not the time they had entered. Irritating, but not a killer. Fix is written, but I wait for Ophelia's views on how to proceed.

Ophelia - I've sent you the fixed code by email.