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 Slave

Sorry for the delay Andrew .. been out for the day ..

Just tried the new file and got the following error ..

Warning: Wrong parameter count for array_slice() in /local_links_search.php on line 311

Warning: array_keys(): The first argument should be an array in /local_links_search.php on line 314

Warning: implode(): Bad arguments. in /local_links_search.php on line 314

How irritating... PHP goes and changes function calls... I guess you are using a version of php below 5.0.2?

Will post the fix this evening. Sorry for this.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by obmob

Hmm... i must remake all my templates and test the new features... here, 2.2.7 spanish translations...

Thanks, Obmob.

Everyone - please beware - the new "suggest entries like this one" feature (it's a mirror icon in the linkbit) is broken in the RC release and can generate database warning errors. I imagine I will fix it this evening

[Slave]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

How irritating... PHP goes and changes function calls... I guess you are using a version of php below 5.0.2?

Will post the fix this evening. Sorry for this.

Yep .. I've got PHP 4.3.2 at the moment.

Oh .. and I'm using the Tabular linkbit at the mo and I'm not seeing the mirror icon .. how would I add this?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Slave

Oh .. and I'm using the Tabular linkbit at the mo and I'm not seeing the mirror icon .. how would I add this?

It should look like the attachment (third icon along). If you only seeing a text message, then resync your icons directory with the release zip.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Slave

Yep .. I've got PHP 4.3.2 at the moment.

Oh .. and I'm using the Tabular linkbit at the mo and I'm not seeing the mirror icon .. how would I add this?

Here's another attempt at the local_link_search code. I haven't got a server running php 4 any longer, so can't test - grateful for assistance.

[berayiwu5]

Originally Posted by berayiwu5

Second, is there a way to display all the images that a user has ever uploaded using LDM all in one place?

Originally Posted by AndrewD

You can do it directly with the urls

local_links_search.php?action=show&user=username

local_links_search.php?action=show&userid=userid

or you can go to search/advanced search and enter the username

or (with the standard linkbit) you can find an extry by the user of interest and click on the magnifying glass just to the right of the username

Andrew, I hope you got a relaxing break. I was going to ask you about this but decided to put the question off until after your vacation. I am wondering if you could implement a user profile integrated with vB, so that the user can easily view and manage his or her files and images all in one place--instead of having to do a search? It also makes it more convenient for other vB users to see what images or files a user has uploaded.

The reason why I request this enhancement is because I'm debating whether to buy Photopost Pro instead. For Photopost, the downside is that it lacks the kind of sophisticated bandwidth control that LDM has. Even though they claim to support video files, the absence of bandwidth restriction features makes multimedia broadcast infeasible. Moroever, Photopost seems to be an overkill for my site at this point with about 300 members. I would greatly appreciate it if you could implement a user profile integrated with vB.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by berayiwu5

Andrew, I hope you got a relaxing break. I was going to ask you about this but decided to put the question off until after your vacation. I am wondering if you could implement a user profile integrated with vB, so that the user can easily view and manage his or her files and images all in one place--instead of having to do a search? It also makes it more convenient for other vB users to see what images or files a user has uploaded.

The reason why I request this enhancement is because I'm debating whether to buy Photopost Pro instead. For Photopost, the downside is that it lacks the kind of sophisticated bandwidth control that LDM has. Even though they claim to support video files, the absence of bandwidth restriction features makes multimedia broadcast infeasible. Moroever, Photopost seems to be an overkill for my site at this point with about 300 members. I would greatly appreciate it if you could implement a user profile integrated with vB.

Send me a PM with more exact details of what you want/how you want things to function - if it's easy, I'll do it.

[obmob]

Oh i guess he means something similar to the hack made for vbgallery, you can put a line that counts the user entries, it displays a number and a link to the user's uploads or links.

A pic, this shows the link to gallery items for this user inside postbit template.

[mauro1947]

I'm installing version 2.2.7...
I will tell you how it works later.
Thanks a lot AndrewD
Bye!

[Slave]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

It should look like the attachment (third icon along). If you only seeing a text message, then resync your icons directory with the release zip.

Sussed it .. thanks. I don't remember the icons being there