Version: 2.3.0, by AndrewD
Developer Last Online: Apr 2010
Category: Major Additions -
Version: 3.7.0
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Released: 12-24-2007
Last Update: 06-13-2009
Installs: 576
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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.
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It's straightforward to write a plugin which will display a notice when users visit LDM. What do you want to say and how do you want it said? (i.e. is this to be added to the page layout, to be a popup or what?)
I wanted to use vbulletins notice system (doesn't matter if its your own) to show a disclaimer (pop up is better i feel) to users something like:
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BIG FAT DISCLAIMER!!!!
{musername}, whilst here at The Code Cage Upload/Download Center we cannot guarantee that the items available for download are correct or "Fit for the purpose" and as such take no responsibility for its usefulness or integrity. You use the code entirely at your own risk!, if you have specific questions why not post in the forums to get a taylor made solution!
That said there is loads of great stuff here, enjoy!
The Code Cage Team
of course i would like to be able to edit it, and it needs to be persistant but show only once per visit, if you're not using vbulletin notice maybe it can be a click to accept or decline (decline should take them back to /.home.php), thanks for taking the time to look at this!
I wanted to use vbulletins notice system (doesn't matter if its your own) to show a disclaimer (pop up is better i feel) to users something like:
of course i would like to be able to edit it, and it needs to be persistant but show only once per visit, if you're not using vbulletin notice maybe it can be a click to accept or decline (decline should take them back to /.home.php), thanks for taking the time to look at this!
Perhaps integration with the vb notice system is something I should look into. Have your already spotted that LDM offers a force_accept setting? Whe this is on, users must accept standard terms (set out in the links_agreement template and the ll_agreement phrase) before being able to access and download entries. A user is presented with this form at most once per day.
Perhaps integration with the vb notice system is something I should look into. Have your already spotted that LDM offers a force_accept setting? Whe this is on, users must accept standard terms (set out in the links_agreement template and the ll_agreement phrase) before being able to access and download entries. A user is presented with this form at most once per day.
Guess i've been pretty dim!, anyway i have edited that only, how do i get it to show the username {username} or {musername} and when they click decline they get thet decline message (which i edited) but also get the accept message along with the accept/decline buttons, clicking on the decline takes you back to the same message?
Since you're thinking about redoing the code for the player pages, can you consider using either the Shadowbox or LightWindow media viewer?
The presentation of both the standalone and embedded players are not user friendly like that of the JW flv & wmv players. The standalone player requires a new window, which is against users' preference of no popups, and the embedded player requires a new page load, which is time & resource consuming. The JW players are user friendly because users can view videos on category's entries listing pages without requiring popups or page loads. The Shadowbox & LightWindow would create a more user friendly interface.
Both the Shadowbox & LightWindow are similar to Lightbox, but for videos - they can display Windows, Quicktime, & Flash videos. They can even show entire web pages, forms, image galleries, & PDF's. There's 2 main differences between those scripts. LightWindow is MIT licensed so it's freely available; however, it's dependent on the Prototype & Scriptaculous libraries. On the other hand, Shadowbox is licensed under the Creative Commons Noncommercial_Share-Alike license so it's free for personal use, but $20 for commercial use; however, it's much more flexible with required JS libraries - you can use the author's custom JS library, Yahoo YUI, Prototype, jQuery, Dojo, etc. In my experience from trying both media viewers with the Image Resizer mod, I found that Shadowbox is more compatible with vBulletin than LightWindow - ie: it can show images in posts, profiles, groups, albums, and even LDM!
You can find out more about the media viewers at:
Shadowbox: http://mjijackson.com/shadowbox/
LightWindow: http://stickmanlabs.com/lightwindow/#why
Thanks for considering.
I took a look at Shadowbox - I agree that this is a sensible way to go. Let's see what we can do...
Guess i've been pretty dim!, anyway i have edited that only, how do i get it to show the username {username} or {musername} and when they click decline they get thet decline message (which i edited) but also get the accept message along with the accept/decline buttons, clicking on the decline takes you back to the same message?
Perhaps I misled you - the force_accept does not provide an interface to the vb notice system, nor does it handle any replacable parameters.
Perhaps I misled you - the force_accept does not provide an interface to the vb notice system, nor does it handle any replacable parameters.
Yes i understand that (except replacable parameters, im very new to this coding lark!), right now it is what i need but i would like to be able to show the username, if its not possible then no worries, but when you click decline you get the decline message along with the accept message can we seperate them?
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