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Links and Downloads Manager · **Released**: 06-25-2005

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.

EasyTarget · #**1392** 03-10-2006, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Slave

Whoa! .. you sure you don't want to just get vB Gallery instead?

I'm all for adding features, but isn't this going that little bit too far away from what this hack is all about?

ahha, well I'm just giving suggestions. If Andrew is looking for stuff to add/change/improve then sometimes it helps to have some outside comments instead of trying to think of it all yourself.

I'm more than happy with what the hack is right now, he's done an excellent job. I have avoided installing other gallery hacks because I'd rather install or use one done by Andrew and I'd rather have it done in 1 hack instead of 3 or 4. (His hack is so versatile that instead of needing 1 hack for downloads, 1 for links, 1 for pictures, 1 for bandwidth, etc.. we can do it all with this)

btw, has this ever been on the hack of the month poll?

EasyTarget · #**1393** 03-10-2006, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dilbert

This is absolutely terrific!
I've read in other places that it was too easy to install, that just may be true. Even I did it.

I have two questions.
How can I change the menu item under Show "My Favourites" to "My Favorites"?

Next, can this be used for just downloads? Is it possible to remove the "links" section? I already use vBadvanced's links directory and don't want to move at this time. I just want to use this as a document download tool.

Thanks

I use this pretty much just for downloads, though I did add a catergory for links. It works in the same way and he's included different link bit styles to accomadate a wide range of users. I tried a few different hacks before I found this and this by far is the best one.

AndrewD · #**1394** 03-10-2006, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Slave

I'd like AndrewD to have a life and not get so overworked ...

And I thought you had it in for me

Actually, I'm just a cyberbot, programmed to write code, endlessly.

AndrewD · #**1395** 03-10-2006, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by dilbert

I have two questions.
How can I change the menu item under Show "My Favourites" to "My Favorites"?

LDM is (I hope) fully phrased, so you just look for the British spelling in the main VB admin/languages section and Yankify it

Quote:

Originally Posted by dilbert

Next, can this be used for just downloads? Is it possible to remove the "links" section? I already use vBadvanced's links directory and don't want to move at this time. I just want to use this as a document download tool.

Thanks

The only distinction between links and downloads is whether or not LDM finds the file suffix in the main VBulletin attachments table. That's all. I don't think you need to turn anything off.

elsupremo · #**1396** 03-10-2006, 07:05 PM

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