Links and Downloads Manager

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.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

One quick question with this mod....lets say someone has the setting to open media from IE in media player example will it overide the setting and open a box asking to open save or cancel?

Thanks

There are two settings for controlling handling of media files - can_play_musicbox and can_save_musicbox. If you have both switched on, they can launch the inbuild media player and also use the normal link to save the file. You can selectively disable one or both options with these parameters

[MissKalunji]

but if you give alink wont that give an easy access for people to link through your files?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

but if you give alink wont that give an easy access for people to link through your files?

The link is via the LDM script, so it only works if the person who is trying to use it is actually allowed access to the file. If someone tries to paste the link somewhere else, then VB will still be able to determine their username on the board. So, if you deny access to files to people who are not logged on, you prevent leaching.

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

The link is via the LDM script, so it only works if the person who is trying to use it is actually allowed access to the file. If someone tries to paste the link somewhere else, then VB will still be able to determine their username on the board. So, if you deny access to files to people who are not logged on, you prevent leaching.

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

*click install*

just waiting on a diff link to install Thanks man! you're way better then ecdownload

[Akagi]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

OK, will take a look - 2.1.2 you said? Somewhere in my mind I remember a problem.

yea it's 2.1.2
thanks!

[|oR|Greg]

Andrew, I thought that the fix for files to retain there names was done in 2.1.5? I have 2.1.6 installed, I uploaded a file and it didn't retain it's name?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by |oR|Greg

Andrew, I thought that the fix for files to retain there names was done in 2.1.5? I have 2.1.6 installed, I uploaded a file and it didn't retain it's name?

The file retains its name when it is downloaded again. On your server, it is given a temporary name. This is to stop people finding things...

[|oR|Greg]

I understand that, but that's not the case.

http://www.limmac.org/vb/local_links.php?catid=1

Download the ieSpellChecker tool... and you'll see it gives you some whacked out name...

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by |oR|Greg

I understand that, but that's not the case.

http://www.limmac.org/vb/local_links.php?catid=1

Download the ieSpellChecker tool... and you'll see it gives you some whacked out name...

When did you enter this file? With an earlier version of LDM? In that case, it never tracked the filename in the first place.

If this is a new upload, then there's a problem. Let me know.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Akagi

yea it's 2.1.2
thanks!

Confirmed, this was a big in 2.1.2. It's nolw fixed.