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.

[steadicamop]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

There are some urls that do work fine but do not respond to LDM's validation check. This is because the site has blocked the use of the piece of code that is used to validate the link. Sometimes, if you use the cURL interface rather than the fopen() interface, it works better - if you don't understand this, then perhaps not worth trying, but if you do understand, then check to see if your php installation includes the curl library.

Thanks for your help, it would appear checking through php info that cURL is installed in PHP - so can only presume it's a rogue one - as long as I know I can anticipate any more issues like this

For the record, I didn't even realise it checked links - smart job!!

Jason

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by princessfrozen

you are the greatest.

spoke too soon. *sigh*

I'm so sad... Story of my life

[deeps_ar]

This is a cool one..I guess, we need to move to VBulletin from IPB
Installed on a test server and testing more.

Good work!
-- deep

[EricaJoy]

Originally Posted by |oR|Greg

Ya know, if you edit the add link template, and set the settings to allow null fields, you very well might have what you're looking for.

set the wha to do wha? lol, kidding. after looking around i may have to do that, just not right now. must prepare for new job.

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I'm so sad... Story of my life

you're still the greatest, don't worry.

[shiva]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Aha - there already is one - ldm/admin/settings/allow_null_links

I guess great minds think alike.

Missed that. thanks

[Tyegurl]

okay so this won't integrate with my vbadvance board? i have to leave it on vbulletin type boarding?

[EasyTarget]

there's vbadvanced modules included in the install.

[Tyegurl]

that's not what i am asking.... i have them installed just fine....its the board integration that i want

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Tyegurl

okay so this won't integrate with my vbadvance board? i have to leave it on vbulletin type boarding?

It will integrate just fine. There are no side effects with vbadvanced as far as I know.

[Tyegurl]

hmmmm cuz i can't seem to get it to work as i want lol....if imake it a php file page i am okay. i think i must be stupid lol.... but i wanted to have the side modules on the page....won't work for me that way. not the only thing i have a problem with....maybe its the way i am doing it?