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.

[Marris]

Thank you for your continued efforts developing LDM.

I'm just starting to test LDM again with the 2.2.0 release, so I'm not sure if this has already been implemented or not, but I would like to second the request for a copy/clone category function that includes child categories.

For example:

Item #1 - with the following sub-categories:
a) reviews
b) interviews
c) news

could be cloned to:

Item #2
a) reviews
b) interviews
c) news

Originally Posted by shiva

Have another idea...

I have a lot of childs in each of my parent categories. How about the ability to clone a category, with all of its settings intact to use as a template. So we can have our descriptions/extended descriptions, use policy and the settings carry over, as well as display settings and permissions, and then it's a simple to edit any changes you want.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Tyegurl

oops...i went and looked at the versions and i thought i did....uploading now....must have missed an update sorry.

updated....

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT COUNT(linkid) AS hits
FROM local_linksdownloads
WHERE linkid='608'
AND userid='1'
AND usertime>'1145629606';

MySQL Error : Lost connection to MySQL server during query
Error Number : 2013
Date : Friday, April 21st 2006 @ 07:27:24 AM
Script : http://www.teamrespawn.com/vBulletin...d=608&catid=30
Referrer :
IP Address :
Username : Tyegurl
Classname : vb_database

no connection loss...loaded and played just fine....

OK, will continue to think about this.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Tyegurl

Well i changed a phrase, "$vbphrase[ll_pleasewait]", using one of Allan's mods.

I know you said you were adding it to the list and this works fine for now! At least I know my page isn't frozen or crashed now.

OK, I'd misunderstood your request - you're just looking to add an animated GIF. I thought you wanted the progress bar to be accurate! That's what's difficult to achieve.

[Tyegurl]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

OK, I'd misunderstood your request - you're just looking to add an animated GIF. I thought you wanted the progress bar to be accurate! That's what's difficult to achieve.

nope lol and i noticed it doesn't work all the time....the bigger the file then it won't work lol but if i just add links or small files it works great...

[odln018]

I've got everything set up, but I'm not seeing any way to upload files, I double checked both file and usage permissions, and I'm stuck.

Any advice on things to check?

[|oR|Greg]

Andrew,

Just wanted to say thanks again for such a great hack with so much versatility. It's much appreciated.

Ok, so I had a question now that I've complimented you.

I noticed today that there is no variable set to disallow selection of what category a new link will be placed in.

For example, if users want to add a link it's required they be in a category that accepts links. However, if they go into a category that accepts links, they can then select any available category, even if it's closed. Not only is that a fairly large bug/problem, but I was also thinking that there should be a variable to disallow_cat_selection, where if you set it to yes, then whatever category the user is in, is the category that's getting the link. If it's set to no, then the user would get the edit box that they currently get with all the categories, however, the categories that are closed would be omitted from the list.

So I guess this isn't a question so much as a bug report and feature request.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by odln018

I've got everything set up, but I'm not seeing any way to upload files, I double checked both file and usage permissions, and I'm stuck.

Any advice on things to check?

Have you enabled uploads, down the bottom of the LDM admin/settings page?

If uploads are enabled, then the 'Add Link' form will have a box on it for selecting the upload .

[Tyegurl]

have you set up a category to upload to? it won't allow you to upload from the "home" category...you need to create one.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by |oR|Greg

Andrew,

Just wanted to say thanks again for such a great hack with so much versatility. It's much appreciated.

Ok, so I had a question now that I've complimented you.

I noticed today that there is no variable set to disallow selection of what category a new link will be placed in.

For example, if users want to add a link it's required they be in a category that accepts links. However, if they go into a category that accepts links, they can then select any available category, even if it's closed. Not only is that a fairly large bug/problem, but I was also thinking that there should be a variable to disallow_cat_selection, where if you set it to yes, then whatever category the user is in, is the category that's getting the link. If it's set to no, then the user would get the edit box that they currently get with all the categories, however, the categories that are closed would be omitted from the list.

So I guess this isn't a question so much as a bug report and feature request.

Thanks for this - clearly a bug and also a useful feature - will check.

[odln018]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Have you enabled uploads, down the bottom of the LDM admin/settings page?

If uploads are enabled, then the 'Add Link' form will have a box on it for selecting the upload .

Yes sir, uploads are enabled, directory has been defined, and directory has permissions for the web server user.