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.

[Benj]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Benj, the attached plugin will list the user's five most recent entries in her profile.

To use it, you need to do the following:
a) Create a new single line text profile field called "My Recent LDM Entries"
b) Import the attached xml as a new plugin

You will see the latest entries from users who leave the My Recent LDM Entries profile field blank

I'll integrate it properly into LDM with the next release.

WICKED once again thanks alot andrew

[obmob]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Can you explain a bit more - I'm not sure I understand the question

Oh, attached an example, site is www.boyis.com. They have more complex structure, but this is what i meant.

In 125.jpg, you can see the details for that picture, in this case it can be the linkbit in LDM. Now, if you click the download button a new page is opened, imagine a regular page, with header, navbar & footer, where the content can be download instructions and the full size file, or only the full size file, like 126.jpg.

Originally Posted by AndrewD

All these tables and their title bars are created in the links_main template. The contents of the category and entry tables is build up in a series of other templates.

Easiest way to find out which template is doing what is to turn on display of template names in the main VB admincp - General Settings.

Good tip, thanks!

So, i edited links_main template... i figured it where is the header i want to move or change, now, i would love to know what does this do? :surprised:

PHP Code:

<if condition="$consumption">
<tr>
    <td class="alt1" align="$stylevar[right]">
    <span class="smallfont">$consumption</span>
    </td>
</tr>
</if> 


Thanks for your support AndrewD! :bunny:

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by obmob

now, i would love to know what does this do? :surprised:

PHP Code:

<if condition="$consumption">
<tr>
    <td class="alt1" align="$stylevar[right]">
    <span class="smallfont">$consumption</span>
    </td>
</tr>
</if> 


Thanks for your support AndrewD! :bunny:

When you enable user download/bandwith allowances (LDM admincp), $consumption contains the actual and allowed daily usage.

I'll look at your other point tomorrow

[obmob]

Oh, i should test that too. oO

I'll be waiting for your comments on the other question, thanks! ^^

[kpr]

Warning: Unknown(includes/local_links_init.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admincp/plugin.php(1232) : eval()'d code on line 3

Fatal error: (null)(): Failed opening required 'includes/local_links_init.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/ipokiyt/public_html/admincp/plugin.php(1232) : eval()'d code on line 3

Im getting this eeror importing the plugin.

any ideas on this

Thanks

[obmob]

Originally Posted by kpr

Warning: Unknown(includes/local_links_init.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admincp/plugin.php(1232) : eval()'d code on line 3

Fatal error: (null)(): Failed opening required 'includes/local_links_init.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/ipokiyt/public_html/admincp/plugin.php(1232) : eval()'d code on line 3

Im getting this eeror importing the plugin.

any ideas on this

Thanks

did you upload all files as requested? oO
and created your folders?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by kpr

Warning: Unknown(includes/local_links_init.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admincp/plugin.php(1232) : eval()'d code on line 3

Fatal error: (null)(): Failed opening required 'includes/local_links_init.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/ipokiyt/public_html/admincp/plugin.php(1232) : eval()'d code on line 3

Im getting this eeror importing the plugin.

any ideas on this

Thanks

Which plugin are you trying to import? Have you installed and set up LDM and is it running correctly?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by obmob

Oh, attached an example, site is www.boyis.com. They have more complex structure, but this is what i meant.

In 125.jpg, you can see the details for that picture, in this case it can be the linkbit in LDM. Now, if you click the download button a new page is opened, imagine a regular page, with header, navbar & footer, where the content can be download instructions and the full size file, or only the full size file, like 126.jpg.

Have you tried setting up the category so that it uses variations of the links_linkbit_short template and the link_cols_display setting. You can do this for all categories on the LDM admin page or per category/children on the edit category/display settings page. You could set up the links_linkbit_short template to give the overview picture, then the links_linkbit template to give the full download.

Let me know if this is not what you're after.

[obmob]

Oh, im modifying those linkbit templates.

In the end, how can i open the file inside another template?

I want to show my ad banner and below, the full sized image, and if it's a file, just to promt for downloading

[arcadian_girl]

i have a question-i know its been asked before but i can't seem to find the answer

i have an image as my forum background, and that image is also coming up as the background for the text box, which makes it hard to read..is there a way to change it to a solid color?

thanks, and sorry, i know this has been asked before-but i cant find it :/