Major Additions - Links and Downloads Manager

Version 2.3.0 of LDM is now the official release. This works with both VB3.7 and VB3.8. You can obtain it here

Version 2.2.8 remains available here, with limited support.

04.02.08: patch-cat.xml 'extra' uploaded - see first post for information

27.10.07: Version 2.2.8-post1 uploaded
French translation of product installer uploaded (other language translations are in the main release zip)

Remember to back up your current database tables before upgrading.

What this is and does

LDM is a general-purpose link and file manager, which handles user uploads and downloads in a flexible way. A range of media players is integrated into LDM and others are included as plugin extras. LDM is described below in the first post of this thread, which also contains a brief list of the currently-known bugs.

This release of LDM works correctly with all VB versions 3.6.x and recent versions of vbadvanced.

Documentation, screen shots, etc, are provided as a Wiki at http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php...nloads_Manager

Thank you to everyone who has tested, given suggestions, helped with the translations, etc.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by minimalize

Hey, i?ve got another Question. Is there a possibility to get the comments on the links in a forum?

Yes, the autothread_create feature (an addon with 2.2.7 and built in with 2.2.8) will post comments in a thread

[itsblack]

Hi Andrew, thanks a lot for the update.

Again, the allowance problem.

All my downloads are local files. LDM also can detect the filesize when I submitted a new item. But LDM doesn't count the download as "download". Neither the filesize, nor the file amount is recorded when user download an item. (In the last version, the file amount was still recorded.)

Can you do me a favor, tell me how to treat links and downloads as the same thing? I mean, I want to use the hit record as the allowance scale.

[minimalize]

ok, i´ve installed the plugin but it doesn´t work. where can i assign a forum to post in? is it the one in the categorie settings?

[itsblack]

Maybe it is not the problem of allowance, but the problem of LDM how to treat a url as link or download.

I uploaded the file per ftp to my site, is that not a "download"?

[itsblack]

Here is the new chinese product file for 2.2.8-beta.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by minimalize

ok, i?ve installed the plugin but it doesn?t work. where can i assign a forum to post in? is it the one in the categorie settings?

Yes, basically.

In version 2.2.7, it works as follows:

LDM mantains a setting 'default_forumid' (by default set to 'none'); each category has an associated forum (by default 'default_forumid'); and each entry has an associated forum (by default the category's forumid).

Each of these associated forums can be changed: default_forumid on the admin settings page, and the category/entry forum using the add/edit category/entry forms.

The autocreate_thread plugin only creates a thread for new entries that have a valid forumid that is open for posting. It will only create posts for comments if a thread was auto-created when the entry was added. (I hope that is clear.)

In other words, the autocreate process posts in the forum which is 'associated' with the entry.

In version 2.2.8, this same mechanism works, but there is also a possibility to set an 'autocreate_forum' on a global and per-category basis. This can be a different forum to the 'associated forum' and takes precedence if set.

Forum association is explained in the on-line manual at http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php...Access_Control

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by itsblack

Here is the new chinese product file for 2.2.8-beta.

Thanks - maybe I'm not awake, but I can't figure out how to extract the contents as a UTF-8 format file - it keeps coming out in PC/ANSI format. Could you just post the phrases as an XML?

I'll take a look at the allowances problem - maybe I've messed something up.

[jGas]

this is exactly the mod that i wanted to use!!

i have 3 questions: LDM works perfect, but:

1)on local_links.php (where i can find the categories), is it also possible to see all the entries?

2) when i click on an entry, is it possible to see also the ratings and comments? (i say, if it's possibile to open the page " View Comments and Ratings" when i click on a song in a category!)

3) is it possibile to have a vbadvanced module that display the entries that have the highest rate?
thanks!

[minimalize]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Yes, basically.

In version 2.2.7, it works as follows:

LDM mantains a setting 'default_forumid' (by default set to 'none'); each category has an associated forum (by default 'default_forumid'); and each entry has an associated forum (by default the category's forumid).

Each of these associated forums can be changed: default_forumid on the admin settings page, and the category/entry forum using the add/edit category/entry forms.

The autocreate_thread plugin only creates a thread for new entries that have a valid forumid that is open for posting. It will only create posts for comments if a thread was auto-created when the entry was added. (I hope that is clear.)

In other words, the autocreate process posts in the forum which is 'associated' with the entry.

In version 2.2.8, this same mechanism works, but there is also a possibility to set an 'autocreate_forum' on a global and per-category basis. This can be a different forum to the 'associated forum' and takes precedence if set.

Forum association is explained in the on-line manual at http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php...Access_Control

Ok, thanks a lot for the care about my questions. I think i will get it work! Have you some interesting news for me about the external frames addon?

[itsblack]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Thanks - maybe I'm not awake, but I can't figure out how to extract the contents as a UTF-8 format file - it keeps coming out in PC/ANSI format. Could you just post the phrases as an XML?

I'll take a look at the allowances problem - maybe I've messed something up.

No problem.