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]

Just to let everyone know -

Main LDM features work ok with vb36, but some recoding is needed before it will be fit for release. There is also a bug in the VB36 product importer itself.

[MissKalunji]

got any plans for 3.6 ?

[lexx27]

Sorry if I wasnt clear. When I link an mp3 file the code generates a broken thumbnail.

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Sorry, I don't understand the question. What do you want the vba module to do?

I want the module to show the total LDM. All categories. So, LDM would be fully integrated with vBadvanced. So that members can browse the LDM within vBadvanced, viewing multiple vBadvanced blocks/modules, of which LDM is one. A total integration if you will.

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I will include the code change in the next upload of LDM, version 2.2.2, when this goes live.

You are giving the best support I have seen anywhere.

[lexx27]

You are giving the best support I have seen anywhere.

I agree! He is a pro!

[rogersnm]

ah well L&D does not work on v3.6 it says:
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Unexpected critical failure
Critical Error: Links and Downloads Manager v.2.2.1 requires VBulletin version 3.5
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[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by rogersnm

ah well L&D does not work on v3.6 it says:
=======================================
Unexpected critical failure
Critical Error: Links and Downloads Manager v.2.2.1 requires VBulletin version 3.5
=======================================

Actually this is the easy one to fix - it's simply a check on the version.

More tricky is that the VB people have changed the profilefields table, so all the integration with user profiles has to be rethought

[stonner]

Hi Andrew!

First I wanna thank for this great hack!

I receive the same error message as Alfa1 once received:
Error - unable to move uploaded file on server

your answer to Alfa1 was:

Originally Posted by AndrewD

The error mesage is triggered in two situations:

- If the code is unable to create a subdirectory in your uploads directory corresponding to the user who is making the upload
or
- If the code cannot move the uploaded file into that directory once it has created it.

You can check which case is causing the problem by looked in the directory you have specified as your uploads directory. It should contain subdirectories and sub-sub-directories with single digit names, e.g. for a user with userid 36, there should be a directory tree /uploads/3/6, etc.

If these exist, upload a file under your own admin id and check that a new file (it will have a random filename) appears where you expect. If it does, then check that you have given proper permissions to your uploads directory. If not, then try to discover where the files are actually being placed.

Have you, for example, changed the setting of local_file_root (LDM admin page)?

Let me know what you find out, in case there's a bug in LDM.

in my case, it's the second situation. It creates the subfolder with my userid in the upload-folder (CHMOD777).

But what else is wrong? How can I fix this?

thank you!

[obmob]

o.o ok, i'm struggling with the CVS importer, is there a way to add more info into this?

As an example, creation date... or current hits, i have all this info in my old script, and would love to paste it directly and not modify every file induvidually u.u

Or... i'd love to know if there is some tool to create sql queries out of CVS files? Oo

I remember once trying to do this with excel, but when i exported as text, there were some spaces between variables and the code never ran into phpmyadmin ><

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by stonner

Hi Andrew!

First I wanna thank for this great hack!

I receive the same error message as Alfa1 once received:
Error - unable to move uploaded file on server

your answer to Alfa1 was:


in my case, it's the second situation. It creates the subfolder with my userid in the upload-folder (CHMOD777).

But what else is wrong? How can I fix this?

thank you!

I've found it easiest to answer these questions by taking a look at the site. Pls can you send me a PM with your site details + a username/pwd with admin privs.