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]

Originally Posted by obmob

Oo you added more phrases to this version?

Need some spanish customisations? ^^

u.u don't know if i'm that brave... i'd love to wait till 3.6 is gold.

Thanks - I suggest waiting until VB36 is ready to go gold - that way we can do all the translation at one time.

[Tyegurl]

i have done something stupid i think....not very urgent but still in the same sense i do need help.

I went and removed restrictions on my downloads....but restricted the file downloads by unregistered.

Now my files are downloading as numbers again...I remember fixing this once before but I can't seem to do it and I am scared I will mess everything up! Will you please help me figure out what I have done and what I need to do?

[EasyTarget]

wasn't that an earlier version of LDM that assigned numbers when you wanted to file location or name to be hidden? I remember that all my files were assigned numbers in the early versions but then it was changed and they kept their names. I have some files with numbers now, but those are the ones I uploaded in the earlier version.. so maybe its just some old files you're looking at?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Tyegurl

i have done something stupid i think....not very urgent but still in the same sense i do need help.

I went and removed restrictions on my downloads....but restricted the file downloads by unregistered.

Now my files are downloading as numbers again...I remember fixing this once before but I can't seem to do it and I am scared I will mess everything up! Will you please help me figure out what I have done and what I need to do?

I took a quick look at your site and tested a few downloads - they all came down with their proper names - can you point me at a few examples that are broken?

The files do have randomly numbed names on your server, to prevent people guessing where they are stored, but the proper name is held in the database. It is easy enough to patch the database if necessary.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I thought I had dealt with this - the other person reporting the problem had not installed the software correctly (partly my fault, because the code didn't pick up the mistake). The new version has some extra error checking built in for two situations where I could foresee problems. But it is possible that there are other problems at your site.

yikes. upgraded to 2.2.2 Beta.

and now uploads/add link doesn't work at all. for larger files it cops out at 37% everytime. HTTP 404 error

And even when just adding "regular" links... it doesn't even try. I just immediately get 404 error right after you hit. submit :/

The existing links and downloads work fine. Just can't add anything anymore.

help!

http://www.clantsu.org/forums/local_links.php
same id and pw and pmed you before if you can check it out. :/

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

yikes. upgraded to 2.2.2 Beta.

and now uploads/add link doesn't work at all. for larger files it cops out at 37% everytime. HTTP 404 error

And even when just adding "regular" links... it doesn't even try. I just immediately get 404 error right after you hit. submit :/

The existing links and downloads work fine. Just can't add anything anymore.

help!

http://www.clantsu.org/forums/local_links.php
same id and pw and pmed you before if you can check it out. :/

The 404 error is for the file local_links_action.php. This is a new file with the 2.2.2 release. Have you correctly uploaded the files?

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

The 404 error is for the file local_links_action.php. This is a new file with the 2.2.2 release. Have you correctly uploaded the files?

apparently not. :/

I reuploaded everything and its working now!! AWESOME!! (sorry for the n00b mistake )

EDIT: only issue so far is that the media icon doesn't show up in the CMPS module. I "updated images" in the CMPS installer...but still no go. the file path is correct too. any ideas? >> www.clantsu.org (left column)

[Tyegurl]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I took a quick look at your site and tested a few downloads - they all came down with their proper names - can you point me at a few examples that are broken?

The files do have randomly numbed names on your server, to prevent people guessing where they are stored, but the proper name is held in the database. It is easy enough to patch the database if necessary.

http://www.teamrespawn.com/vBulletin...id=204&catid=3

http://www.teamrespawn.com/vBulletin...id=206&catid=2

http://www.teamrespawn.com/vBulletin...id=223&catid=3


just a few examples i found

the other question is...how do i hide the link from everybody(it was hidden before) or was I able to pull the shortcut because I am Admin?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Tyegurl

http://www.teamrespawn.com/vBulletin...id=204&catid=3

http://www.teamrespawn.com/vBulletin...id=206&catid=2

http://www.teamrespawn.com/vBulletin...id=223&catid=3


just a few examples i found

the other question is...how do i hide the link from everybody(it was hidden before) or was I able to pull the shortcut because I am Admin?

Anyone can pull these links, but - if you've protected categories/links - they don't help you if you are not a registered user. Anyone trying to use these to access the files will get a "please login" message, unless there's a cookie on their PC showing that they are already logged in.

The examples you've given are quite old, so possibly they have always had broken names. However, I'll patch the main release so that you can re-define file names for uploaded files. Alternatively, if you are happy using phpmyadmin, I can explain how to do this directly.

[Tyegurl]

okay lol i don't remember them being numbers before but they are from March.

thanks for looking. i will just reupload the files.

i was only asking cuz this link submitted the same day doesn't do it...was confused thought i did something wrong;

http://www.teamrespawn.com/vBulletin...&id=65&catid=3