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 sydude

And here's another quick template question.. (sorry if this sounds completely dumb or if it's been covered ad nauseum..):

How do I make a new linkbit and have it selectable in the LL settings? For now I've had to delete out Greg's template with the code you gave me.

Have a look in local_links_include.php, around line 238 - there's a definition of the linkbitcache array. You need to add a new row to that array.

[sydude]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Have a look in local_links_include.php, around line 238 - there's a definition of the linkbitcache array. You need to add a new row to that array.

Thank you. Again.

[obmob]

Originally Posted by obmob

Here i go again... excuse me Andrew, any chances to allow admin to post html in image description?

I have a postcard software called vCard, i can direct link some images to send them as a postcard... so, i want to add a different sized image and point it to that program...

Also, i have a mobile feature, and also need to point it to it to allow members to send it to their mobile phones...

So, maybe adding html permission would make it easier to you

Thank you for the big effort you make!

u.u any comment on this?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by obmob

u.u any comment on this?

I hadn't given time to this yet - there have been other questions on my mind.

The problem with allowing html is that it is a potential security breech and needs careful handling. Is there a reason why you need to tag the pictures, and not (e.g.) add the tags inside the description field, where html is already allowed if you turn this permission on?

[AndrewD]

is now available in first post of this thread

Main changes from 1st beta - many more hooks to help the integration with vbPlaza

[directprint]

I get this error on top of the page.

Warning: Division by zero in /includes/local_links_include.php on line 238

A bit more on this error

Warning: Division by zero in /includes/local_links_include.php on line 238
The following setting(s) are invalid
thumbs_dir : upload_dir
Directory upload_dir (/home/username/public_html/upload_dir) doesn't exist and I can't create it
upload_dir : /upload_dir
I can't find/create subdirectories in /upload_dir (trying /home/username/public_html/upload_dir/2) - check permissions

Both these directories are 777

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by directprint

I get this error on top of the page.

Warning: Division by zero in /includes/local_links_include.php on line 238

Thanks for letting me know - will fix - it's not serious and you can eliminate it by giving the setting link_image_size (on the LDM admin settings page) a positive value

[directprint]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Thanks for letting me know - will fix - it's not serious and you can eliminate it by giving the setting link_image_size (on the LDM admin settings page) a positive value

Thank you all fixed with a simple number.

[directprint]

I have some problems with files uploading under all access, it appears that it can't create subdirectory's, I have changed permissions to 777

Error Message
The following setting(s) are invalid
upload_dir : images
I can't create a subdirectory test file in images (trying /home/myusername/public_html/images/2) - check permissions
Return

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by directprint

I have some problems with files uploading under all access, it appears that it can't create subdirectory's, I have changed permissions to 777

Error Message
The following setting(s) are invalid
upload_dir : images
I can't create a subdirectory test file in images (trying /home/myusername/public_html/images/2) - check permissions
Return

You're too helpful This is another bug introduced in the latest beta.

I had tried to improve the error checking for uploads and thumbs directories, but there was a bug in the new code which doesn't show up on a windows server. I'll post a new version of beta 2 in a few minutes.

Sorry.