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.

[Tyegurl]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Take a look at your main VB settings - is the home url pointing at your web root (http://yoursite) or at the forum (http://yoursite/forum) or vbadvanced script (http://yoursite/forum/vbascript.php)?

Forum URL in vB Options
http://www.mysite.com/vBulletin

sorry had a long night am i understanding what you wanted?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Tyegurl

Forum URL in vB Options
http://www.mysite.com/vBulletin

sorry had a long night am i understanding what you wanted?

No, there're two settings - forum url and homepage url. LDM (incorrectly, I've decided) assumes that the homepage url is pointing at your web root.

[Tyegurl]

ahhh yes okay that is what is is doing....

icon path shows

http://www.mysite.com/images/icon/rar.gif (or whatever it is)

leaves out my vBulletin folder altogether..

sorry to have bothered you...

my 5 and 1/2 month old is teething really bad and i didn't get much sleep....really sorry

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

sweeT!! beta 2!!
<< will install tomorrow don't feel like redoing the plugins again right now. :/ lol

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btw, first I was all excited about this:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=119589
http://www.boardingscene.com/videos.php
then I realized that LDM could do all that and more...
and on our own site.

that said, I'm going back to the old issue of look and feel...
I almost wish there was a freeze on new features and just worked on layouts or templates. vbdownload manager still looks more put together simply because of the nice hit parade displays (top 5 hot, 5 new, 5recent)...and this vidia thingy looks better just cause of the layout as well, imo (but its certainly a more FAMILIAR one).

If LDM had templates like that... it'd more "accessible" I think for people.

eg:
-- if the jukebox could play inline and a few other thumbs displayed underneath (control the number of thumbs).

-- and we got auto generate referral links to the file (I request this a few times). Share this file! type thing

-- basically LDM would benefit greatly from an individual "page" for each file/video, etc. I often want to link people to a particular uploaded video and the only way I have found to do that is to rate/add a comment to the file...then link to that page.

plenty of video distributions sites to benchmark....
vidiac, google, collegehumor, ebaums etc. but all basiclly the same.

I think that would help LDM realize its full mass potential with vb. I know I'd love it.

food for though. just my 2cents.

I'll let ya know how Beta 2 goes

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

I almost wish there was a freeze on new features and just worked on layouts or templates.

My friend, that's up to you

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

eg:
-- if the jukebox could play inline and a few other thumbs displayed underneath (control the number of thumbs).

sounds like a new feature...

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

-- and we got auto generate referral links to the file (I request this a few times). Share this file! type thing

sounds like a new feature...

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

-- basically LDM would benefit greatly from an individual "page" for each file/video, etc. I often want to link people to a particular uploaded video and the only way I have found to do that is to rate/add a comment to the file...then link to that page.

sounds like a new feature...

Basically, I agree with you - I'd like to stop adding new features for a while, and would like to work on improving the user interface for some of the features - the jukebox, the photo library, and so on. I feel challenged (shall we say motivated) by flickr...

[Tyegurl]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Basically, I agree with you - I'd like to stop adding new features for a while, and would like to work on improving the user interface for some of the features - the jukebox, the photo library, and so on. I feel challenged (shall we say motivated) by flickr...

okay i like the sound of that too...will there be a way possibly to not necessarily create a photo album but maybe to let the user create his own set of photos in an album of links? or would that be a feature lol..

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Tyegurl

okay i like the sound of that too...will there be a way possibly to not necessarily create a photo album but maybe to let the user create his own set of photos in an album of links? or would that be a feature lol..

his/her favourites, perhaps ?

[Nokia Tech]

Ok, I just managed to get around to re-installing it again,

Still having the same problems as before, I have a file in the database, and on an external server, I cant get either to work properly.

As you said earlier, I have set up a test admin for you, Would you mind taking a look for me. I will be only too happy to pay for your time in doing so. I really need this install badly.... Thanks

I will send you a pm with details on your reply,

BR

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Nokia Tech

Ok, I just managed to get around to re-installing it again,

Still having the same problems as before, I have a file in the database, and on an external server, I cant get either to work properly.

As you said earlier, I have set up a test admin for you, Would you mind taking a look for me. I will be only too happy to pay for your time in doing so. I really need this install badly.... Thanks

I will send you a pm with details on your reply,

BR

Send me a PM, happy to take a look

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Nokia Tech

Ok, I just managed to get around to re-installing it again,

Still having the same problems as before, I have a file in the database, and on an external server, I cant get either to work properly.

As you said earlier, I have set up a test admin for you, Would you mind taking a look for me. I will be only too happy to pay for your time in doing so. I really need this install badly.... Thanks

I will send you a pm with details on your reply,

BR

Still waiting...