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.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

addon request:

anyone know how to get some of the LDM profile stats to display in the postbit?

eg: something akin to a link that would likst

My LDM uploads: 16

in one's postbit.

[Slave]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Thanks for reminding me of this. It will be in the 'gold' release for VB36, which may be called 2.2.2 or maybe something else, but will be there quite soon.

In the meantime is there an "easy way" of moving the links I have into the newer/different links db?

[veedee]

This looks great but is there a simple version which alows you to only add links to other sites, in a directory style. A bit like DMOZ?

[Slave]

Originally Posted by veedee

This looks great but is there a simple version which alows you to only add links to other sites, in a directory style. A bit like DMOZ?

When you first install LDM that's what it's set up for

[hilfe-forum]

Hello i have a big problem.
I can not upload anny file..

everytime i get:

Upload error - security breach. Return

Settings:

Links und Download Manager
Code 2.2.1
MySQL 4.1.11-Debian_4sarge2
PHP 4.3.10-16
local_file_root 0
local_file_root_prefix
allow_url_fopen Ja
cURL Ja
GD2 Ja
open_basedir /var/www/
post_max_size 40M
upload_max_filesize 20M

scond.
wen i try upload csv file get this error:

Warnung: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /local_links_admin.php (Zeile 1112)

Importing teilnehmer.csv
Öffnen nicht möglich /tmp/phpYCETVGImport completed: 0 categories, 0 links inserted
Remember to re-validate

[david05]

Somebody help me.
I got this error message while I'm on Control on Files Upload and set up upload_dir:

The following setting(s) are invalid
upload_dir : vbtestforum/images/upload
I can't create a subdirectory test file in vbtestforum/images/upload (trying /home/tuoitres/public_html/vbtestforum/images/upload/1) - check permissions

I'm already try to chmod 777 for that folder - upload, but it's not successful. Would someone help me.

Thank

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by hilfe-forum

Hello i have a big problem.
I can not upload anny file..

everytime i get:


Upload error - security breach. Return

Settings:

Links und Download Manager
Code 2.2.1
MySQL 4.1.11-Debian_4sarge2
PHP 4.3.10-16
local_file_root 0
local_file_root_prefix
allow_url_fopen Ja
cURL Ja
GD2 Ja
open_basedir /var/www/
post_max_size 40M
upload_max_filesize 20M

Sorry to hear this. I've found that problems like this are often caused by a conflict between your site settings (particularly open_basedir) and where you are trying to store uploads.

The error message is saying one of two things:
a) you gave tried to upload a jpg, jpeg, gif, or png file which is not a valid picture
or
b) the underlying apache/php infrastructure has not been able to create a temporary file in which to storethe upload before LDM starts to process it.

I assume that the problem is not the first (i.e. you are not trying to upload image files)?

Some things to check-

Do uploads work correctly inside vbulletin? (If necessary try VB/admincp/maintenance/diagnostics/uploads)

Is your specified upload directory within the part of the directory tree allowed by your open_basedir setting?

Originally Posted by hilfe-forum

scond.
wen i try upload csv file get this error:


Warnung: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /local_links_admin.php (Zeile 1112)


Importing teilnehmer.csv
?ffnen nicht m?glich /tmp/phpYCETVGImport completed: 0 categories, 0 links inserted
Remember to re-validate

Was the csv file produced by exporting the contents of another LDM databas? That is what the admin/import feature is for.

If necessary, I'm happy to take a look at your site, but I need an admin account.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by david05

Somebody help me.
I got this error message while I'm on Control on Files Upload and set up upload_dir:

The following setting(s) are invalid
upload_dir : vbtestforum/images/upload
I can't create a subdirectory test file in vbtestforum/images/upload (trying /home/tuoitres/public_html/vbtestforum/images/upload/1) - check permissions

I'm already try to chmod 777 for that folder - upload, but it's not successful. Would someone help me.

Thank

1) Take a look at some of the settings that are listed at the bottom left of the LDM admin pages. In particular, if open_basedir is set, then you can have problems.

2) Why are you specifying the upload dir as vbtestforum/images/upload? Unless you have set the LDM parameter local_file_root to No, then you should give a directory name relative to your forum, e.g. (I imagine) images/upload

Happy to take a look, but will need access to your site + a VB admin account.

[hilfe-forum]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Sorry to hear this. I've found that problems like this are often caused by a conflict between your site settings (particularly open_basedir) and where you are trying to store uploads.

The error message is saying one of two things:
a) you gave tried to upload a jpg, jpeg, gif, or png file which is not a valid picture
or
b) the underlying apache/php infrastructure has not been able to create a temporary file in which to storethe upload before LDM starts to process it.

I assume that the problem is not the first (i.e. you are not trying to upload image files)?

Some things to check-

Do uploads work correctly inside vbulletin? (If necessary try VB/admincp/maintenance/diagnostics/uploads)

Is your specified upload directory within the part of the directory tree allowed by your open_basedir setting?




Was the csv file produced by exporting the contents of another LDM databas? That is what the admin/import feature is for.

If necessary, I'm happy to take a look at your site, but I need an admin account.

THX for help!

first is see my Php is too old... PHP 4.3.10-16


"PHP 4.3.4 and higher; also ok with 5.x. The PHP authors changed some key features of array handling in version 4.3.3: LDM is now believed to work correctly with earlier viersions, but there may be some problems "

Sorry that i dont see that befor!!

So i will update PhP and try again!

I will give you feedback

THX for this Hachk.. perfeckt work!

(with this i can give my Users "HOTorNOT" in my Board!)


sory for my bad english...

[civil78]

Here is the idea.

I have a site with subtitles, and sometimes I replace a subtitle with some corrections or changes. I use LDM and I see in the stats keeps the log of the downloads and users.

My problem is that if I make a change in the file the users they don’t know for that and I don’t have a way to inform them.

So my idea is if it’s possible to add in a future version of LDM the possibility to send a personal message for the change to all users that they download the specific file. I think that is useful and if it’s possible to add in the file description a field that it says the file version.

Thanks for listen me, I hope AndrewD that you find that is a great idea and to add it in future versions.