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 SherryG

Hi there,

I am a total newbie at this but seemed to have everything installed and working as it should. I do have one problem though. When I try to download a file, I'm getting the following error message:

Error - Cannot determine if you can access link: linkid,forumid= 2, 17

Can someone tell me how I might resolve this?

Thanks so much!
Sherry

Sherry, the error (which I agree is a bit cryptic) means that the entry with linkid 2 has been "associated" with a forum with forumid 17, but that forum no longer exists. Maybe you created an entry and then changed your forum structure?

Take a look in LDM/admin/categories/mass edit, and you'll get a list of all the entries in the category and an indication of any errors in forum association.

[SherryG]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Sherry, the error (which I agree is a bit cryptic) means that the entry with linkid 2 has been "associated" with a forum with forumid 17, but that forum no longer exists. Maybe you created an entry and then changed your forum structure?

Take a look in LDM/admin/categories/mass edit, and you'll get a list of all the entries in the category and an indication of any errors in forum association.

Hi Andrew - Thanks so much for your reply. I have fixed the above errors but now, when trying to download a file, I get 403 Forbidden.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by SherryG

Hi Andrew - Thanks so much for your reply. I have fixed the above errors but now, when trying to download a file, I get 403 Forbidden.

Sorry to hear this. Maybe easiest is if I take a look at your board? If you like, send me a PM with details and an account/pwd with admin access to the board.

[kkKunan]

Very nice program! i like !!

I ave vbullettin 3.5.4 and vbseo install whit mod_revrite in action, can help me for revrite categori links, can mod the rewrite.txt


i ave this link my 1 category :
http://tattoo.tatuatori.com/local_links/links/1
result:
The requested URL /local_links/links/3 was not found on this server.

#############################

the correct page is at:
http://tattoo.tatuatori.com/local_links.php?catid=1


Thanks :bunny:

[boxingscene]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

In case this is the same problem just solved on another site - have you installed the LDM 'id3-handles' extra in order to tag/scan mp3s?

If so - if you upload the getid3 code into the wrong place, you get this 'blank screen' bug when uploading files.

The getid3 subdirectory has to be directly in the forums directory:
yoursite->forums->getid3
Not, e.g.
yoursite->forums->getid3->getid3

For what it's worth!

I'm having the same problem on 3.6.1, only with MP3 files. Generating broken thumbs when no image is selected.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by kkKunan

Very nice program! i like !!

I ave vbullettin 3.5.4 and vbseo install whit mod_revrite in action, can help me for revrite categori links, can mod the rewrite.txt


i ave this link my 1 category :
http://tattoo.tatuatori.com/local_links/links/1
result:
The requested URL /local_links/links/3 was not found on this server.

#############################

the correct page is at:
http://tattoo.tatuatori.com/local_links.php?catid=1


Thanks :bunny:

You can find information on setting up mod_rewrite for use with LDM at this page:

http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php/Hacking_LDM

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by boxingscene

I'm having the same problem on 3.6.1, only with MP3 files. Generating broken thumbs when no image is selected.

With which version of LDM?

[boxingscene]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

With which version of LDM?

The latest version, using 2.2.5. I downloaded the id3 thinking it would fix the problem, but it didnt, stays the same.

The problem only happens when no image is selected. When an image is selected a thumb is created.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by boxingscene

The latest version, using 2.2.5. I downloaded the id3 thinking it would fix the problem, but it didnt, stays the same.

The problem only happens when no image is selected. When an image is selected a thumb is created.

There is a problem with the automatic creation of thumbnails for mp3 files, certainly up to version 2.2.5. It varies depending on whether the site has installed the getid3 subdirectory from the LDM id3-handles extra in their forums directory or not. I'm sorry about that.

AS far as I can tell, I've fixed the problem with the final version of 2.2.6, which will be released soon.

[Alfa1]

I have recently upgraded to 2.2.5. The function to browse to a file one wants to upload seems gone. How can I get that back?