Major Additions - Links and Downloads Manager

What this is and does

LDM is a general-purpose tool for managing libraries of links and files, and handling uploads and downloads in a flexible way, while tracking and control user access. It has a range of integrated media players and a large library of 'plugin' extras.

Installation and Usage Explained in the on-line Wiki, with a brief explanation in the file instructions.txt in the release zip. The recent revision history is given in the first post of this thread.

Please use carefully and always backup your database before upgrading. Post reports of problems and suggestions for enhancements in this thread.

14.06.09 Version 2.3.0 is now the the officially-supported version. Works with 3.7 and vb 3.8. Please post comments in this thread

22.06.08 Version 2.2.9-post1 - This is the previous supported version. Works fine with all versions of vb 3.6 and vb 3.7. All standard features except profile integration and forum prefix selection work fine with vb 3.8.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by djpassion

i have allow_add_multi set to default 0 so it isnt that. im using single entry form. well it just says add entry form. doesnt mention single.

anything else what could be stopping it from working. i was only uploading 6.7 mb

thanks for your help andrew

I created an account on your site (andrewd) - could you give the account enough access to try to find some answers (e.g. admin?)

[webgeek247]

ok andrew, no problem. cheers

[webgeek247]

Andrew, I used the plugin to add all the mime type extensions last night and forgot to the remove the ones I didnt want to use. Anyway, ive now removed them but ive just noticed that a user of the forum created a thread and added an mp3 attachment

http://www.djpassion.co.uk/forums/me...-part-1-a.html

I only want to allow mp3 uploads for the links and download manager NOT in thread attachments. Is there a work around for this?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by djpassion

ok andrew, no problem. cheers

As you'll see, I've been at work on your site.

First, concerning the drop down menus on the LDM navbar, with IE. I'm not sure what is causing the problem, but it is somehow connected with your style. When I display your site using the basis VB style, everything works correctly. With your style, as you say, the LDM navbar breaks. Furthermore, if I download the html code from site pages that are broken, and host them on my server, the menus work correctly.

Second, I have successfully uploaded three files (3Mb, 7MB and 17Mb) using the swf uploader. I also had two occasions whe the upload failed. I need to sort out why the failures are happening. I'l try to dig further over the weekend.l

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by djpassion

Andrew, I used the plugin to add all the mime type extensions last night and forgot to the remove the ones I didnt want to use. Anyway, ive now removed them but ive just noticed that a user of the forum created a thread and added an mp3 attachment

http://www.djpassion.co.uk/forums/me...-part-1-a.html

I only want to allow mp3 uploads for the links and download manager NOT in thread attachments. Is there a work around for this?

I'll give this some thought.

[webgeek247]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

As you'll see, I've been at work on your site.

First, concerning the drop down menus on the LDM navbar, with IE. I'm not sure what is causing the problem, but it is somehow connected with your style. When I display your site using the basis VB style, everything works correctly. With your style, as you say, the LDM navbar breaks. Furthermore, if I download the html code from site pages that are broken, and host them on my server, the menus work correctly.

Second, I have successfully uploaded three files (3Mb, 7MB and 17Mb) using the swf uploader. I also had two occasions whe the upload failed. I need to sort out why the failures are happening. I'l try to dig further over the weekend.l

Hmmm i dont get whats wrong with my style then. well i wouldnt launch the upload / download center until most of the needed features work properly anyway. so no rush fixing the uploads, helping to get the style thing to work and adding a work around for the attachment (should decide to allow the option). ill leave the access as is for you anyway so you can test when you like. Least I can do to help you make the plugin better.

Cheers,
chris.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by djpassion

Hmmm i dont get whats wrong with my style then. well i wouldnt launch the upload / download center until most of the needed features work properly anyway. so no rush fixing the uploads, helping to get the style thing to work and adding a work around for the attachment (should decide to allow the option). ill leave the access as is for you anyway so you can test when you like. Least I can do to help you make the plugin better.

Cheers,
chris.

The problem with your style is as follows: Go to vb/admin/styles and templates/style manager. Take a look at the Main CSS for your default style, and scroll down to the bottom. I There are two boxes in the section marked Additional CSS definitions. Both of these are heavily reconfigured in your style.

In the top box, there is are two lines in the subdreamer css section which read:

div
{ vertical-align: top; }

I've no idea if this css is essential to your style. Its effect is to kill the display of the LDM navbar popup menus on IE, but for some reason not with Firefox.

I have created a "Child of Default" style on your board, which is identical to your default style, except that I have removed that line. The LDM menus work correctly with this style.

I'll see about a permanent fix in a new version of LDM.

Concerning the mp3 files, what you can do is disable the unwanted attachment types in the vb/admincp - attachments/attachment manager/edit mp3/uncheck enabled. LDM will continue to accept mp3, but your forums will not.

I'll get back to you on the swfupload extra. I'll probably have to provide some debug code for you to upload onto your site.

[webgeek247]

Cool, yes that’s fixed it now, Andrew.

Subdreamer CMS comes with automatic forum skinning which is what I used. But the forums wouldn’t validate as vaild xhtml at w3c because I had <link> etc in the wrong place. So I had to copy some code/css from the Subdreamer skin ’Passion’ that I modifed and added it to the vBulletin style sheet instead so that the forums would pass as vaild xhtml.

Right from the start though I had another problem which was when the forums wasn’t skinned by Subdreamer CMS and vBSEO's option ‘Cleanup HTML Code’ was enabled the vbulletin quick links would work. But only when the forums was skinned and while having the vBSEO option ‘Clean HTML Code’ was enabled I would get the same problem as what was happening with the ldm navbar links. Anyway, so I had to disable the vBSEO option so the standard vbulletin quick links would work. Though it didn’t make a different with ldm.

But now you have removed the unnecessary css from the vbulletin skin even with both forum skinned/vBSEO option ‘Clean HTML Code’ the vbulletin quick links and dlm links work now.

So I've copied your code back to the default style sheet and will use that now. And will delete the other ones as they arent needed now.

Thanks for finding that unnecessary css, Andrew. All vbulletin/ldm drop down links work properly now. Much apprecaited!

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Concerning the mp3 files, what you can do is disable the unwanted attachment types in the vb/admincp - attachments/attachment manager/edit mp3/uncheck enabled. LDM will continue to accept mp3, but your forums will not.

This works fine. Cheers!

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I'll get back to you on the swfupload extra. I'll probably have to provide some debug code for you to upload onto your site.

I will provide you ftp details if thats easier for you. I'd like you to check something else to do with where/how the music is uploaded in ldm (structure wise) looks odd looking on ftp. loads of blank folders and stuff.

I will PM you shortly.

Big thanks for the css fix. Much appreciated.

[webgeek247]

noticed another prob which is when viewing a category the moderator links are too close together

Moderators: Chris PowellKarlosandrewd

should be

Moderators: Chris Powell Karlos andrewd

cheers

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by djpassion

noticed another prob which is when viewing a category the moderator links are too close together

Moderators: Chris PowellKarlosandrewd

should be

Moderators: Chris Powell Karlos andrewd

cheers

Yes, I noticed that as well