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 EasyTarget

here's a thread with a list of suggestions/features that people were requesting if you wanted to go through it.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=77446

Thanks, I'll take a look. What I've tried to do with this hack is to keep it consistent, keep it working, keep it under control. The first version that got released last year involved 29K of php code. It's now 220K+ and I'm afraid to upload new releases for fear of what is broken. *More and more* is always the cry, but this isn't necessarily what people actually want to use. There's also the question of what people are actually wanting to use this type of software to achieve. I'm sorry, but providing easy ways to share large videos is not my responsiblity.

The single design feature in LDM that I think was a mistake was to pick up protections from forums, rather than replicating the VB permissions system over onto categories. But it works well for our site, and is deeply embedded into the code, so I'm reluctant to unwind that decision.

Anyway, keep up the suggestions, and I'll see what I can do.

[Scotty2k]

Uhh.. a lot to read in this thread but couldn´t find a answer to my question

Is it possible to set the limit of categories by usergroups ?

I have some links for every member in our forum, but some big downloads should be limited to a special usergroup

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Scotty2k

Uhh.. a lot to read in this thread but couldn?t find a answer to my question

Is it possible to set the limit of categories by usergroups ?

I have some links for every member in our forum, but some big downloads should be limited to a special usergroup

In fact, this was what I was discussing in the previous post.

Set up or select a forum which is only visible to the usergroup(s) you want to have access to the large downloads.

When you create or edite the download, set that forum as its parent. Voila, only the usergroups which can access the forum will be able to see the download.

[Scotty2k]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

In fact, this was what I was discussing in the previous post.

Set up or select a forum which is only visible to the usergroup(s) you want to have access to the large downloads.

When you create or edite the download, set that forum as its parent. Voila, only the usergroups which can access the forum will be able to see the download.

Thank you very much ! Works fine for me !

[Tradjick]

As you described in instructions.txt i run into the following errors when reimporting a dump: invalid category id list

I needed to do this in order to change the links from localhost/forum to domain.com/articles.

Have I to delete all categories and also the links for it to work?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Tradjick

As you described in instructions.txt i run into the following errors when reimporting a dump: invalid category id list

I needed to do this in order to change the links form domain.com/forum to domain.com/articles.

Have I to delete all categories and also the links for it to work?

Three comments:

a) Did you 'Dump' or 'Export' - you can only 'Import' what you have 'Exported' The error message you quote suggests you me that you 'Dumped'

b) If you 'Export', then edit the filenames in the csv and then 'Import' on top of an existing database, what should(!!) happen is that the category records will be flagged as errors and ignored; the links that are unchanged will be untouched; the links which have new file names will be inserted; but the old entries will not be deleted.

c) If you empty the database after exporting the dump, the re-import should work fine. However, there are some fields (e.g. the thumbnail image, I think) which are not retained during this process.

d) There may be a much easier way to do this with a short bit of sql.

[Tradjick]

Yes i did a dump indeed.
Thank you, using export.php it worked.

I am almost finished with customizations, the only thing i can´t figure out is how to have the same "breadcrump" (navigation) from the links directory show up in showthread.php. Is there an easy way around you would consider to me?

[s1l3NCER]

I have install and everythingworks perfectly I cant express my gratitude for you makin this. But I got a question or a suggestion. Anyways to add a module for the vBa CMPS.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by s1l3NCER

I have install and everythingworks perfectly I cant express my gratitude for you makin this. But I got a question or a suggestion. Anyways to add a module for the vBa CMPS.

In fact, there is one in beta form - if you look in the modules directory of the release and read the instructions.txt file. There are a couple of issues which people have reported and will be fixed in the coming version.

[Ranma2k]

Thanks AndrewD

I just updated my site to 3.5 and installed the new ver of the hack works like charm

I'm going to modify my ticket system hack to work on the new system


Thanks alot