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 kadafi_alive

Hi,

When I add the object code for realplayer, it displays the windowsmediaplayer alongside with the realplayer. What I want is that it first checks the file, and if it's a realplayer file, it should launch realplayer, if not, then windows.

OK, I'll add this to the list...

[dpkm]

What are the chances this could be made to work with Amykhar's Amazon plugin? - that way users could Amazon book links and I wouldn't have to go back and add the referral ID.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by dpkm

What are the chances this could be made to work with Amykhar's Amazon plugin? - that way users could Amazon book links and I wouldn't have to go back and add the referral ID.

Good idea - I've taken a look at Amykhar's code and this should be quite easy to fix, so I will add it to the 'to do' list. Thanks.

My suggestion is that the admin will define some 'on-the-fly' processing rules for links. That way it would be transparent to the user and would also work with Tradjick's request to patch the showthread navbar when creating links to threads and posts.

[EasyTarget]

hey Andrew, just wanted to thank you for supporting this so well and always keeping a good attitude. You seem so willing to help and open to suggestions/feedback, its really refreshing.

[kadafi_alive]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

hey Andrew, just wanted to thank you for supporting this so well and always keeping a good attitude. You seem so willing to help and open to suggestions/feedback, its really refreshing.

Ditto!

[kadafi_alive]

Weird,

I have installed the hack on a fresh vbulletin installation with a new database. The media player played the file correctly.

So I tried to upgrade my 3.0.3 database to 3.0.3, installed a fresh vbulletin and added the hack. But now, when I tried to click on a mp3, the windows media player windows does open but it doesn't play. I have tried both version.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could help me with this Andrew, I am planning to go live with my board after the upgrade.

Thanks in advance

Regards

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by kadafi_alive

Weird,

I have installed the hack on a fresh vbulletin installation with a new database. The media player played the file correctly.

So I tried to upgrade my 3.0.3 database to 3.0.3, installed a fresh vbulletin and added the hack. But now, when I tried to click on a mp3, the windows media player windows does open but it doesn't play. I have tried both version.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could help me with this Andrew, I am planning to go live with my board after the upgrade.

Thanks in advance

Regards

I had similar problems and did not really get to the bottom of it. I thought I had fixed the problem in 2.0.6 - are you trying that version or 2.0.5? (I've made further changes in 2.0.7, which is my development version, to include RealAudio)

*Edited* - I've gone through the same process - started with a 3.0.7 database in which the embedded player worked, upgraded VB to 3.5 and LDM to 2.0.5, and indeed the player is broken. I then upgraded LDM to 2.0.6 and everything worked fine again. Somewhere, versions before 2.0.6 were throwing some bad header material at WMP. Can you try again with 2.0.6 and let me know if it works ok.

[kadafi_alive]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I had similar problems and did not really get to the bottom of it. I thought I had fixed the problem in 2.0.6 - are you trying that version or 2.0.5? (I've made further changes in 2.0.7, which is my development version, to include RealAudio)

*Edited* - I've gone through the same process - started with a 3.0.7 database in which the embedded player worked, upgraded VB to 3.5 and LDM to 2.0.5, and indeed the player is broken. I then upgraded LDM to 2.0.6 and everything worked fine again. Somewhere, versions before 2.0.6 were throwing some bad header material at WMP. Can you try again with 2.0.6 and let me know if it works ok.

Hi,

Thanks for the reply

Apparantly, it was my fault. I was testing it with forum disabled. When I enabled the forum for everyone, it worked again

Regards

[kadafi_alive]

Hi Andrew,

Is there a way to reply this in WhoisOnline:

/local_stream.php?action=stream&id=98 Unknown Location

with simply a text

I guess it's a phrase issue.

Thanks in advance

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by kadafi_alive

Hi Andrew,

Is there a way to reply this in WhoisOnline:

/local_stream.php?action=stream&id=98 Unknown Location

with simply a text

I guess it's a phrase issue.

Thanks in advance

It's a simple change in one of the LDM plugins. See the next post, in a few minutes.