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 bhxtyrant

Hmm there doesnt seem to be a template called "links_scantext" i only see links_Admin_Scan_one,links_Admin_Scan_start,links_ Admin_Scan_end,links_Admin_Scan_line.

Sorry, forgot you were using 2.0.5. In 2.0.6, I modified how this phrase was built up to make it easier to change.

Either look for the phrase ll_trawled or edit local_links_admin.php and go to line 1517, which reads

list ($insert_status, $linkid) = insert_link ($vbulletin->userinfo['username'], $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'], $title, $key, '', $vbphrase['ll_trawled'].' '.$dir, $pcatid, $pforum, $statuscheck, $moderate, 0);

Its the sequence

$vbphrase['ll_trawled'].' '.$dir

that you need to change - be careful that you don't mess the commas

[bhxtyrant]

Thanks man i got it now.Guess i should upgrade to the newest version soon,I didn't upgrade yet mainly because i'm waiting for any possible bugs to be worked out and the upload feature isn't something i majorly need as i prefer adding things via FTP glad to hear these little things are becoming much easier to edit though.Ease of use is always a good thing.Keep up the awsome work.

[AndrewD]

* Edited* Beta 2 withdrawn - see main post for 2.0.7 RC

Here is the second beta for 2.0.7. It fixes/adds the main points discussed in the last two days:

+ Images in category bits, thanks to VTec44
+ 'Please wait' message displayed after add/edit link, thanks benj
+ 'Sort links by hits in last 30/7/1 days' added, ditto (ouch, was that sql painful...)

bugs fixed
> Admin drop-down menu correctly accesses renamed scripts
> Streamer records 'hits'
> Url in linked forum corrected

I hope there are no serious bugs - I'm going away this weekend and will be pretty busy for three weeks.

[xeon]

Per post #227 in this thread I would assume this works with older 3.0.x installations. Can someone confirm this? Very nice hack that I'd like to use.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by xeon

Per post #227 in this thread I would assume this works with older 3.0.x installations. Can someone confirm this? Very nice hack that I'd like to use.

There is a version for 3.0.x here - fully working, but I'd prefer not to spend time supporting it any longer

The 3.5.0 version has had quite some additional features.

[Benj]

+ 'Sort links by hits in last 30/7/1 days' added, ditto (ouch, was that sql painful...)

andrew your the man! when i get 10 mins ill upload this to my test site thanks alot for your work. whats your paypal account man i wanna donate ( when i get payed :P )

[fringehead]

Thanks for the upgrade and the help Andrew!

Sean

[Benj]

o no not another request lol sorry any way i can call hits by 30/7/1 days via url like ?timespan=30 need this so i can link to a cat like

whats hot in catname today
what hot in catname this week
whats hot in catname this month

if you get me

cheers

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by benj

o no not another request lol sorry any way i can call hits by 30/7/1 days via url like ?timespan=30 need this so i can link to a cat like

whats hot in catname today
what hot in catname this week
whats hot in catname this month

if you get me


cheers

/local_links.php?action=show&sort=30&catlist=1,2,3 for categories with catids 1,2 and 3
/local_links.php?action=show&sort=1&catlist=1 for catid 1
/local_links.php?action=show&sort=7 for all categories

You get the catids by hovering over the category url

Edited - if you have only one category of interest, then you can use instead

/local_links.php?sort=1&catid=1 [nb catid, not catlist and the action=show is omitted]

Then you will also get the proper category header displayed instead of a sort message.

[robihot]

Hello,
First I have to say: Great extension!

I could install 2.0.7 and beside one problem, it is working fine.

- The resized image (thumbnail) is not displayed even with GD2 installed (no problems in VB3.5.0 with thumbs)

Any idea? Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Robi

Change: Problem occurs only with GIF. JPG is working fine :-))