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.

[EasyTarget]

I thought I read something about where you added the option to make the links_linkbit page act as a link to a more in depth file description and download page. I might have just been interpretating something wrong though.
(i'm using the latest beta).

if it can't do that yet, I think it'd be nice to add that option to the administer settings page where you can choose the category selection and linkbit templates. if that option is already in there, I probably just haven't figured out how to use it yet as I haven't really gone through the readme yet.. so disregard if that's the case

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

I thought I read something about where you added the option to make the links_linkbit page act as a link to a more in depth file description and download page. I might have just been interpretating something wrong though.
(i'm using the latest beta).

if it can't do that yet, I think it'd be nice to add that option to the administer settings page where you can choose the category selection and linkbit templates. if that option is already in there, I probably just haven't figured out how to use it yet as I haven't really gone through the readme yet.. so disregard if that's the case

Thanks - no the option isn't there yet - I half wrote the code on a plane to Berlin then decided to try a different approach - bear with me a while longer as I thinnk it's a good idea.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by 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 :-))

I'm at a bit of a loss - can you give me more information on how you are identifying the images - url, etc?. Attached is a screenshot showing a jpg and two gifs - the first gif is coming from my local machine and the second is coming from a remote web site.

[Benj]

how do you add images like that to tracks ??? looks cool andrew

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by benj

how do you add images like that to tracks ??? looks cool andrew

admin page -> set link_imagesize =100 or so, then add link form gains a new field for the url of an image that will be resized to 100 pixels on largest dimension. Only works if your server has the gd2 lib installed.

Another way is simply to put [img] bbcodes into the link desciption

[robihot]

Hello Andrew,

I tried both, URL and direct path. In both cases the Thumbnail is not displayed/resized if GIF format. Stranghe is, JPG and PNG is working fine (they are located in the same directory).

No clue why this happens...

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by robihot

Hello Andrew,

I tried both, URL and direct path. In both cases the Thumbnail is not displayed/resized if GIF format. Stranghe is, JPG and PNG is working fine (they are located in the same directory).

No clue why this happens...

Maybe you can email me one of your gifs. Then I can see if the problem is your end or mine. - ad_rodin at noos.fr

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

I thought I read something about where you added the option to make the links_linkbit page act as a link to a more in depth file description and download page. I might have just been interpretating something wrong though.
(i'm using the latest beta).

if it can't do that yet, I think it'd be nice to add that option to the administer settings page where you can choose the category selection and linkbit templates. if that option is already in there, I probably just haven't figured out how to use it yet as I haven't really gone through the readme yet.. so disregard if that's the case

I'm not sure that I really like the look yet, but perhaps you can try this variant on the link_listbit template and let me know if that's what you are wanting to achieve. Bear in mind that with the links collapsed by default, you are relying on your users enabling javascript.

[welo]

Originally Posted by robihot

I tried both, URL and direct path. In both cases the Thumbnail is not displayed/resized if GIF format. Stranghe is, JPG and PNG is working fine (they are located in the same directory).

Since your physical location isn't displayed, this is only speculation here ... although, it occurs to me the GIF patent hasn't yet expired in all countries. If you (or your server or host) is in a country where this is still the case, the box might not be setup to allow GD-manipulated GIFs. I recall awhile back when the whole GIF patent expiry was taking place, this was an issue of concern with the open source photo galleries.

Just a thought.

[robihot]

Originally Posted by welo

Since your physical location isn't displayed, this is only speculation here ... although, it occurs to me the GIF patent hasn't yet expired in all countries. If you (or your server or host) is in a country where this is still the case, the box might not be setup to allow GD-manipulated GIFs. I recall awhile back when the whole GIF patent expiry was taking place, this was an issue of concern with the open source photo galleries.

Just a thought.

Hmmm... My location is Switzerland. But can it be that within VB (as Thumbs if attched to a post) it's working but not in DLM?

I assume, VB is also using GD2 to create the Thumbnail. And the GIF is realy a normal GIF.