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 binal0072003

ok i changed the php.ini

but still it says limit exceeds than in php.ini

mu upload limit 200 mb

post limit 250 mb

have you restarted apache? changes in php.ini only take effect on restart

[abdelghani68]

hi

I want to display 2 differents modules on my vbadvanced portal for the categories.

example : the module number 01 contains the categories 1 and 2

the module number 02 contains the categories 3 and 4

how to do that ?

or I must, if possible install a second ldm in my site for do that ?

Thanks

[shaqoneal]

cool hack

[IR15H]

Hello again, glad to see this excellent mod has just got better since I last checked it out .

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I have two things that I think are bugs. The first one is that a user gets logged out after viewing a video/music/pic if browsing in IE7 and not tick "Remember me?" when logging in.

To reproduce;

• Start IE7.
• Log into to your site, without ticking the "Remember Me?" box.
• Navigate to a video, and view it. (Doesn't seem to matter if it's in the same window or a new one)
• Navigate away from that video.
• You get logged out.

If you can't replicate this, then perhaps it's a setting on my site. If that's the case, I've a test account to help see if that can identify the problem. Example category. User: test Password: test. It works fine on FireFox, it's only on IE7 that I can get this behaviour to occur.

The second is to do with the "View full information on this entry" link ( - /local_links_admin.php?set=showinfo&linkid=X). If I click on it, I just get a blank page.


It may very well be that I've set incorrect settings, I just can't figure out what they might be!

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I also have a request. Is it possible to make it so that the magnifying glass, used to show full images, only appears if the image is bigger than the maximum thumbnail size allowed? For example, if I upload a 150 x 150px image, set the maximum thumbnail size to 200px, then the magnifying glass won't appear.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by IR15H

I have two things that I think are bugs. The first one is that a user gets logged out after viewing a video/music/pic if browsing in IE7 and not tick "Remember me?" when logging in.

To reproduce;

• Start IE7.
• Log into to your site, without ticking the "Remember Me?" box.
• Navigate to a video, and view it. (Doesn't seem to matter if it's in the same window or a new one)
• Navigate away from that video.
• You get logged out.

If you can't replicate this, then perhaps it's a setting on my site. If that's the case, I've a test account to help see if that can identify the problem. Example category. User: test Password: test. It works fine on FireFox, it's only on IE7 that I can get this behaviour to occur.

I took a look at your site and found a couple of points that are suspicious. vbulletin uses cookies to transmit login information from page to page. Your vbulletin cookies are being stored in cookies for 'gamingperfection.com' rather than 'www.gamingperfection.com' which is the actual url. At the same time, you have a javascript on your pages which is carrying out some sort of user tracking for a third party site. This is storing cookies against 'www.gamingperfection.com' I wonder if one or both of these is the cause of the problem.

Originally Posted by IR15H

The second is to do with the "View full information on this entry" link ( - /local_links_admin.php?set=showinfo&linkid=X). If I click on it, I just get a blank page.

Blank pages usually mean something went wrong in the php engine. By default, vbulletin 'gzips' material sent to the browser so that these error messages get garbled. Try going to vbulletin/admincp/options/options and uncheck the 'gzip output'. Then try accessing te page again and see if you get a message.

Originally Posted by IR15H

I also have a request. Is it possible to make it so that the magnifying glass, used to show full images, only appears if the image is bigger than the maximum thumbnail size allowed? For example, if I upload a 150 x 150px image, set the maximum thumbnail size to 200px, then the magnifying glass won't appear.

I'll take a look into this. It shouldn't be difficult. Only minor problem is that the magnifier is also used to control the optional lightbox display for these images.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by abdelghani68

hi

I want to display 2 differents modules on my vbadvanced portal for the categories.

example : the module number 01 contains the categories 1 and 2

the module number 02 contains the categories 3 and 4

how to do that ?

or I must, if possible install a second ldm in my site for do that ?

Thanks

vba modules can be installed multiple times to achieve what you want. e.g. if you want to use the 'whats hot' module:

- install it, and on the vba 'edit page' page (not the 'edit module' page), configure the module settings with the category/ies of interest.

- install it a second time. vba will ask you to give it a new module id. repeat the configuration for the second module.

see attached screenshots

[abdelghani68]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

vba modules can be installed multiple times to achieve what you want. e.g. if you want to use the 'whats hot' module:

- install it, and on the vba 'edit page' page (not the 'edit module' page), configure the module settings with the category/ies of interest.

- install it a second time. vba will ask you to give it a new module id. repeat the configuration for the second module.

see attached screenshots

thanks, but I want to do that with the module ldm_cats.module.

I woul'd like to choose the categories to be contained in this module. I don't see option in this module as the module Hot Media for exemple.

Thanks for your help

[abdelghani68]

I think I must make 2 library for that

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by abdelghani68

thanks, but I want to do that with the module ldm_cats.module.

I woul'd like to choose the categories to be contained in this module. I don't see option in this module as the module Hot Media for exemple.

Thanks for your help

As currently coded, that module is only designed to show all the categories at the base level of the category tree. It is quite a simple change to allow you to select one category and show all its subcategories. However, it is not possible to recode the current module to show an arbitrary list of categories. I would have to write something from scratch. You would be better using the standard vbadvanced site navigation module.

[IR15H]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

I took a look at your site and found a couple of points that are suspicious. vbulletin uses cookies to transmit login information from page to page. Your vbulletin cookies are being stored in cookies for 'gamingperfection.com' rather than 'www.gamingperfection.com' which is the actual url. At the same time, you have a javascript on your pages which is carrying out some sort of user tracking for a third party site. This is storing cookies against 'www.gamingperfection.com' I wonder if one or both of these is the cause of the problem.

I disabled the tracking (Woopra) and changed my forum url (vBulletin Options > vB Options > Site Name / URL / Contact Details) to no longer include www. at the beginning. No joy.

Blank pages usually mean something went wrong in the php engine. By default, vbulletin 'gzips' material sent to the browser so that these error messages get garbled. Try going to vbulletin/admincp/options/options and uncheck the 'gzip output'. Then try accessing te page again and see if you get a message.

That fixed it, thanks.

I'll take a look into this. It shouldn't be difficult. Only minor problem is that the magnifier is also used to control the optional lightbox display for these images.

Much appreciated.


EDIT:

How do I integrate this with vBadvanced? I tried vBa CMPS > Integration > THIS_SCRIPT Integration Method > local_links, which seems to work on all pages just fine, except when attempting to play a file /local_links.php?action=play&catid=X&linkid=X&page= X.

local_links.php


local_links.php?action=play&catid=X&linkid=X&page= X


This is with a fresh install of vB, LDM and vBa. I assume I've done something wrong again, but can't figure out what it is.

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Also, when visiting local_links_admin.php?set=permissions, "default_forumid" links to /local_links_admin.php?set=settings, missing the bit in red.