Major Additions - Links and Downloads Manager

Version 2.3.0 of LDM is now the official release. This works with both VB3.7 and VB3.8. You can obtain it here

Version 2.2.8 remains available here, with limited support.

04.02.08: patch-cat.xml 'extra' uploaded - see first post for information

27.10.07: Version 2.2.8-post1 uploaded
French translation of product installer uploaded (other language translations are in the main release zip)

Remember to back up your current database tables before upgrading.

What this is and does

LDM is a general-purpose link and file manager, which handles user uploads and downloads in a flexible way. A range of media players is integrated into LDM and others are included as plugin extras. LDM is described below in the first post of this thread, which also contains a brief list of the currently-known bugs.

This release of LDM works correctly with all VB versions 3.6.x and recent versions of vbadvanced.

Documentation, screen shots, etc, are provided as a Wiki at http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php...nloads_Manager

Thank you to everyone who has tested, given suggestions, helped with the translations, etc.

[Jaxel]

As well... the bottom of my statistics page says:

upload_max_filesize>=post_max_size

What does this mean? And how do I fix it?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

Hello... I am LOVING LDM... I went through about 6 different downloader/gallery systems before I found LDM and it is by far the best one yet... To see how I am using LDM... http://www.crookedjester.com/local_links.php... If you are unsure on whether or not you want to try LDM out, I recommend you check out how I use them on my website. I found that the images on the Eirma website really dont reflect the diversity of this mod.

However, I ran into one problem...
http://www.crookedjester.com/local_links.php?catid=61
If you download any of my videos, the hit counters dont go up! Why not? The hit counters go up for the images within LDM, but they dont go up for the videos within LDM.

Ordinarily, the hits dont matter... but because the hits aren't getting picked up, the downloads aren't being recorded... in which case, if I put a download limit on a certain level of users, say 200mb in a 24 hour period, it doesnt come into effect since technically, according to the system, the user hasn't downloaded anything.

Ouch, looks like a bug. I've just registered on your site (AndrewD) - which is very nice by the way - if you agree, pls upgrade my account to 'administrator' and I'll try to find out what is the problem.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

As well... the bottom of my statistics page says:

upload_max_filesize>=post_max_size

What does this mean? And how do I fix it?

This is just a warning - there are several settings that control file uploads inside php/apache. The usual guidance/advice is that post_max_size should be larger than upload_max_filesize, otherwise your users can get obscure error messages if they get close to the size limit. You change these by editing the php.ini file that controls your web site. It's not a big deal if you don't have access to that file.

[MRs2]

I installed 2.2.2 on a 3.5.4 board, and I am very happy with it.
- installation give no problems at all
- documentation is excellent
- Functionality (as far as I have tried it yet - only links) is great.


One strange thing is: I installed the Dutch language xml into my second language (Dutch). After installation I wanted to also get the English xml into my first language (Am English). It says there is something not right with the English language file. Perhaps I should have started with installing in English, and then import Dutch into the second language?

I will try out some more possibilities with the English xml later, and see whether I can get both languages at the right place in the end.

[amnesia623]

Hello -
great add-on! The only question I have is how do I get the jukebox to work in Firefox? It works in IE. Am I doing something wrong?

thanks

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by MRs2

I installed 2.2.2 on a 3.5.4 board, and I am very happy with it.
- installation give no problems at all
- documentation is excellent
- Functionality (as far as I have tried it yet - only links) is great.


One strange thing is: I installed the Dutch language xml into my second language (Dutch). After installation I wanted to also get the English xml into my first language (Am English). It says there is something not right with the English language file. Perhaps I should have started with installing in English, and then import Dutch into the second language?

I will try out some more possibilities with the English xml later, and see whether I can get both languages at the right place in the end.

Bear in mind that the product_*.xmls are product installers which include everything. Only one of these can be installed at once. If you want to install another language on top, you'll find the language-only files in the /development/phrases directory.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by amnesia623

Hello -
great add-on! The only question I have is how do I get the jukebox to work in Firefox? It works in IE. Am I doing something wrong?

thanks

It works fine for me with both IE and FF. Does anything happen at all with FF? i.e. does the Jukebox window fire up but nothing happen? One thing to look out for is Quicktime hijacking the browser (FF/Options/Downloads/Download Actions/View and Edit Actions).

[amnesia623]

Thanks Andrew -

That might be the problem...

But you know what would be a great add-on to this?

If somehow you have a small flash player play the selected file.

OR

You could upload image files and music files into different directories so Wimpy player could play the files in the music directory.

I know, easier said than done, but....

Thanks again fo a great add-on

edit: Yup, Itunes seems to have taken the mp3 extension. Thanks

[Tyegurl]

okay i uploaded the files and tried to install the product...says i have to uninstall the previous version because the files don't match. so if i do that will i lose everything??? i am running 3.6.0 final

oh yes i tried the release client not the beta for ldm

plus i have this at the top of every my pages

($vb_version == "3.5") { define('VALID_VB_VERSION', "3.5"); } elseif ($vb_version == "3.6") { define('VALID_VB_VERSION', "3.6"); } } ?>

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Tyegurl

okay i uploaded the files and tried to install the product...says i have to uninstall the previous version because the files don't match. so if i do that will i lose everything??? i am running 3.6.0 final

No, you will not lose anything.

But it is always a good idea to back up your database before making changes like this.