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.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by xadoa

come to this thread everyday and peek at this mod .. waiting for a next release badly.. still haven't got good news from AndrewD .. i still can't view files in multiple colums .. the old one i could, but not this this one .. wait till the next release hopefully it work for me ... AndrewD, i think this mod is one of the best one for me .. on my 240K member forums.. it can be controlled greatfully ..

XD

Can you remind me of the problem - I didn't realise there were some outstanding bugs.

[AndrewD]

I've packaged the available code for VBadvanced into a set of importable modules, which are easier to use and more controllable that the 'hard coded' php files in the current release. These will form part of the next standard release, but for the present, I make them available in the first post of this thread. Simply use the download/upload feature on the vbadvanced admin page.

NB: if you have already installed the previous version manually, delete them from vbadvanced and delete their php files before installing the modules.

[Lyte]

Okay, I'm reading through the posts and I just want to be double sure that LDM will support software files. I'm thinking of having a "one stop shop" page where members can download software such as freeware (AVG, Zone Alarm, etc), or maybe skins/templates... basically, a variety of applications.

Maybe the easier question is... what type of files will LDM not take??

Thanks in advance for your help!

Lyte

EDIT: And, is it possible to limit access by posts? Meaning, I can set it so just those who have posed "X" number of times can access the download page? Thanks!

[nexus851]

Can this updated version play flash files FLV,FLA, SWF???

J

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Lyte

Okay, I'm reading through the posts and I just want to be double sure that LDM will support software files. I'm thinking of having a "one stop shop" page where members can download software such as freeware (AVG, Zone Alarm, etc), or maybe skins/templates... basically, a variety of applications.

Maybe the easier question is... what type of files will LDM not take??

Thanks in advance for your help!

Lyte

LDM will "manage" *any* sort of file with a filetype (i.e. filenames of the form xx.typ). How it manages the file depends on whether or not mimetype information for that filetype has been added to the main vbulletin/admincp attachments table. If so, all of LDM's capabilites are available; if not, it will still manage the file but some features (like uploading, keeping track of download bandwidth, etc) are not available.

You will need to be careful with some filetypes (e.g. exe's) as the user may not accept these, because of the virus risk, etc. Particularly, if you enable other users to upload the files on to you system the first place.

Originally Posted by Lyte

And, is it possible to limit access by posts? Meaning, I can set it so just those who have posed "X" number of times can access the download page? Thanks!

There is a feature built into LDM to limit the number of files and total bandwidth a user can access per day. This feature can be adjusted using a plugin (supplied as an "extra") which over-rides that feature depending on the number of posts the use has made. The "extra" is quite easy to adjust.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by zellvnn

Is it possible to change the size of Jukebox player?
It's a bit too small for watch some funny clips. Obviously , we can make it full screen but.....there are a lot of low quality video clips, i just want to make a certain size for jukebox player. Maybe, a little bit bigger....

Yes, these really should be adjustable parameters on the admin page.

The attached plugin will do the job for you. Edit it, find and change these lines:

// Set these to the desired size
$player_width = 400;
$player_height = 400;
// Set these to the desired size

then install the plugin (vb/admincp/plugins and products/download upload plugins)

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by nexus851

Can this updated version play flash files FLV,FLA, SWF???


J

You keep asking...

I wrote a new plugin for flv and swf at the weekend. I used the wimpy wasp player - it works fine. But you have to buy wimpy. If you want, I will post the code. There are quite a lot of flash players avaialble on the web - I don't want to code for lots of these.

[zellvnn]

Thanks for the jukebox resize plug in. It worked like charm.
About the player for FLV.....it'd be nice if we download some flv files from youtube and be able to play it in LDM.
However, let Adrew rest a bit...he will support this hack when he's free.

[nexus851]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

You keep asking...

I wrote a new plugin for flv and swf at the weekend. I used the wimpy wasp player - it works fine. But you have to buy wimpy. If you want, I will post the code. There are quite a lot of flash players avaialble on the web - I don't want to code for lots of these.

thanks, yes, please post the code, i'll get that wimpy player so that i can use your code. Thanks Andrew!

J

[chorton]

Originally Posted by zellvnn

Thanks for the jukebox resize plug in. It worked like charm.
About the player for FLV.....it'd be nice if we download some flv files from youtube and be able to play it in LDM.
However, let Adrew rest a bit...he will support this hack when he's free.

How do you download videos from youtube?


I put this hack in my ldm
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=132702

It streams the youtube videos just fine.
http://www.versionist.com/local_links.php?catid=22

Would be nice to have the same thing for google..but my members seem to enjoy the new videos.