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.

[Alfa1]

Andrew,

Do you need to have new phrases translated for 2.2.9? Do you have any idea when it will go into beta phase?

[obmob]

Yeah, please tell us when you need translations!

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Andrew,

Do you need to have new phrases translated for 2.2.9? Do you have any idea when it will go into beta phase?

There will be new phrases to translate, certainly. I will not finalise 2.2.9 until vb 3.7 becomes reasonably solid - parts of the vb interface code have changed between their beta releases. As for the move from alpha to beta - there will be at least one more alpha once I've got all the new functionality coded - this code is mainly written, but I got a bit distracted over Christmas with the video site integration.

[Rouzbeh1]

hi Andrew,
is this feature implemented in the ldm-2.2.9?
SEO: Ability to use category names instead of the category ID numbers for SEO purposes (local_links/links/17 => local_links/links/music/); Add SEO ability to paging and category jumping links.

would be very helpful to have this
thanks

[Alfa1]

Are there any limitations set anywhere to the cat_icons? I am trying to get these displayed and although the category_new.gif disappears, It is not replaced by the new cat_icon. Any ideas?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Rouzbeh1

hi Andrew,
is this feature implemented in the ldm-2.2.9?
SEO: Ability to use category names instead of the category ID numbers for SEO purposes (local_links/links/17 => local_links/links/music/); Add SEO ability to paging and category jumping links.

would be very helpful to have this
thanks

It's not implemented yet - I'll take a look. There's a couple of potential traps - categories do not need to have unique names and the names can include bbcodes, etc.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Are there any limitations set anywhere to the cat_icons? I am trying to get these displayed and although the category_new.gif disappears, It is not replaced by the new cat_icon. Any ideas?

Not as far as I know - you're trying the new 'oxygen' icons? I've just run a test and both the category and category_new icons display fine. Bear in mind that the new icons are pngs and you can't put them in the same directory as the old gif icons (i.e. upload them into another directory or delete the old icons).

[nerofix]

Hello, I still get this error when trying to download a file:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare update_settings() (previously declared in /www/htdocs/my/forum/admincp/vcharset/functions_vcharset.php:16) in /www/htdocs/my/forum/includes/local_links_misc.php on line 399

Can you help me to solve please?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by nerofix

Hello, I still get this error when trying to download a file:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare update_settings() (previously declared in /www/htdocs/my/forum/admincp/vcharset/functions_vcharset.php:16) in /www/htdocs/my/forum/includes/local_links_misc.php on line 399

Can you help me to solve please?

This is a conflict with vcharset.

You can fix it by changing the definition of update_settings and the calls to it in LDM. This is done in 2.2.9. In 2.2.8, you need to edit the following files:

local_links_actions.php(2508): if (!update_settings($catid, $_REQUEST, $errors)) {

local_links_actions.php(2712): if (!update_settings($catid, $_REQUEST, $errors)) {

local_links_admin.php(1171): update_settings(-1, $_REQUEST, $errors);

includes\local_links_misc.php(399): function update_settings($catid, $settings, &$errors) {

includes\local_links_misc.php(797): ldm_general_failure("update_settings/$name");

Just change update_settings to update_ldm_settings

[nerofix]

Perfect Andrew !! Thanks a lot !!

But I thought I've upgrated sucessful to 2.2.9 before ..
Anyway, works fine after the edit