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.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by LoOnEyToOnZ

Hi some of my members are having problems downloading from the system... and i've set permissions to allow everyone to access the links. Their problem is that the download title is not even linked. Any idea?

Check can_access_link for the usergroups that don't see links on the title.

If that's not the problem, pm me with details of your board + ideally an admin userid and password

[Alfa1]

Any ideas yet about Directories to scan [monitor_dir] outside of the prefix?

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by Nam

hi Andrew, I'm not sure if this is eays or hard, but since the feature that make the jukebox resize automatically depend in video screen size is not possible, I wonder if I can make a wmv file is not playable using jukebox but downloadable only. So far the only way I can think of is zip the file, any other way?

P.S I haven't tested it, but does the script support download manager such as getright, flashget?

along that line...how does one go about make the default size of the jukebox video playback larger?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Any ideas yet about Directories to scan [monitor_dir] outside of the prefix?

Ideas, definitely. Results, not yet.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

along that line...how does one go about make the default size of the jukebox video playback larger?

The default sizes are set in the links_play template. Play around with the various width and height parameters. Each appears six times.

[PennylessZ28]

might have to try this out

[Viks]

Hi Andrew,
I installed it on my vb3.5.2 forums.
I can upload files but cannot add links. I get page cannot be displayed on trying to add the links.

I have checked permissions and my settings.. do not know what the issue is..
any suggestions!?

thanks for your help.

Vik

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Viks

Hi Andrew,
I installed it on my vb3.5.2 forums.
I can upload files but cannot add links. I get page cannot be displayed on trying to add the links.

I have checked permissions and my settings.. do not know what the issue is..
any suggestions!?

thanks for your help.

Vik

Sorry to hear that you're having difficulties. You haven't given me enough information to track down the problem - perhaps you can send me a PM - ideally with your board's url + an account with admin privs - am happy to take a quick look

[ZED28]

I'm in the middle of trying to migrate from a Mambo setup to VB with a D/L manager. The DLM is kinda the driving force behind the site but I really wanna do this through VB and have looked at - and installed a few of the packages out there.

This one comes pretty close to what I'm looking for but I have a few questions about the way it handles images. Primarily, the DL's on my site will be 1024x1024 car skins for a driving game. These skins will be submitted my users and myself but the skin file itself isn't really a good representation of the download. Rather, a rendered image or screen-shot is usually used with the car "wearing" the skin.

An example of what I'm looking to closely mimick is HERE. This is my current site.

The skinfile name is important as it dictates the car it is meant for and usually has the authors' name in it somewhere. I'm finding this DL mod replaces the original name with some kind of random string.

Also, instead of clicking the image and having it open in the browser, it would be useful to be prompted to save or open it to have the user make that choice.

Thumbnail creation is by far one of the biggest requirements I have. Your layout is spot on but it would be great if I could specify two uploads; one for the Skin and one for the thumbnail.

Is there any way I can change the handling of images using this DL mod?

Thanks in advance!

[ZED28]

Quick update! I've just gone ahead and installed your Beta (I do trust you with my life, signed the disclaimer..) and it appears to fix a few of my problems! :squareeyed:

There is a thumbnail upload now which is awsome and though the full sized skin is displayed (opened) in the browser, it has the correct name so a right click and save as will work in that scenario. If I could prompt the user to save as though instead, that would be better.

Also, the thumbnail quality could be better; is there a way to improve that? :ninja: