Mini Mods - [YouTube] Integration with Links & Downloads Manager (LDM 2.2.6)

Intro/About:
If you're not familiar with Links and Downloads Manager you should be! It's one of the most robust hacks for vBulletin out there and allows you the Administrator to add vast amounts of content to your board on your own, or via your board members. This hack, for LDM 2.2.6 and vB 3.6.X will allow your links to YouTube videos to play inline within LDM.

This hack requires:

• 1 template edit (AdminCP ==> Styles & Templates ==> Styles Manager ==> (your style) ==> Links and Downloads Manager ==> links_playbit)
• 1 file edit (./includes/local_links_include.php)
• 1 new plugin
• 1 new gif file

So, let's get started, this whole process should take no more then 5 minutes, and please make sure you backup before you start, I am not responsible if you somehow hose your site. (Although this is such a small mod I can't imagine you could, but I've been wrong before)

In your links_playbit template find:

<td align="center">

Add AFTER:

<if condition="$player=='youtube'">

			<object width="425" height="340" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/$url">
				<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/$url" />
				<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
				<em><strong>ERROR:</strong> If you can see this, then <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">YouTube</a> is down or you don't have Flash installed.</em>
			</object>

</if>

The above width and height can of course be altered to suit your needs.

In your ./includes/local_links_include.php file find (around line 2590):

PHP Code:

            $musicbox_template    = '<a href="'.$LINKS_SCRIPT.'.php?action=play&amp;linkid='.$linkid.'&amp;catid='.$linkcatid.'&amp;page='.$pagenumber.'" '.$musicbox_window.' title="'.$vbphrase['ll_playme'].'">%s</a>'; 


Add AFTER:

PHP Code:

            if(stristr($linkurl, 'youtube.com/watch?v=')) {
            $lc_urlType = "youtube";
            $is_musicbox = 1;
            } 


Great! The hard part is over! Now, add the included Plugin, and upload the gif image to your Links and Downloads Icon Cache, for me, my Icon Cache is located at http://www.amacny.com/vb/images/ldm it's the directory where all your extension gifs are located. Make sure that the Plugin is turned ON. You should now be able to add entries to LDM for YouTube, and have them play within your own website!

Live Demo/Example: http://www.amacny.com/vb/local_links...=53&linkid=506

If you're getting an error stating that it's an Invalid Filetype. Go into your LDM settings, and edit 1 of these options, either: musicbox_filetypes, or musicbox_filetypes_divx, or musicbox_filetypes_quicktime, or musicbox_filetypes_realplayer. Remove ALL entries in the setting you choose.

Until I can make this mini-mod work WITH all those settings intact, this is the quick-fix. Chances are you're not using ONE of those players.

Don't forget to click

[Rich]

Hello,

I just went and checked out your example only to find that there is a syntax error at line 42, char 24. This of course prevented whatever you tube video from loading or even beginning to load.

If you follow the link directly, it opens the video on the next page. Id there suppose to be a "mini" version on the example page itself?

[|oR|Greg]

That page error is actually a part of my code with the left navbar I created. It has nothing to do with the YouTube LDM integration. As for the link not working... what browser are you using? I've tested this in IE 6&7, and it works great.

[Slave]

Nice hack |oR|Greg .. well done

[hotwheels]

awesome..........

[Zowners]

Im getting invalid file type specified error when user clicks on the link. Any help?

What link do you use when adding a youtube video? ive tried the url but that gives me an error as stated above when clicked on.

[|oR|Greg]

What's the link you're using?

[phill2003]

Nothing showing using firefox

[Zowners]

Im using normal links given from youtube. The URL not the embed code.

[|oR|Greg]

Originally Posted by phill2003

Nothing showing using firefox

I never did test this with FireFox, I'll download it and see what I can do.

Originally Posted by Zowners

Im using normal links given from youtube. The URL not the embed code.

What's the link you're using please?