Some "powertools" to extend LDM. Tested but with no warranties and all the
usual disclaimers.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. Please refer to the 'readme.txt' file in the relevant 'extra' subdirectory
for full details of an extra.

2. Most of these extras are installed using the "Upload Plugins" section of your
vBulletin ACP.  With effect from LDM version 2.3.0, they then become part of the
"Links and Downloads Manager Extras" product, and are retained when you
update LDM.  (Prior to LDM version 2.3.0, vBulletin considered them part of the
main LDM product itself, and automatically deleted them during an upgrade,
requiring them to be reinstalled whenever LDM was updated.)

3. Because the extras are retained during an upgrade, it is possible to have
out-of-date versions installed.  The LDM admin/plugins page warns of
potential problems.

4. If the "Links and Downloads Manager Extras" product is uninstalled, then all
the extras will be uninstalled. Similarly, if it is disabled, all LDM extras
will be disabled. (There are a few exceptions to these statements, because not
all extras work as vBulletin plugins.)

5. In general, configuration settings for these extras appear at the end of the
main LDM admin/settings page.  The settings are retained during upgrades, and
also if you temporarily uninstall or disable an extra.

The settings can be removed by:
a) first uninstalling the extra; then
b) selecting the "Delete 'extra' settings (first uninstall the extra)"
checkbox and submitting the form.

The effect of performing step b) when an extra is still installed is to reset
its settings to their initial values.

6. A number of extras that integrate LDM with vbAdvanced are provided in the
release/vba_modules directory


SUMMARY OF AVAILABLE EXTRAS:

add-mimetypes - auto-fill the VB attachment filetype/mimetype table

add-this-link - add on to Internet Explorer to use a favourite to
auto-insert current web page into LDM

adminpage-fullwidth - patches styles to force LDM admin pages to use
full page width

autocreate-threads - withdrawn - integrated into LDM

block-context-menu - adds a javascript header to the main LDM pages to block
use of right mouse button.

block-useraccess - various ways of blocking users according to what they've done/contributed/etc

delete-expired - autodeletes expired entries

explorer-view - replaces standard category listing with a collapsible menu

externallinksframed - integrates display of external urls with the
"Exterrnal Links Framed" hack, see http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=122975

ffmpeg-utils - integrates some of the video processing capabilities of the
ffmpeg utility (realtime transcoding and image grabbing)

filmstrip - adds a filmstrip of nearest entries at the top of displays of single entries

flash-sites - patch LDM to handle many of the main online video sites (YouTube, etc)

force_mp3_to_m3u - plugin to change 'save' of any mp3 into a save of a corresponding
m3u.  Useful for forcing entry to play within users' own media player without
allowing them to download the file

import-radiostations - read datafiles written by Dream's RadioStations hack

id3tag-enhancements - plugins that patch LDM to extract/display information
from ID3 tags inside certain media files (particularly mp3, mpg and mov)

hide-magnifier - removes magnifying glass from linkbits where actual
image size is no bigger than thumb

JWplayer-extensions - extras to the JW flash media player built into LDM
a) adds an inline media player for flash and mp3 within the linkbits
instead of creating pop-up Jukeboxes
b) handles xml playlists
c) adds the JW silverlight player for wma/wmv files

kill-LDM - by design, the VB product uninstall code does not destroy your LDM database.
Use this extra if you really want to kill LDM

main-navbar - patches main navbar to give access to LDM and/or a quick LDM search box
on the search dropdown

limit-useraccess - sample plugins to limit use of LDM.  One plugin allows users
only one 'hit' on a download.  The other checks on post count before granting access

patch-admincp - adds brief LDM statistics to the vB admincp

patch-forumhome - plugin to patch forumhome to summarise LDM database contents
in stats section

patch-forumhome-newlinks - patches forumhome to list new/hot entries in your
LDM database

patch-forumhome-thumbs - patches forumhome to include a header bar of thumbnail
images to new/hot entries in your LDM database

patch-showthread - patches the showthread navbar to point to the LDM structure
when accessing a link which is actually a pointer to one of your threads.

rss2 - provides an RSS2 syndication feed from your LDM database

sample-addnewbit - illustrates how to incorporate a new linkbit

sample-avi-image - auto-sets the accompanying image for any .avi to the
same filename with type .jpg

screenshots - use webthumb or snap to add thu,bnail images of web sites

secureurls - withdrawn - integrated into LDM

shadowbox - adds a lightbox to the Jukebox and image viewing inside LDM

spider-url - adds a 'spider me' link to all urls, clicking which takes
you to a list of all urls on that page, and so on

stream-mms-videos - patches LDM to play videos set up using mms: protocol

swfuploader - patches LDM to use a Flash-based uploader with progress bar

tagcloud - adds a tagcloud to displays

textreaders - grabs metadata from certain file types (currnetly pdfs)

upload-names - modifies filename convention used for file uploads

vba-media - control which inline media players are available per-column in
LDM vbA modules

wimpy-player - patches the jukebox to use the commercial wimpy media player

