Premium mod section for Links & Download Manager.

[Alfa1]

AndrewD's Links and Download Manager is very popular. The thread discussing the 3.5 version has 2135 replies so far. Few people are going to read the whole thread to find out specific questions. A seperate section is really needed, to cover the various aspects of this modification.

The LDM is one of the most important modifications on vb.org IMHO. The support Andrew gives is truly unrivalled. The LDM does not only urgently need a premium mod section, it absolutely deserves it.

So hereby my request...

[directprint]

AndrewD's Links and Download Manager is very popular. The thread discussing the 3.5 version has 2135 replies so far. Few people are going to read the whole thread to find out specific questions. A seperate section is really needed, to cover the various aspects of this modification.

The LDM is one of the most important modifications on vb.org IMHO. The support Andrew gives is truly unrivalled. The LDM does not only urgently need a premium mod section, it absolutely deserves it.

So hereby my request...
Agree 100% with the above.
:D

[welo]

I absolutely concur.

[Slave]

I would only ask for this if AndrewD agreed with it. AndrewD is very good at keeping up with the thread and it's very rare he misses a post. I don't know if AndrewD would prefer a whole forum deicated to his hack as he might prefer the way he does things now. I'd wait to hear what AndrewD says on the subject.

[Paul M]

It is up to the Author to request a premium forum, the staff will then consider the request. :)

[AndrewD]

The author speaks...

I think it will be very helpful for eveyone when LDM has its own forum. There are too many variations (with more coming, I hope) for one long thread to be adequate.

I am very happy with the suggestion

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Thank you for your request AndrewD, we will keep this in mind, however we have stopped creating new Premium Support forums pending all the changes that we are going through in the next couple of months. We don't know yet if there will be a special place for Premium Support forums in the new setup, or that we will handle these modifications in a different way.

[Alfa1]

For the meanwhile it would be good to create various threads on LDM in the major additions forum, to create a better overview. Maybe one central thread with links to all the other LDM threads.

The LDM is applied in so many ways, causing the 143 page thread to cover all those different topics:

- Link directory management
- Music libary & player
- Video libary
- documents & file manager
- radio station directory
- photo gallery
- integration with vBadvanced & many other hacks(contains many modules)
- many add ons for LDM for various purposes

I am sure I am forgetting a mass of important topics, which should have their own thread IMHO.

[AndrewD]

For the meanwhile it would be good to create various threads on LDM in the major additions forum, to create a better overview. Maybe one central thread with links to all the other LDM threads.

The LDM is applied in so many ways, causing the 143 page thread to cover all those different topics:

- Link directory management
- Music libary & player
- Video libary
- documents & file manager
- radio station directory
- photo gallery
- integration with vBadvanced & many other hacks(contains many modules)
- many add ons for LDM for various purposes

I am sure I am forgetting a mass of important topics, which should have their own thread IMHO.

Another option (although far less satisfactory) is that I create some support forums on the site where we host the user manual.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

I'll support anything that helps Andrew out.

this is truly one of the most woefully underrecognized hacks and Andrew's support unrivaled. I was on of the first to install it when first release and still one the top ones I'm always anxiousl watching as each update makes it better and better.

vb should give him a premium forum in the meantime even if it has to change again later with whatever updates vbulletin.org is planning. This hack is too robust and the thread too long. I'd even go to another site to get that support.

anyway... to repeat: whatever makes things easier for Andrew... I'd support. this hack and his support absolutely PWN all.

[Tyegurl]

i think its a great idea but i will state once again i think andrewd has the best support. it's right up there with ibpro and vbplaza.

i would be happy either way he goes. i find it much easier to come here for support as i do for all the mods i have installed. i would prefer not to leave vbulletin.org to get supprt but doesn't mean i won't lol.

[obmob]

Well, LDM is powerful, and soon to be even more versatile, i think it's a great idea.

[|oR|Greg]

It should be done. Where doesn't matter as long as there is a link in the first thread of the LDM Mod post.

[Alfa1]

Mods, can you please create or enable Andrew to create multiple threads for LDM. I have no doubt that the 3.6 thread will hit 2400 posts again, like the 3.5 thread has. There is no way anyone is going to read them all to find what they need. Not everything can be found with the forum search engine.

[EasyTarget]

I was going to reply that my sig says it all, but that's not true.

I must say that Andrew is the most selfless and understanding coder I've had the pleasure of dealing with. He is patient with beginners, doesn't snap at the many redundant questions and comments, doesn't take criticism/feedback personally, carefully considers requests and offers timely responses and support. He seems to genuinely care about the end user.

Thank you Andrew.

[Alfa1]

Now that several premium mods are defunct and will loose their premium mod status, can LDM please get premium mod status?

Not only are the discussion threads of LDM extensive, there have been several threads for LDM add-ons as well and I have no doubt that there will be more in the future.

And then there is Andrew's extensive product manual / wiki. That too shows how serious, professional and stable this mod is. All the more reason for a special spot on vb.org.

So Paul, Danny, Marco & Princeton, will you consider this?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

We are still not planning to add any premium support forum using the current setup. More likely is that we will abandon the idea and make features like bug-trackers available to all modifications.

[Alfa1]

That's good news as well. Thanks for taking up that idea.

But how do you plan to handle the discussion of add-ons that are so extensive that several threads would be justified?

For example; add-ons that have multiple add-ons.
Andrew mostly integrates LDM add-ons in time, so many disappear after a while. Or he includes them in the release. The LDM zip contains many add-ons to LDM.

[RedTyger]

We are still not planning to add any premium support forum using the current setup. More likely is that we will abandon the idea and make features like bug-trackers available to all modifications.

Consideration for those who use their own external bug-trackers would be great. :)

[hambil]

That's good news as well. Thanks for taking up that idea.

But how do you plan to handle the discussion of add-ons that are so extensive that several threads would be justified?

For example; add-ons that have multiple add-ons.
Andrew mostly integrates LDM add-ons in time, so many disappear after a while. Or he includes them in the release. The LDM zip contains many add-ons to LDM.
Well, in theory, a bug tracker would make the thread more searchable and reduce the major need (searchability) for multiple threads on a hack.

However, I still believe (as did vbulletin.org at one point obviously) that some hacks require (this isn't about deserve) a more complex support structure. I think that, for those hacks, if they are not going to support premium forums they should at least loosen the restrictions on 'promoting' an external site for that author.

[RedTyger]

There are restrictions? :confused: I've seen any number of modifications which begin with BROUGHT TO YOU BY .... in ten-foot letters. Sometimes they even include it in the name of the modification itself. If that's OK, what's restricted?

But anyway, I was going to move bugs and feature requests to my own tracker whilst maintaining other support and help here, is that going to be a problem?

[hambil]

There are restrictions?
There are quite a few. One of the big ones is, if you only support your hack externally then you have to mark it as unsupported. So you can't just redirect people to your support site - you have to support it in two places.