I'm sure it's possible - but I've never used pafiledb.

a) Can you code in php? If so, you could use the source code in the subdirectory upgrade_vblinks (see the release zip file) as a template
b) can pafiledb export its contents in some readable format? If so, we could probably tweak that format to be imported here.

Will have a look - second option is probably the easier

Hi

Can you tell me how I can allow somebody to use the 'ADD LINK' function if they are not a admin on the forum, can it be done via groups somehow?

Straightforward - select links/administration/permissions and settings and specify the user groups who should have this (or any other) privilege.

The code works on VBulletin extended user groups so anybody who is either a primary or secondary member of the specified groups gains the right to add links.

Installed this but there was no facility to add links. Checked the permissions and reinstalled the hack but still no joy. Gave me the admin page, just no way at all of ading categories and links. Therefore it proved uselss for me, but must have being doing something wrong although I followed the steps to the letter.

Have you created a category? Until you do so, there is nowhere to put any links. The 'add link' command is only visible when you are in a place where the links can be stored, i.e. withi categories. This is the only thing I can think of.

thanks for the reply but there was no way to add a category either. :disappointed:

Then something must have been missed out during the installation - can you pm me details of your board and ideally an admin username and pwd so I can take a look.

I installed v1.60, and set the Moderate_links setting to 1. I then created a catagory, and added a couple of links via an admin user. These instantly appears, since I was the admin. That's OK. I then went to the website agian on another computer, did not log into the Vbulletin software, created another link, and it too showed up, even though I was not logged in.

It looks as though I am doing someting wrong because I cannot get the moderation to kick in for non-administrators. I double checked the permissions, and administrators are the only group set to handle the moderation of new links.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Rob

If a link is created by a user who is authorised to moderate links, then the link is immediately accepted. Moderation only applies to links created by users who are not authorised to moderate. I suspect that is what you are seeing.

The separate question is how to create links that can only be viewed by certain users. You do this by associating the link with a VB forum which has the required viewing permissions.