You change the cpu limit for your scripts by modifying the parameter max_execution_time in your php.ini file. By default, this tends to be set to 30 seconds.

The least cpu intensive way to provide downloads is to ensure that the files are on your server and to create the links by referring to them using the local file name, e.g as /dir/file.typ rather than as http://site/dir/file.typ.

I have uploaded a first beta of this hack in the VB35 forums here

For those who are wondering where it is, here ya go :). It has been slightly renamed to 'Links and Downloads Manager 2.0' so it took me a sec to recognize it.

Regardless, cheers for this Andrew.

Hmmm... I'm not sure what I did, but When I go to administer the Hacks Database, every page comes up completely blank. I just installed BVShoutboxFULL. So I'm not sure if that would have messed up some file. Everything else seems to work fine and I re-ran the install script just to make sure.

Any help is appreciated.

Hacks Database?? BVShoutboxFULL?? Anything to do with this hack?

I updaraded to the latest and I have to say its the BEST yet. But I have one question, I set the timeout_hit_allow to 300 seconds (5 minutes), though I would like it in minutes (suggestion for next version), its no big deal. But I want to show them how much time they have left. The script must be storing that time limit somewhere in the database and I want to show it on the page where it says "Please wait before trying another access - timeout period (seconds): 300."

I want to show it as "Please wait before trying another access - timeout period (seconds): 300, you have *** seconds left for you next download" or something like that. Can anyone please help me out here :).

whoops... I didn't mean the hacks database... I must have just been reading about it... anyways... When I click on administer and any of the four options that drop down, it brings up a blank page. Everything else works, and I don't get any db errors. Any Ideas?

:edit: Nevermind. I thought I re-uploaded the file and didn't. Works now.
Thanks!

All I can think is that you have somehow got a mismatch between the code and the templates. What link is showing on the administer links? If it reads 'local_links.php' then you've got old code, 'local_links_admin.php' is the current code.

Just try re-uploading the code, templates and phrases and rerunning the install script. It will not cause damage your database.

Thanks. I just re-uploaded all the files and did the whole install again. Works now.

hiho

just updated to 1.60c and now i can't add any new links. it always shows up a message "no category specified"

and in the box "parent categories" there are no categories listed? what did i wrong?

:(