Thank you for this hack, I'm loving LDM so far.

I was trying to figure out which of the files/templates actually does enters into the db the scanned files. I would like it to be able to scan the directory recursivly and for each sub folder create a new category with the folder name. Perhaps just for safey, there could be an additional value given telling LDM when to stop scanning (after how many subdirectories)

Thanks again...

I haven't tested this myself, but I imagine that if you associate the links category with one of your board forums which is a 'subscription' forum, then the category will only be visible to users who have subscribed to that forum

I'm in the middle of developing an xml import facility for LDM. I think that recursive searches (and scheduled searches, which another post suggested recently) should be handled by an external script and brought in via an xml import. This would help to keep LDM simple - it's growing a bit too much. Thanks for the suggestion - I'm think about how to include it in the 'import' process.

Didja get my pm? :)

Indeed I did, but I've been away on business. Something for the weekend

ok cool!@ just wnated to make sure! thanks :)

Hi AndrewD :)

As you know I'm setting up a new webpage/forum and I've come up against an interesting problem. I can't for the life of me find a "contacts" hack where I can list contact details for people/clubs/organisations etc ..

Now it seems to me that it would be sensible to keep these sort of contact details in the same sort of place as web links, so I was wondering if we might be able to add this to LDM?

I think just about everything would be the same as adding a link, with the only difference being the lack of a URL to enter .. so perhaps a tickbox in the URL entry area of the "Add Link" page saying "This entry does not require a URL" ..

I could then enter the name of the person/club/organisation in the "Name" field and the telephone number in the "Description" field and bobs your uncle, a fully functioning contacts system within the LDM .. :)

What do you think? (I'm sure there are things that could be added/changed to make it a better contact system, but I'm trying to keep it simple ;))

Oh, btw, do you still need that test forum I left up for you to look into that bug?

Well it just so happens... If you tick the allow_null_links box on the admin settings page, you can already do this

No, we only need to do another test when you upgrade your php

Ahh .. top! :)

Does that mean anyone adding a link can now do it without a URL .. perhaps add a permission for that?


ok .. not sure if we're updating php on this server as we're talking about moving to a new one.

hmm, possible bug in 2.1.0 AndrewD ..

At the moment I've got my settings so that a registered user can add a link but that it should should be moderated (ie that usergroup is unticked in the "can_moderate_links" option while ticked in the "can_add_link" option) ..

I've just added a link, unwittingly using one of my test accounts who is just a registered user, and it went into the listings straight away without needing moderation ..

Is this a known bug or have I missed a setting/option?