Can 2.2.6 be used with vbbux and vbplaza?

I'm sorry, I haven't implemented this yet and it's too late to include in version 2.2.7. It does seem an important feature, so I can only say that I will keep it on the list.

It's not integrated with these. I had a brief discussion with one of the the authors last summer, but we didn't get anywhere.

Is it something that could still possibly get integrated with your mod? Also, is 2.2.7RC safe to upgrade with at this time?

I've only had one major bug with 2.2.7 RC, which is fixed if you also upload the replacement local_links_search.php. But the final 2.2.7 will be available in a day or so, when I get a couple of reports back on possible bugs.

I see no any reason why the various hacks won't integrate, but I've never used the ones you mention, and am not in a position to make a commitment on this.

For gif images, I changed the MIME type in the vB attachment manager to Content-type: application/force-download' to force the download box to open instead of showing the image in a browser, but this did not work. Am I missing something?

I've got a question: is there a way to limit just one or two users to a specific download quota? If a user belongs to three or four user groups, his rights seem to go from the top down. If any one user group has no quota for downloads, this user's downloads are not limited in any way. So I want a hard coded download limit for one or two users so far.

Yes, there is a way.

It can be done with a plugin which is configured to check on the specific userid. If you feel comfortable with a small bit of coding, take a look in the extras/limit-useraccess directory, where you'll find some samples which give quotas by testing other parameters. Otherwise, I will write something for you - it's about ten or twenty lines of code.

The way LDM usergroup allowances work is not quite as you describe. The quotas are based on the user's primary usergroup. Other permissions are done the way you say - the code checks all the user's groups to see if it should give the permission or not. I thought about doing it the same way for quotas also, but it wasn't obvious to me what this would mean. So I stuck with using the primary group.

On a separate matter - I'd like to get to the bottom of your problem with long file names, but need access to you site. Please can you reinstate my account.

I tried this - seems to work fine with Firefox and Opera, but IE continue tos show the image in the browser. I suspect that IE is hard coded to recognise image formats, but I may be wrong.

Andrew, I have sent the information to you via email. Thanks!