Thanks for the reply, CyberRanger.

It really depends on the sites (ex. number of users) and how the addon is used. On my site (which is a fan site for a computer game), my members create and upload most files and there are hundreds or even more than 1000 uploaders.

BTW the File Upload Center addon here creates a folder for each member. I think it works out pretty well.

If you don't go by user ID, then I suggest using year and month for upload folders. For example,

2007/1/ for January 2007
2007/10/ for October 2007
2008/3/ for March 2008

This way we have 1 folder per month, which is reasonable and more scalable than a fixed number of folders or a single folder.

I think I figured this out...when you manually enter a post count, it doesn't necessarily change the usergroup. I then changed the usergroup and it worked like a charm!

Actually, after looking into this, it looks like the promotion system doesnt move the user into the new usergroup. It changed the title for the user to the new group name but it didn't push the user in the new group to be able to see the new downloads. I made a user with 24 posts, then I made a post so it would be 25. The group named changed but the user was still unavailable to see the addidtional download. I even did a manual reload of user titles. Maybe I have something setup wrong in my promo system?

When i click on manage files i only get one page displaying even though it shows 3 pages, when i click on page 2 or 3 no files display.

I've been thinking about large files.

Is there a feature that you could ftp the files into the download directory on your site and then add the details in a menu in the admincp where the download will appear like the others in the download interface section.

I guess that would sort out big files?

Remember that the promotion doesn't occur as soon as the user reaches the number of posts to move to the next usergroup. By default, user promotions only occur once an hour (at 25 minutes past the hour) AND that depends on how busy your board is. If it is a test board or a board with low activity, the promotions will occur even less frequently.

correct, that's a know bug.

The "mass import" feature in the admincp is exactly for that type of functionality. I think the current problem someone is experiencing is with retrieving large files that have already been added.

Has the template edit of the navbar changed in the new patch?

I've gone to the navbar section and looked around and can't find the:

BUMP :)