Thanks for the reply!

*goes off to download and install!*

man - there are a ton of options here.

One suggestion if I may. Some of us are not completely savy when it comes to some of these terms. Might it be possible to make the instructions a bit easier for those of us? I'm having a bit of a hard time knowing what I should do with all of these settings.

I'm sympathetic but...

Maybe others could also lend a hand?

It's good to say there is no support like Andrew's! ^^

since Andrew is being humble...
no, they are not even comparable, imo...as LDM pwns DownloadsII hard in functionality and support. lol. Its true, but to be more serious... here's an easy answer:

LINKS and Downloads Manager
vs
(just) DownloadsII

So everything download directories have PLUS everything and more that a LINKS directory does. and that would just be the tip of the iceberg. ;)

if you could be more specific...
I'm sure many here would be happy to lend a hand and explanations. :)

plus, the wiki has a lot more information than one might think...definitely look through that carefully as well. the explanation you seek... might just be in there already.

ps. Howdy And!!! :)

i was going through the wiki at the same time.

This is a really good mod the only problems I have had with it are.
When saving settings in the admin page I would get prompted to download the php file
When users download a file let's say I direct link it from one of my other websites the link is shown in the url and instead of the file downloading (a save as prompt is shown) the page loading progress bar in the bottom of the browser fills up slowly (takes place of downloading).

Also wondering is there a way for my other direct linked files from my other website can be somewhat masked?

I think you'll find it's like that Andrew because I requested it not to show in the forums list .. many, many .... many months ago :)

Perhaps make it an admin setting?

Thanks for reminding me. I'd forgotten that, and you're right - this should be an option.

The first problem sounds like a configuration issue within your web server. I'm not sure exactly what.

For the other questions, I'm a little unclear how you are setting up these entries on your site. I've registered an account on your site (AndrewD) - if you want me to take a look, am happy to do so, but will need that account upgrading to be an admin.