yes. have it be an option in admin to show or hide link.

AndrewD, any answer to my question?

just installed this, and it seems great, but i'm so confused, i don't even understand how to upload a file, or where to upload it to. :/ can i upload files via ftp? if so, where do i upload them to? i couldn't find the folder where the uploaded files would be stored. i looked at the online manual, but the bit about uploading files didn't make much sense to me :/

Hi, sorry that you are confused. You can use this hack in several ways - including using it to upload files, or pre-loading them via ftp then using this to make them available to others.

- As installed, it allows admins to give users access to files that have already been pre-uploaded somewhere on your site or somewhere else on the internet.

- If you want to enable uploads, then you have to enable this via the LDM admin/settings page:

- Create a directory (for example, /uploads) in the root of your web site.
- LDM/admin/settings -> controls on file uploads
- Set upload_dir to /uploads
- Set upload_enabled to yes
- Leave the other two upload_* settings as they are for the time being

- Next thing to consider is what filetypes you will allow to be uploaded. By default, LDM will accept uploads of any types that are defined in the main VB/admin/attachments/filetypes table, for files that are no bigger than the maximum size in that table. If you want to allow new filetypes (e.g. mp3), then you need to add these to the vb attachments table. This is explained in the oline manual, section 5.6

- If you want to allow other users to create entries and/or upload files, then you have to given them permission via the LDM admin/permissions page.

If you get stuck, send me a PM with details of your board and an account with admin privs. I'm happy to take a look and set things up for you.

Have you 'associated' the category with the protected forum (LDM/edit category/parent forum)?

wow...thank you so much for getting back to me so fast, and being so helpful :) i've created the uploads folder, and i uploaded a test file. i added the filetypes that i'll be uploading, too. but now that the file is uploaded, how do i find that file in the download manager, and make it available to people for download? i tried every place in the download manager admin cp, and couldn't find where to find the file and make it available.

You go to the main LDM page - http://yoursite/forum/local_links.php and select categories/add category and create the first category group in which your links will appear (for example 'My Downloads') then you select 'Add Link' and you are given a form which allows you to add a link to that directory or to upload a new file.

by george, i think i've got it :) i'm probably speaking too soon and will be back in five minutes with another question, but i think i've got the basics now. thanks for being patient with a newbie :)

how do i increase the [PHP Maximum Upload Size] which is set to 2mb in the AdminCP home page? screenshots provided below

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Not sure what is going on. The VB admincp quickstats and the LDM table of php settings read and display the same value from your php.ini, i.e. upload_max_filesize, so they should be the same.