I see,thanks for the replies and help by the way.Also note that i just tried uninstalling and reinstalling LDM through the admin panel but didnt help any.I still get the same issues.

On a more positive note i really love the way the new version is set up,It's so easy to customize templates in the version.I made a similar setup in vB as well to make it a bit easier for myself.Last time on 3.0 i was hard coding all my templates which took up a lot of time.

I would just say the heck with it and reinstall the mod from scratch (as it worked perfectly fine when i installed it for testing on another server) but if i were to do that i would have to re-add the 2000 links in my database and re-create the catagories/sub catagory structure :ermm: good luck.I will get you that mysql dump asap.

You've turned off the Forum Jump menu in the main vb admincp , haven't you... For the time being, the problem should go away if you turn if back on - at least for long enough to set the value you want for the days_seen_on_portal and default_forum_id parameters. I'll investigate further - I had handled this situation correctly with VB3.0, but I need to work out the fix for vb35.

Some of you are experiencing problems with setting the days_seen_on_portal and default_forumid parameters. I think you will find that you have switched off the forumjump in your main vb admin. You can fix the problem in one of two ways:

Either
a) Turn Use Forum Jump back on for the length of time you need to set these parameters

or

b) Patch local_linksadmin.php. At line 184, change
to read
The same bug also hits the add link, edit link, add category and edit category forms, which may lack a forum selection list is you have turned off forum jumps. The solution is exactly the same, at the relevant places in local_links.php.

This will be fixed in the next release of LDM.

Hey Andrew,Yes thats what it was alright.We have the ForumJump menu disabled on our forums because we really have to use for it as all links are clearly accessable on menu's and such on our forums/site.I applied your fix and it's now working perfectly.Thanks alot for helping with the problem. :) i love the new version so far.lots of nice features.

Iam having one small problem, thumbnail images are not being shown, set to 64, not using tables but the other option, i get a white square with unable and i cannot read rest of message, what am i doing wrong.

Also is there a way to link it with ftp site with username and password as it will not connect to one.

About the image problem,I had the same issue a while back and it was because we didnt have GD installed on our server.Do you know if you have it?

Links and Downloads Database
Code 2.0.5
MySQL 4.0.25-standard
PHP 4.4.0
allow_url_fopen Yes
cURL Yes
GD2 Yes

looking at the table at bottom of settings its says yes and i dont have problems displaying thumbnails on the forum

The string probably reads 'unable to load ...' which means that the thumbnail display script has not been able to read the file. Try creating a new link in which you use the image filename as the link itself, and see if clicking on it works. Do any thumbnails work or is it just this one?

I have not tried this, but I had not coded anything special for usernames/passwords. Are you using the fopen or curl interface? Curl, if available, is used by default.

Just noticed another small problem which is more then likely the same issue in another file.In any "edit" menu for catagories,sub catagories or mass edit's the same problem with only "Parent Forum" and "none" showing up.I checked out the Local_links.php file and noticed it uses the same code "construct_forum_jump();" so i tried adding the same fix but it didnt seem to work lol thought it would be easy but i guess not.Any possible fix for that as well?

Here's a suggestion for this to make searching the database more accurate and useful.

When you add or edit a link, offer the ability to associate the link with a an item from the users profile. For instance, lets say the user is from California, and there's a user profile field with a list of states, one being California. When I add a link, I could choose California and other states and that creates an association between that link and the user. For that matter all uses who have California in their profile.

The point here is to associate the information in the users profile field with links in the links database. When the user returns to the links database they can optionally search for new links and be shown what's relevant to them. This association can be useful with many types if links or downloadable content. You could have profile fields for locations, hobbies, vehicles, schools, etc, and put groups of links together based on the users apparent interest.