Originally Posted by AndrewD

Have you given yourself *can_set_permissions* permission on the LDM/admin/permissions?

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Yes, partly to make things easier for you :):), I moved the LDM Javascript into a file.

So you need the following statement in your wraparound:

Originally Posted by Hades-1

ok thanks i got it now

you said i cant make threads for existing uploads already easily.........well whats the hard way then?

Originally Posted by AndrewD

You really want to know??

Use something like phpmyadmin, browse to the local_linkslink table, and change all the linkmoderate fields to -2.

Go into LDM, select moderate, and then accept the entries.

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Step 1: Installing the plugin

-> VB/admincp/plugins and products
Download/Upload plugins
Import either autocreate-plugin.xml or autocreate-2way-plugin.xml

The first plugin creates new threads with a message with a link to the new LDM entry. The second plugin does the same, but also modifies the LDM entry description to include a link to the thread.

Once installed, the plugin is active.

Step 2: Using the plugin

The plugin runs automatically whenever a new entry is created in LDM *provided* that entry is "associated" with a forum. Entries are either "associated" with a forum by default (if the admin has set the LDM setting default_forumid), implicitly by picking it up from the category's associated forum (Add/Edit category) or explicitly in the Add Entry form, by users who have the LDM permission *can_set_permissions*.

Forum associations are normally used in LDM to set up access permissions, but this association is picked up by the plugin to decide where to post the new thread.

If an entry is created without an associated forum, the plugin does nothing.


Step 3: Modifying the plugin (Advanced Use!!)

If you want the plugin only to fire in certain LDM categories, you can edit it. There are two lines in each plugin with the php code $limitcats = array(); You need to change the array statement to include a list of the category numbers where the plugin will fire. You can find the category numbers by looking for the "catid" that is shown when you hover the mouse over a link to the category.

Normally, you will not need to worry about this - just install the plugin and let it run.

Originally Posted by ericgtr

Thanks for this detailed explanation. I have tried to get this to work with the two way plugin but can't get it, I've done everything explained above. Does this work on "scanned" directories?

Originally Posted by AndrewD

It won't work when you do LDM/admincp/categories/scan, as that route through the code does not trigger the plugins.

The plugins fires in these two cases:

a) Normal "Add Entry" when moderation is off
b) Moderate "Accept Entry" when moderation is on

They only fire if the entry has been given an associated forum (explicitly or implicitly) which is open for posting.

Originally Posted by ericgtr

Okay, that's what I figured. I have around 250 files that I scanned in, is there a query that I can run to associate these to make my life easier? :)