I am testing this and I found an issue with the permissions.

I have one category. The category is set to use permissions from a forum. I have added one download to the category.

The permissions on the forum that is used allow no access to anybody accept admins.

On the front page local_links.php clicking on the link under "most popular..." results in a permission denied page. Thats good.

However clicking on the links what's new or what's hot displays the attachment and download is possible even for anonymous users.

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Ok, just found out that I can prevent that by also setting a forum to control permission on the attachment itself.

So my question is this instead: Shouldn't the attachment permission as default follow the category in which it is posted? And setting a different forum on the attachment should then overide the category permission?

I've wondered about that myself. At the moment, the *default* permission for links and categories is set on the admin page. Perhaps you are right that the default link permissions should be the category's permissions and the default for the category should be as set on the admin page. There are arguments both ways. One complicating factor, for example, is that a link can be a member of more than one category.

Take a look at the links_play template. You need to make several changes - in the javascript width=800,height=500, in the width parameter on the table tag and in the width= and height= tags in the embed and object tags.

Thanks Adrew, not all files have the same size, how to make it autodetect please?

That is possibly a big task - it will have to be put on the list of things to think about.

I thought it was simple, if it's a big task then forget about it, not too many people need it anyway, thanks Andrew.

Btw, another question is that how difficult to make access to link based on category? Say Registered member can access to A and not B category, but Premium members can access to both. Just a thought.

You do this with the forum-based permissions system.

Chose (or create) two forums which have the usergroup permissions you want, let's say Forum 1 (Registered and Premium access) and Forum 2 (Premium only)

'Associate' all the links that you want to be available to your premium users only with Forum 2. You set this on the link edit form, or you can 'mass edit' all the links in a category using the Admin/Category page

Ditto 'associate' all the links you want to be available to registered and premium users with Forum 1.

You can set LDM up so that protected links are visible (or not) to other users witht he Admin/Permissions/Can see protected links on portal permissions

ok... I was one of the early ones to install this and it continues to be one the best most important hack out there...great job!!

and AWESOME NEW UPDATES!!! uploads WHOOHOO!!!

question:
is it possible to have it retain the original file name of an upload?

I spend a lot of time naming files properly (as do many) and really wish it would retain the file name when downloaded. :)

This will be included in 2.1.1 - I coded the change this morning.

David, let's have another go at debugging this problem. Can you upload the attached and let me know when it is available