Andrew, can you give me a direction where to dig in and change the template so it could display the category column?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=737

The key display template is links_main, which is basically a set of tables:
- Category name, statistics, subcategories
- Links in category/from search, with accompanying pagenavs, sort options

You would need to reorganise this template to put the categories down one side.

You might then need to change the category creation template (links_catbit) to fit properly into the space.

Please be aware that 2.1.1 will make some changes to the category layout in order to make possible multicolumn displays.

once agin, this HACK RULES ALL!! and is one of the most important hack, imo. AWESOME WORK!! keep it up1!!

ok....sorry if this was asked before, but its a HUGE thread and I tried search, but didn't come up with it. lol

1. what file do I edit to snazz up the jukebox popup? I want to add Adsense at the bottom and/or top of the jukebox.

2. any plans to integrate vbulletin replies for the comments? instead of the current inline comments? I would think this would make it that much easier to integrate LDM into forums. Alternatively, maybe you could do something like they did for the Drupal extension. When new blogs are posted to Drupal ...it autmatically creates a thread in a forum of your choice. then people can comment on it from there. just a thought but the point is... love the plans for new features, but tighter integration with the forums I think one of, if not, the most important as that just really makes this that much more an indespensible seamless part of the vbull system.

It's the links_play template

This is a very good suggestion, which I have wondered about - there are two philosophies a) keep things distinct but consistent; b) integrate as much as possible. At least while I was still learning about VB, I favoured the first approach!

What do others think?

I think integrating with Vbulletin for the comments is best. :)

kick@ss!! :D

DRRRROOOOLLLLLLL!!!

and I'll put another vote it for vbulletin forums for the replys (with auto thread creation with title and summary in the content). :D

this hack PWNS! :D

should I install now or wait for the update? Nice Hack BTW!!:)

*installed* :)

You made the right decision - the beta 2.1.1 is about to go up, but I don't recommend that anyone starts with beta code...

*19/12/05 Edited - first beta removed, new beta placed in first post in thread

Again with trepidation, I provide the first beta release of 2.1.1 for testing and comment. This includes the following new features over 2.1.0 (NB slightly more than was mentioned above):

Admin pages give better information when invalid parameter settings entered
Default permissions for new links taken from parent category rather than global default_forumid
Daily user file download and bandwidth limits available
File uploads retain their name when downloaded
New *cat_cols_display* setting controls # columns in catlist
New *can_save_musicbox* permission defines whether users see the open/save as hyperlink for Jukebox media files
QuickTime plugin included in Jukebox - *Warning* - if upgrading LDM, manually remove "mov" from *musicbox_filetypes_realplayer* filetypes
'Update to current time' checkbox added to Edit Link form
Uploads of thumbnail images available
UserProfile integration (off by default, set *profile_integration* to 1)
- 'Show MySearch' driven by parameters in User Profile
- Enable showing user's recent LDM hits in profile
Users with *can_moderate_link* can change (Ajax-enabled) name of user who submitted entry

Bugs fixed
- Phrase order in browser title changed to match VB's format
- Some unnecessary links removed from the Jukebox display
- Hard-coded phrases moved from plugins into phrases file

I have also translated the instructions file into html - see the /manual subdirectory in the zip file.

Please note:

- User Profile integration is not switched on by default - you need to set *profile_integration* in the admin settings. Then edit your profile - you should see two new items - 'My LDM Search' and 'My Recent LDM Hits'. Try putting some keywords into 'My LDM Search', then go back to LDM and use Show/My Search. Go to Quick Links/My Profile and you should see the last five items you visited/downloaded.

- File download and bandwidth settings are controlled by a new submenu item on the admin menu

- I have split up local_links.php into two files (local_links and local_links_search). Possibly in the process there are menu commands which don't work properly - please exercise these to look for bugs.

- There are some new phrases which need translation into French, German and Spanish - help please

As usual, please take a back up before installing. Upgrades are handled automatically by installing the product file on top of an existing installation. You can downgrade back to 2.1.0 if necessary by uninstalling and then reinstalling 2.1.0 - this will not lose your database.