To the above post:

Please post this in another thread as an "addon" and not within this thread. I think you offered great instructions, but I dont think that most people need to do this and I doubt the majority of the people can (physical + mental limitations). Many people dont even have access to non public_html or www sections of their website (except 4 tmp and ftp which I wouldnt advise using).

Thanks for your work, cant wait to speak with you on ICQ.

Also, a note about my own system: If you have an index file in the /downloads/ directory, then the direct link to the file is impossible to figure out. I might have overlooked something (i doubt I did), but users would have to know your abbreviation for the category, the way I format filenames, the name of the file, the author, and the time uploaded (which they would have to convert to an integer). Basically, its 15 minutes of work just to find the one file name - and provided that most people dont know how I create the new filename - its very, VERY unlikely. Using my system people cannot just mouse-over a link and see the file URL. Before they could, but now they cant.

Understood, I removed the post. ;)

ronin, thanks for this update....after some time i got most of it working on my site. i was worried i fubar'ed it, but after a couple hours of searching the forums i found most of my answers. i accidentally posted a question to the post on the 3.5 release, so disregard.

my only 3 questions left . . . .

Is there a fix avail or coming for the edit file problem? whenever you edit a file, it changes the original name.

Can something be done about removing the <br /> that shows in the edit window after a file has been added?

Is there a template i can use for the adv_portal that works with 3.0.7? the 3.5 version makes my frontpage look all screwy. 100% width and the table header does not fit in with the them.

thanks in advance.

oh, also i cannot see the permissions table that tells members what they can or cannot do on the downloads page....i think i missed something.

dang, last one, i promise. the latest files block seems to have all the files stuck at 6 downloads....????

At least you are self-aware and try to find the answers. If only the rest of the users could be like you.

This only applies to files you added prior to the upgrade. No new files will have this problem. There is no fix for the old files.

I assume this is the same question as the one above - and the answer is no for old files, and for new files - this shouldnt be a problem. If this happens with new files, please provide a screenshot.

Is there a template i can use for the adv_portal that works with 3.0.7? the 3.5 version makes my frontpage look all screwy. 100% width and the table header does not fit in with the them.

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Copy a template from a module for 3.0.7 and take the variables ($) from the module I provided and put them in the 3.0.7 template.

Nope, I removed it.

Not sure what you mean by this. Latest files shouldnt be orderd by # of downloads. Screenshots are helpful.

i have attatched a screenshot and circled the latest topics. it seems that all of them say '6' next to them.

Odd, shouldnt say anything there. I am guessing I forgot delete that variable and the 6 actually represents a file ID or user ID.

this would have been a great hack if it worked :(

gonna uninstall this later :(

I think you mean it "would have been a great hack if xtreme-mobile had a brain"