I have not tested this hack with version 4.1 of MySQL. Someone else did get it going ok. Presumably something has changed with FULLTEXT indices. I'll investigate. Sorry.

This was reported earlier, see

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...sql#post570044

dlouly47, 8th November 2004 said

So there is a straightforward fix which seems to be about forcing the table type to MyISAM. If dlouly's reading this, perhaps he could comment.

Hi

Sorrry to be lazy but I have read the first 14 pages in full, but I've lost the will to live, any chance somebody could just give me a few quick answers before I pay to have this installed.

a) We would only really use it for downloads, does the download portion of the mod allow any extensions or even better do you just get like a box you can enter a url in where the file is?

b) Does it let people who download it write a short bit of text on what they thought of it

c) Can they rate it with like a star system or equivalent

d) Does it show how often the file was downloaded.

E) Is all the above as standard or require further hacks to make it work.

Cheers Andrew et al.

a) You enter your download using a form in which you provide (at minimum) a title, the url to the download or the filename if it's on your own server, and a description
b) Not currently
c) Yes
d) Yes, to usergroups that you give this permission
e) all these features are there by default. All configuration is done using its own admin page.

OK?

Cheers for the prompt responce Andrew, all sounds good. Shame about the 'comments' feature is this planned or just not enough interest?

One last question must a user be registered on the forum to access the download or can this be turned on and off depending on catagory etc?

EDIT

Plus also can you we add an image next to the download link? For instance we want members to be able to download maps (for games) and would be nice to be able to upload a still shot of the map.

thanks alot all sorted was my fault to start with

There are two sorts of permissions protection used with this hack
- Who can see/access a download: This is controlled using the standard VBulletin forums permissions system. You choose a forum that is visible to the usergroups you want to be able to see each link/category of links. You then associate the link/category with that forum. By default, this system is turned off, so everyone can see every entry.

- Who can create/edit/etc links. This is also controlled by usergroups, but these are set directly within the hacks admin page.

- Yes you can put images (using standard bbcodes) in any of the fields.

- Being able to comment on entries has been suggested by others. It's just not something that I have got round to coding yet. I'll make no promises.

If you download the hack, in the zip file, there's a full set of instriuctions which should answer your questions.

Thanks Andrew, my guy will be installing it shortly.

Thanks/merci, c'est tres gentil - I'll include this with the standard hack, and at some stage will work out how to do an auto install of the right languages.

hey look ignore me we got it to work.

and it works on MySQL 3.23 in case anyone wanted to know

thanks