[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Lyte

Okay, I'm reading through the posts and I just want to be double sure that LDM will support software files. I'm thinking of having a "one stop shop" page where members can download software such as freeware (AVG, Zone Alarm, etc), or maybe skins/templates... basically, a variety of applications.

Maybe the easier question is... what type of files will LDM not take??

Thanks in advance for your help!

Lyte

LDM will "manage" *any* sort of file with a filetype (i.e. filenames of the form xx.typ). How it manages the file depends on whether or not mimetype information for that filetype has been added to the main vbulletin/admincp attachments table. If so, all of LDM's capabilites are available; if not, it will still manage the file but some features (like uploading, keeping track of download bandwidth, etc) are not available.

You will need to be careful with some filetypes (e.g. exe's) as the user may not accept these, because of the virus risk, etc. Particularly, if you enable other users to upload the files on to you system the first place.

Originally Posted by Lyte

And, is it possible to limit access by posts? Meaning, I can set it so just those who have posed "X" number of times can access the download page? Thanks!

There is a feature built into LDM to limit the number of files and total bandwidth a user can access per day. This feature can be adjusted using a plugin (supplied as an "extra") which over-rides that feature depending on the number of posts the use has made. The "extra" is quite easy to adjust.