[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Simon Lloyd

Andrew D, can this be used to manage a users downloads if a user was to purchase a subscription and move in to a different usergroup for 1 day can a limit of 1 download be set, would i have to manually change the usergroup each time - i'm a complete novice in html and php and am just setting up my forum i want a pay per download section on my site, is this possible with this mod?

Simon, yes, I think this will work

1- set up VB so that when users puchase a subscription, they are moved to usergroup XYZ
2- in LDM/admin/allowances, you give usergroup XYZ the right to download one file per day
3- give other usergroups zero allowance
4- in LDM/admin/permissions, you give usergroup XYZ *can_access*link* permission and deny it to other usergroups.
5- deny usergroups *can_bypass_bandwidth_limits* permission

5 if there are usergroups that you want to bypass these restrictions, then don't set any of their allowances.

If you want to apply the limit only to downloads in a particular category, follow steps 2 and 3 in the same way, but in place of step 4

6- in the defined category, edit/category/permissions, give/remove the *can_access_link* and *can_bypass_bandwidth_limits* permissions
7- in LDM/admin/permissions, give everyone *can_access_link* and *can_bypass_bandwidth_limits* permissions

My only uncertainty is how well the *day* start/end calculation in LDM will synchronise with vbulletin's calculation. You will need to test it to find out.