[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Taylor123

I have two problems, they've probably been addressed at some point but I don't wanna look through 600 pages just in case it hasn't


#1, the daily allowances don't seem to work for me. I set the allowance to one but it's still allowing me to download as often as I want..

The allowances only apply to 'downloads', i.e. to files which have recognised mimetypes in your main VB attachments table. For entries that are not handled as downloads, then no restrictions are placed on how many times it can accessed.

The reason for the difference lies in how the entry is processed. Transfer of 'downloads' are managed by reading the file on the server and then sending segments to the user. Other entries are handled by browser redirects and do not place any load on the server.

Originally Posted by Taylor123

#2 I would like to edit below "links and download manager" on the main local_links.php face with some rules, how would I go about doing that?

You mean, you want to place a section of text that only appears on the opening page of LDM? Surprisingly, this has not been asked so far. There are related ways of achieving something similar:

- set 'force_accept' on the LDM admin settings page to require users to accept some terms and conditions before downloading anything
- set 'use_instructions' on the main LDM admin settings page (for all categories) or in each category edit (for the individual category and its children), so that users adding new material get to see some standard text.