The problem with that is it only counted the downloads on one file. If you removed a file and uploaded a new one (an update to your hack, lets say), the count would go back to 0 wouldn't it? That makes it pretty useless... Perhaps a new plugin that kept track of all downloads.
hambil, try clicking install on 400 mods, then having to go through and individually click uninstall on 350 of them. It takes a long time, as well as having to sort through them and remember what you actually have installed. I think it took something like 2 hours to get rid of all these excess installs from my installed hacks list. That's unaceeptable, especially as I cleared it out just after Christmas when I took my second site to 3.5.
The install button is only a courtesy, it should not be forced upon users. IF someone doesn't want to click install, then they shouldn't have too. Yes they won't get the update emails, but for some people that doesn't matter anyway.
LiveWire, Have you heard of subscribed threads? Try using them instead of the install button. It is much more accurate for the rest of the coders on their install count if people do not use the install button to bookmark threads. The subscribed threads supports multiple folders, so there is nothing stopping you from having a folder for installed hacks, one for possible installs, and one for watching with interest.
At a minimum it would be nice to see a 'downloaded' count, so we can compare it against the installed. And even possibly a 'downloaded' vs. 'installed' in the users postbit.
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And perhaps an auto 'install' reminder to users when they download.
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Originally Posted by LiveWire
We used to have the # of downloads shown, not sure why this was taken away. but this is a standered feature in vBulletin.
You can view the number of times a hack has been downloaded via the attachments page in the UserCP. There is no need, IMO, to duplicate this information.
05-15-2006, 03:53 PM
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