Topics for Downloads

[Holger]

It would also be nice to have the possibility to collect the topics as replies in one exisiting topic instead of creating new topics everytime. My members are getting annoyed by the many new topics when creating a bunch of new downloads, but I want to have a notification in the forum.

[oxpus]

The MOD uses the topic ids to find the right topic of a downloads.
If the MOD shall use post replies instead of new topics, the script itself must save the post ids.
But Download topics are primary created to discuss about the downloads, not to "show" which downloads exists,
because each user can open an overview list with all downloads which will work like a topic with replies
And the overall list will be created based on the download permissions, the topics not!!

And btw:
The Download MOD can inform the users about new downlods in different ways:
Email, Popup, board message
And the user can decide, which kind of notification the MOD should use but on new posts the user will alltimes get emails.
But not all users wants emails, so they disable this function completely and search in the forum itself about new posts...

[oxpus]

@Mickroz

I've compare your file with the current one in the MOD and I see many additional sql queries.
Not a good idea, so I'll check out to replace them with more parameter data for the functions to try to avoid these sql statements.
But overall a good work with this file!!
The workflow I'll use in the next mod update.

[Mickroz]

no problem oxpus, this was the quickest way for me to fix this and get it working like i wanted, im sure it will give you an idea on how to implement it in your functions.
i hope i commented everything right what ive changed.

[oxpus]

Hi Mickroz,

I've checked your modified class_dlmod.php and I've not seen anything that must be heavy changed on that.
I use 98,555555555% of your code and can test the file positive: No more errors on the download topics as I can see.

So a very big THX for your work and help to eliminate these problems!!!

[Mickroz]

thats good to hear we are using it more and more, and it's working like a charm, so thanks to you for the work on the MOD.

[oxpus]

You can be lucky for waiting on the next release.
If my plan works it will be finished the next weekend...