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OneWayMule
Dev. Team Member & Support Moderator

Austria
4969 Posts

Posted - 15 July 2003 : 15:19:24

As you can check out at the demo forum I posted above, as admin you may set if the email field is visible and if it's required.

Here's a screenie of the (current) feature configuration:

My MODs:
Birthdays - Custom Policy - F.A.Q. Administration - Forum Rules - Guestbook
Links Manager - MyOwnGoogle - Profile Views - Search Log - WebSearch

Useful stuff:
Forum and MOD Installation - MOD Installation Guide - Snitz v3.4.05 Readme - Free ASP Hosts - Support Snitz

Edited by - OneWayMule on 15 July 2003 15:22:48

borge
Junior Member

Norway
185 Posts

Posted - 15 July 2003 : 16:41:26

How about allowing moderation of new links before they are displayed on the site? It might turn out handy to avoid links to unwanted sites.

borge

OneWayMule
Dev. Team Member & Support Moderator

Austria
4969 Posts

Posted - 15 July 2003 : 17:11:16

All links that are not submitted by admins are moderated.

DJBBIZ
Junior Member

214 Posts

Posted - 16 July 2003 : 02:25:31

I posted a large image file and it took it although this should probably be limited somehow. The links mod we use at ServerHacker has a drop down menu for the image size but I never tested it to see how large an image it would take. Additionally we have a "link type" such as article, external, download...this would give you another important sorting option for displaying different types of information. This mod looks very clean and has a better backend then the one that is part of the SH portal. Looks like a great piece of work.

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OneWayMule
Dev. Team Member & Support Moderator

Austria
4969 Posts

Posted - 16 July 2003 : 02:39:11

Thanks for the suggestions, DJBBIZ!
I will try to incorporate them all.

Neil Washbrook
New Member

57 Posts

Posted - 16 July 2003 : 06:26:07

Couple of thoughts on this (apart from the fact it looks good)
1. Is it possible to turn the rating system off?
2. Links have to be approved by Admin - could there be a method for selected users (not necessarily moderators/admins) to do the approval. Sometimes the work load on an admin is great enough without having to do the links approval as well and I would not want to give those that are doing the approval full admin rights.

Cheers
Neil

OneWayMule
Dev. Team Member & Support Moderator

Austria
4969 Posts

Posted - 16 July 2003 : 06:53:24

quote:
1. Is it possible to turn the rating system off?

I'll add that now.

quote:
2. Links have to be approved by Admin - could there be a method for selected users (not necessarily moderators/admins) to do the approval. Sometimes the work load on an admin is great enough without having to do the links approval as well and I would not want to give those that are doing the approval full admin rights.

I'm not sure about this one.
Seems too much work that can be avoided by making that certain member a moderator.

Edited by - OneWayMule on 16 July 2003 08:47:54

OneWayMule
Dev. Team Member & Support Moderator

Austria
4969 Posts

Posted - 16 July 2003 : 09:30:02

quote:
I posted a large image file and it took it although this should probably be limited somehow. The links mod we use at ServerHacker has a drop down menu for the image size but I never tested it to see how large an image it would take.

Done.

quote:
1. Is it possible to turn the rating system off?

Done.

quote:
Additionally we have a "link type" such as article, external, download...this would give you another important sorting option for displaying different types of information.

I think it should work if you post subcategories like "Articles", "Files", etc., as I've done it here (look at "Snitz Resources").

Neil Washbrook
New Member

57 Posts

Posted - 16 July 2003 : 09:34:29

quote:
Originally posted by OneWayMule
Seems too much work that can be avoided by making that certain member a moderator.

I must of misunderstood

A moderator can approve a link?

OneWayMule
Dev. Team Member & Support Moderator

Austria
4969 Posts

Posted - 16 July 2003 : 09:49:11

Yes, if you allow editing for moderators in admin_links.asp -> Feature Configuration.

Neil Washbrook
New Member

57 Posts

Posted - 16 July 2003 : 09:52:13

Not a problem but it would have been nice to see several layers of sub catogories. The system I am looking at replacing has a tree for example of

CFS2 Missions -> CFS2 Campaigns -> AF Midway -> Links
CFS2 Missions -> CFS2 Campaigns -> EFDT Team -> Kursk -> Links

I would admit I am thinking of using this as a download manager as opposed to a links manager :-)

As a follow up to these how easy would it be to configure the database/software so it could be used in two places on the site - once as a link manager and once as a download manager?

Always wanting more :-)

hayleypink
Junior Member

Haiti
145 Posts

Posted - 16 July 2003 : 11:11:11

When will this mod be ready? Sounds really good!

OneWayMule
Dev. Team Member & Support Moderator

Austria
4969 Posts

Posted - 16 July 2003 : 11:11:16

quote:
Not a problem but it would have been nice to see several layers of sub catogories. The system I am looking at replacing has a tree for example of

CFS2 Missions -> CFS2 Campaigns -> AF Midway -> Links
CFS2 Missions -> CFS2 Campaigns -> EFDT Team -> Kursk -> Links

I doubt I'll include this, I've tried it and it only led to complications when upgrading from LM2.

quote:
I would admit I am thinking of using this as a download manager as opposed to a links manager :-)

As you can see here you may use the Links Manager 3 as a download manager, article resource, or whatever.

quote:
As a follow up to these how easy would it be to configure the database/software so it could be used in two places on the site - once as a link manager and once as a download manager?

Hmmm, not sure about this one. I'll take a look at this when I'm done with the Beta.