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Just started using MyBB 1.4 a couple of days ago. Nice program!

Downloaded some plugins, did some minor customization - all is fine.

I found the Download Section plugin and installed it. I didn't realize that i was for MyBB 1.2 and I had the "can't find the admin panel" problem. After hunting around here, I realized that there was another version for 1.4. I removed all the files that came with the 1.2 version and installed the 1.4 version. For some reason, though, when it comes up in the the Plugins list, it shows version 1.2. Strange. Anyway, I cilck Install/Activate and no errors. Now I can see the Download Manager tab next to Tools and Maintenance. I created a test catagory, but when I go to view the Forum, I don't see a link in the header for Downloads. ??

Am I not understanding how this plugin works? Does it work differently from the previous Downloads Section? Why does it say 1.2 in the plugins section and... where's the link?

Thanks!

I created the Downloads Manager plugin for MyBB 1.4. It's a completely different plugin from the one for MyBB 1.2. The reason my plugin says it's version is 1.2 is because my plugin is on it's third minor release (i.e. 1.0, 1.1, 1.2).

The reason there's no link is because it doesn't add one. I considered having it add one on install but since at the time I had heavily edited my templates I would have difficulty getting it to work in a generic way.

The simplest thing would be to add the link yourself. Just go to Themes/Templates and click the templates link on the left. Then find the template set you're using (probably "Default"). At this point my memory gets a bit fuzzy, but I think you click the "Header" link, then the smaller "header" link that appears, Then right there at the top there's a few links that look like this:

					<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/search.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/search.gif" alt="" title="" />{$lang->toplinks_search}</a></li>
					<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/memberlist.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/memberlist.gif" alt="" title="" />{$lang->toplinks_memberlist}</a></li>
					<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/calendar.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/calendar.gif" alt="" title="" />{$lang->toplinks_calendar}</a></li>
					<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/misc.php?action=help"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/help.gif" alt="" title="" />{$lang->toplinks_help}</a></li>

Right before those add this:

					<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/downloads.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/downloads.gif" alt="" title="" />Downloads</a></li>

Once you've done that, you might want to add a simple gif image called "downloads.gif" in the toplinks folder in the images folder.

That did the trick!

Thanks!!

No problem! I'm glad to help anyone that is willing to use my products and is respectful. I hope to have another update sometime in June, but I'm not 100% sure it will be ready by then.

Ironically, due to the way my website will soon be done, I won't be able to use this plugin anymore. I'm currently switching to rwscripts' RWownload to handle it. It has many features similar to the upcoming update, but doesn't integrate with MyBB whatsoever meaning no user database sharing and, more annoyingly, no template sharing.