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[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Hi Tosa
By "non-modding tools" I meant things such as a city growth rate calculator or a capital locator. Pretty much as Kekvit Irae and therother categorised here really.

Another thing I was thinking was the posibility of turning the LDM into a bit of an archive as well as a manager for current links and downloads. By this I mean each mod has it's own folder in the manager, and from there two sub-folders. One for links to general interesting items relating to the mod, one for old versions, and one for the current versions. There also is the potential for using the password protection functions to allow modders to upload their private development files and builds into an additional folder if they wish to.

As for hotseat campaigns and the LDM uploader, you could create a category for each game - may be a little work intensive though. Alternatively you could give the Throne Room staff admin permissions in the LDM allowing them to create categories for any new games. Maybe going a little drastic there, but I'm sure that all full staff (moderators and above) are trustworthy enough to be given that responsibility.

The LDM supports a gallery and jukebox/video function. I was thinking that maybe those functions could be used - one for uploading TW videos and the other for screenshots in certain categories.

BTW, Tosa, forgive me if I'm getting a little over the top here, this site is on the AtomicGamer network, and it supports downloads on its sever (like TWC). If the host could provide that, the usage of the old functions based on PHP downloads and transfer to the Mizus sever could be a thing of the past and uploads without the middle man could be performed. It may require additional costs though, so it may be unviable. Even so, it could be possible to use the LDM uploader and moderation function to streamline the process slightly.

Another think I was thinking of was total main-page forum integration. While browsing around, I stumbled across this CMS. It supports integration with the LDM and forum, including skins, and provides pretty much all the features that the main page currently has. I'm uncertain as to whether it would fit all requirements Tosa, but it's probably worth a look.

I'm probably being a pain by now. I think I'm going to shut-up for a while

BTW, download links from the LDM seem to be a little problematic at the moment - Mizus based links just crash to the Mizus homepage for some reason.