One way to access LDM is to create pseudo-forums that are links into LDM categories.  The standard LDM release
includes a plugin that patches the forumhome display, so that such pseudo-forums (except any that point
at the base category) list their 'latest entry' as if it is the 'most recent post' and count the
number of entries in the category as the number of posts.

This plugin behaves similarly, except that the calculation is done across all child categories.

To use this plugin:

- Go to VB admincp/plugins and products
- Go to plugin manager
- Delete the plugin called Links and Downloads Manager - Patch forumhome
- Go to download and upload plugins
- Upload the attached file

tested: 27.04.2009