DownloadsII

[Black Tiger]

@Cprade: Make spaces in the name. You can leave the physical filename as is, but change the filename in downloads2.

For example. Your filename is:
darnthisfilenameisverylong.zip

You upload this file to your forums using Downloads 2.
Now in the field were you put filename, describtion etc. you put this as filename:
darnthisfilename isverylong.zip or darnthis filenameis verylong.zip.

By creating spaces in there, you will see that the filename will be wrapped over multiple lines instread of being cut out.
I presume that is what you wanted?

[Cprade]

Hello Black Tiger.

What I want is the following, which leaves the full file name, which is above the description.

For example, I have a file named:
"Manual para la elaboraci?n de curriculum vitae y carta de presentaci?n"

But after I published it only goes as follows:
"Manual para la elaboraci?n de curriculum vitae y c"

To better understand a picture
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=124451&stc=1&d=1292266143

I hope I can help.
Thanks

[Black Tiger]

Oh sorry, I thought you wanted something else.

With what you want, you need the help of RSJelle because if possible, it almost sure needs a file or code adjustment.

[Black Tiger]

You probably made no backup of the original files?

If yes, you should put them back in the original location configured by you the first time.
The filename should contain the number 70563 in this case and other numbers with the other files.
If you did not backup your files, then you have a problem.

[Black Tiger]

Please answer the following questions:
1.) Yes oke, but are they in the same downloads directory relative to your forums as before?
2.) Do they also have the numbers in the filename?
3.) Did you remember to make a directory ec_tmp in the downloads directory like /downloads/ec_tmp and also chmod it ot 777?

Only check for files and filenames from which you see this error notice!

[Black Tiger]

First you can try to re-upload all Downloads II files again, be sure to set your FTP program to work in ASCII transfer mode.

What exactly did you do? Because first you say you reinstalled the forum. In your later reply you say you upgraded. Did you first reinstall and after that upgrade or what exactly?

2) yes the files have not been changed or moved at all they still have the same numbers.
Have you really doublechecked the missing files? The error gives a notice that the file is missing.

When I try to download:
http://mugenarchive.com/forums/downloads/70563-MBAA%20-%20Tohno%20Mansion%20Main%20Gate.rar
It gives me a 404 not found. So the file can't be there. If I can't find it, neither can Downloads II. Please check again.

If the file really is there, you either have to wait for RSJelle to help you, or if you trust me, give me some ftp access and acp access (by pm or email), so I can see what's going on, if I can find the problem.

[Digital Jedi]

Does someone know how to move the position in admincp of downloads options?
You have to edit the order in the CPnav XML file. I think Downloads II is includes/xml/cpnav_ecdownloads.xml

[Digital Jedi]

Thanks but I have no idea what to input so it is right above temples options. Can you help please?
You edit displayorder. You'll have to look at your other cpnav files to see what number they're ordered in to know where you want your Downloads controls to appear.

[farsgsm]

i installed this mod but the problem is that we can't upload high size files.
and also when we give it direct link, it still shows direct link to users.

it's the best if developer fixes this issues, else it's not so hot mod.
bytheway, .htaccess solution not works with me

[Black Tiger]

Can you give a screenshot of that direct link? Because I don't see it when I link to files.

About the .htacces and high size files, you might try a php.ini in your webroot.
Put these lines in your php.ini:
upload_max_filesize = 10M
post_max_size = 10M

This is for 10MB, adjust to your needs. If this also does not work, or causes a "error 500 internal server error", remove the php.ini and contact your host to increase the uploadsize.

[Black Tiger]

I would certainly be interested in the enhancements. Even more when there could also be an option that users would be able to download only after a certain amount of posts.

But unfortunately I'm no coder and I can't make such things.
I just know some things f.e. about .htaccess and php.ini because I also have a little hosting company.

[Helmut71]

is it possible to use the menu items as a drop down menu (like Forum > Cummunity)??

[ALBCODERS]

laters files and most popular files
tables has just deseper for some reasen any idea ;/

[Scandal]

How can I increase the title's number of characters? (the default number is 50)

Pls help! :(

[squidsk]

There's a bug in the creation of the _author field. If a username has unicode characters (e.g. Sqυιd) when the author textarea is being processed the mu and ioto are referenced using &XXX; notation (e.g. Sqυιd = Sqυιd) . The problem comes in with line 1284:

$authors= explode(";", $_POST['author']);Rather than process Sqυιd as one member the line actually splits the name into three pieces Sqυ , ι and d, and then of course can't match the username to the account because it thinks it has three separate usernames.

My solution was to write a custom function and replaced the call to explode with a call to the new function.

[ritunb]

Hi, I've vBulletin 3.8.4 and I'm using 'Links and Downloads Manager' and has lot's of file downloads.

I'm keen to test out "DownloadsII" but am apprehensive if both the doanload system could exist together or not? I don't wish to remove the 'LDM' before I test out 'DII' as the 'LDM' also provides a 'media player' to play the downloadable media files and am not sure if 'DII' also has the similar features or not.

Please advice.

[RS_Jelle]

Hi, I've vBulletin 3.8.4 and I'm using 'Links and Downloads Manager' and has lot's of file downloads.

I'm keen to test out "DownloadsII" but am apprehensive if both the doanload system could exist together or not? I don't wish to remove the 'LDM' before I test out 'DII' as the 'LDM' also provides a 'media player' to play the downloadable media files and am not sure if 'DII' also has the similar features or not.

Please advice.

You can have both mods installed together without any problems :)

But there's no media player in DownloadsII.

[ggr80]

Hi im not really sure where to ask this question and im hoping someone can help me. I installed various mods including this one to my forum last night and all the avatars have disappeared. I thought it was another mod but i have uninstalled that one and there is still no avatars. I have checked the settings and they are all ok.

[ggr80]

Its all good i have fixed the problem

[Dave84311]

Ugh, this plugin will not install my board. I have ~750k members and when importing the plugin it hangs. I guess it has to do with all the tables it has to alter. Has anyone encountered/fixed this?

[wideopen]

Great Mod. But I'm having a Issue. After Installing, I tried to go to Download>Categories I get a White Screen? Same with Import and Downloads. I can get to settings, but that is as far as I can get? Can you guys Help? Please?

[wideopen]

Anyone?

This is the Screen I get.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/02/42.jpg

I know it has been said that GARS will effect it, but it's like some Code is missing?

[gnrx]

Hi.

In some back pages, I posted this problem, I continue with the same problem and I don't view if is solved (sorrys if has posted the solution of the issue):

When the users go to download some download, when click in Download button, this generate a url with hash, for example:
http://www.myforum.com/foro/downloads.php?do=file&id=367&act=down&actionhash
The user have a message of security token, and can't acces to this download.
But if this url I cut the final part: &act=down&actionhash generatin only this url:
http://www.myforum.com/foro/downloads.php?do=file&id=367
Not appears a message of security token and can acces to download file without any problem.

Can help me to solved this issue?

Thanks and regards!

[karabaja3]

If I upgrade from 5.1.0. to 5.1.2, will that affect my categories and files in any way, or make them disappear?

[byalik]

Is there a way to make all the URL's SEO friendly for this mod?

[hugh_]

I've been using this mod very happily for several years until today when I tried import some files after upgrading from vbulletin 3.8.7 to 4.1.3 recently and received the following empty import page...

Any thoughts on what might be wrong? Everything else seems to be working fine?!

Thanks!

[MagicThemeParks]

hugh_, this mod is for 3.8 versions of vBulletin.

If you upgraded to 4.1, then download that version of the mod. The link should be in the first post.

[hugh_]

Seems I posted in the wrong thead, my bad...

[dormopoco]

i can add url rewrite? for seo?

[peterle1]

I have a constant and annoying error with this mod and I quite don't know how to solve it.

the apache error log shows:

... PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in ../ajax.php(69) : eval()'d code on line 102, referer: ../search.php?searchid=****


This shows up in different locations as search, showthread and other.

The line 102 goes down to line 1 of the ajax_start plugin of this mod here and ist shows a simple

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>


Like dancing to a good rhythm, I can travel with it to differnet lines by inserting and deleting comments, but I simply don't know, what the real problem is and why I seem to be the only one in the world having this problem.

It would be kind of anyone pushing me in the right direction, because I don't want see these damn error logs any longer! :(

Thanks.

[squidsk]

You're misreading the error message. The error occurs on ajax.php at line 69, which is a hook, the actual error is on the 102 line that is being evaluated at that hook.

So to solve the error, go to line 69 of your ajax.php and find what hook is being evaluated when the problem occurs. Then go to the corresponding hook for downloadsII and see what the 102nd line of code is.

Based on the referrer I'd say it has something to do with searching downloads.

[peterle1]

Thanks, but the hook ist ajax_start and there are two plugins using that hook.
One ist vbacmps and the other one is ecdownloads installed with this mod.
Now I can disable vbacmps and the error jumps from line 102 to line 1.
The plugin named vbacmps has exactly 101 lines, so the next one starts with line 1 of ecdownloads.

So I think that ajax.php doesn't like the '<' at that place.

[peterle1]

Well some testing seems to show, that the plugin ecdownloads at hook ajax_start isn't that important ... turning it off, shows no difference in the behaviour of the plugin itself ... except the missing errors. :D

Maybe, I have done something completely wrong ... sometime ...

[peterle1]

Ok, problem solved.
This "plugin" is either some lost part of an older, very much older installation or someone has done something wrong, while he tried to installed the addon.

Whatsoever - thanks for your time! :)

[ProFifaLeagues]

That's because of the default upload limit of PHP.

You need to create a file named .htaccess (note the period in front of the name). Put the following two lines into the file:

php_value upload_max_filesize 30M
php_value post_max_size 30MUpload the file into your forum directory (the same location where downloads.php is located.)

This will increase the size of the file you can upload to 30MB.


When ever i use this i get this error.
Any ideas on any other ways to up the size limits please?

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@......com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[Black Tiger]

Any ideas on any other ways to up the size limits please?
If you get an internal server error, it could be you can't use .htaccess files to set those limits because your host is probably using SuPHP.

In that case you can try if making your own php.ini would work.

Create a php.ini in your public_html folder with the following content:
upload_max_filesize = 30M
post_max_size = 30M

You could then also add a .htaccess file with the following content:
suPHP_ConfigPath /home/username/public_html
<Files php.ini>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>

With these files the internal server error should be gone too.

[slinky]

Is there a way to pay to remove the copyright credits? It's the only thing cluttering up the display on my site? I generally do that to maximize the already crowded space.

Second, is there a way to get the subcategories into columns the same way like subforums can be done?

[spirittina]

*clicks install* thanks :)

[Ophelia]

That's because of the default upload limit of PHP.

You need to create a file named .htaccess (note the period in front of the name). Put the following two lines into the file:

php_value upload_max_filesize 30M
php_value post_max_size 30M

Upload the file into your forum directory (the same location where downloads.php is located.)

This will increase the size of the file you can upload to 30MB.

I am having issues uploading files bigger than 100M. I added the above lines in the .htaccess file, changed 30 to 100. When I upload to /forum (where downloads.php is located) and try to load the forum, I receive an Error 500. I've put the same code into my .htaccess that is in / but that doesn't help.

I have also had my webhost do all the changes suggested in this thread
https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/268862-Error-Security-token-was-missing-or-mismatched?p=1565199&viewfull=1#post1565199

But again, no ability to upload over 50M.

[Nelson58]

Hi,

I am new to VB and this mod (had a similar one for my SMF forum), so please forgive the newbie question.

I have to copy a bunch of files at once to the downloads area from my old forum. This mod does one at a time from what I can tell.

Is there any way to upoload a bunch of files at once, and then put them in categories once they are uploaded.

Thanks,

Nelson

[yeppudaa]

My hosting is move other server...
My site fullbackup is loaded. But, all files is click when the warning "ERROR: File not found."
example link:
www.mysite.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=46&act=down&actionhash=1321206980-d2441be3a541e6d62730561ca41a6b53cfe4cf3d
Help...
Thanks..
Sorry bad my english..

[karabaja3]

Hi there!

I have a problem. I have 160747 total log entries. Verision is 5.1.0.
Prune Download log entries is set to 10
Scheduled Task Hourly Cleanup is active among the others.

But log entries do not prune. Why?

[Black Tiger]

My site fullbackup is loaded.
Are all files at the same place and all directory rights the same as on the previous server?
Check your section where the files are.
They should look something like:
146-filename.zip

If you only have "filename.zip" without the number and dash in front of it, then that is the reason that downloads can't find the files.
In that case you have to look ad the file id's and number all files manually again. Or if you still can reach the old server, download them from there.

[accludetuner]

Getting a strange error that I think is related to VBSEO. I searched the thread but didn't see a solution.

It's partially within DownloadsII and partially with the Create Threads add-on.

When I upload a file, it uploads file and then when it goes to load the page for the newly added file and it kicks out the "Invalid File ID Specified" error.

The URL it tries to load is similarly structured to the example below:

/forum/downloads.php?do=file&amp;title=test-manual-upload-1&amp;cid=6&amp;ctitle=admin-mod-only-files&amp;id=170

The issue extends to the Thread Creation addon-on since it lists the same URL structure above in the newly created thread.

If I navigate through the DownloadsII directory to the file directly, it displays the URL structure below and the page loads fine:

/forum/downloads.php?do=file&title=test-manual-upload-1&cid=6&ctitle=admin-mod-only-files&id=170

The only difference is &amp; vs &. Odd thing is that pre-SEO the URL is /forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=170 within the DLII directory and in the thread created. It has something to do with VBSEO no parsing the &amp; when uploading a file and when in the thread.

Any ideas?

[ArcadeHacks]

Safari seems to download an uploaded zip file as an exe. Bug? I tested it in Firefox and it worked fine.

[cowcowcow]

After my host move, my comments dont show up at all.

They were fine before and i double checked usergroup permissions, everyone has access to view them. I also searched through the fourm and reimported the product file and set "Overwrite: Yes" as suggested.

Can anyone please help?

Thank you!

[youjoomla]

nice work. !

[lamperd]

Hello.

I have problem with download large files((

INI Settings
post_max_size: 150.00 mb
upload_max_filesize: 150.00 mb

.htaccess (in the downloads.php location)
php_value upload_max_filesize 150M
php_value post_max_size 150M

max_execution_time - 900 sec (15 min)

trying to upload rar archive ~ 55 mb (test.rar), after 14% progress - error 101 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET)

have tried everything, what could be wrong ?

[lamperd]

Hello.

I have problem with download large files((

Sorry! problem with UPLOAD large files*

[27RUS]

then i was trying to upload files, i have a maximum upload limit reached message

i was checking the usergroup permissions, and set to NO LIMITS but it's not work.. :erm:

please help!

[27RUS]

can anybody help me??

i was set -1 (no limits), a was set 0 for no limits in attachment
but the problem is still here!

[squidsk]

See the post a few above yours, not only is there a limit in the plugin, but there is also the php limit on upload/download sizes.

[karabaja3]

Hi there!

I have a problem. I have 160747 total log entries. Verision is 5.1.0.
Prune Download log entries is set to 1 but Scheduled Task Hourly Cleanup is not cleaning logs.

I have noticed in verision 5.1.2. error with pruning logs is fixed, but when I upgrade to 5.1.2. all my categories (152) are lost.

DownloadsII 5.1.1 Changelog

Jelle

Fixed bug with download log pruning (name of the hook location changed)


So, is there a way to fix pruning log error without upgradeing to 5.1.2. ?

[squidsk]

Hi there!

I have a problem. I have 160747 total log entries. Verision is 5.1.0.
Prune Download log entries is set to 1 but Scheduled Task Hourly Cleanup is not cleaning logs.

I have noticed in verision 5.1.2. error with pruning logs is fixed, but when I upgrade to 5.1.2. all my categories (152) are lost.



So, is there a way to fix pruning log error without upgradeing to 5.1.2. ?

Sounds like something is going wrong with the update as I've never heard of issues with losing categories before. Have you checked in the database whether or not the actual data is still there or has it been removed after the update? What steps are you taking to do the update? Since I don't think any changes are done to the category your other alternative is to just back up the category table and re-import it after doing the update.

[karabaja3]

Sounds like something is going wrong with the update as I've never heard of issues with losing categories before. Have you checked in the database whether or not the actual data is still there or has it been removed after the update? What steps are you taking to do the update? Since I don't think any changes are done to the category your other alternative is to just back up the category table and re-import it after doing the update.

Thank you for the prompt reply.
Later I discovered that the problem was in the 'conflict' with the script 'vB Optimise'. After upgrading to version 5.1.2 I have chosen the option 'Flush Cache' inside 'vB Optimise'. Now everything is working properly, and the categories are not lost after the upgrade.

[MotMann]

Since a short time, i get the follow error code, if user need download some files:

Warnung: copy(./downloads//ec_tmp/Latest_iXtreme_and_Stock_Firmware_Pack_25_12_2011. rar) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in [path]/downloads.php (Zeile 736)
ERROR: File not found.

what is wrong? The files exist...

[squidsk]

Are you absolutely sure the actual file exists on the server, not just in the downloads database? The reason I ask is I get this warning when the file doesn't exist because the line to do the copying (line 736) actually occurs before the check for whether or not the file being copied actually exists or not.

[MotMann]

Did you think, that i must upload all vB Files again? The Downloadfiles are complete.

[Black Tiger]

I think something is still missing.
You say the file is present. Is it present like:
Latest_iXtreme_and_Stock_Firmware_Pack_25_12_2011. rar
or is it present like:
10840-Latest_iXtreme_and_Stock_Firmware_Pack_25_12_2011. rar
so with a number in front of it.
Because all files without number in front of it and are present in the Downloads database will be projectes as being "not found".
Sometimes people remove those number because they don't kow what they are doing there or when files get reuploaded after a server move or something.

[squidsk]

It could be that you have two / in the path that's causing the problems, it looks like you've got the path to the downloads directory in the settings with an extra / at the end.

I could also be that if its giving permission denied then you might have some files that do not have the correct permissions. If you have server access, check to see if all files/directories in the downloads directory have rw attributes set for user, group and world. If not you should run chmod 777 *.

[Black Tiger]

check to see if all files/directories in the downloads directory have rw attributes set for user, group and world. If not you should run chmod 777 *.
The files don't need to be, but the /downloads and /ec_tmp directory's should be 777.
Unless your host is using suphp then they should be 755.
For the files it won't matter, they don't need to be 777.

[hunter1985]

This mod is fantastic, vB DownloadsII FTW!

[Alfa1]

Is there an importer from AndrewD's Links & Downloads Manager (LDM)?

[thepowerofnow]

I just upgraded my vb to latest 4 version but suddenly suddenly downloads become blank, - http://www.wihara.com/forum/downloads/ . anybody know why ? how to make it work again ? it is 6.05 version

[squidsk]

I just upgraded my vb to latest 4 version but suddenly suddenly downloads become blank, - http://www.wihara.com/forum/downloads/ . anybody know why ? how to make it work again ? it is 6.05 version
Did you use the upgrade script or just install the vb4 over the vb3 version?

[thepowerofnow]

Did you use the upgrade script or just install the vb4 over the vb3 version?

upgrade script from /install/upgrade.php , i was using 4.11 to 4.17 / latest now there is. thanks so much

what do i need to do ? thakns :)

[squidsk]

upgrade script from /install/upgrade.php , i was using 4.11 to 4.17 / latest now there is. thanks so much

what do i need to do ? thakns :)
You misunderstood, when you upgraded downloadsII, not vbulletin, did you use the downloadsII upgrade script or just install the downloadsII product from the xml file?

[emath]

Getting a strange error that I think is related to VBSEO. I searched the thread but didn't see a solution.

It's partially within DownloadsII and partially with the Create Threads add-on.

When I upload a file, it uploads file and then when it goes to load the page for the newly added file and it kicks out the "Invalid File ID Specified" error.

The URL it tries to load is similarly structured to the example below:

/forum/downloads.php?do=file&amp;title=test-manual-upload-1&amp;cid=6&amp;ctitle=admin-mod-only-files&amp;id=170

The issue extends to the Thread Creation addon-on since it lists the same URL structure above in the newly created thread.

If I navigate through the DownloadsII directory to the file directly, it displays the URL structure below and the page loads fine:

/forum/downloads.php?do=file&title=test-manual-upload-1&cid=6&ctitle=admin-mod-only-files&id=170

The only difference is &amp; vs &. Odd thing is that pre-SEO the URL is /forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=170 within the DLII directory and in the thread created. It has something to do with VBSEO no parsing the &amp; when uploading a file and when in the thread.

Any ideas?

i have the same exact problem !!

can anyone please help us ?

the vbseo rewrite rules :

'downloads\.php\\?do=file&amp;title=(.+?)&amp;cid =(\\d+)&amp;ctitle=(.+)&amp;id=(\\d+)' => 'downloads/$3/$2/$1-$4/'
'downloads\.php\\?do=cat&amp;title=(.+)&amp;id=(\ \d+)$' => 'dlcat-$1-$2/'

[emath]

bump.
any help please ?

[Black Tiger]

You should ask over at VBSeo, problem seems in there.
They also have an error in their downloads/downloadsII.php addon for a long time and did not fix it yet.

The "order by" should be changed like this:
("SELECT id,name FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_cats ORDER BY `id`");

A little bit further it should read:
$mods = $db->query("SELECT id as fid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_files");
while ($mod = $db->fetch_array($mods))
{
$url = $vbseo_vars['bburl'].'/downloads.php?do=file&amp;id='.$mod['fid'];
if(VBSEO_ON)

However, this is for the vbseo sitemap addon, probably exists somewhere on the real VBSeo too but I don't know where.
There is no problem with Downloads II, vbSeo has some incorrect statements which need to be fixed, so that's why it's best to ask over at VBSeo.

[emath]

ofcourse i did ask there at first, but no answer for 3 weeks now . ( http://www.vbseo.com/f23/downloads-ii-vbseo-extension-16269/index14.html )

[Black Tiger]

Great support for some piece of software you pay that mucn for isn't it?
That's why I never bought it.;)

[Panzer Max]

This mod is the very best mod I have ever seen, and should have been incorporated into vB right off.

One question: occasionally I have a member tell me he has not downloaded in more than a day or two, but still gets the Daily Download limit exceeded message. I'm not sure why that is happening.

The usergroup Registered members is set up like this:

This is the maximum MB that a user can upload. Set this to -1 for there to be NO limit. -1

This is the maximum MB that a user can download in one day. Set this to -1 for there to be NO limit. -1


This is the maximum number of files that a user can download in one day. Set this to -1 for there to be NO limit. 5

Use strict daily download limits. If set to "No", a user will only receive receive a download limit reached message if BOTH the MB and file per day limit are reached. If set to "Yes", exceeding either limit will trigger the download limit reached message. Yes

Download DELAY: Leave at -1 for this group to inheret the default value! If the user is in multiple groups that have the over-ride set above -1, the HIGHEST value will be the delay setting. -1



What do you think? Should I change the Download DELAY to something like 30 ?

[Necrosaro420]

That's because of the default upload limit of PHP.

You need to create a file named .htaccess (note the period in front of the name). Put the following two lines into the file:

php_value upload_max_filesize 30M
php_value post_max_size 30M

Upload the file into your forum directory (the same location where downloads.php is located.)

This will increase the size of the file you can upload to 30MB.


Tried this. It gives me internal error messages when I try to upload files. Its the only thing in the .htaccess

[squidsk]

nvm

[nightyy]

Hi there,
I had ecdownloads 4.1 installed and moved to a new server (vServer). The forum ran just fine, however the download section was broken. I had used ecdownloads 4.1 and it gave me:

http://www.stonyroad.de/forum/downloads.php?do=cat&id=1
Fehler 330 (net::ERR_CONTENT_DECODING_FAILED): Unbekannter Fehler.

I then tried to use DownloadsII, which resulted in exactly the same issue. What can I look for? mySQL collation? PHP setting?

[PsychoModz]

Hi there,
I had ecdownloads 4.1 installed and moved to a new server (vServer). The forum ran just fine, however the download section was broken. I had used ecdownloads 4.1 and it gave me:

http://www.stonyroad.de/forum/downloads.php?do=cat&id=1
Fehler 330 (net::ERR_CONTENT_DECODING_FAILED): Unbekannter Fehler.

I then tried to use DownloadsII, which resulted in exactly the same issue. What can I look for? mySQL collation? PHP setting?

Tried with Opera, gives strange output. Before you moved to the new server, was GZip compression enabled in vBulletin? Also this seems to be a common issue on Chrome.

Try to disable GZip compression in Admin CP:
vBulletin Options > vBulletin Options > Cookies and HTTP Header Options > GZIP Compression Level
or, if you're using the german localization:
vBulletin-Einstellungen > vBulletin-Einstellungen > Cookies und HTTP-Header > HTML-Ausgabe mit GZIP komprimieren

[nightyy]

Looks good, the error is gone!
However i have a unconfigured installation right now and can only look into that tomorrow. Will keep you posted!

[yotsume]

I moved my site to a new host and have placed my VB in a sub-folder called: mmb. The site works fine but all the downloads give this error why I click the download button:

Warning: copy(./downloads/80538-name-of-my-file.pdf) [function.copy (http://www.4cmedicalgroup.com/emr/function.copy)]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/downloads.php on line 704
ERROR: File not found.


All my downloads are still in the download folder.

Do I need to change the download url in the settings?

It is currently set to: ./downloads/

If anyone can help please.... THANKS!

[squidsk]

Do you have the proper permissions, I believe it should be 777, set on the downloads folders?

[yotsume]

Yep first thing i did was fix the permissions of the download folder and sub-folders to 777.

[yotsume]

So I was installed at my old host at: www.old.domain.com (no sub folder).

Now im on new host installed at www.new.domain.com/mmr (with a sub-folder).

What do I need to fix here??? I need this back up and running on my site asap.

[Black Tiger]

It is currently set to: ./downloads/
It says the path is wrong or file can not be found. Do you put the downloads folder in /mmr/downloads too? And there is no forum content in the root directory (public_html) from the forum? Not using vbAdvanced or something?

[yotsume]

UGGG FALSE ALARM!!! Problem Solved!!!

What the problem was: I am moving the site for a client and they did not provide me with the right backup of their downloads folder. So they were missing over 300 files! That is why it was not working and giving errors.

SUGGESTION: When a download file is missing (not in the downloads folder) it should NOT breaks the entire site. The site goes to a white screen loosing VB and VBA theme and just spits out the error message. Is there any way to fix that?

[Black Tiger]

If it splits out the error message, there is a way to see the original filename. One problem to solve this is to download the file again and rename it to exactly what it was, or the other way is to "delete" it from the downloads database using the mananger.

I don't know any other solution until now.

[theque]

Hi i know this might sound crazy but i have lost the link to manage files could someone post the url to manage files

thanks

[Black Tiger]

You should be able to reach the manage files section from within downloads.

The direct link should be like this:

http://www.yourdomain.com/forums/downloads.php?do=manfiles

[yotsume]

If it splits out the error message, there is a way to see the original filename. One problem to solve this is to download the file again and rename it to exactly what it was, or the other way is to "delete" it from the downloads database using the mananger.

I don't know any other solution until now.


It would be nice to have a VBA module designed to house the Download error message to prevent the entire site from breaking...

[Goomzee]

this is my url Downloads II url
http://www.mknexusonline.com/forums/downloads.php

now i want to install Downloads II on my below url

http://www.mknexusonline.com/downloads.php
Is this possible?

[squidsk]

Hi i know this might sound crazy but i have lost the link to manage files could someone post the url to manage files

thanks

What do you mean by lost it? If you edited the template either revert it or compare to the original version to find out what you removed, otherwise you're likely trying to look at the page without the appropriate permissions to see the link.

this is my url Downloads II url
http://www.mknexusonline.com/forums/downloads.php

now i want to install Downloads II on my below url

http://www.mknexusonline.com/downloads.php
Is this possible?

Sure if you're willing to re-write a bunch of the code to update file paths.

[Panzer Max]

What is "Update Counters" supposed to do? When I clicked it, it zero'ed out the number of files listed in each category. The files are still there, but the total says 0. How can I get the totals back?

[ChicagoCoin]

I've had DownloadsII installed for a long time and am now enabling it because php 5.5 killed my postnuke Updownloads site. I recently bought the pro version of dragonbyte's vBDownloads and DownloadsII is still much better for me, for a lot of reasons.

Hope somebody might know edits I can make, I successfully changed the thumbnail sizes to 150 and have searched the forums. I'm running 3.8.9 because vbulletin lost over 3.7 GB's and 10 years of attachments due to a upgrade bug to 4.2.3 and some have suggested that I should just stay in 3.8.9 due to it's flexibility.

All of my downloads have a screenshot and thumbnail attached and I love how this program actually has a link in the category view for thumbnails (unlike vBDownloads Pro), it's a direct download link but I'd also like to add a link to the full size screenshot from the category view. It seems weird to click on a thumbnail and not get the big image but keeping a direct download link in the category view is very important when you have a lot of downloads.

On the details page when you click on the thumbnail, the full sized image is opened in the same window and users have to go back, I'd like this link to open in a new window or tab.

I've searched but received mixed results, Is there anyway to add the image or screenshot at the same time as uploading the file? This would save me and my users hundreds of hours if it's possible.

[Panzer Max]

I have a user who claims some of the files he has uploaded are missing. Is there any way for another user to remove/delete a download file? I though only the admin can do that. In the Usergroup section for DownloadsII Permissions, there is no option to allow users to delete files.... Any ideas what could be happening here?

So, it appears that the only moderator powers that can be used are Manage files, which allows a moderator to pin/unpin, approve/unapprove a file.

So, who can actually delete a file???

[squidsk]

There are 4 usergroup permission settings that might apply and have been set incorrectly. They are in the DownloadsII Permissions section and are the right near the bottom:


Can Edit Own Files
Can Edit All Files
Can Delete Own Files
Can Delete All Files


Either of the first or third would let a user edit/remove their own files, while the second or fourth would let another user edit/remove another user's files.

[Panzer Max]

There are 4 usergroup permission settings that might apply and have been set incorrectly. They are in the DownloadsII Permissions section and are the right near the bottom:


Can Edit Own Files
Can Edit All Files
Can Delete Own Files
Can Delete All Files


Either of the first or third would let a user edit/remove their own files, while the second or fourth would let another user edit/remove another user's files.


Thanks, squidsk, for the reply, Hmm.... mine version does not have

Can Delete Own Files
Can Delete All Files


My options in the Usergroup Manager are


Can View Files

Can Download Files

Can Rate Files

Can Comment on Files

Can Manage Own Comments

Can Manage All Comments

Can Upload Images

Can Link to Files

Can Upload Files

Can Avoid Moderation Queue

Can Manage Moderation Queue

Can Edit Own Files

Can Edit All Files

Can View Disabled Download Section


Maybe I have an old version?? :p


I learned that the Edit All Files allows the member to delete them, as well as stick and approve.

Do you know if the file in the Downloads folder is actually deleted when a file is "deleted", or does it merely delete the page, but leave the file orphaned?

[squidsk]

Sorry those are from the vb4 version of the mod, I actually thought this was the vb4 thread when I answered.

As for if the file is actually deleted you'd just need to look in the folder for the name of the file as stored in the db, which depending on your settings, it may have a number prepended to the name.

[Panzer Max]

Sorry those are from the vb4 version of the mod, I actually thought this was the vb4 thread when I answered.

As for if the file is actually deleted you'd just need to look in the folder for the name of the file as stored in the db, which depending on your settings, it may have a number prepended to the name.

Excellent, thanks!

I never understood why the number of the file in the downloads folder is not the same as the url on the downloads page....

I will probably have to add a test file, find it, delete the page and see if the file goes bye-bye.

thanks again for answering my dumb questions. We will probably move to the vBDownloads mod, since it appears to be actively supported.

[squidsk]

The number in the file name is a version number, though I'm not entirely sure how that version number is generated.

[cyn0r]

Is this still being supported?

[gnrx]

Is this still being supported?

With vb 4.2.5 and PHP 7.1 all work fine.

[cyn0r]

With vb 4.2.5 and PHP 7.1 all work fine.

When I access the page I get an error at the top above the header, I get an error when downloading, and I get an error while accessing the page on mobile. You will see in the attachments below.

[gnrx]

When I access the page I get an error at the top above the header, I get an error when downloading, and I get an error while accessing the page on mobile. You will see in the attachments below.

ITs possible your style not responsive or compatible with this....

[PinkMilk]

When I access the page I get an error at the top above the header, I get an error when downloading, and I get an error while accessing the page on mobile. You will see in the attachments below.

Find and remove & from line 144 of downloads.php
$parser =& new vB_BbCodeParser($vbulletin, fetch_tag_list());

[cyn0r]

Find and remove & from line 144 of downloads.php
$parser =& new vB_BbCodeParser($vbulletin, fetch_tag_list());

THIS WAS IT. Thank you SO MUCH. You?re a damn life saver. :)

[cyn0r]

Anyone know as to why it will only sort alphabetically? I tried sorting by weight and it completely ignores it.

[Panzer Max]

Hear ye, hear ye,

Has anyone upgraded to 3.8.11 with php 7.1 and used Downloads II successfully? Are there any tweaks needed? Any and all insights will be greatly appreciated!

[lange]

It's on my list to do in the next weeks.

[Panzer Max]

Cool. I am getting as much info as I can before I start. Going to buy a fresh license to get access to 3.8.11 and try it on a different server first, see if I can get it working before going live on our main server. I will share everything I discover here, that Downloads II mod is the key to our entire existence. Crazy that vBulletin doesn't continue to support 3.8x, we sure would love it.

[lange]

ok, I will give you a feedback.

[Panzer Max]

I'm going to forge ahead, will be setting up new server today.
Then migrate sites to it, then download and run the 3.8.11 installer, and see if it will run vb 3.8.11 on the new server.

Couple of questions: should the new server be set up with php 7.1 to begin?
What version of MySQL ?

[puertoblack2003]

I'm going to forge ahead, will be setting up new server today.
Then migrate sites to it, then download and run the 3.8.11 installer, and see if it will run vb 3.8.11 on the new server.

Couple of questions: should the new server be set up with php 7.1 to begin?
What version of MySQL ?


this is what I'm currently running on for 3.8.11


157813

[Panzer Max]

That's very helpful, thank you!

So, I don't know xxx about Maria DB vs MySQL, I will start reading up on it.

[puertoblack2003]

That's very helpful, thank you!

So, I don't know xxx about Maria DB vs MySQL, I will start reading up on it.

you can use mysql . mariadb is my prefer program for database.