Try to rebuild your bitfields:
http://www.yoursite.com/forums/admin...buildbitfields

i rebuilt the bitfields (which was cool).. it was successful... but.. i still go to my usergroup...and the downloads options is not there.. i can edit the downloads as an admin... but i cant select permissions so when i go to the page on the front end.. im not allowed to view the page...

Make sure you've uploaded includes\xml\bitfield_ecdownloads.xml

okay... i dont know what i did... but i reloaded ALL the files.... and it worked... i think my problem was in the ftp... thanks for the quick response!

I just noticed that the changelog was posted "today".
But I've already got a 5.04 version. I presume I have a beta then? Are there changes between the version I already have, and the one from today?

Yes, you had a beta. You should install the version that was posted today in the product announcement.

Oke thanks for the quick reply!

@Cyberranger: I promised to say if my problem was fixed.
I could not fix it, because I could not revert the templates. Reason for that, was because all templates were original and not edited. In that case the revert option is blanked out.

However.... with the new 5.04 the problem is fixed. I don't need to use any "go" with a single file or select it. The only thing I have to do is to use the "approve" from the pulldown and immediately the file is approved. This is how it workd the very 1st time I installed it.
So my problem is fixed with this new version.

Many thanks again!

Ehmmz.... sorry I was too quick, but now I know the cause now to my problem.

As soon as I use the vBA code in the downloads.php file, the problem returns.

The only thing I do is add the following code to the downloads.php:
When this is not in there... it works great. How can I fix it?

Oh ... I do not know! If you modify downloads.php, all bets are off! :)

If you want to use vba, I'd suggest you use the add-on we've developed (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=922535) and not mess with downloads.php

Thanks, ive been looking forward to this. The upgrade went smoothly. :)

Some requests or questions.

If I no longer want people posting how do I close it? if that is not an option can it be a request then.

Request: Before they are allowed to download for the first time only, they need to accept(tick) a box which has our disclaimer, tos, aup, or whatever we like to be included. and that then gets recorded against their name in their member profile. Also in the admincp, give us the option to then reset people who have accepted it, so they have to accept it again if we make any changes to the policy.
This would be really good.

Request: at the top of the page under a file category it has
Download File Date Downloads Comments

I would like to add Status to the end of that so it would be like:
Download File Date Downloads Comments Status

Now when a file gets added, the user who uploads it can add a status, eg. unknown (default), Undetected, Patched, etc. We could add our own as each forum would have different content and would want their own unique status.

Request: for a search box to be added to the left of the page. I have added a pic to show you what I mean.


Request: How to add advertisements to the left or right side of a page.

Request: How to add a banner to the top of a page for that category only. (under the navbar) eg. Under the category of game demos, I would have a nice big banner on the top of the page saying Game Demos, this would make the page look like it is for the game demos.


I know some of these requests may be good for lots of people or maybe some for me, however which ones may become default, and which ones not, because I would still like to know how to do them myself if they are not default.


Thanks again.

BlackTiger, you may pm me an admin account, so I can check out the problem with the vBa CMPS page integration (it's something with the vBa URL rewrite -I think-), but I can't garantee you that I can fix it :)

@RS_Jelle: I used the vba addon but it won't give me my right side column.

But maybe indeed I've done something wrong there. I will create an admin account and pm it to you. Thanks.

you are fast at replying :) I edited my post thinking no one would beat me lol, well I think my post may be lost quite quickly, so here it is https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=691

Thanks again.

I've uploaded a new add-on for DownloadsII: DownloadsII PM moderation notification Add-On As stated in the release thread, the add-on does this: when a user uploads a file via DownloadsII and that file is placed in moderation, all users that have the usergroup permission "Can Manage Moderation Queue" set to "Yes" will receive a PM notifying them about the file.

BUT ... the real reason I created it was to demonstrate how the new hooks that have been added to DownloadsII ver 5.0.4 can be used. The PM notification add-on uses the hooks dl_post_upload_add and dl_post_upload_edit. My hope is that other programmers will use these hooks to add other features to DownloadsII. (Hint - maybe for vbux integration!). By using the hooks, DownloadsII can be a modular program; different programmers can create modules that tie into the hooks that are available.

If you are a programmer and you see where another hook would be handy, let me know. There are currently five hooks: dl_pre_upload, dl_post_upload_add, dl_post_upload_edit, dl_pre_download, dl_post_download.

You may only upload or link to the following extensions: zip rar tar gz

It wont let me add anything... someone help please....

What is the type of file you are trying to upload? If it's not one of the extensions listed, you'll need to add the extension in admincp -> Downloads -> Settings -> Allowed File Extensions.

ahhh thanks... is there an image for buttons/downloads.gif ?

ΙNMHO "Can Manage Moderation Queue" is a more appropriate user group permission for such an action ... ;)

LOL .... yes it is and that is the permission that is used. I wrote the wrong thing!

Yes, it's part of the install files at upload\images\buttons. Depending on your style, you may need to copy download.gif to another location. (Note - it's download.gif not downloads.gif)

Quck question, when I link to external files, is the source encoded (i.e. to avoid hotlinking by users finding out the exact location)?

Thanks

No, if you want the source encoded, you need to upload the file and not link to it externally.

Please vote for DownloadsII in the Mod of the Month November 2006 contest :)

You can also nominate it again for a next MotM (the link for that is under the install/unistall link).

did both and thanks again :)

Hey just wondering if you could comment on this post https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=691

If any of that is a paid job let me know, and ill consider it.

Thanks.

this issue still burning our brain out...:S

How come I can not see the files my members have posted? What do I need to do about this? What steps do i take?

EDIT: Nevermind. I figured everything out. You can delete this now.

Are the members files being held in moderation awaiting approval?

1. Just remove their permissions to add files :)
2. This isn't possible at the moment and isn't very easy to create quickly. Although it isn't very difficult also (add a new field to the user table and check for it, so that's an easy thing). I will look into this to create a plugin for it ;)
3. This is one of the top requests: custom file fields. I can't promise anything, but ofcourse we will try to get this in the next big release.
4. Adding a search box to the left column isn't very difficult, just an easy template edit:
   Open the downloads_wrapper_site template
   Find:
   
   Code:

   ---

   <br />$dl->downloadsmessage

   ---

   Above add:
   
   Code:

   ---

   <div align="left">
        <form action="./downloads.php?do=search" method="post">
        <input type="text" name="query" maxlength="75" size="20" />
        <br /><input type="submit" name="submit" value="{$vbphrase['ecdownloads_search']}" />
      </form>
</div>

   ---

5. The same as point 5, just another code to add, your advertising code (img or something else).
6. This requires file edits when you want a field for this in the category admin. If there aren't a lot of categories, you can use template conditionals.
   Place them below $navbar in the DOWNLOADS template.
   For example:
   
   Code:

   ---

   <if condition="$cleancatid == '5'">
<img src="http://www.yoursite.com/images/banner.gif" alt="banner" />
</if>

   ---

   Ofcourse you just change the number 5 to the correct category id.

To become default: I really want a search field placed on each page in a next big release, so that will become default normally. We are also considering the custom file fields like I said. I don't think the custom category fields for advertisements are going to make it to become a default feature, not that many people would use this.

1. I meant posting comments not files sorry. eg. close the thread. I want to close the file, so they can still download but not post comments.

2. Okay cool and to help out, this site is using DownloadsII it appears and they have implemented pretty much everything im looking for, so maybe if you take a look at this site, it will help you to implement some of the features.
This link above will show you the disclaimer they have integrated somehow.

**I also was wondering if you could possibly make the links either like they are and vbseo compliant as well. If you need to know more on this let me know, as a lot more people are using vbseo it would be great to have it default.** (The above link has been made like that because of vbseo)

3. That would be great. It would really help out, and when you do it, it may be wise to have it usergroup permissioned as well. eg. only mods can change the status.

4. I was trying to get a search box like the one I showed you in the pic with the drop down menu with those extra options. The one in the above link works. on my site www.gamerzneeds.net/forums/files.html the search works, but the drop down menus do not work. here is the code I used.
Also What is the code you have used to create the boxes around things eg. latest files. As that is the box I would like to get around the search box.

5. Thanks

6. Thanks, although that may be a possibility for now. Once I start adding around 50 categories I think it will be a bit messy maybe.
Is there any easier way? or a possibility of it being easier in the next version?


Thanks for your reply and hope im not being to much trouble.

Can it protect link? prevent ppl hotlink?
Thanks

I have this rather strange issue on a new install on vb 3.60 where no template files was altered. Logo image does not display in any style, when in page downloads.php?do=add&cat=

it displays fine in other pages. A view source shows the logo as being there.

Unless someone has ftp access to your site (where he can see the actual file name in the downloads folder), hotlinking is very unlikely. The file that is actually delivered to the user is copied from it's true location, renamed, delivered to the user, then deleted.

Can you attach some pics of what you mean? Are you talking about the vbulletin image in the upper left hand corner? If yes, it should be there.

hi, i just PM you a link with username and passwd.

the problem appears to be in the downloads_wrapper_top template

The problem appears to be with IE only.

Right, IE only and only on your site when the "Add" option is selected. I'll look into it some more.

One problem is that the page itself has a lot of errors. Please note that DownloadsII is valid xhtml 1.0. Used with the standard vbulletin style, the problem you are having doesn't occur. So ... somewhere there is a funky html code in a template you've modified that is causing the problem.

For example, here is a site that uses DownloadsII ver 5.0.4. Check out the validation: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...%3Fstyleid%3D1

Compare that to your site: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...doctype=Inline

There's probably something really minor that needs tweaked. I'll keep looking too. In the meantime, it would be good if you tried to clean up some of the errors.

BTW - I'd encourage everyone to run your site through: http://validator.w3.org/

Here's a site that doesn't validate yet works fine: http://www.xtreme-gamer.com/forums/d...o=file&id=1292 ODD!!!

I did find an oddity in the template downloads_file.

Look for this:
Remove the width="90%" and see if that makes a difference when you are viewing the details for a file.