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# ecDownloadsII 5.0.2 Changelog #
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- Fixed link to files in user profile by modifying the template downloads_memberfiles_bit
- Fixed "File Name" phrase on file detail page by modifying the template downloads_file
- Modified "delay" to work better with guests. The client's ip is now stored in the table dl_downloads.
- The file description is now optional
- Fixed issue with counters not updated when a file is deleted or when a files status is changed using "Manage Files"

Cool, thanks. :) Some of my members have 100+ files spread across several different categories, so knowing where a file is in should be very useful.

Also thanks for the very quick 5.02 update! I will try it later today and let you know how it goes. :up:

Another request: In the next version, could you add two new optional fields named "Version Compatibility" where people can specify which version(s) the file works under, and also a field named "Related Link" where people can put in URL to a discussion thread or the file's homepage. If the optional field is blank, then this info is not shown on the file details page. Of course, the best way is to add a custom field feature (like the custom profile field feature that let's admins add new fields), but this likely would require much more work... I think the two new optional fields should be useful for many forums. Currently my members put the Version Compatibility and Related Link inside the file description. This is not as good since many people forget to include those info or put them in different places. Also, with a new "Compatibility" field, we could potentially have a filter files by compatibility option, making it even more efficient to find the files.

Understood :) Please note that I did not make this change for ver 5.0.2. Jelle is looking at re-writing the search feature. That may be a better place to include the category. Either way, we'll see what we can work up to help you.

I'm wondering if this is allready build in or could be a feature.. If you are reimporting files from directory that was allready imported, can there be option to skip allready imported files? So you only are adding new files that were placed into that directory to a list. This would be usefull for people that have users with FTP accounts which upload files to their directories and for admins that use SSH/FTP to maintain their sites such as I'm one.

oh.. and thank you so much for reviving this addon..

My member reported that he has issue using the > and < characters inside the descriptions for the files even inside of the code, html, and quote tags. I just tried it and the >, <, and tags all get removed in the description.

For example, when I try with this code:

It changes the code to just:

Can you look into that and make it behave like the forum? Some of my file categories often require posting of code snippets (XML, C++, etc). Thanks!

I installed 5.02... works well so far. I tried downloading w/o registering and can download fine. :)

This could be also used to add a link back to the file category when viewing or downloading a file ;)

Installed, Thanks

I seem to have an issue where a user cannot download for 1165 seconds after clicking a download no matter what I set the time to.

Any ideas?

Yes, but first a question - how big is the file that the user is trying to download?