I dont understand this whole mod. Is it suppose to turn our vBulletin into another one of those Torrent sites ? Isnt it illegal ?

This seems to be the most popular mod with 3.8....so im sure many are using it that way.

I still dont understand why its so popular. Even if you do host those downloads...theres a million other sites doing it already.

Does it bring in massive hits to your sites or what ?

hi , is it possible that i can remove the standard vbulletin "title" that appears on the top of the browser from appering in front of my download pages titles?

so that only my downloads page title is displayed on top?

example:
vbulletin forum home title: Powered by vbulletin.com

downloads pages titles: Powered by vbulletin.com - downloads page title after

the way that i need: downloads page title only



can i remove a part of the code for the downloads page that would remove the vbulletin.com generic title from appearing on the downloads pages? :confused:

Torrents aren't illegal. Using torrents to copy and redistribute copyrighted material that isn't yours is illegal. Just like downloads.com is not illegal, as long as the content your providing for download is yours to redistribute, or already distributed under the GNU licence.

This isn't any different then an articles section. A million other sites already do articles, but likely your articles have something to do with your site topic. Likewise most peoples downloads have something to do with their site topic. I run a site that's predominately about the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, so I have downloads of already freely distributed software related to playing the game online and managing deck lists, keeping track of official rulings, etc. In addition, if there's content I can't host on my server, I can make it available to my users as a link to the site where it can legally be downloaded.

It's not a matter of doing what others are already doing, it's making things your users are already interested in readily available.


Edit the title tags in the DOWNLOADS template.

Can we remove the branding? Possibly for a fee / donations?

Dude, this is the most popular Mod for 3.8 by a longshot.. It seemed to come out of nowhere..and grew like a wild fire.

Whether their being hush-hush about it...or whatever... Their obviously using it for 'other' things then "Yu-Gi-Oh" .

Did I say they were using it for only Yu-Gi-Oh? No, I was siting my site as an example of how my downloads are specific to my forums subject matter. Just like they are on other people's sites. You stated you didn't see why this was so popular when a million other sites were also hosting the same downloads. I was pointing out that we're not all hosting the exact same material. We're using the downloads section for items we think our users would be interested in.

I'm not sure what you mean by this mod came out of nowhere. Perhaps it did become popular fast, but it was first released July of 2006.

c'mon, you and I both know most people are using it like a Torrent site...or for porn.

Any tips on how to cash in with this ?

I can only talk for myself, but DownloadsII has been the biggest "crowd-puller" on our forums. We have many files hosted and we don't allow guests to download the files. Almost every new registered member is using the Downloads right after registering. :D


Oh and we don't have illegal files in our system like torrent sites have. Most of the tools/addons are made by our forum members. :)

ok..

Why would this be such a "crowd-puller" that brought in people to your forums just because of tools/addons made by your members ? If that was the case, you could of just linked them with vBulletin the way it was...without needing this plugin.

I find it hard to believe...members would come flooding in just for that. Something you've probably had around for years.

If someone could be honest on how to hook this up, i'd appreciate it. Or if your scared to admit publicly , just PM me. I wanna get in one the fun too.

I really think you've really misconstrued how people are using this modification. I'm sure some are using it for illegal content, but it's disingenuous to say "most" of us are. And there's no secret to using exclusive content to get people to register on your site. That's a technique as old as the proverbial hills. Not to mention, there's no way to organize and categorize your content "just linking" them to vBulletin as effectively.