That's possible. You could give it a try for one time to be sure (and revert it afterwards) :)

Will do that, thanks for the quick help.
Just a last question, I don't want to use usergroups for everything. Is it possible to add a feature in Downloads II that users can only start downloading after making an x amount of posts?

Thanks again for a great mod and great support.

If I may make a request... anyway to add a column and/or field for version# this would be awesome.

Of course if I could keep making requests my seconod request would be for another column labeled Machine Type (ya know for software that we could add Windows, Mac, Cisco, Linux, Joomla, vBulletin, etc..)

Just a wish list.. the ability to add versions would be the coolest and then machine type (of course n/a for documents etc.)

Fantastic mod, many thanks.

I can't seem to find an answer in this thread, but apologies if this has already been answered.

I'd like to upload podcasts (mp3) and then link them into the forum, however the link generated by DownloadsII adds a value to the URL. Is there a way to get the uploaded URL to be that of the file location, including the files extension?

I can make an mp3 file play in the forum but not a URL.

Unless there is a much easier way to today.

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Hi Jelle,

I have another .htaccess already in placed in the forum directory that you have mentioned. Is it OK to paste your code together with those in my present .htaccess?

Please kindly advice.

Yes that is no problem. A .htaccess file can contain several codes.
You can safely add the php value code to your existing .htaccess file.

However, if your problem still resides you need to contact your host.
It can also be the hosting company has set a limit, then these changes won't have any effect. In that case you have to ask your hosting company also.

Opps..it causes 500 Internal Server Error after I have embedded the code into the present .htaccess file...any advice?

In that case your hosting provider has protected these settings, he's probably using php fastcgi (php in cgi mode, mostly used in combination with phpsuexec).

Try doing the following. Instead of using a .htacces file, create a php.ini.
Put in there:
upload_max_filesize 30M
php_value post_max_size 30M

Try again. If this works but you get another error (timeout or security token missing), you can try and add this setting to the php.ini you made:
max_execution_time = 180
This increases the time to 3 minutes. If you have big files, it might be you have to increase this to a higher setting.

You could also add:
max_input_time = 180

The default of both these settings is 60. If you get an error again, then your hosting company has protected the possibility to use your own php.ini files too.
In that case the only solution is to contact your hosting company.

HELP!

Hi all

I did the installation by following the instructions step by step

I modified the rights of user groups (as described in the installation guide)

but... when I try to download a file I get the following error:

You don't have the permission to download this. Please buy this item in the Shop.

Any idea? I'm a little bit desperated...

Thanks in advance

That's not a phrase which is part of DownloadsII itself. You probably have some kind of points system (shop) installed, which integrates into DownloadsII. Check the configuration of that mod to solve this.