That is weird. I wonder if it could be a permissions issue where the ftp client can't count the files? just guessing really. If you get can get a command line and do a "wc -l" command, I wonder what you get.

i have tried but still only get 3998 total of files. I've imported about 40 more files this morning and i exited out of FTP then go back in again and this time it's showing 4000 files in the downloads folder eventhough i just imported 40 more files. All the new files i imported are working fine too, i'm able to download all 40 files.

I have to believe it's a problem with how the ftp client is counting the files. Do you have shell access? If you want to PM me your ftp info I'll also check it out.

ok, i forgot i have that option also. I went in and check, shell access of course. They're all there 75GB of files, the ftp client truncate the listing to 4000 files. Thanks again. But i still have one more question, would it affect the board performance if i have about 200 members download files at the same time. My server is dedicated to i got really good connection to the site all time, i'm just worried about the board? Please let me know and thanks again for your help.

ok at first u told it was server issue but it doesnt seem that way....
i switched to different compant and different server...
i have now quad core intel and 4 gb ram... and yet my user seem to get this error file id

What's the error again? Is it on all files for all users? Just one file? Just one user?

i get this when i click on the link: http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...untitled-4.jpg

and then the webpage becomes this: http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2.../untitled2.jpg

however the files work just fine for me

Is the user that receives the error in the same usergroup as you are? Does that usergroup have permission to access downloads in that category?

thats odd that user cant view the files.... on the download page while on that usergroup she is allowed to download the files

I really don't understand what you are saying here. Can you PM me your site details along with the details of what the file is that user is trying to download?

sent u the pm

You have the usergroup permissions setup where super moderators can only see download files that are in category 121. See attached pic. Did you mean to do that?

Any news on the date of the new update for this? THanks.

Great idea for a mod! I downloaded and installed it but have a slight problem. When I go to ADMINCP > DOWNLOADS I can't get to the Categories, Import, and Downloads sections of the mod at all. All I can get into is the Settings section. The other 3 sections just gives me a "404 Page Not Found" error. Does anyone else have similar problems?

I am running vb3.6.8 patch level 2. Thanks in advance! I'd love to get this all working!

You need to make sure you have uploaded all of the included files. It sounds like you missed admincp/downloadsadmin.php

That did the trick! Thank you so very much! :D Not sure how I missed that, but it's working now thanks to you!

I know you must be tired of covering the "blank page problem" but I have tried to modify the .htaccess (non php.ini access) to support 25mb uploads as stated in you post.

However I still get a Blank Page, now the file uploads without an issue it's never not there, the problem is that the files uploaded tend to only be nzbs, torrents or images of less than 1mb.

I also tried to see if it was an issue with the installation by doing a diagnostics--> upload test, but that worked fine and reported no error.

Not sure if this makes any difference but the site uses Dreamhost. Thanks if you can help, but I can understand if you have any frustration in covering an issue that you have sorted out before.

Cheers

Hey guys,

I know there was a little update on 01 Nov 2007 which I totally forgot to install. Is it an update which should be installed or is it one which is optional to install?

DownloadsII stats of my site:
Downloads: 241,201
We have 849 files in 136 categories.

Hundreds of files will be added in the upcoming weeks. Only thing left to say is: What a hack... Chapeau!

Hi there,

I have a lot of post but I dont find something about my question :(
It is possible to display the latest files and the popular Files at another page ?

Thx 4 replay.

Greetz
RLD

That's pretty strange indeed. Have you put the extensions on the list of allowed file extensions?

I see you are still running v5.0.5. The newest release (1 november 2007) is version 5.0.6, which fixes a list of bugs and also plugs a small XSS security issue. You can find the changelog here.

It's possible when you use vBadvanced CMPS and integrate it in the pages you want. Then you can use the DownloadsII ver 5.0 vbAdvanced Add-On :)

Yes they are all there separated by spaces.

I don;t know if this makes it more confusing but I also have the Create a Thread Add On and even though it sends the user to a White Page, the thread is still created detailing the item uploaded by which user.

Any chance of using a flash-based uploader like http://www.pixeline.be/experiments/jqUploader/?

Gets us to bigger upload files... I need to replace an old Java-based FTP client that I would prefer to get away from...

Alrighty then. I've gone through this thread with a fine tooth comb.

I have the dreaded "blank page" issue, only when I try to view downloads.php.

Thankfully, I haven't turned the functionality on for the users yet!

This is a fresh install of DownloadsII v 5.0.6 onto a 3.6.8PL2 vBulletin. The vBulletin was recently upgraded (without errors, and works great) from ancient tech, vB 3.0.4.

The thing that I worry about is that during the install of DownloadsII through the product manager, the page times out (the script appears to run greater than 30 seconds). In watching top (I have SSH access - dedicated server) though, I see that MySQL is busy, so I wait... I do have large forums, lots of users, etc. Anyhow, when I see MySQL slow/stop, I refresh my CP and go look around. Everything is there where I would expect it to be. I've chmodded the downloads dir to 777, uninstalled, reinstalled, re-uploaded (making sure to do it in ASCII), etc.

What have I missed? What am I doing wrong?

[edit] So, if I disable the downloads from the downloads settings, and go to downloads.php in IE, I see that they are closed. FireFox doesn't see that. Once I enable them though, neither IE or FireFox can see downloads.php. Dunno if that helps, but it's more info to work with.

When you install DownloadsII via the product page, the install should take seconds. Very puzzling what you are seeing. If you want, PM me the info to check out your site (vb admin login along with ftp info).

Uninstall takes seconds, install more than 30 (page times out in browser).

I'll PM you shortly.

[sigh]

Just to doublecheck that I did everything, I uninstalled, deleted files, reupped, reinstalled. Same problem. The import timed out. So then I imported again (allowing overwrite). Lo and behold, it worked.

Never mind. Thanks CyberRanger.
[/sigh]

I would also like to see an option to allow html in descriptions. That would be awesome.

Great mod guys, can't wait for version 6.0!

Sorry to be a pain but have you any other suggestion I could try to prevent this White Page Issue, as it's such a downer on what is at the moment a great product.

Do the following -

1. Delete any .htaccess files you have
2. Disable any products that interact with DownloadsII (like the create thread one)
3. Try adding a new file

DownloadsII will not produce a white page on a clean install. Something's funky with your setup. If you try the above and still get a white page, PM me your site details including vb admin account and an ftp account.

I am using The Downloads II modification for 3.6.8 but I am having this error:

I have set it so that it allows unlimited MB of files for admins and moderators, however when I upload a media clip of something 2MB+ it comes up with

Upload Error! Can Not Upload.

I have checked the settings in the ACP for usergroups and also checked the CHMOD permissions, which all appear to be correct.

What am I doing wrong?

The media types are wmv,mpeg, mpg

It did allow me to upload a file of 1.37MB

Can anyone help?

Like Jelle has said already, you need to create a file named .htaccess (note the period in front of the name). Put the following two lines into the file:

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.

Is there a maximum that we can upload?

I have a few videos that I'll be uploading that are over 100mb.. Would this cope?

That's a sign that the PHP code works, but normally after the plugins (add-on) are finished there's a final redirect after uploading.

Are you on PHP Safe Mode (just to be sure, normally DownloadsII gives you an information bar about that if you need to do any extra steps because of that)?
Can you find any of the uploaded files in the downloads folder on your forums FTP? What's their chmod?

We are just using the default upload PHP functions, so I'm not sure what goes wrong on your site :confused:

Just add the .htaccess file like CyberRanger says and change the 30 to the maximum amount of MB's you need. This overwrites the PHP upload limitation from the php.ini configuration file. You can also see your "PHP Max Post Size" and "PHP Maximum Upload Size" on the home of your AdminCP.

Thanks guys

Worked like a charm

Thanks for your help, I done what you suggested and it appears that the Create a Thread is causing the trouble, as with it disabled it redirects to the newly created File but obviously doesn't create a new thread.

So the White Page Issue is fixed... to a degree. Cheers

bummer, I haven't looked at that add-on in a year or so. Looks like I need to maybe update it!

I'm trying hard to increase the upload limit with this great add-on, but I keep on running into brick walls.

I can't use the .htaccess file as mentioned above, because my host won't allow it for security reasons? The file gets edited out with #'s and a statement that it's not allowed. Tried to do updated php.ini files everywhere, with no success. Tried looking in the forums config file in the includes folder, no success.

Some threads say to restart the apache server, but I don't have direct access to that since it's a simple hosting plan.

I'm not sure if you guys could suggest any other ideas, but they would be appreciated. Other than the limit I want to increase, this add-on is really great! Really good work. Thanks !

I don't understand why they are blocking .htaccess files also. Your host is pretty strict :D
If that method isn't allowed, you also won't have any (virtual) php.ini access also and there are no other methods. The only thing you can do is contacting your host and ask why they aren't allowing it as it's not a normal security measure a lot of hosts are using.

this 2 website use this hack and remove the copyright :

http://forum.iranproud.com/downloads.php
http://www.persianhub.org/downloads.php

is it normal that the files dupicates itself into a tmp folder? because with a 500kb files it's ok but with a 2gb :S