Of course that is the only table I didn't look in. :) Thanks.

Seems I didn't have myself setup with that permission. :X

Well apparently there were some settings I DIDN'T check :erm:... I am a member of several groups; I was only checking the Admin group. As it turns out, some really bad person had set the max settings in two of the groups to 0. :eek:

So... apparently the bit of code that looks at what rights you has doesn't use the "BEST" rules...but the "WORST". So... since I had Zero limits for number of uploads/downloads/ and file sizes in two of the usergroups I'm in, I wasn't allowed to do anything.

My User that "could upload" but "now can't", wasn't a member of one of the offending user groups when he uploaded the first time.

So... I'll admit... no trouble with the code, just a bad administrator:erm:... His beer ration will be reduced for the remainder of the week.

Correct, I think I coded this part and it really should be redone. In normal vb terms, I think a zero is used as "no restriction" but I went with -1. It sort of throws off how the permissions work. Like you said, instead of "Best" you get "Worst". Glad you found it.

I have a small question..

I have added a streaming flash MP3 player to my downloads page, as I only host .mp3 files.

http://www.eternalbeats.net/forums/downloads.php

The problem I have is that when people upload mixes via the Upload Form the mix is stored as just the file name in SQL. This prevents the streaming mp3 player from opening the file as I need a FULL URL such as http://www.eternalbeats.net/audio/mixes/mixname.mp3. Audio files which have been directly linked instead of uploaded with the web form work correctly in the streaming mp3 player.

What I would like to do is modify the add/edit page so all links in the SQL database have http://www.eternalbeats.net/audio/mixes proceeding the file name. Is that possible?

Thank you for any help in this huge customization I need :)

Worked for me thanks! :)

How do I import a lot of mp3 file.

ok I changed files that can be uploaded permission and added mp3 to the sip rar bla bla

I transfered all the mp3 files into the download Dir

I went into the admin download/import added the location and then I get nothing

Is there a way to import or do I have to add each one one by one

What do you mean, you get nothing exactly? You get no files listed, or the files don't import?

It worked as I think I didn't have mp3 listed maybe Thanks for the fast reply jedi

Moved to 3.8 section.

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.

I hear ya..

Yea I guess I basically have no use for this plugin since I have no content to provide.

Please do not ask on how to cash in for illegal downloads or porn.

Also you are acting like a troll, posting multiple times trying to make your point of your assumption that if you want to use it for illegal activities others will do the same.

I was asking legitimate questions on how to get this to work & why it was so popular.

Calm down...

yes , this is the best mod for vB :up:

I'm wondering , how difficult will be to make it so that also unregistered users can download files , but after certain amount of downloads they will be forced to register ?

My be this one already been answered but hard to find, its a long thread.

Can, categories can set by usergroup permission. I mean, I want to restrict some categories for some of my usergroup. Can it be done with this?

Really keen on installing this mod on our site, but version 6 (to be seen on minatica) looks so much smoother. Any news about the releasedate of that version?

I'm getting this error messages "The download directory does not exist!" Any help with these messages.

Hello,

Im currently using the "Links and Downloads Manager" mod. Does DownloadII have any easy import feature that I could use to migrate over?

Thanks

VJ

Yes, in your Usergoup settings you can control this.

Well, does the download directory exist? :)

Slightly different to the most asked question i think;

When I import files from another folder on the same webspace I get what seems to be a timeout, the files I am importing are usually 1GB+ any way I can sort this, it works fine for the smaller files.

I love the mod and would like to use it just need to conquer this little hurdle.

any help appreciated, thanks in advance

/smamf

I'm not sure. I just follow the manual come with the application to install it; I don't know how to create the directory. Any suggestion or walk through will really appreciated.

OK, I admit defeat here, I have tried tirelessly for almost a week to read through this entire threads 200++ posts for an answer to my problem.

The problem I am having is the dreaded security token issue.

I am on vB 3.7.x and have DownloadII 5.1.0 installed (uploaded in ascii mode)

Here are some of the fixes I have tried (sorry if they are not specific I dont feel like researching for the post numbers, that and I'm not a coder at all)

1. The php mod to disable the security token (true changed to false) - Result: stopped showing the security token message but had the same result of nothing uploading

2. Tried to add an htaccess file to the forum root to raise upload limit - Result: killed my forums and had to remove the file

3. Tried the template changes for the download_file and download_file addit and added the lines - Result: No changes, still get security token messages

4. Tried to find info on what I would need to to make a php.ini file (I have no idea what code goes into this file) - Result: N/A I would need specific info on what code to put into a php file or someone to provide a php.ini file for me to use (Again, I'm not a coder, sorry)

Looked through vB.org and vB.com about the issue andthe only other info I have seen simply suggests I reupload all non-image files for vB and reinstall vB all together.

I'm sorry if I have missed some crucial info to fix this problem but I am ready to give up and look for another mod, which isnt what i want to do seeing as how popular this mod is and the chances for support are very high.

I hope the info I have provided is enough to give more info or provide some help, pm me or post here if more info is required. If one of the coders/author for this mod would need/want to work on the site/mod directly I would appreciate it and can provide the info for that.

Thanks again for what I'm sure will be a stellar mod assuming I can get it working!

Edit - After writing this I tried to upload a small file (4k) and everything worked, but the file I had been using to test was @10megs which leads me to assume something else is the problem. I have double checked my vB settings and other permissions etc to ensure the filesize limits are set high enough. So my only logical guess would be that I need the htaccess file to work without breaking my site? Any help?

A directory is just a folder on your server. Double check to make sure a folder named downloads exists on your server where it's supposed to be.

Question...
Does this allow the downloads to be stored in a file on the server so that only members can access them only and not be directly linked to... I currently am having a problem with members copying and pasting the links to my downloads and distributing them which circumvents what we are trying to do which is to drive up membership and participation...

Thanks sorry for the basic question... I hope this is what I'm looking for...

Onehalfmoa

Guests can be prevented from accessing the downloads in the Usergroup permissions. At least, that should be the point of even having Downloads permissions. I guess the only way to be sure is see if you can download this:
http://www.cogonline.net/forums/down...&id=1&act=down
http://www.cogonline.net/forums/down...p?do=file&id=1

I have it set to Can View Files, but not Can Download Files.

Yep that seems to work guess I'll have to test drive this on my alt forum before we go live... This should solve the problem... I spend hours building PDF's just to find out I have to change the links because someone decides to steal the link and take it off the site...

Thanks
Brian
Onehalfmoa

Thanks my guy. I got it.

So no one has any ideas about my issue?

Max upload file for PHP is 8 MB
I saw a Post in this thread once explaining how to increase it or u can google it
I tried Increasing it but it gave some error when I was trying to view the site
So i Pulled back to 8mb and started uploading manually to the ftp and inserting the link in the download page.

does this mod work with vbulletin 3.8?