Major Additions - DownloadsII

There's a vB4 version of this mod available: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231427

DownloadsII

DownloadsII is a download database that integrates into vBulletin. It allows you to upload files, add images to them, create categories, link to external files - and more. It is very flexible and has many options.

Because a lot of people keep on asking this:
This mod works with any version of vBulletin 3.7.x and 3.8.x!

It's also coded 100% XHTML 1.0 Transitional valid, just like vBulletin itself.



Instructions & Support

You can find an installation manual in the zip package (Readme-Install.txt).

We try to answer most questions asked in this thread. Please don't send any pm's if we don't ask for them, as we said we try to give a high level of support in this thread. Don't forget to click the install link, so you will receive important update notifications.

Screenshots & Live demo

At the bottom of this post, you can find 6 screenshots of the front-end and back-end (AdminCP part) of the DownloadsII software. You can see the newest version in action at the Minatica.be Downloads (Dutch).

Changelog (version 5.1.2)

Jelle

• Backported CSRF security fix from the vB 4 release
• Added permission check for Update Counters
• Fixed PHP warnings when running PHP 5.3
• Removed the imagecreatefrombmp() function. It doesn't exist.
• Added permission check for rating submissions

You can find all the changelogs of this and older versions here.

Help!!! I can't upload large files??

This is probably the second most asked question. Have a look at this post for the solution.

It doesn't work with GARS?!

If you also use the latest version of GARS, you will get the "Fields marked in RED must be filled in!" error when uploading a file. I provided a fix here on the GARS forums.

Addons

We are offering 3 addons for this mod at the moment (have a look at the bottom of this post for them). DownloadsII contains 5 hook locations for the vBulletin plugin systems, so you can add extra functionality without file edits.

Do you want to help expanding DownloadsII (if you are a coder)? Check out this post!

Notes

• ecDownloads Buddy is NOT compatible with this version. If you are using the Buddy, you should UNINSTALL it before installing DownloadsII ver 5.x.x. The Buddy's features are now integrated into DownloadsII.
• DownloadsII is a direct derivative work from Ron1n's ecDownloads.

Addons

• DownloadsII ver 5.0 vbAdvanced Add-On
• DownloadsII PM moderation notification
• DownloadsII Create New Thread Add-On
• DownloadsII Simple RSS Feed Add-On
• DownloadsII[Add-On] - Upload Rules

[se_p800]

Thanks a lot

All is fine now. Except it wont except the extesion bmp even when I add it to the list??

[jimjam]

Suddenly we are getting file not found errors. The files are physically there, the downloads folder is 777 and all the files are 666. We installed VBSEO at around the time the downloads stopped working. Whould this have anything to do with some of the files not being found?

Thanks in anticipation

[drpeppper]

hi i just moved servers. all of the download links are telling me Error: File Not Found.
I know its correct because all of the thumbnails work, its just the download link to actual files.

Can someone please help?

[cellow]

Hi DownloadsII Users

If i change a Users nickname in vbulletin, the database tables of DownloadsII did not change. the column
dl_downloads.user

UPDATE `vb3_dl_downloads` SET `user` = "xyz" WHERE `userid` = 123

or
dl_files.uploader

UPDATE `vb3_dl_files` SET `uploader` = "xyz" WHERE `uploaderid` = 123

or
dl_comments.author

UPDATE `vb3_dl_comments` SET `author` = "xyz" WHERE `authorid` = 123

or
dl_images.uploader

UPDATE `vb3_dl_images` SET `uploader` = "xyz" WHERE `uploaderid` = 123

are existing with the old "username".

Is there any possibility to mass-update / mass-sync all nicknames in the DownloadsII tables with the actually existing nicknames in the vbulletin user table?


Thank you 4 ur support

[loki-sama]

I have this Mod, but I have noticed something with happening with it. I have it set up so that a member with less then 30 posts can only download one file per day. The thing is, I've notice that there are some people that are able to beat this and are downloading multiple files in a single day. How are they doing this, and how can I stop this from happening?

EDIT:
Also I have noticed that whenever we add a file, some files become unapproved, or unpinned. Is there a way to stop this as well?

[se_p800]

I know the amount of questions is accumulating so I am unlikely to get a answer, but is there anyway to get the thumbnails bigger?

Thanks

[hugh_]

Could I suggest an optional captcha prompt (e.g: a random question) for every download?

[Chazz Layne]

I'm having trouble getting this going on a clean install of 3.6.8 (no other hacks... yet). The install went smoothly from what I can tell, but I kept getting the standard vB "nopermissions" when going to downloads.php even though I have set them several times. When I went back to do it again, I noticed all of them are back at the default "no" and continue to revert back to this. Obviously, the permissions I set are not making it into the database...

[Chazz Layne]

Well, it doesn't appear specific to this hack as I've just installed PhotoPlog and I'm getting the same problem for it's permissions. Hopefully, some commonality between the two will make the problem easier to find...

After a little more digging I'm finding it's a little more complex of a problem. I don't know how the number-value in the database is calculated from the form inputs, but that is probably where the problem is happening. I get a different outcome every time I try a different combination of permission-options... ranging from all yes, to all no, to completely random ...and some permission-options work just fine if they are the only ones changed.

The stock permission sets are unaffected by this, it's only these two (now) add-ons.

/me keeps digging...

[maidos]

Hello
im having a major issue due to high load im experiencing. The hosting company strongly recommended me to move all files to ftp as the cpu is being extremly drained and causong the server downtime almost everyday.

But the issue is that i cant rename all files to ftp since i have uploaded all files on admincp and import and theres no url for me to edit that please advice