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

[dancue]

when can we expect to see the 3.7.x version?

I'd really like to have the profile template changes added to maybe a tab of it's own.

[bpat1434]

I don't know if an entire new tab is needed. I'd be happy with just something in the statistics box. Since the downloads & uploads are statistics

[dancue]

true. I see what you mean. I wasn't too sure what could be put there.

[butty]

hya can you tell me what happens pls if:

i have one usergroup to have say 500 meg upload space each. i move a user to that group he then uploads 200 meg of files.

i then move him to another usergoup who cannot upload and then move him back again to the one that can does he get another 500 then or will it still count the files that he upped before?

if anyone can answer this that knows would be appreciated

thanks

[berry05]

is there a way to make the upload faster?

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by butty

hya can you tell me what happens pls if:

i have one usergroup to have say 500 meg upload space each. i move a user to that group he then uploads 200 meg of files.

i then move him to another usergoup who cannot upload and then move him back again to the one that can does he get another 500 then or will it still count the files that he upped before?

if anyone can answer this that knows would be appreciated

thanks

The "upload stop" is calculated for every upload depending on the circumstances, so it's counting the files he uploaded before.

Originally Posted by berry05

is there a way to make the upload faster?

A faster server or internet connection?
DownloadsII isn't limiting it, so it just depends from those two things.

[berry05]

every time i upload files like 28mb the internet connection times out...
how do i prevent that?

[maidos]

i just installed a second hard disk on my server since my first one is full. However my question is how do i import the files to the second server since tey arent located in the directory. not using raid this time or ever

[Black Tiger]

Putting them on another server is not possible with this version yet.
The only thing you could do is move them and then link to them. However, that would mean an awfull lot of work if you have a lot of files.
You could do it that way however with new files but only if you add them yourself and not your users, because uploads will still go to the upload directory when they don't know where to link to and how linking is done (you have to calculate the size of the file yourself).

[berry05]

every time i upload files like 28mb the internet connection times out...
how do i prevent that?