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

[d8tabyte]

Thanks! That is a very helpful link, I don't know why I didn't know that was there in the first place!

*adds another bookmark*

One more thing - is there a way to count views instead of downloads on the main catagory listing and popular files box? If not, where would I change the template to hide the downloaded column on the category page?

[ombossman]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

I don't understand it really? You can place it in one of the three (or more, you can set that in the vBa options) columns of vBa CMPS. It's designed particularly for the left and right one, but you can always modify the adv_portal_ecdownloads template for your needs



Check the usergroup permissions, they are controling the download and upload limits.

i dont use vba portal i only use forum ı want to move left modules (latest files,most popular files...) to bottom of navbar how can i do it ? do you understand me ? for example please look here http://www.elitecoders.org/

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by d8tabyte

Thanks! That is a very helpful link, I don't know why I didn't know that was there in the first place!

*adds another bookmark*

One more thing - is there a way to count views instead of downloads on the main catagory listing and popular files box? If not, where would I change the template to hide the downloaded column on the category page?

That's not possible very easy. It seems me more logical to count the amount of downloads casuse it's a download system

To remove it from the category view:
Open downloads_cat_filebit
Remove this bit of code:

<td class="$bgclass" valign="top" align="center" height="40"><span class="smallfont">{$file['downloads']}</span></td>

Open downloads_cat_files
Remove this bit of code:

<td class="thead" width="10%" align="center"><a href="./downloads.php?do=cat&amp;id={$_GET['id']}&amp;sort=downloads" rel="nofollow">{$vbphrase['ecdownloads_downloads']}</a></td>

Originally Posted by ombossman

i dont use vba portal i only use forum ı want to move left modules (latest files,most popular files...) to bottom of navbar how can i do it ? do you understand me ? for example please look here http://www.elitecoders.org/

That's not possible at this moment. But ... the templates to do this is already avaiable, so you only need a small plugin to render it on the forum home. Another person also requested it some time ago, so I will look into this to create a small add-on for this

[d8tabyte]

Thanks

I know it is a downloads system, but I am modifying it slightly to create a videos directory for my site, and the "download" part really wouldn't make sense as I don't allow them to download it, but your system works the best for what I want.

Thanks for your help!

[rolandogomez]

Can this be used to upload/download mp3's, wav, mov, etc.? Multimedia video and audio files, or is it only limited to zips and tars? Can we also upload psd and tif files for downloads too? I have a new site dedicated to artists of all types. Thanks, Rolando

[MotMann]

OKey.. nice one.

But i have some questions:

a)
How i can delete the Name from the User, that addet the Images?

b)
How i can show bigger Images? The screens are to smal.

c)
How i can put the Images side by side?

d)
How i can upload Files without a movie file in it? Just a Image?
The original Skript can do that (i found that in the web ).



Thank's

[CyberRanger]

Hi Folks,

Quick note before I had off to bed. One of my kids had a really nasty stomach virus the last week. Helping my wife care for her really took me off line for a while. The virus has run it's course so I plan to devote a lot of time to the next version of the coming couple of weeks.

Jelle has already done a tremendous job on getting the next version started and on answering questions here. Big thanks to him!

Hang on for what's to come!!

[Zia]

helo...
any news regarding vBux intigration?

is there any way..User group persmission for catagory & sub-cat wise?
like: there are 10 sub-cat & particular user group cant access to particular sub-cat.

Thnx

[bashy]

Hi

Would it be possible to make the Download and Upload stats in the profile linkable to the files that the member has uploaded and download please?

[Hornstar]

Originally Posted by Zia

helo...
any news regarding vBux intigration?

is there any way..User group persmission for catagory & sub-cat wise?
like: there are 10 sub-cat & particular user group cant access to particular sub-cat.

Thnx

That would be great but hopefully vbux will last a while longer, I have the bad feeling that it wont work in the coming months after a few more vbulletin updates because it is no longer supported.

It is great how this hack has been well supported throughout and is still continuing to be updated, it makes me excited for the next update