Major Additions - DownloadsII

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.

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



Instructions & Support

Requires vBulletin 4.0.4 or higher. Not fully compatible with lower vB 4 versions.
It works fine with both the new editor in vB 4.1.4 or higher and the old one in previous vB versions.

Read the instructions in the next two posts before installing/upgrading this mod!

You can find an installation/upgrade manual in the zip package (Readme.txt).

I try to answer most questions asked in this thread. Please don't send any pm's if I don't ask for them. 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 some screenshots of the front-end and back-end (AdminCP part) of the DownloadsII software.

You can find a live demo on my own site: Minatica.be Downloads (Dutch).
Though keep in mind that we are running a restyled and modified version of it.

Changelog (version 6.0.9)

Jelle

• Added support for vB 4.1.8 bit processing with 'each' construct (backwards compatible)
• Fixed comma listing for vB 4.1.8 (using "old" method)

Older changelogs are included in the zip package.

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

This is probably the most asked question. It's mostly caused by some default PHP settings: check "PHP Max Post Size" and "PHP Maximum Upload Size" at your AdminCP home.

Then have a look at this post for the solution to up these values.
Also have a look at this post at vB.com (but ignore the MySQL part as DownloadsII is only using the file system).

Add-ons

There are currently no official add-ons. Unofficial add-ons are listed below.

[TeknoSounds]

you'll need to upload to a separate folder, when the import script is run it'll ask you for the location of the files, then it'll import them into the downloads folder you specified in the Downloads II options.
Depending on the size of the files you may want to do them in batches. Like I have DJ mixes for download...most of them about 80-100+MB, so I had to do them in batches of about 15 to prevent anything from stalling out.
Hope that helps.

[hasidoo]

I have an issue:
When I right-click on the downloads button,it allows me to download the content,but the download counter is not getting updated. Can u please suggest me a solution for this?

And there's another thing I need to know.
How to show only downloads in postbit?(not uploads)

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by hasidoo

I have an issue:
When I right-click on the downloads button,it allows me to download the content,but the download counter is not getting updated. Can u please suggest me a solution for this?

And there's another thing I need to know.
How to show only downloads in postbit?(not uploads)

never notice the right click issue I tested it here and the counter updated
might be a browser thing

but as far as the post bit
remove this line

<dt>{vb:rawphrase dl2_uploads}</dt><dd>{vb:raw post.dl2_uploads}</dd>

from the downloads2_postbit templave

[Drakah]

I still need a plugin or method where I can add in a custom "version" field(s), as well as removing the "author" field to default to myself, since my download section is not used for other users to upload.

[LVGgebruiker]

Thank you for this very nice mod! Have installed on 4.1.1.

I did see your site is in Dutch, do you also have an translation file for that? I hope you can help with that.

[yin9]

Thanks RS_Jelle, works well in VB 4.1.0 PL2. Installed, 5 Stars.

[RK KINGKONG]

Also Works Vb 4.1.1

[yin9]

Originally Posted by Louva-Deus

Liking the mod so far. Found a bug that has existed at least since 6.0.5 that causes an Internal Service Error 500 for non-linked files.

To fix it make the following changes in downloads.php:

Line 688:

$ctype = "application/force-download";

Line 764:

header("Content-Type: $ctype; name=\"".basename($dlfilename)."\";");

Cheers!

Many Thanks for this fix Louva-Deus, i was getting error 500 with uploaded files, but with this fix i get all ok.

The mod works ok for me, thanks another time RS_Jelle.

Sorry for my English. Greetings.

[zakonline]

Thanks for this Beauty full Mod... Installed would play around with this tonight

[Welshy2008]

Hello RS,

I have set the "extensions" for my downloads, but when I or members try to upload a file with an allowed extension, we get the:

"The following errors occurred when this file was submitted:
You may only upload or link to the following extensions: ..doc .docx .rft ..txt ..wpd ..wps ..pdf ..wks ..xls ..xlsx"

As you can see, the .pdf extension is on there, to be allowed.

Also, The "Add New File" tab only shows when a user clicks on a sub category and then it is towards the bottom.

On vB3 version it was on the downloads.php page, granted, it was a text link.

I am also lissing the admin links too, IE: Edit, Approve, delete, etc.

Your help would be appreciated.

Thank you.