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.

[Lotos]

Next problems make this mod not suitable for large site libraries:
1) Can anyone solve at last (years are past) the problem of 27 symbol limitation in the file names in this mod?
2) There is only one directory to upload files to.
3) Different view in different browsers
4) There is no possibility to change the view-position of each file (mean in order I like, don't maen auto-sorting).

[jobbe]

Will you port this mod to vbulletin 5?

[Lotos]

Originally Posted by jobbe

Will you port this mod to vbulletin 5?

I think it's not gonna happen. The author makes mods for vb3 and doesn't want to modefy this mod for vb4...

[KorvinGump]

Originally Posted by fwulfers

You'll have to add a new tab and links in the Navigation Manager. These are not automatically added when installing the mod.

Tab:
Downloads
Target URL - downloads.php
Tab Script(s) is downloads2

Links:
Main - downloads.php
Search - downloads.php?do=search
Add - downloads.php?do=add
Manage - downloads.php?do=manfiles

I still can't access page /downloads.php
I am getting the next message:
to you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

[Hippy]

Did you set user permissions?

[Lotos]

Originally Posted by Lotos

Next problems make this mod not suitable for large site libraries:
1) Can anyone solve at last (years are past) the problem of 27 symbol limitation in the file names in this mod?

I solved this problem with length of a line (made it 200):

$db->query_write("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ". TABLE_PREFIX ."dl2_files (
	id int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
	title varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',

but I couldn't find a place to change the length of categories name.
Tried here

$db->query_write("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ". TABLE_PREFIX ."dl2_categories (
	id int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
	name varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',

but didn't work

[Lotos]

Works by manually editing MySQL-base? not the xml file

[squidsk]

Originally Posted by Lotos

Works by manually editing MySQL-base? not the xml file

Changing the xml file only works if you haven't installed the product yet. Once you've installed the product the only way to make changes to the tables is to edit the database manually or write a php script to do it.

[gwerzal]

Is there any way to make this so only certain usergroups can download files. This is an awesome mod but this is also something i need. Anybody know if this can be done?

[sadiq6210]

Originally Posted by gwerzal

Is there any way to make this so only certain usergroups can download files. This is an awesome mod but this is also something i need. Anybody know if this can be done?

Go to group permissions
http://www.website.com/forum/admincp....php?do=modify

Enter any group and you will find many options for (DownloadII)

DownloadsII Permissions
Can Access The Downloads Section
Can View Files
Can Download Files
Can Rate Files
Can Search Files
Can Report Files
Can Comment on Files
Can Edit Own Comments
Can Edit All Comments
Can Delete Own Comments
Can Delete All Comments
Can Upload Images To Own Files
Can Upload Images To All Files
Can Delete Own Images
Can Delete All Images
Can Link to Files
Can Upload Files
Can Avoid Moderation Queue
Can Manage Moderation Queue
Can Edit Own Files
Can Edit All Files
Can Delete Own Files
Can Delete All Files
Can View Disabled Download Section