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

[ArchangelX]

Originally Posted by pzet

I have the same issue with the security token.
Could not find any answer to that, anyone knows a solution?
Thanks

Same here...dangit. I've been working on this problem for like two days now. I thought it was solved but I can't post anything over 10MBs in size! I've added security tokens to every input in the addit template, configured my PHP .ini properly...gah!

Any help?

[WhatChaMissin]

Originally Posted by ArchangelX

I'm getting that upload failed error, and I'm just trying to upload a 7MB file. I've had the Server Admins at LiquidWeb check the PHP ini, and I've even checked it in the PHP Configuration screen and it's set at 250MB for both max size and the other option indicated that needed to be set.

I'm still receiving an upload error...I've tried zip, rar...tgz, everything fails beyond a certain size. Any suggestions?

EDIT: This was an error with my php.ini file...uploads are fixed! Thanks! Great product!

what was the error?

[ArchangelX]

I had an HTAccess file that was corrupt...but I'm still having the upload error past 10MBs now. This is really frustrating.

[Come2Daddy]

Looks very intresting

[JulienT]

Hi,

I'm trying to use that mod to provide a personal storage area for each members, managed by their moderators. That way, I can use it as corporate internal tool to store e.g. salary slip for each employees.

To do that, I have been thinking of the following.
- John is a member of group blue, with moderator Jack
- Pam is a member of group red, with moderator Sam

John pay slip will be located in <path to download folder>/blue/salary/john/
Pam pay slip will be located in <path to download folder>/red/salary/pam/
blue and red are actually the group name
salary is a category name
john and pam are username

Do you think this is feasible and which files should i look at modifying to do such a thing (dynamically generate the path)?

Thanks

[Davey-UK]

This is one BIG thread to read through.

Is there a way to show the main page, ie with the downloads categories showing to all usergroups, but when a category is clicked on, the permissions come into play, and the user cannot see the files list in that category.

I dont want to exclude people from seeing the categories, but i dont want them to see files in the categories, until i place them in a new usergroup.

Thanks in advanced.

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by JulienT

Hi,

I'm trying to use that mod to provide a personal storage area for each members, managed by their moderators. That way, I can use it as corporate internal tool to store e.g. salary slip for each employees.

To do that, I have been thinking of the following.
- John is a member of group blue, with moderator Jack
- Pam is a member of group red, with moderator Sam

John pay slip will be located in <path to download folder>/blue/salary/john/
Pam pay slip will be located in <path to download folder>/red/salary/pam/
blue and red are actually the group name
salary is a category name
john and pam are username

Do you think this is feasible and which files should i look at modifying to do such a thing (dynamically generate the path)?

Thanks

All files probably, mostly downloads.php, but this isn't how DownloadsII is designed. It's a downloads manager, not a salary tool.

Originally Posted by Davey-UK

This is one BIG thread to read through.

Is there a way to show the main page, ie with the downloads categories showing to all usergroups, but when a category is clicked on, the permissions come into play, and the user cannot see the files list in that category.

I dont want to exclude people from seeing the categories, but i dont want them to see files in the categories, until i place them in a new usergroup.

Thanks in advanced.

Open downloads.php

Find

PHP Code:

$result = $db->query_read("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_cats WHERE ".$catexclude." parent = '0' ORDER BY ".$dl->order); 


Replace with

PHP Code:

$result = $db->query_read("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_cats WHERE parent = '0' ORDER BY ".$dl->order); 


Open includes/class_downloads.php

Find

PHP Code:

$result = $db->query_read("SELECT `name`,`id` FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_cats WHERE ".$catexclude." `parent`=".$db->sql_prepare($id)." ORDER BY ".$this->order); 


Replace with

PHP Code:

$result = $db->query_read("SELECT `name`,`id` FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_cats WHERE `parent`=".$db->sql_prepare($id)." ORDER BY ".$this->order); 


[Davey-UK]

Thanks for the reply above, but that fix doesn't seem to work.

Maybe i need to explain a little better.

Everyone can see the downloads area homepage. Ie, category name with the cataegory icon beside it, although i still need to be able to hide a category in the homepage unless they are a subscriber in a new usergroup, as this allows now.

When unregistered, or regular members then click on the categories, they cannot see even the list of files. They then get the access error message.

Basically i need them to see the categories before getting the access error, and not before they see the category list.

Thankyou, and sorry for not explaining myself.

[pzet]

Have installed the mod a while ago, it has been working perfectly for about 3 weeks with almost 800 downloads.

Since yesterday - all of a sudden - members started to report broken links to all files listed for download.
The error message: "ERROR: File not found."

Have checked the download directory, the files are physically on the server.

Re-uploading files is not the remedy - still the same error message.
Re-installed mod with overwrite - still the same error message.

Has anybody else experienced the same problem?
Any solutions?

Thanks

[nuncfluens]

hi, can you please tell me where the value for $download is stored in the downloads_cat_filebit template?

thanks!