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.

[Gargi]

Originally Posted by LuckyNeo

Thank you for update 6.0.2! This is good news! Your hands made from gold! Your exellent coder! Thanks a lot!!!

Yea that's right! Updated perfectly. Thanks for the new version!

cu
Gargi

[beatthecasino]

Don't you have these directions exactly backwards? It works the opposite way in reality.

Exclude Categories: When set to "Yes", only the categories listed below can be viewed by this group. When set to "No", all categories can be viewed except the ones listed below.
Yes No
To permit this usergroup to view all categories, leave this entry BLANK. Otherwise, enter the categories to include or exclude (depending on the setting above) separated by commas. For example: 1,2,4,6

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by freexav

hi there, this is an awesome mod and it works great!
i was wondering if it would be possible to include a download section for each social group that gets created. Then, the social group can decide or not to allow external members to have access to some of their files.
Best

Xavier

I'm not planning such a feature at the moment.

Originally Posted by Welshy2008

Sorry if this has been covered already; but, in the 3.8.x version, it was asked if it was possible to actually add more than one file for download in the same download area? Currently it is one.

I mean, for example:


I have three parts that I want to place altogether, as oppsed to three seperate download areas.


Thanks for the Porting of a fantastic Mod. I will be making a further donation soon.


Best Wishes,
Welshy2008.

That's on my todo list

Originally Posted by kho91

i don't understand, there is no way to rewrite the url?

sorry

It's only rewriting the member urls (uploader link). The changelog is more clear: "Member URL's are now using vB4's Friendly SEO URLs (not yet for the author field)".

Originally Posted by cy1138

Great Mod!!
Is it possible to add an icon/image before the filename?

You can add images to a file and the category view can display thumbs of them?

Originally Posted by Veer

Thank you for the update.

Please also include 2 forum blocks "Most popular files" and "Last 5 files added".

That's high on my todo list together with some widgets.

Originally Posted by smstoolbox

Is there any way of not displaying any files in the first level of categories?

As in:

Main Cat - Sub Cat - Files

At the moment, it goes:

Main Cat - Sub Cat & Files - Files

Not at this moment (except when you edit the templates, in fact not that difficult for this). But I'm adding this to my todo list as this isn't the first time that it's requested.

Originally Posted by Veer

Please describe "support for vB4's friendly SEO URLs" there is only a Member URL.

It's only rewriting the member urls (uploader link). The changelog is more clear: "Member URL's are now using vB4's Friendly SEO URLs (not yet for the author field)".

Originally Posted by beatthecasino

Don't you have these directions exactly backwards? It works the opposite way in reality.

Exclude Categories: When set to "Yes", only the categories listed below can be viewed by this group. When set to "No", all categories can be viewed except the ones listed below.
Yes No
To permit this usergroup to view all categories, leave this entry BLANK. Otherwise, enter the categories to include or exclude (depending on the setting above) separated by commas. For example: 1,2,4,6

Good catch
Yes and No are doing the same thing, so only No really works. I'm putting it on the todo list, should be fixed in the next release.

[RockstarNetwork]

Great mod you have made here! We are really enjoying it so far! I just have one question, when I try to add an image to the file so it can give a preview of the file, it goes to a white screen. It fails to upload an image!

PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagecreatefrompng() in /var/www/rockstarnetwork/data/www/rockstarnetwork.net/downloads.php on line 879

Plus we get this weird stat:
We have 2 files in 4,294,967,250 categories.

Any help would be great! Thanks in advance!

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by RockstarNetwork

Great mod you have made here! We are really enjoying it so far! I just have one question, when I try to add an image to the file so it can give a preview of the file, it goes to a white screen. It fails to upload an image!

PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagecreatefrompng() in /var/www/rockstarnetwork/data/www/rockstarnetwork.net/downloads.php on line 879

Plus we get this weird stat:
We have 2 files in 4,294,967,250 categories.

Any help would be great! Thanks in advance!

1. That function is part of the GD library. Have you got it installed? Have a search for "gd" in your PHP info in the Maintenance AdminCP part.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.im...atefrompng.php

2. This should fix the corruption: downloads.php -> Manage Files -> Update Counters

[RockstarNetwork]

Thank you for your update RJ_Jelle! Keep up the great work, we can't wait for more from you!

[Jibberish]

Not sure if its just me but the "Turn off the downloads section for maintenance. There is a usergroup setting to override this option." Needs to be set to yes to activate the downloads section. setting it to no turns the section off. It appears as if the control is backwards on it. Obviously not a big issue, but is odd. Otherwise great mod. Installed

[abdulbasitsaeed]

Thank you for the update, RS_Jelle.

[albrens]

Good works

Thanks!

[Robbed]

Your readme mentions not to unistall create a new thread addon. Will this addon still work after the upgrade?

Any plans to include it as part of this addon.