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

[schnucki]

Hi all
I have 3.8.5 on my board and everything is installed correctly.
When I click on downloads in the navbar to the above message appears on the homepage

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in / webspace/11/XXXXX/XXXXXX/downloads.php on line 144
line 144 $parser = & new vB_BbCodeParser($vbulletin, fetch_tag_list());


Does anyone have an idea for it?

[trotskid]

Originally Posted by SSG.D

For some reason when I want to add a image to the upload it becomes stretched : The image I add is originally 50x50 . But after upload the image gets re-sized some how to 50x100

Any Idea's ? If I missed a post about this I'm sorry

Same issue. Is there a fix for this?

[mp3u]

I'm a bit clueless about all of this so please bear with me. i followed the install instructions but now I'm stuck... I created a new forum for downloads which will mostly be download links to various other sites. I tweaked the permission to allow Administrators to upload and create new downloads etc but there is nothing anywhere I can see that allows this. I tried changing the address to the download forum to forum.mysite.com/downloads but that just leads you to a blank page.

Can anyone explain as if they were dealing with a 2 year old, exactly how to get this mod working. I just want a new forum on my site that will be used as a download area, I won't be uploading anything to my servers - the downloads will be streaming for other sites.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[cowcowcow]

Sorry im confused, abit of a noob question because i see some of this Mods addons in the 3.6 fourm, and the add-ons require this main product installed.

Its stated this mod works with any version of vBulletin 3.7.x and 3.8.x,

But will it work with older verions like 3.6.x?

Thank you!

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by cowcowcow

Sorry im confused, abit of a noob question because i see some of this Mods addons in the 3.6 fourm, and the add-ons require this main product installed.

Its stated this mod works with any version of vBulletin 3.7.x and 3.8.x,

But will it work with older verions like 3.6.x?

Thank you!

Maybe it does, but it's not supported. There's integration with the vB 3.7+ new profile layout with tabs etc. I don't know how that vB 3.7+ code will behave on a 3.6 installation, but I would suggest you to upgrade your site to vB 3.8.
vBulletin 3.6 and 3.7 are end of life and don't receive any more security updates.

[Sadikb]

Hi Folks and RS_Jelle

This is indeed one of the best MODS for VB. I just needed to put a small check, that is users should have uploaded at least one file before they can download. So I wrote a small (two liner) plugin, here's how to do it.

1. Go to Plugins & Products->Add New Plugin
2. Choose Products DownloadsII
3. Hook Location dl2_pre_download(DownloadsII)
4. Title DownloadsII: Upload before download
5. Code:
   
   PHP Code:

   if ($vbulletin->userinfo['dl2_uploads'] < 1)
print_no_permission(); 

6. Plugin is Active Yes
7. Save

And make sure you put up a notice or something for users to know that they can't download before uploading!

I could have put this up as a MOD but this was so damn simple that just putting it here.

Thanks again RS_JELLE

P.S you could do the same for posts instead of uploads by using this code instead

PHP Code:

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['posts'] < 1)
print_no_permission(); 


[Xexiu]

Hello RS_Jelle,

I have been using your mod for some time and works perfectly.
I have one question, cause I can't figure it out myself.

When someone reaches the downloads limit, a message appears saying:

"You had reached your daily downloads limit...etc."

And then he/she gets redirected to the file that he was downloading. I wonder if I can somehow modify the redirect thing, so members can be redirected to a specified forum or a specified link, and how to do it, cause I really don't know where to look for?

I tried to change some things in the downloads.php and failed. If you can tell me what to do to redirect users on other link, I would be much appreciated!

Thank you.

Sergiu

[diendo]

HI! Look at this picture

When press Alt + click on download button IDM will down file so i want to block it...
Can U help me to block Internet download manager form download?
Another problem is Downloads + 1 (count number of download increase 1) althought people press cancel... Can U fix it?
sorry my poor english!

[dexodisc]

Is there something like this for vBulletin 4?

[Welshy2008]

Originally Posted by dexodisc

Is there something like this for vBulletin 4?

Yes, Here.