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

[cellow]

I try since 2 days & nights to put in the downloads.php + DownloadsII templates, the "$file[name]" and "$cat_value" into the download and category URLs.
But without success

It's hard to find the places which i have to change....

I will do this for better seo! I want to rewrite the urls with filename + catergoryname!
A lot of DownloadsII user are waiting for this in vBSEO forum, i hope CyberRanger, you can help us; which part of DownloadsII code we have to change...

thx

[bandare]

has anyone thought of making a vbadvanced module so the latest uploads and most popular could be listed in the homepage?

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by MotMann

@ RS
My litle problem exist. Look here ;

I fixed it and tested it, have a look at the attachment (I missed some = characters in the new line code)
Also note that you have to add +1 to the $countnumber you choose. If you want 3, then you set it to 4

Originally Posted by Dave Hybrid

Any chance of a copyright free version?

I don't know, but we are working freely on it and there's no donation system or anything like that
So ... the copyright is the only bit of attribution. In v6 the "Based on ecDownloads 4.1 ? Ronin" will disappear also (full recode, so no old Ron1n code any more), so it will become a bit smaller

Originally Posted by basketmen

Question


I want to change Bytes to KB in the right side File name


where file or phrase i need to edit ?


thanks guys

This changes automatically with the vBulletin file size calculation function. If it's a small file, it uses bytes, if it's a bigger, it displays the size in kilobytes, if it's "very" big, it uses megabytes, ...

Originally Posted by luket79

Actually, after looking into this, it looks like the promotion system doesnt move the user into the new usergroup. It changed the title for the user to the new group name but it didn't push the user in the new group to be able to see the new downloads. I made a user with 24 posts, then I made a post so it would be 25. The group named changed but the user was still unavailable to see the addidtional download. I even did a manual reload of user titles. Maybe I have something setup wrong in my promo system?

So, that's not really a DownloadsII problem, but a problem with the vBulletin promotion system
Are you using the usergroups promotion system, as you are talking about usertitles, which is a different thing (and has nothing to do with the usergroups)?

Originally Posted by rowlandc

Has the template edit of the navbar changed in the new patch?

I've gone to the navbar section and looked around and can't find the:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>

Indeed, this seems to be slightly changed to:

PHP Code:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td> 


[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by DementedMindz

ok no problem just figured it may get more pages in search engines cause its not all dupe content that way

That's why we added already the custom titles
I'm also looking a bit at the SEO of my sites, but I don't think the description meta tag is a duplicate content problem (as the page content is different, that's the real point). But I also already thought about a custom description for categories and files. This shouldn't be a big problem to add like Brent said.

Originally Posted by hornstar1337

hey just dropping in to see how the progress is coming for the next release. any estimate on the percentage completed so far? looking forward to this next release so much ^^

No ETA
It's really difficult and for me, my exams are starting next week (two weeks of fun, afterwards a sea of time to code)

Originally Posted by cellow

I try since 2 days & nights to put in the downloads.php + DownloadsII templates, the "$file[name]" and "$cat_value" into the download and category URLs.
But without success

It's hard to find the places which i have to change....

I will do this for better seo! I want to rewrite the urls with filename + catergoryname!
A lot of DownloadsII user are waiting for this in vBSEO forum, i hope CyberRanger, you can help us; which part of DownloadsII code we have to change...

thx

It's a bit difficult as you have to pay for vBSEO, so we can't test anything (and we don't know its code at all to integrate stuff). But the variables you mention should work fine ... I also don't think you have to change anything inside of downloads.php, you have to add this to the vBSEO rewrite rules.

Originally Posted by bandare

has anyone thought of making a vbadvanced module so the latest uploads and most popular could be listed in the homepage?

There's already one (have a look at the add-ons listed in the first post): https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=110122

[Hornstar]

your post above on the vbseo side of things, i would like to extend on this.

there is a few things that need to be modified for better seo for downloadsII while using vbseo

1. edit downloads.php
2. edit a couple/few threads
3. vbseo re write rules.

Now over at vbseo there is a thread which i pointed out in my 2nd last post in this thread, that includes the vbseo re write rules. and includes details (not the best nor easiest) was at doing 1 and 2.

I am fairly sure you can modify downloadsII so it will still function the same way for normal users, but will also be albe to detect if vbseo is running, and use more vbseo friendly urls.

see this thread on how to modify hacks/mods to be better for vbseo, which is a huge benefit for many users.

http://www.vbseo.com/f2/vbseo-functi...sibility-1662/
and
http://www.vbseo.com/f23/downloads-i...39/index5.html

hope you consider this. Thanks.

[coolgus]

don't know if this has been answered before but is there any way we can have update at the latest files after editing a file ? I've seen that there is a date table but I don't know if this can be used for this case.

If not, will the new version supoort something like this or do I have to make new entry everytime there is a new version of a program and I want to inform the users ?

Thanks in advance and for this wonderful mod

[rowlandc]

Hi I got two questions:

If I use the import function the 'latest files' info doesn't change? If I download one it does go into the 'most popular' info box but the latest file doesn't update itself with the import function.

Is there a way to get it to update the latest files box?

2nd question:

Is there a way with the code that the downloaded files could be more Download Manager friendly :P If I try and use mine it downloads a downloads.php file.


Still the 2nd problem isn't that bad and I do belive you have one of the best download mods

Thanks
Clem

[RS_Jelle]

@hornstar1337: thanks for the info, we will look into this

Originally Posted by coolgus

don't know if this has been answered before but is there any way we can have update at the latest files after editing a file ? I've seen that there is a date table but I don't know if this can be used for this case.

If not, will the new version supoort something like this or do I have to make new entry everytime there is a new version of a program and I want to inform the users ?

Thanks in advance and for this wonderful mod

The date field is for the date the file was added. At the moment there's no last edit date, but this is already added to the v6 database scheme.

Originally Posted by rowlandc

Hi I got two questions:

If I use the import function the 'latest files' info doesn't change? If I download one it does go into the 'most popular' info box but the latest file doesn't update itself with the import function.

Is there a way to get it to update the latest files box?

2nd question:

Is there a way with the code that the downloaded files could be more Download Manager friendly :P If I try and use mine it downloads a downloads.php file.


Still the 2nd problem isn't that bad and I do belive you have one of the best download mods

Thanks
Clem

1. You can update all stats boxes manually using the "Update Counters" navigation link.
2. This problem was already mentioned in the past. We could look into the vBulletin attachments code as I thought download manager support was added there.

[rowlandc]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

@hornstar1337:
1. You can update all stats boxes manually using the "Update Counters" navigation link.

I went to Update Counters but I can't find anything concerning updates of states. Is there another name for it?

Sorry for being a pain :erm:

[MotMann]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

I fixed it and tested it, have a look at the attachment (I missed some = characters in the new line code)
Also note that you have to add +1 to the $countnumber you choose. If you want 3, then you set it to 4

Okey.. thats work. But, there now Number left from the screen... After 6 comes 2. The Number are not interest. You can delete them

Attachment 65098

AND.. the Thumbs can be a little bit larger.

Thanks for nice support....