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

[glennybee]

Hi folks, me again lol...

I was wondering....the upload and download counts on each members profile....where are they stored?

In the database?

If I wanted to adjust a members count manually, how would I do this?

Thanks,
Glen

EDIT:

It's ok, I found the field in the MYSQL database.

[upnorth]

small fix request!
When you go to the "Add file" page and fill out all the fields and hit submit, if you try to upload a file with an extension that is not allowed, the page refreshes with an error stating " You may only upload ..." but it deletes the previous content that you typed into the "description" field?

Is this just happening to me?

[Black Tiger]

@Upnorth: No that's normal behaviour. Why should it keep the contect of the description if you are not allowed to upload it anyway?

[upnorth]

The reason I think this is important is that if a user selects an incorrect file by mistake then they have to retype everything in their description from scratch instead of being giving the opportunity to re select the proper file. From a user perspective is this way more friendly...make sense?

[Black Tiger]

Ofcourse that makes sense and I agree with you. Happened to me too so now I really take care to not make mistakes.

On the other hand, if no mistake was made and the file already was uploaded or something and the user wants to upload another file (so with another description) then the one he had in mind, he has to wipe the description and stuff.
Little work but still....

However I agree with you that this would happen less, and choosing the wrong file like you describe it could happen more often.

That's why I support your suggestion to change it so the description and stuff will not be wiped. If it's possible to make it ofcource.
But RSJelle can tell us, I'm sure of that.

[lifeonmars]

I have checked all of the fixes spoken about here & am still having an issue with the upload limit.

I have the .htaccess setup in the correct folder.

php_value upload_max_filesize 300M
php_value post_max_size 300M

Its showing up on my admin cp that those are correct.

I have made sure all permissions are set correctly.

Any ideas?

any clue?

[upnorth]

Another glitch I came across....at least I think its a glitch

I just tried to upload a file of size 100MB to see if my board to handle it. When I hit the add file button the page sat there for a couple of seconds and then looked like it just refreshed it self as if you were starting over. File wasn't uploaded and there was no error?

Any ideas?

[Black Tiger]

@Lifeonmars: sorry, if you don't get an error notice now, I have no clue and you have to wait for RSJelle to answer to the problem.

@Upnorth: Yep, I had the same problem. Filesize is too big.
Not everytime an error notice is given, at my site also the screen just refreshes without notice.

So you also have to do the .htaccess adjustment or ask the host how high the upload filesize setting is for your site.

[bonjurkes]

I have a weird problem, i am using vb 3.7

when i want to upload a file from download script it says please fill the fields marked with RED, but there is no fields marked with red, i filled every field.

When i want to import via admincp than it says

The following files were successfully imported:
Could not import the following files because the import file could not be read or the export file could not be written to: filename.rar

Download folder has chmod 777 so i don't know what can be the problem

[mikkitine]

I have a problem. I was importing files from another folder to the main downloads folder on my server. I cancelled the import partway when I suddenly remembered to add some extra info to the files I was importing. Then I restarted the importing process and the files were successfully imported. At this point, not one file had been downloaded from my site. Now, when I check the main downloads page, I see that the total number of downloads has gone from 0 to 4294967283.

Can anybody help me to solve this problem?

EDIT: Well, I guess I changed 4294967283 to 1 through PhPMyAdmin and my issue was solved as downloading a second file updated the number of downloads from 1 to 2.