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

[rayw]

Just updated and everything appears to be working as it should.

Thanks a lot for this!

Cheers

[Vi3t4Lov3]

nice update ....thank you ... can you add little more stuff in this mod ...example you can add who downloaded? who viewing? how many viewed this page...
Thank You

[KPalicz]

Would the update affect any changes to templates at all?

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Vi3t4Lov3

nice update ....thank you ... can you add little more stuff in this mod ...example you can add who downloaded? who viewing? how many viewed this page...
Thank You

There's already a detailed downloads log in the AdminCP
Adding that information to the frontend wouldn't be a good thing for privacy imo.

Originally Posted by KPalicz

Would the update affect any changes to templates at all?

No, there aren't any template updates in this new version. If there are any template updates, they won't overwrite your template changes automatically. So you would need to revert them manually and redo your template changes, just like vBulletin template updates.

[unitedbreaks]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

1. Upload indicators using PHP are pretty difficult. It's easier using a Java form and that's one of the many ideas we have for future versions
   You can upload files to a folder on your FTP and use the Import tool in the AdminCP .

I meant using FTP_put()
http://us3.php.net/ftp

The reason for this is because my uploads are timing out considering my shared host has a limit of <= 2MB and users are trying to upload 25-120MB files.

[Black Tiger]

You can't use directories on another server or outside the forums directory at the moment.

Are you sure? The question was:

If I am hosting the actual files to be downloaded on another server can I still use this by linking to those files as though they were hosted locally?

Couldn't it work like this:
1.) He makes a downloads directory on his local server where the forum is, like it should be.
2.) Now via the Add files option, one can upload files, or link to files. If you link to files you need the complete http://siteof.files.com/filenam.zip and the length of the archive.

So If done like this, he should be able to host the files on another server and link to them through downloads II.

Or am I missing something?

[yoyoyoyo]

thanks for the update. In the future I would love to see an option that is a dropdown menu that allows you to either indicate the size in bytes, kilobytes or megabytes instead of bytes - converting mb's to bytes is a drag. Thanks again.

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by unitedbreaks

I meant using FTP_put()
http://us3.php.net/ftp

The reason for this is because my uploads are timing out considering my shared host has a limit of <= 2MB and users are trying to upload 25-120MB files.

PHP has got an upload limit, that's probably the problem. It's a common issue
If you have full server access, you can edit your php.ini (PHP configuration file) and edit the size there manually. If you are on a shared server, you can put a .htaccess file in your forums directory (where you can find downloads.php) with the following content:

php_value upload_max_filesize 25M
php_value post_max_size 25M

Ofcourse you can change the 25MB to what you want. It overrides the php.ini setting.

Originally Posted by Black Tiger

Are you sure? The question was:

Couldn't it work like this:
1.) He makes a downloads directory on his local server where the forum is, like it should be.
2.) Now via the Add files option, one can upload files, or link to files. If you link to files you need the complete http://siteof.files.com/filenam.zip and the length of the archive.

So If done like this, he should be able to host the files on another server and link to them through downloads II.

Or am I missing something?

That's indeed possible, but I think he means something different with:

linking to those files as though they were hosted locally

So I think that's linking to them without revealing the download url (which can't be done with the actual link field)?

Originally Posted by yoyoyoyo

thanks for the update. In the future I would love to see an option that is a dropdown menu that allows you to either indicate the size in bytes, kilobytes or megabytes instead of bytes - converting mb's to bytes is a drag. Thanks again.

An argument against this is the fact that bytes are more accurate. And it's pretty easy to know the exact size of a file in Windows: just right click it and choose for properties. There you can see the size (don't look at the "size at disk", that's not the real one).

[ntloc]

Hi, is it possible to create an extra text field for the upload name say like i got 3 chapters of manga and i'm only allow to upload one at a time and instead of writing the whole name in the name box "one_piece_01", I want to have 2 text fields for
Name: one_piece
Chapter: 01

it will combine those 2 text fields together (seperated by "_" or anything I want) to make it become "one_piece_01"

Also, I've tried the to put in my forums dir .htaccess with:
php_value upload_max_filesize 25M
php_value post_max_size 25M

but it doesn't work, it gave me the error "500" for the whole site, anywhere i go i got that error. If I delete it the problem is gone, any suggestion?

[vrom]

It's strange but users with IE can't downloads any file from DOWNLOADSI
It happened after updating to 5.0.6 version