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

[Stifmeister2]

It's the basic MEMBERINFO template that every vBulletin has by default.

[Jase2]

I'm on step 3 but I don't get it. I've uploaded all files ect.. But there is no downloads directory on my web server, and in the upload folder you have download, and then a document. Please could you explain further to me.

Regards Jason

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Humayun1

Hello i have downloaded and installed this mod and is working perfect. Am also getting a good response by my members because of such a nice tool added to forum. I am having a little problem while integrating google adsense in my software download section. I have selected to show ads after the first post in the thread but when i do a post (post the description and link of software) in the download section then no ads are displayed there after my post.

Can you please tell me how can i display ads after every first post in the download mod.

Thanks

DownloadsII comments hasn't got anything to do with forum posts and the DownloadsII code isn't listening to such a first post setting from another mod we don't know

DownloadsII is fully templated, so you can add Google AdSense code pretty easily. The comment bit template is downloads_file_comment. At the end of the template code of downloads_file_comment, you can add for example:

<if condition="$comment['id'] == 1">
Your AdSense code here
</if>

so it will display your AdSense code after the first comment.

Originally Posted by RedBird

Thank you bro working 100% With vb 3.6.5

Nice to hear, but I suggest you to upgrade to vB 3.6.8 PL2 for security reasons

Originally Posted by Jase2

I'm on step 3 but I don't get it. I've uploaded all files ect.. But there is no downloads directory on my web server, and in the upload folder you have download, and then a document. Please could you explain further to me.

Regards Jason

In the first step you uploaded the content of the upload folder (not the folder itself) to your vBulletin forums directory.

So downloads.php is uploaded to the same folder where you can find index.php, forumdisplay.php, showthread.php and the other vBulletin root files. The upload folder also contais a downloads folder (with an index.html in it), so after uploading all the content the downloads folder is standing next to for example the vBulletin includes folder on your FTP.

Step 3: You just give that downloads folder a chmod to 777 permissions (right click on it in your FTP program, choose for chmod, "file permissions", "file properties", or something like that and give the folder the 777 permissions).

[Jase2]

I've done it all, but I'm getting a white page when I type the url with downloads on the end.

Regards Jason

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Jase2

I've done it all, but I'm getting a white page when I type the url with downloads on the end.

Regards Jason

You can't access the downloads folder, you need to access downloads.php in your browser

Like for example http://www.yoursite.com/forums/downloads.php (if you have vBulletin installed in a directory called forums)

Btw: click install to receive future update notifications.

[Snookieboy]

I just installed a fresh copy on a vb 3.6.8 forum and have a couple of questions.

When I go to download.php it shows at the bottom:
Downloads: 4294967295

Which is a bit impossible for a freshly installed mod.

Secondly, when important a file from a link it needs to know the size in bytes, whats the reason for this? Does it go and fetch the file and add it so it needs the size, or does it just link it, and the size is for user reference on the board?

Many thanks for a great mod

[Jase2]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

Like for example http://www.yoursite.com/forums/downloads.php (if you have vBulletin installed in a directory called forums)

Iv done that but im getting the 500 Internal Server error.

The file is there FACT.

So i dont know why its not coming up with anything.
http://www.thecomputerforumz.com/vbtest/downloads.php

[ZatroX]

RS_Jelle

thank you for responsce, i went into ftp replaces file and when i tried uploading new product selecting overight i got this error message

---------

A conflict was detected in the bitfields. You cannot continue with the installation of this product until this has been fixed. The conflicts found were:

* Bitfield Collision: prefixrequired = credits_cantearn
-----------------------

was wondering hwo i could fix this...

[Forum Lover]

is it working with 3.7 beta 3?

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Snookieboy

I just installed a fresh copy on a vb 3.6.8 forum and have a couple of questions.

When I go to download.php it shows at the bottom:
Downloads: 4294967295

Which is a bit impossible for a freshly installed mod.

Secondly, when important a file from a link it needs to know the size in bytes, whats the reason for this? Does it go and fetch the file and add it so it needs the size, or does it just link it, and the size is for user reference on the board?

Many thanks for a great mod

1. That's pretty strange, never heard of such a bug before
   Go to the dl_main table using phpMyAdmin and set the downloads field to 0
   or run this query:
   [SQL]UPDATE dl_main SET `downloads`= 0[/SQL]
   
2. You can leave the size field empty if you want. It's only for user reference (DownloadsII will display "file size: unknown" if it's empty).
   If you upload files, it's filled in for you automatically of course.

Originally Posted by Jase2

Iv done that but im getting the 500 Internal Server error.

The file is there FACT.

So i dont know why its not coming up with anything.
http://www.thecomputerforumz.com/vbtest/downloads.php

That's a problem with your server, not a DownloadsII problem.
Try reuploading and overwriting all the php, xml, ... files of DownloadsII on your FTP. Also reimport the XML (with the overwrite option on).

Originally Posted by ZatroX

RS_Jelle

thank you for responsce, i went into ftp replaces file and when i tried uploading new product selecting overight i got this error message

---------


A conflict was detected in the bitfields. You cannot continue with the installation of this product until this has been fixed. The conflicts found were:

* Bitfield Collision: prefixrequired = credits_cantearn
-----------------------

was wondering hwo i could fix this...

There are some other people having this problem also (link, link 2, ...). This is a problem with your credits addon, not with DownloadsII. You need to uninstall the credits addon and remove all files of it from your FTP.

Originally Posted by Forum Lover

is it working with 3.7 beta 3?

Yes, except for the optional memberinfo template edits as the 3.7 member page has been revamped completely