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

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by yahoooh

i installed v 5.0.6

there is an additional query per file show in category


if i choose to show 20 files
it add 20 query

if i choose to show 25 files it will add 25 query and so on !

any help ?

There is no additional query per file shown in a category. I don't know where you have that information from

There are only additional queries for generating the category tree (if you are having a lot of sub-categories), but that's only an amount. It doesn't say a thing about the weight of them and those are very light as it's a pretty small table to search in.

Originally Posted by REVHEAD

Can this mod have set forum permissions for usergroups?

I am seriously thinking about installing this.

At the moment there are raw category permissions per usergroup: you can list the categories which should be blocked or which should be accessible for a usergroup.

[REVHEAD]

Hi

I just installed the mod ,I havnt created a button yet,but when I go to http://mysite.com/forums/downloads ,I just get a blank page,is this normal?
I have set permissions to 777 I have created some cats and user permisssions ,but I dont see a page for it .

thanks in advance.

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by REVHEAD

Hi

I just installed the mod ,I havnt created a button yet,but when I go to http://mysite.com/forums/downloads ,I just get a blank page,is this normal?
I have set permissions to 777 I have created some cats and user permisssions ,but I dont see a page for it .

thanks in advance.

The http://www.mysite.com/forums/downloads/ folder stores your downloads. The downloads section can be found at http://www.mysite.com/forums/downloads.php

[REVHEAD]

That worked thanks.

Now I will make a download button thanks.

[REVHEAD]

Ok I have a slight hiccup.

I get error uploading a small 2 meg file ,I made a .htaccess file as suggested ,but still got the problem ,when I re-checked the .htccass the server added some text ,this is what it changed it to

PHP Code:

# File modified on Sat Jan 19 07:35:37 2008 by server
# For security reasons, mod_php is not used on this server. Use a php.ini file for php directives
# php_value upload_max_filesize 30M
# For security reasons, mod_php is not used on this server. Use a php.ini file for php directives
# php_value post_max_size 30M 


[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by REVHEAD

Ok I have a slight hiccup.

I get error uploading a small 2 meg file ,I made a .htaccess file as suggested ,but still got the problem ,when I re-checked the .htccass the server added some text ,this is what it changed it to

PHP Code:

# File modified on Sat Jan 19 07:35:37 2008 by server
# For security reasons, mod_php is not used on this server. Use a php.ini file for php directives
# php_value upload_max_filesize 30M
# For security reasons, mod_php is not used on this server. Use a php.ini file for php directives
# php_value post_max_size 30M 


Find the php.ini on your (virtual) server and add this code to it:

upload_max_filesize 30M
post_max_size 30M

I don't know the exact location of your php.ini (maybe you even need to create it yourself) as this depends from your host. So search their FAQ for it or ask it

[REVHEAD]

all fixed thanks RS Jelle, for this mod your giving top notch support,its appreciated.

Just one last thing, when I came acrosss optimizing details for my php.ini file I came across this info

If you expect to handle a large number of concurrent file transfers on your website consider using a perl or java server side component. PHP happens to be our favourite web programming language as well but perl is just slightly ahead when it comes to file handling.
Most installations of perl as an apache module can accept upto 32 megabytes out of the box. Compare this against the 2MB default for PHP. The downside is that perl coding takes just a bit more effort than PHP but it's worth it.

Is this at all possible for me to do Or do I stick with php because of VB, forgive me I know very little about website coding and stuff .

[REVHEAD]

I am allso having a ever so small problem with the Download button disstorting due to my skin , Would any one be able to edit the button for me to remove the tranceparent border for me ,because I think that is what is playing up on me.

If not then thats ok ,I can live with it.

[yahoooh]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

There is no additional query per file shown in a category. I don't know where you have that information from

There are only additional queries for generating the category tree (if you are having a lot of sub-categories), but that's only an amount. It doesn't say a thing about the weight of them and those are very light as it's a pretty small table to search in.



At the moment there are raw category permissions per usergroup: you can list the categories which should be blocked or which should be accessible for a usergroup.

i tested it
in vb 3.6.8 pl2

php:5
mysql:4.1
with xcache
and vbseo
it give me additional query per file

i disabled vbseo and vbseo plugin for download II

also it gives additional query per file

could u check plz

[aacircle]

Does this mod allow you to charge members for access to downloads?

Thank you.