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

[Brathamike]

Ok i finally got a 100mb file uplaoded but uploading the file from admin still gives errors. Also when i did upload a file from the user side the file dosent show up in the admin under downloads.

[Brathamike]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

The category tree was a requested feature once. I also don't use



Hmm, on line 1179 there's a hook location. Which DownloadsII add-ons are you using?



We released version 5.0.5, try upgrading to that version first. Also try the "Update counters" feature, maybe that helps.
Have you set any of the "Number of "xxx" to Display" settings to 0 or made a typo there?



You need to specify a folder to import (multiple) files from. For example /home/zetaf/public_html/forums/uploads/3x3_eyes/ if it exists.
For adding one file, you better use the Add button on the public pages of the downloads section.

can you give step by step instructions on how to select multiple files? This isnt making much sence to me at all

[Saviour]

Update...

Resolved my own issue by re-installing this mod.

[Brathamike]

going to unistall this mod. I have no idea why would this mod be MOD for..Not enough support.

1. No or hardly any support
2. Why would integraate the download in navbar menu? I have no idea how to remove that link. Gave up for looking
3. Too many errors

Great idea though. Going to hire me a coder to make me a download mod

Also dont want your copywrite notice on my forum looks very unprofessional and you wont let people remove this

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Brathamike

can you give step by step instructions on how to select multiple files? This isnt making much sence to me at all

There's a manual on importing files in the second post

Originally Posted by Brathamike

going to unistall this mod. I have no idea why would this mod be MOD for..Not enough support.

1. No or hardly any support
2. Why would integraate the download in navbar menu? I have no idea how to remove that link. Gave up for looking
3. Too many errors

Great idea though. Going to hire me a coder to make me a download mod

Also dont want your copywrite notice on my forum looks very unprofessional and you wont let people remove this

1. I have exams at university next month
2. There's an easy "Show Navbar Button" option in the downloads settings. Nothing difficult about finding it. You can enable/disable all important features there.
3. That's a server configuration problem, not a DownloadsII problem. If you can't upload large files with DownloadsII, you also can't do it with the vB attachment system. Just check your server configuration (there are lots of posts in this thread about the .htaccess thing etc.).
4. There's a copyright because it's our work and we do it for free. vBulletin itself also has a copyright and it's commercial software.
Why can't you remove it? Because DownloadsII is based on ecDownloads (its coder left vB.org and the mod contained security issues) and the ecDownloads license requires this. Because of this v6 will be a full recode.

I will restart working on the code at the end of june. Probably some smaller releases will be coming first and I'm looking forward to vB 4 (which will contain cross content search and the new asset manager).

[Clani]

Originally Posted by Clani

Hi there,

we have a wee problem with our downloads

vb 3.8.2
downloadsII 5.1.0

We can?t move files to another category.
Everytime we try through edit the files are gone.

The following warning is shown:

"Warnung: copy(./downloads/http://) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/downloads.php (Zeile 704)
ERROR: File not found."


Thanks in advance Mandy

Hi there,

are there no solutions to our problem?

Mandy

[deetwelve]

I have a few suggestion, if it's already been suggested I do apologize.

Search: The searching for the downloads section is fine, but it's not that great. When searching for a file, if you have the same name for more than 1 category, it displayed the same name. Maybe you can have it pull the main category instead of the child category. This way people who which file or file(s) these are coming from.

Mirrors: I know people have suggested this and you guys are working on that. Just wanted to add I would also like to see it.

Author: When posting files, if the author isn't signed up on the site prior to you addin the file, they aren't recognized. This is a big issue, cause I will then have to go and search for all the authors files, edit and post so it displays a link to his/her profile. Maybe add an option to run updates or have a cronjob automatically update those at set times.

Author List: I would like to personally see an authors list ie. if I look up a file or file(s) it will bring up all the file(s) made by that specific author.

Again, if any of those have been addrested, I do appologise for not searching. I hope you do consider a few or all of these. Keep up the good work and I look forward to the updates.

[zushiba]

what permissions need to be edited to allow unregistered users to view the downloads area? I want anyone to be able to download but you must be registered to upload a file.

Currently just looking at the downloads.php without logging in says you don't have permission to view this page.

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by zushiba

what permissions need to be edited to allow unregistered users to view the downloads area? I want anyone to be able to download but you must be registered to upload a file.

Currently just looking at the downloads.php without logging in says you don't have permission to view this page.

Just check the usergroup permissions of the Unregistered users group? There's a "Can View Files" permission

[Brathamike]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

There's a manual on importing files in the second post



1. I have exams at university next month
2. There's an easy "Show Navbar Button" option in the downloads settings. Nothing difficult about finding it. You can enable/disable all important features there.
3. That's a server configuration problem, not a DownloadsII problem. If you can't upload large files with DownloadsII, you also can't do it with the vB attachment system. Just check your server configuration (there are lots of posts in this thread about the .htaccess thing etc.).
4. There's a copyright because it's our work and we do it for free. vBulletin itself also has a copyright and it's commercial software.
Why can't you remove it? Because DownloadsII is based on ecDownloads (its coder left vB.org and the mod contained security issues) and the ecDownloads license requires this. Because of this v6 will be a full recode.

I will restart working on the code at the end of june. Probably some smaller releases will be coming first and I'm looking forward to vB 4 (which will contain cross content search and the new asset manager).

Hello yes thats all great. I finally got to upload a 90G file but it took about 20 mins. So no worries there. I did find the link to the navbar. I just cant believe i missed it. Well keep up on your education since that does come first.

What would be nice is

1. See a upload status bar of some kind
2. be able to use a different server instead of downloading from my main server.


Thank you for making your comment

I would like to see thse implemented into the next upgrade