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

[maidos]

i tried the beta, even tried the beta jelle never mentioned to me before lol
i just simply edit the download link beta 2 to beta3 and it actually worked

Anyway theres new features,search feature and relevance is much better and improved, more accurate. You can now upload images on each files.
you can also report files

any many more

[skokarl]

do you know something about a new release date ?

excuse my bad english, .... and thanks for the coder for the great addon

[Manhand]

I decided to move my 'Downloads' directory outside of the website. All the downloads/uploads work perfectly.

But when i try to add images to the uploaded files, the links are broken. For some reason the image urls are including my absolute path like:

http://www.domain.com/home/usr/blah/.../image3434.gif

Anyone found a fix for this?

[gothicuser]

Have a small problem. I have created a new download, but linked to a file held externally in a secure area. Consequently the URL begins with an 'https://' Well, for some reason this is misinterpreted by your mod, and modified to 'http://https:// which of course breaks the link.
Any ideas on how to fix this please?

[Powlo]

Heres one for you guys, i'm trying to replace certain characters from the 'file title' with spaces. It was quite a simple procedure for the forum but the code i used will not work with this mod as it doesnt appear to use functions_newpost. Ive been battling with the downloads.php without any success. Here is the code i thought would work (yeah i know there is an easier way to right that but i forgot how to do it)...

PHP Code:

$post['dname'] = str_replace('.', ' ', $post['dname']);
$post['dname'] = str_replace('-', ' ', $post['dname']);
$post['dname'] = str_replace('_', ' ', $post['dname']); 


.. so where or how should it be placed?

In a nut shell this is what im wanting...

User posts this title 'Remove.unwanted-chars_from.title'

Code should return 'Remove unwanted chars from title'

Any help would be hugely appreciated.

[mixhard]

Sorting categorys... how do i sort them, i do not want them alphabetical, and i tried to figure out the "weight" system, and cant get the categories to appear in any other order the alphabetical. Any help would be awesome.

[skokarl]

I think there is no more support here ....
I have problems with the security token ... but no man here ....
I change to another Addon

[desmomax]

I have the same problem:

Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error.

can someone help me?

[Black Tiger]

People having problems with the security token should have a look if they have version 5.08 installed.
If yes, try to reinstall. Reupload all the php files and take care your ftp client uploads them in ascii mode. Then reinstall the product xml file and remember to set overwrite to "yes".

The 5.08 version IS updated with the 3.7.x security fix.
So if you get the security toke notice, something went wrong while installing or updating.

[desmomax]

many thanx, it works..