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

[Neo_Angelo]

hmmm, i can't see anything wrong with that, well for now what i'd do is replace the

$show['usergroup']5,2,7,6,11,9

with:

$show['member']

this will only allow members to see it, since i'm not too brilliant with coding i may have used an incorrect code....someone might correct me if i'm wrong but i'm sure thats how i did it.

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by Neo_Angelo

hmmm, i can't see anything wrong with that, well for now what i'd do is replace the

$show['usergroup']5,2,7,6,11,9

with:

$show['member']

this will only allow members to see it, since i'm not too brilliant with coding i may have used an incorrect code....someone might correct me if i'm wrong but i'm sure thats how i did it.

To show information only to specific usergroup(s), the IF Conditional is...

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, X, Y, Z)">

Where X, Y and Z are your usergroup IDs.

[tlwwolfseye]

Thanks Jedi, that worked. I could hide this way certain links from the Navbar. What is weird is that I couldn?t find any link related to the Downloads in the Navbar template. I really searched for all things that had to do with downloads, nothing in there. But the link is in the Navbar and it can?t come from nowhere. How can that be.

Same with other Mods in the Navbar, like the IRC Chat or the HelpCenter. I Just don?t find a link of that in the Navbar template, how can that be ?

[glennybee]

Originally Posted by echo2kk5

I'm running VB 3.7.4 PL1 and have successfully upgraded to the 5.1.0 version from 5.0.8 without a hitch....I just over-wrote all files and imported the product allowing overwrite, didn't lose anything.

Thank you for confirming.

[Neo_Angelo]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

To show information only to specific usergroup(s), the IF Conditional is...

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, X, Y, Z)">

Where X, Y and Z are your usergroup IDs.

thank you for the correction i kinda forgot which phrase to call, i naterally assumed it would be usergroup not a member of ha ha.

Thanks Jedi, that worked. I could hide this way certain links from the Navbar. What is weird is that I couldn?t find any link related to the Downloads in the Navbar template. I really searched for all things that had to do with downloads, nothing in there. But the link is in the Navbar and it can?t come from nowhere. How can that be.

Same with other Mods in the Navbar, like the IRC Chat or the HelpCenter. I Just don?t find a link of that in the Navbar template, how can that be ?

if i remember rightly this doesn't appear in your navbar template, instead its apart of a phrase....now...my memory is a bit hazey but i think the phrase you should look for is something like:

ec_downloads link, just type in ec_download and search phrases, you'll find what your looking for, replace the phrase with your edited link you made.

[smamf]

When I try uploading or downloading from downloadsII with files over 1GB in size I get this error, could you shed some light for me?

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, ******** and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

This only happens with DownloadsII 1GB+ files
I can manually download these files with no problems

help

/smamf

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by smamf

When I try uploading or downloading from downloadsII with files over 1GB in size I get this error, could you shed some light for me?



This only happens with DownloadsII 1GB+ files
I can manually download these files with no problems

help

/smamf

Did you server log shed any light?

[Stefanus]

Hi,
When using the hack GTSmilies, it places the smiliebox under the textbox, but not with downloadsII.

Please point me in the right direction to fix this.

Thanks

[Digital Jedi]

That product uses new templates in place of your existing smilies templates. You'd have to manually edit your downloads template's HTML to get the look you want.

[Stefanus]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

That product uses new templates in place of your existing smilies templates. You'd have to manually edit your downloads template's HTML to get the look you want.

Ok, what file do I edit?
The same issue was resolved here #108, #111
Would you look into this?

Thanks.