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

[gnrx]

Hello.
I view that, in my forum, when acces to Dwonloads, in the title of navigator, appears: MY forum name - My Downloads.
In others sites, I view that, in the title of navigator appears: Forum name - Downloads.
I search for change this for default value, but I don't view the option.
How can change this value or what its the pharse?

Verys thanks and regards!

[googlexx]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

Like I said, you can disable it in the downloads settings ("Show Navbar Button" Yes/No).

i guess you dont understand... The actual navbar. The navbar you created. It has main, tree, my files, add and that shit on there... Not the vbulletin navbar. Say i want to get rid of just the tree link how do i do that?

[server-ceo]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

That's because of the default upload limit of PHP.

You need to create a file named .htaccess (note the period in front of the name). Put the following two lines into the file:

php_value upload_max_filesize 30M
php_value post_max_size 30M

Upload the file into your forum directory (the same location where downloads.php is located.)

This will increase the size of the file you can upload to 30MB.

Hi
My hosting company setting in a manner that PHP acts as CGI and they don't increase the file upload size more than 10 MB, they told me to use ftp for uploading my file! they don't understand that i can not create ftp account for each of my forum users!, is there any way or any upload center hack that uses ftp for upload file to upload center at least by mods and admins?
thanks

[cowcowcow]

Originally Posted by Hareth

I would like to arrange the main categories in a way that every two categories appear next to each other (in the mode DOWNLOADSII). Every time I tried this, the categories come above each other. Please Advise.

Im having this problem too! Would like to display two colums in the categories section . But for me if i add the <td> i can display them side by side but the same ID gets displayed. How do u display seperate entries in a 2 column table side by side?

Thank you!

[RG_LunAnder]

Hi and thnx for a great mod.

I was wondering if there are any plans on adding a "download archive of selected files" functionallity.
I have had this request on my site a couple of times, mainly from ppl that download alot of small (<5-10MB) files.

/Anders

[GetWebHost]

I recently found a major bug with this mod concerning "Additional Usergroups".

Settings:
Custom Usergroups: A, B and C.
Categories: 1, 2 and 3.

Premissions:
Usergroup A can access Category 1 only. Usergroup B can access Category 2 only and Usergroup C can access Category 3 only.

Scenario:
I set UserXXX Primary Usergroup to A. With this, UseXXX can access Category 1. Then I edit UserXXX and check Usergroup C as his Additional Usergroup.

Expected Result:
UserXXX can have access to Category 1 and 3 because he's on Usergroup A and Additional Usergroup C.

Actual Result:
UserXXX can only access Category 1.

Bases:
My "Expected Result" is based on how a user can have permissions on a certain forums.
For example:Usergroup Z can access Forum 100 and Usergroup Y can access Forum 101. Then if a VBUSER is belong to Primary Usergroup Z and have Additional Usergroup Y, then he can access both Forum 100 & Forum 101 - hence the word "Additional". This should also how DownloadsII will work, but not as of current testing.

Additional Info:
VB version: 3.8.3
DownloadsII version: 5.1.0
VB Skin: Default
Additional Mods Installed: NONE

[mpoorrajab]

how can i solve this problem ?

[Black Tiger]

My hosting company setting in a manner that PHP acts as CGI and they don't increase the file upload size more than 10 MB

When php acts as CGI you don't make a .htaccess file but a php.ini in your websites root directory (f.e. /home/yourname/public_html/) and put the php value in there.
However, if your hosting company put a hardcoded limit in their php.ini the only alternatives are uploading with ftp or uploading it somewhere else and then linking to it.

@mpoorrajab: Depends on if it's the forums or server usergroup whichs lacks permission. If it's the forums usergroup you should change the rights in the Admincp.

[deetwelve]

Originally Posted by mpoorrajab

we cannot add files with size more than 2.5 mb ...

That's on a per hosting provider basis, you will have to check and see what there limit is.

To do that, do the following steps:

1. Log into AdminCP
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the administration navigation on the left side and locate the "Maintenance" tab - click it..
3. Scroll down some more and you will see a link that says, "View PHP Info" - click it..

Inside of here you will see a whole bunch of server related configs settings and what your hosting provider has. Your going to want to locate "post_max_size" and that will tell you what your hosting provider has set for the max size you can upload via http.

It's best to just upload your files to FTP and link to them.

[mpoorrajab]

Originally Posted by Kadafi420

That's on a per hosting provider basis, you will have to check and see what there limit is.

To do that, do the following steps:

1. Log into AdminCP
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the administration navigation on the left side and locate the "Maintenance" tab - click it..
3. Scroll down some more and you will see a link that says, "View PHP Info" - click it..

Inside of here you will see a whole bunch of server related configs settings and what your hosting provider has. Your going to want to locate "post_max_size" and that will tell you what your hosting provider has set for the max size you can upload via http.

It's best to just upload your files to FTP and link to them.

thank you dear friend ...

i check my php info and it was 8M ,so i dont think the problem is for our server setup ...