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

[Flep]

Hello,
I moved vbulletin to another server.
All the downloads stats are working fine but inside of categories there are no more files descriptions, names and link to download.

Any idea ?

[Flep]

Can't view comments too (

[Flep]

I notice that if I go in manage files and click a file, I can see it with all its comments.
But if I reach the downloads via registered user, I can see the categories but when I click a category it displays empty.

2 days working on vbulletin to move it on another server and this is my last problem to fix.
Help please

[Joshva]

Can i suggest that a plugin be released that allows a users downloads to show up in a tab in the profile page for a user on 3.7 .

That would be awesome!

[TTG]

After recent upgrade of hack and forum running 3.7.0 gold :-

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[blind-eddie]

I have a 4 vb license, I have this mod add to each site. One site http://outerzone.us I have an issue with this mod. All settings are the same per DL II on each site for Admin Usergroup.
The problem I am having is that when any Admin tries to download any item, they receive the following Message:

Sorry, you have exceeded your daily allowed limit.

But, I am not getting this message on my other vb sites.


Link to Permissions Image for Admin Usergroup

Edit:

Use strict daily download limits. If set to "No", a user will only receive receive a download limit reached message if BOTH the MB and file per day limit are reached. If set to "Yes", exceeding either limit will trigger the download limit reached message.

Was also set to no & no luck.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Black Tiger]

Originally Posted by maidos

i didnt say i would put it on another server. i installed a hard disk on the same server as downloadsII is located, i just said its on different directory

It's the same thing. For now, download/upload directory which is above your documentroot is not supported yet.
Meaning you can't put it above your document root, see msg #2185 and the reply in #2186.

However you could try to put it on your other harddisk, then make a directory (f.e. downloads) in your document root on the first HD and then symlink this directory to your other directory on the other harddisk. I'm not sure, but if filerights are oke, there is a big chance this will work.
Otherwise you can't upload to that directory on hd2, but you can link to the files in there when adding files via the "link to file" option.

Originally Posted by carlos2000

In the ACP Add-on manager the version shown is 5.0.8. If I take a look into the downloads section the footer shows version 5.0.4.

Put your forums offline, then re-upload all files and set overwrite to yes hardcoded in your ftp program if possible (with flashfxp you can).
Reimport the product file an set overwrite to yes and put your forums online again.
Often this methode helps fixing these kind of problems.

@TTG: You could have a try to do the same and see if things get fixed.

[berry05]

Originally Posted by bpat1434

You can upload as much as you want. PHP ships with a very restrictive 2M upload limit though. Unless you edit this setting and raise to to be something like 32M, there will be a PHP error. If display_errors is off, you won't see anything

Just be careful when you upload large files. If your internet connection goes in waves of speed (i.e. high speed for a few seconds, then trickles to a crawl, then back to a high speed, then trickle, etc.), you might have a hard time uploading large files.

how do i edit the settings? just edit the PHP file?

[Black Tiger]

Yep, you can edit the php.ini file and change the "upload_max_filesize =" setting to a higher value if you have access to the php.ini.

[berry05]

ughh where do i find php.ini?
do you know the directory?