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

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Black Tiger

*Bump*
Can anybody help me please with my 4 points/questions/bugs(?) which I posted on #349 and #350?

5.) I also edited the files, but download count isn't showing up in users postbit.
6.) My supermods with upload rights get the files "unnapproved" and I as admin have to approve them. Is it not possible that supermods get also automatical approval of files?

I answered them already yesterday (see #360)

5.) It should work fine normally. Be sure you enabled the setting:
AdminCP -> Downloads -> Settings -> Show Download Stats -> Yes
And ofcourse check the template edit in the postbit (or post_legacy template when you use that one (and I see you use it, so be sure you edited it and not the postbit template)).

6.) Then they have wrong permissions for their usergroup:
AdminCP -> Usergroups -> Usergroup Manager -> Super Moderators -> Edit Usergroup -> ecDownloads Permissions -> Can Avoid Purgatory -> Yes

Eigenlijk stom dat ik dat allemaal in het Engels schrijf

Originally Posted by GH84

First off all I want to thank the authors for this great work.
One point I would modify if possible is the rating system. Perhaps it could be changed to the vB-Standart one in the next version. Cause this "A-F-System" isn?t well know in all countrys.

First of all thanks for the nice feedback
I think we really need to make a list of what we ware planning to change in the next big release, lol. In version 6 the rating feature will be changed to a vBulletin like system with stars.

Originally Posted by Goodspeed

Is it possible to automatically create a thread in approtiate forum for discuss about a file instead of commenting it using build it system?

No, this isn't possible at the moment. At the moment we aren't planning such a feature, but I was thinking about including some hooks in the code so we (and/or other people) can easily create some add-ons. Creating a hook location after the "file add" code would be something obvious then, so creating an add-on to do this would be very easy then.

[Black Tiger]

I completely missed 360 for some reason, stupid me.
Thanks very much for your reply (nja engelstalig forum dus blijven we maar in die taal verder gaan he).

1-4 are now clear to me
5 is fixed (forgot to enable them again).
6 Ahaaa... well I thought purgatory was to purge files.
So al my questions solved, a big thanks and again, a marvelous hack, super!


I still got a little question I'm not sure about:

At the moment, you have to specify a directory in your forums directory (or your root if you don't use a forums directory for vBulletin), so you have to use the ".". It's used also for the image paths, ..., so you can't use an absolute path.

I used now /home/satfun/public_html/files/ so an absolute path and it works fine. My forums are in /home/satfun/public_html/bbs/. You write i have to use "." in the path, not the absolute path. How should I do it then since my download section is not placed under my forums directory?

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Black Tiger

I still got a little question I'm not sure about:

I used now /home/satfun/public_html/files/ so an absolute path and it works fine. My forums are in /home/satfun/public_html/bbs/. You write i have to use "." in the path, not the absolute path. How should I do it then since my download section is not placed under my forums directory?

It's used also for the image url's, but I see you aren't using the image upload feature. There is no other way at the moment, but if you don't upload images you won't have any problems with it

[Black Tiger]

Oke, thanks for the quick support!

[Black Tiger]

I got some suggestions for future releases or upgrades:

1.) In the Manage Files Section, put the word "search" next to the search option on top, some of the moderators thought this was a mod tool in stead of a search tool, because of the default values in there.

2.) In the drop-down menu for managing, add a seperate "move" funktion. Now you have to use the edit funktion to move files which is a bit.. euhmz.. what's the Engelish word.... in Dutch it's "omslachtig". Such a move funktion would need a seperate screen I guess and that needs some coding, but hee.. it's just a suggestion, right?

But it's a great hack anyhow and works perfectly with vBA too!

[footose]

Any luck with the apostrophies

[jarvis]

I seem to have an issue... I think I have tried to search through all the pages for something that looked the same - so sorry if it has been asked a dozen times. :hurt:

Everything seems to work fine, but when clicking on the download button, a window just pops up and sits there *thinking*

Maybe I am doing this wrong, but I am trying to link to other web servers in our server farm to offload the bandwidth. I am using the linked file area and putting the link to the file, i.e. http://www2.example.com/downloads/examplefile.zip

Is this correct, or is the linking supposed to be to another page - and not directly to the file?

Thanks for the help! :knockedout:

[Zia]

hi westpointer/Rs_Jelly

can u make it able to import files from external host?
as we have two(02) host SG & PW
downloads located in SG , can it import files from PW?

also got some req. for future release
1.quick reply type msg posting box.
2."Report Broken Link" & "Email this page" button
3. Must Rate before download.(also show msg
4.Enable Quota System/Limit Bandwidth/
5.Turn Of any catagory/sub-catagory/sub-sub-catagory .

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by footose

Any luck with the apostrophies

I didn't have the time to work on this yet, but I know what kind of bug it is. It's a wrong stripped character (wrong backslashes). It's on my to do list, so I'm going to fix it.

Originally Posted by jarvis

Is this correct, or is the linking supposed to be to another page - and not directly to the file?

This is correct, it's a link to a php file of DownloadsII which counts the amount of downloads etc. and that file links you to the actual file. This is also a bit of a protection against hotlinking.

@Zia: we really need to create a list of our planned features, lol. You have guessed them all correct except 3. But I don't understand 4? There is already a bandwidth limitation feature (usergroup permissions)?

[jarvis]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

This is correct, it's a link to a php file of DownloadsII which counts the amount of downloads etc. and that file links you to the actual file. This is also a bit of a protection against hotlinking.

Hmmm... the I think I have it setup correctly. Any idea why a 'linked' file to one of my other webservers just brings up a new explorer window that just stays in the 'loading' process?

http://www.mhogaming.com/forums/downloads.php is the reference link. Everything else seems to work okay except for the actual download. I am linking to files on our other web servers as to save drive space and bandwidth for our main web server.

Thanks!