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

[Black Tiger]

I would certainly be interested in the enhancements. Even more when there could also be an option that users would be able to download only after a certain amount of posts.

But unfortunately I'm no coder and I can't make such things.
I just know some things f.e. about .htaccess and php.ini because I also have a little hosting company.

[Helmut71]

is it possible to use the menu items as a drop down menu (like Forum > Cummunity)??

[ALBCODERS]

laters files and most popular files
tables has just deseper for some reasen any idea ;/

[Scandal]

How can I increase the title's number of characters? (the default number is 50)

Pls help!

[squidsk]

There's a bug in the creation of the _author field. If a username has unicode characters (e.g. Sqυιd) when the author textarea is being processed the mu and ioto are referenced using &XXX; notation (e.g. Sqυιd = Sqυιd) . The problem comes in with line 1284:

$authors= explode(";", $_POST['author']);

Rather than process Sqυιd as one member the line actually splits the name into three pieces Sq&#965 , &#953 and d, and then of course can't match the username to the account because it thinks it has three separate usernames.

My solution was to write a custom function and replaced the call to explode with a call to the new function.

[ritunb]

Hi, I've vBulletin 3.8.4 and I'm using 'Links and Downloads Manager' and has lot's of file downloads.

I'm keen to test out "DownloadsII" but am apprehensive if both the doanload system could exist together or not? I don't wish to remove the 'LDM' before I test out 'DII' as the 'LDM' also provides a 'media player' to play the downloadable media files and am not sure if 'DII' also has the similar features or not.

Please advice.

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by ritunb

Hi, I've vBulletin 3.8.4 and I'm using 'Links and Downloads Manager' and has lot's of file downloads.

I'm keen to test out "DownloadsII" but am apprehensive if both the doanload system could exist together or not? I don't wish to remove the 'LDM' before I test out 'DII' as the 'LDM' also provides a 'media player' to play the downloadable media files and am not sure if 'DII' also has the similar features or not.

Please advice.

You can have both mods installed together without any problems

But there's no media player in DownloadsII.

[ggr80]

Hi im not really sure where to ask this question and im hoping someone can help me. I installed various mods including this one to my forum last night and all the avatars have disappeared. I thought it was another mod but i have uninstalled that one and there is still no avatars. I have checked the settings and they are all ok.

[ggr80]

Its all good i have fixed the problem

[Dave84311]

Ugh, this plugin will not install my board. I have ~750k members and when importing the plugin it hangs. I guess it has to do with all the tables it has to alter. Has anyone encountered/fixed this?