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

[logofreax]

just another Problem sorting Files

Now sorting by Name an Number of Downloads are working.

But if somebody want to sort by Upload Date or last Download, it doesn?t work.

Any idea to fix it?

cu
logofreax

[silencerdeluxe]

Is there any Chance to include this ideas:

1. Use an folder for downloads from an external File-Server

2. Create Subfolders in the Download-Folder for each category and subcategory to sort the Files, if an automatic system is to difficult perhaps an simple option in the acp like "use subfolders named by the categories" to mark, and the path will change to downloadfoalder/$categoryname/... So i can create subfolders in the downloads-folder with the same name of the category and subcategory?!

3. A second Rating-System for Nations who didn´t use grades from A to F, perhaps Starimages like the Thread-Rating from VB.

(sry for my bad english)

[Naldo41]

OK I got most of it working.

Just one left, were by in the script am I able to edit the path of the url for
The images that are uploaded?

As they still are not being displayed, I am getting 404 error message.

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Black Tiger

I discovered a little bug. When I'm in the Manage Files section, there are a lot of files and below i see 5 pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 just as on the forums when you have multiple pages in a thread.

But when I click page 2, 3, 4 or 5 to see what's there, I get an empty page with only the head (Downloads) with "search" and action etc.
But no files.

My fault
I created that bug when I changed all paginations to the more secure vBulletin standard code for it. But I forgot to use those new vars to get the content for those pages. So everything in the url (in moderation queue, category id, ...) becomes 0 and so there won't be any results for that.

[Black Tiger]

No problem, I'm happy if it get's fixed in the next release.

However I second the suggesion of Silencerdeluxe option 2, to create subfolders in the downloadfolders for the categories if possible.

Got another problem though, when a file is too big and I import it by uploading it via ftp and them import as an url, the file won't get deleted when I delete the file in downloads II.
Logical, because this is normally used for external url's, not url's on the own server.

Problem is I can upload only to a max of 8mb, my provider won't let me upload more.
So files of 10 and 16 mb (I've got some), need to be uploaded via FTP and after that I've got to import them using the url import function.

Maybe it is possible to make someting that not onlyl import by url but also import by local server directory or something is possible? That way the real file is probably also deleted when I delete the file from Downloads II.

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by Black Tiger

need to be uploaded via FTP and after that I've got to import them using the url import function.

Don't do it that way! FTP the file to a folder other than the downloads folder, than use the mass import feature in the admincp. That will copy the file to the downloads folder and it will be deleted if the entry is deleted.

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by logofreax

just another Problem sorting Files

Now sorting by Name an Number of Downloads are working.

But if somebody want to sort by Upload Date or last Download, it doesn?t work.

Any idea to fix it?

cu
logofreax

I'll include that fix next week.

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by silencerdeluxe

Is there any Chance to include this ideas:

1. Use an folder for downloads from an external File-Server

I don't understand what you mean. Can you explain this more?

Originally Posted by silencerdeluxe

2. Create Subfolders in the Download-Folder for each category and subcategory to sort the Files, if an automatic system is to difficult perhaps an simple option in the acp like "use subfolders named by the categories" to mark, and the path will change to downloadfoalder/$categoryname/... So i can create subfolders in the downloads-folder with the same name of the category and subcategory?!

Unlikely to happen using category name. But, I'm going to look at using the category id. That would help not have all the files sitting in the downloads folder.

Originally Posted by silencerdeluxe

3. A second Rating-System for Nations who didn?t use grades from A to F, perhaps Starimages like the Thread-Rating from VB.

(sry for my bad english)

That's already been recoded by Jelle to stars in ver 6

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by logofreax

just another Problem sorting Files

Now sorting by Name an Number of Downloads are working.

But if somebody want to sort by Upload Date or last Download, it doesn?t work.

Any idea to fix it?

cu
logofreax

I'll include that fix next week.

I take that back! There's no reason the change you made so that the default sort is by name should impact the ability to sort by "Date" or "Downloads" using the link above each column. Is that what you are talking about?

[Kirk Y]

Originally Posted by CyberRanger

That's already been recoded by Jelle to stars in ver 6

Where can we get v6? I downloaded the latest copy from here yesterday and I've got the A-F rating system.