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

[Liquid_N2]

file sizes vary, as does the delay it seems

[HappyPike]

hey westpointer, any idea how I could make it so it doesn't remove <, > and tags enclosed in <> from file descriptions?

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by HappyPike

My member reported that he has issue using the > and < characters inside the descriptions for the files even inside of the code, html, and quote tags. I just tried it and the >, <, and tags all get removed in the description.

For example, when I try with this code:

<ModInfo>
     <Type>IMPROVEMENT</Type>
     <Description>IMPROVEMENT_INN</Description>
</ModInfo>

It changes the code to just:

     IMPROVEMENT
     IMPROVEMENT_INN

!

If the user is using the "Enhanced Interface - Full WYSIWYG Editing" this will not occur. However, from my testing, it does occur using the other two editors. I'll look into it more.:cross-eyed:

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by Liquid_N2

I seem to have an issue where a user cannot download for 1165 seconds after clicking a download no matter what I set the time to.

Any ideas?

There is a built in delay based on the size of the file that was downloaded last. The idea is to prevent someone from launching a denial of service attack on your site by repeatedly downloading a very large file in short periods of time. If you want to disable this feature, in downloads.php

FIND (on or about line 513):

PHP Code:

if ((TIMENOW - ($temptime['time'] + $temptime['filesize']/400000)) < 0 OR (TIMENOW - $temptime['time']  < $vbulletin->options['ecdownloaddelay'])) 


REPLACE WITH:

PHP Code:

if ((TIMENOW + ($temptime['time'] + $temptime['filesize']/400000)) < 0 OR (TIMENOW - $temptime['time']  < $vbulletin->options['ecdownloaddelay'])) 


(The first minus is changed to a plus. The only "delay" check will now be based on what you set in admincp.

[Liquid_N2]

thank you very much that has sorted that.

[HappyPike]

Originally Posted by westpointer

If the user is using the "Enhanced Interface - Full WYSIWYG Editing" this will not occur. However, from my testing, it does occur using the other two editors. I'll look into it more.:cross-eyed:

Thanks. I told my users who need to use those characters to switch to WYSIWYG for now.

[project-Buckfas]

Hey,

Some of my downloads link to the download page on another site (link to file), but they open in the same page after clicking download meaning users are leaving my site to view that page.

How can I make it open in a new window after clicking download?

Thanks

[HappyPike]

Originally Posted by project-Buckfas

Hey,

Some of my downloads link to the download page on another site (link to file), but they open in the same page after clicking download meaning users are leaving my site to view that page.

How can I make it open in a new window after clicking download?

Thanks

Try searching fo the variable $download in the downloads.php file. When you find it you can add a target="_blank" to the link...

[HappyPike]

Hi westpointer and Jelle, I received a second report from my users (in Registered group) that delete comment doesn't work for them. It simply reloads the page w/o deleting the comment. I confirmed the report using a test account.

I can delete comment fine using my admin account.

[HappyPike]

I managed to show forum style rating stars on the category file listing page using template conditions. If anyone is interested, here is the code to use:

<!-- Star Rating -->
<if condition="$file['rating'] >= 9.5">
    <span style="float:$stylevar[right]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_5.gif" border="0" alt="Rating" /></span>
<else />
    <if condition="$file['rating'] >= 8.5">
        <span style="float:$stylevar[right]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_4.gif" border="0" alt="Rating" /></span>
    <else />
		<if condition="$file['rating'] >= 7.5">
			<span style="float:$stylevar[right]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_3.gif" border="0" alt="Rating" /></span>
		<else />
			    <if condition="$file['rating'] >= 6.5">
					<span style="float:$stylevar[right]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_2.gif" border="0" alt="Rating" /></span>
				<else />
					<if condition="($file['rating'] >= 5) AND ($file['rating'] < 6.5)">
						<span style="float:$stylevar[right]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_1.gif" border="0" alt="Rating" /></span>
					</if>
				</if>
		</if>
    </if>
</if>
<!-- Star Rating End -->

Just edit the downloads_cat_filebit template and put the above code right before the file name link
<a href="downloads.php?do=file&amp;id={$file['id']}">{$file['name']}</a>.

You can also use the above code to put the rating stars in the file details page, replacing the A+ to F grades. The template to edit for this is downloads_file .

You can tweak the numbers in the codes to anything you want. Just remember the rating is between 5 and 10, and unrated files have 0 as default value.