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

[bezibaerchen]

Yes it does.

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Finger78

So no one has any ideas about my issue?

Originally Posted by Cobra-J82

Max upload file for PHP is 8 MB
I saw a Post in this thread once explaining how to increase it or u can google it
I tried Increasing it but it gave some error when I was trying to view the site
So i Pulled back to 8mb and started uploading manually to the ftp and inserting the link in the download page.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=2136

(Also interesting, except the MySQL part: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showp...99&postcount=3)

Originally Posted by darknusens

does this mod work with vbulletin 3.8?

Why else would it be located in the 3.8 mod section?

[Finger78]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=2136

(Also interesting, except the MySQL part: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showp...99&postcount=3)



Why else would it be located in the 3.8 mod section?

Ok the .htaccess you say to use breaks my site 100% no matter where in the server )I put it in the default area and in every major folder trying to find one it would work in and the file gives this error.

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@<edited info> and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 500 (or a 404) Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8i DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at <edited info>

As for the php.ini file I am unable to locate such a file which tells me I either dont have one, or dont have access to it. If someone could include a "standard" php.ini file for me to test I would gladly test it and reply my results.

[smamf]

*bump*
Slightly different to the most asked question i think;

When I import files from another folder on the same webspace I get what seems to be a timeout, the files I am importing are usually 1GB+ any way I can sort this, it works fine for the smaller files.

I love the mod and would like to use it just need to conquer this little hurdle.

any help appreciated, thanks in advance

/smamf

[tlwwolfseye]

Just a question. I can set that DownloadsII is only working for certain usergroups, thats fine. But the Link that is in the Navbar shows up anyways, if one would be as non-registered for example not be able to use the Download System. Could the link in a Navbar not that way that it would actually only show usergroup dependent ?

Thanks in advance.

[Neo_Angelo]

just add the

<if condition="$show['usergroup']1,5,7">

before your link to your downloads page (replace 1,5,7 with the ID's of your usergroup, adding more with a , (comma))

then just after your link to your downloads section add

</else></if>

this should allow you to only allow certain usergroups to see that link, alternatively replace the 'usergroup' with 'member' (removeing the 1,5,7) which will show to all registered members only.

[dholt]

Is there a way too have people post before they can download anything. as I just don't want folks signing up to download

[Ross L]

You could create a user group for new users that doesn't have download permissions and then use the promotion system to move them to the registered user group after X posts to allow downloads.

Originally Posted by Ross L

Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction with this.

When the search function is used on downloadsII, I get this database error emailed to me:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.4:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT dl_files.*,  dl_cats.name catname FROM dl_files, dl_cats WHERE  (CT title,dateline_from,eventid FROM event WHERE dateline_from BETWEEN 1230814892 AND 1231419692 OR 1230814892 BETWEEN dateline_from AND dateline_to ORDER BY dateline_from OR dl_files.author LIKE '%test%' OR dl_files.name LIKE '%test%' OR dl_files.description LIKE '%test%') 
									AND dl_files.category = dl_cats.id
									ORDER BY catname, dl_files.name;

MySQL Error   : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'title,dateline_from,eventid FROM event WHERE dateline_from BETWEEN 1230814892 AN' at line 1
Error Number  : 1064
Request Date  : Thursday, January 1st 2009 @ 01:01:32 PM
Error Date    : Thursday, January 1st 2009 @ 01:01:32 PM

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Many thanks.

Any ideas on this?

[dholt]

Originally Posted by Ross L

You could create a user group for new users that doesn't have download permissions and then use the promotion system to move them to the registered user group after X posts to allow downloads.



Any ideas on this?

Thank you

[tlwwolfseye]

Originally Posted by Neo_Angelo

just add the

<if condition="$show['usergroup']1,5,7">

before your link to your downloads page (replace 1,5,7 with the ID's of your usergroup, adding more with a , (comma))

then just after your link to your downloads section add

</else></if>

this should allow you to only allow certain usergroups to see that link, alternatively replace the 'usergroup' with 'member' (removeing the 1,5,7) which will show to all registered members only.

Hmm, i tried that.

The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER in /www/htdocs/w00ac88a/forum/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(3769) : eval()'d code on line 99

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish.

Sure that is correct syntax ?

I did it like this for example:

<if condition="$show['usergroup']5,2,7,6,11,9"><td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="arcade.php?$session[sessionurl_q]">Arcade</a></td></else></if>

Did i maybe put that wrong around the actual link ?