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]

That's not possible at this moment and I don't think we are going to build something like that in v6. We are doing it more like the vBulletin forum categories, and that option isn't avaiable there. Just limit your categories

[Atakan KOC]

Download Home Page = 203 queries
Category View = 53 queries
File View = 52 queries

Very very poor...... :S

[Daky]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

That's not possible at this moment and I don't think we are going to build something like that in v6. We are doing it more like the vBulletin forum categories, and that option isn't avaiable there. Just limit your categories

Very poor
I`d say this is a basic option that file manager should have it.
So i have music category and group1(rock) and group2(pop) under it. Now every group must have at least 50 sub.cats ,. and this is not possible

i don't know what to say :down:

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Atakan KOC

Download Home Page = 203 queries
Category View = 53 queries
File View = 52 queries

Very very poor...... :S

That's something what we are working on
DownloadsII is a direct derivate from Ron1n's ecDownloads with some very poor code. Our main target for v5 was to fix the security issues (that's why ecDownloads isn't available any more) and some big bugs. v6 will be a completely new version, with new (better) code

I guess you have lots of categories, which is causing this amazing amount. There's no cache at the moment, v6 will cache lots of things (also the categories) in the datastore.

The amount isn't a gigantic problem at the moment, because it are a lot of small queries (the downloads category table isn't that large normally, so there are no huge table scans necessary for them). Ofcourse the amount is bad and they will be cached in v6 when possible.

[Stifmeister2]

v6 sounds promising then.

Any idea when it will be available??

[Hornstar]

If you need any beta testers I would love to test v6 ^^

[Opus4]

After having a disgruntled user go through every download and give a grade of F, we decided we don't even really need the rating system. Very few ratings were given for any downloads, other than those done maliciously. I can easily edit the templates to do away with all rating references, but is there an option I missed to do that automatically? (I didn't see anything mentioned in a quick search of this thread.)

If nothing like that already exists, could the rating system be optional in the next version?

Oh -- and we finally upgraded to the latest version recently... nice improvements, thanks!

[Greek76]

Is it possible to show a list of files that a user has uploaded with links to their files on the profiles yet? Im sure its been asked hundreds of times thanks.

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by Greek76

Is it possible to show a list of files that a user has uploaded with links to their files on the profiles yet? Im sure its been asked hundreds of times thanks.

I think this is covered by the instructions in the second post for placing $dmemberfiles above $footer in the MEMBERINFO template.

[BozzaJos]

CyberRanger or Jelle... could you take a look at my question I asked a couple of pages back? Really hope you could make something like that for v6

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