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

[tlwwolfseye]

When i exclude a Category and someone goes to a file in that category, all he gets is a "Invalid ID" message, instead of a "This Download is only for registered Users. Please register to be able to download this". This would make much more sense for people coming and wondering what a "Invalid ID" is, which sounds more like the download link doesn?t work to them.

So you have to admit, setting permissions like i said is much better for people to understand. Exclusion is not really the solution here.

Categories or even single Files should be able to be set to a certain usergroups / s only. At least Categories. For files too that would be maybe too much to ask, but the categories should be never the less. It is that way in ANY other Download Script, if its an external Software or a Mod for other Forum Softwares, like i had before.

[columbusgeek]

Maybe I should clarify how I am using it.

...When set to "No", all categories can be viewed except the ones listed below.

and then I insert the categories I do not want users to see.

Users who are not allowed to see the category never see it. Maybe you have something setup wrong? I dont have the user id error you mention.

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by tlwwolfseye

When i exclude a Category and someone goes to a file in that category, all he gets is a "Invalid ID" message, instead of a "This Download is only for registered Users. Please register to be able to download this". This would make much more sense for people coming and wondering what a "Invalid ID" is, which sounds more like the download link doesn?t work to them.

So you have to admit, setting permissions like i said is much better for people to understand. Exclusion is not really the solution here.

Categories or even single Files should be able to be set to a certain usergroups / s only. At least Categories. For files too that would be maybe too much to ask, but the categories should be never the less. It is that way in ANY other Download Script, if its an external Software or a Mod for other Forum Softwares, like i had before.

When you exclude a category, they shouldn't even be able to see the link to that cat in order to be getting that error message. The cat link is removed from the main page for them, and if that the only subcat in a top cat their allowed to see, then it will be treated as empty.

[tlwwolfseye]

Links to the files in that Category show still up in the Top 5 Files when one of these files is in this list. So they still see the link to a file that is in that category. Yes, the Category itself isn´t there anymore but links in the Top 5 etc. would be still visible and give unregistered users the "Invalid ID" text when they click on it.

That could be done more nicely with a message like i posted above. And if they don´t see the category at all, they don´t even know that with registering on the site would actually give them that other Category.

So if they dont know its in there, there is no reason for them to signup to the forum. So that doesn´t really makes it more helpful.

[columbusgeek]

As a workaround couldn't you edit the "invalid id" message in phrases to something that fits your needs?

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by tlwwolfseye

Links to the files in that Category show still up in the Top 5 Files when one of these files is in this list. So they still see the link to a file that is in that category. Yes, the Category itself isn?t there anymore but links in the Top 5 etc. would be still visible and give unregistered users the "Invalid ID" text when they click on it.

That could be done more nicely with a message like i posted above. And if they don?t see the category at all, they don?t even know that with registering on the site would actually give them that other Category.

So if they dont know its in there, there is no reason for them to signup to the forum. So that doesn?t really makes it more helpful.

Probably because you still have them set to Can View Files. If you want them to be able to see the files and get a No Permission message, don't make the whole category excluded. Keep the category visible and fine tune the yes/no permissions above that setting.

[europez]

I'm having problem with the upload. I'm getting this error:
The upload failed! Upload error.

I made the .htaccess file with the text:

php_value upload_max_filesize 30M
php_value post_max_size 30M

and uploaded it, but then I got an "Server Error", so I can not use the .htaccess file.

Anyone know what's wrong?

Thanks

[columbusgeek]

Are you on a Linux server? Does your host allow .htaccess php overrides?

You need to look over your webhosts specs to find out more information. I suggest looking over their forums.

[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.

[davida500]

You know the big image that is supposed to be displayed that says "Download" for some reason mine is not displaying at all?

My Forum directory is

PHP Code:

www.connecting-gamers.com/forums 


And the images are in:

PHP Code:

www.connecting-gamers.com/forums/images/buttons/download 


So i dont know why it is not displaying the image..... Help me please!

Thanks.

David.

PS - Sorry i had a problem with the adding the directorys so had to put them in php code sorry