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.
I think I already know the answer to this question but I'm gonna ask it anyway.
Could it be possible to have the default upload directory be an external host? So when someone adds a download and uploads the file from his pc, could it be that it's being uploaded to another webhost/ftp/whatever instead of the host where the forum is located?
I think I already know the answer to this question but I'm gonna ask it anyway.
Could it be possible to have the default upload directory be an external host? So when someone adds a download and uploads the file from his pc, could it be that it's being uploaded to another webhost/ftp/whatever instead of the host where the forum is located?
No, that's not possible. For v6 we are planning the possibility to use safer, non web, storage locations, but not external ones.
not with external?
like we got 2 webhost....if we put material in 2nd host ? we cant link them in the downloads?
I mean on another server. If you got two sites on one server, you can use another one if your server configuration is allowing this. But there's no feature to send files using FTP to another server, that's what I mean
No, that's not possible. For v6 we are planning the possibility to use safer, non web, storage locations, but not external ones.
Ok thanks for the quick answer, it's what I thought hehe. One other thing which might be need. At this moment I've got 2 servers. One for my site (site itself takes up all the available bandwidth) and one for my downloads (3gb of downloads, 400+ gb of bandwidth). Most categories don't look that neat without those thumbnail previews. Is there a way to add a feature in DownloadsII that you can also add thumbnail previews using a different server or for example ImageShack. I guess the last one should work coz they automaticly make thumbnails. I think a lot of people would like to see this coz screenshots just take up a lot of unnecessary bandwidth.
Could you look into making something for this? Would be a really neat feature and it will make many DownloadsII structure look way better.
Can someone help me. Once i import files from a directory on my FTP is it then safe to remove those files from that directory? i have noticed all the files i have imported are in a seperate folder.
Any other similar mod for 3.6.5? This just doesn't seem to be working too well for me.
There's also LDM, but probably you will have the same problems with your server with it (and other mods). Can you answer my server question, maybe we can help you
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