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

[Black Tiger]

Or copy the thread! Good idea!

[Black Tiger]

By the way Jelle... update JRE did not solve the little problem I have.
I'll try to update vBA this week and see if that gives any changes.

[akulion]

hey i was wondering is there any way to restrict users from downloading on a basis of : Post per download..

So that if you have 50 posts, u can make 50 downloads.

Cos currently a large number of members just register to download and as a result the "0 post members" is significantly increasing causing my active members % to go down greatly

[logofreax]

Hi, I use vBulletin 3.6.4 with DownloadsII 5.0.4 but now have Problems sorting Files by Name.

Every Categorie is sortet by Uploaddate.

In AdminCP I have this activated:

Sort by Weight: No

If I manually sort Files by Name over Dropdownfield everything is ok.

But if I leave an enter Downloads next time all Files are sorted by Uploaddate.

How can I fix it, that all Downloads are sorted by Filename?

cu
logofreax

[rickyreter]

Hi,have installed and all is great,apart from it won't let me download pdf files.I have set the allowed extention to lowercase with a space,and my limit on attachments is 800000 so plenty there,but it always comes up with upload error.

Can some one got any ideas on what i dong wrong...all other downloads are fine

Peter:

[MotMann]

What i must do, that the thumbs bigger and the screens in one row and the titels under the Thumbs?

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by akulion

hey i was wondering is there any way to restrict users from downloading on a basis of : Post per download..

So that if you have 50 posts, u can make 50 downloads.

Cos currently a large number of members just register to download and as a result the "0 post members" is significantly increasing causing my active members % to go down greatly

I'm sorry, but currently there's no add-on to do this or integration with a points system.

Originally Posted by logofreax

Hi, I use vBulletin 3.6.4 with DownloadsII 5.0.4 but now have Problems sorting Files by Name.

Every Categorie is sortet by Uploaddate.

In AdminCP I have this activated:

Sort by Weight: No

If I manually sort Files by Name over Dropdownfield everything is ok.

But if I leave an enter Downloads next time all Files are sorted by Uploaddate.

How can I fix it, that all Downloads are sorted by Filename?

cu
logofreax

This is some old Ron1n code. Strangely it doens't control the order of the downloads, but the categories
Open your downloads.php and search for:

PHP Code:

    if ($sortfield == '')
    {
        $sortfield = 'date';
    } 


Change it to:

PHP Code:

    if ($sortfield == '')
    {
        $sortfield = 'name';
    } 


This is already fixed in v6 as there will be a category based option to control this.

Originally Posted by rickyreter

Hi,have installed and all is great,apart from it won't let me download pdf files.I have set the allowed extention to lowercase with a space,and my limit on attachments is 800000 so plenty there,but it always comes up with upload error.

Can some one got any ideas on what i dong wrong...all other downloads are fine

Peter:

Strange, but this isn't a DownloadsII problem -I think-. It works fine for me. Maybe it's a very big PDF and your running over your PHP upload limit? So try a very small PDF to be sure if this is the case.

Originally Posted by MotMann

What i must do, that the thumbs bigger and the screens in one row and the titels under the Thumbs?

Thumbs have a default size which you can't adjust easily. You need to modify downloads.php for this.
You can change the thumbs lay-out, but that's also in downloads.php ($dimages variable).

[MotMann]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

Thumbs have a default size which you can't adjust easily. You need to modify downloads.php for this.
You can change the thumbs lay-out, but that's also in downloads.php ($dimages variable).

How must look the code, if the thumbs displayes side by side with the Text under the Thumb?

[coolgus]

Is there any way to have a file with the latest 5 entries of uploaded files so we can use it on a frontpage of a cms ?

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by coolgus

Is there any way to have a file with the latest 5 entries of uploaded files so we can use it on a frontpage of a cms ?

We have an add-on for that if you are using vbAdvanced. If you examine how that works, you should be able to adapt it to any cms.