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

[logofreax]

About which downloads categories on your site are you talking exactly?

I created some new Categories which are at the moment invisible for Guests.

What I found out...

All Categories created before upgrade to DownloadsII 5.0.4 are still sorted in right order A-Z

But new created after Upgrade are sorted from Z-A

cu
logofreax

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by logofreax

I created some new Categories which are at the moment invisible for Guests.

What I found out...

All Categories created before upgrade to DownloadsII 5.0.4 are still sorted in right order A-Z

But new created after Upgrade are sorted from Z-A

cu
logofreax

That's nearly impossible as we didn't change any big things in the database or so. The query to get the files is also very clear, can't be wrong
Have a note that pinned files always stay on top of the category.

Have you a url of an (active) category where the files are sorted wrong, so I can take a look at it?
Also make sure you uploaded all files and imported the product xml (with overwrite option on) correctly. Reupload all DownloadsII files from the upload folder again to be sure (and redo the downloads.php change for name sorting).

[logofreax]

I dont know why, but I uploaded only downloads.php and now everything is working.

I nothing changed on it, only $sortfield = 'date'; into $sortfield = 'name';

Thanx for your great Support.

cu
logofreax

[bailradio]

Can someone please message me regarding a problem i'm having with class_downloads.php

Its actually starting to drive me barmey, and i'm not the best with PHP.

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/ihttpco/public_html/site/includes/class_downloads.php on line 65

Is the error i'm recieveing...

[bailradio]

Never mind i had a completly blonde moment

[Kr0nica]

Heh... It's me again :erm: I have one more question. It's possible that 'Upload an Image' feature was available only for thread starter and site stuff? When i turn off this option for Registered Users in Usergroup Manager they can't upload images at all and when it's turn on, they can upload pics wherever they want...

[masons]

Question

Can we only allow PDF uploads (yes) and that those are automatically "embedded" with our logo as watermark?

[esck]

is it normal, that files get duplicated?

I've just did an import, and after that a file like this appear 1111-file.ext with the exact same size and everything. I would preffer this won't happen

thanks in advance, great mod

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Kr0nica

Heh... It's me again :erm: I have one more question. It's possible that 'Upload an Image' feature was available only for thread starter and site stuff? When i turn off this option for Registered Users in Usergroup Manager they can't upload images at all and when it's turn on, they can upload pics wherever they want...

That's already included in v6, but the only problem we now have is the fact that there are too much usergroup permissions. It's really getting a mess
"Can edit own files", "Can edit all files", "Can edit own comments", "Can edit all comments", "Can delete own files", ....

Originally Posted by masons

Question

Can we only allow PDF uploads (yes) and that those are automatically "embedded" with our logo as watermark?

You can choose which file extensions you allow for uploading, but adding a watermark to a PDF isn't possible. Then we would need a whole new external class for doing this, cause it's not a standard PHP function. For images it's perfect possible with PHP. Just like you need a whole new class for exporting text to PDF, which causes also a lot of compatibility problems also with the different PHP versions.

Originally Posted by esck

is it normal, that files get duplicated?

I've just did an import, and after that a file like this appear 1111-file.ext with the exact same size and everything. I would preffer this won't happen

thanks in advance, great mod

No, that's not normal

Is each duplicated file listened separately in the "The following files were successfully imported" list after the import?

[pxd]

Well, I chose this mod over the LDM one available, and so far it works nicely, however I am wondering how do I stop users from uploading images to entries that they do not own? And what is the logical purpose of allowing everyone to upload pictures everywhere? I thought ideally the owner of the uploaded file would add a couple of screenshots for others to see but not eveyone to be allowed to upload pictures to his file?

EDIT: Saw your post, RS_Jelle and was wondering whether V6 is there available somewhere. I'd love to have that fix if possible...