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

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by jarvis

http://www.mhogaming.com/forums/downloads.php is the reference link. Everything else seems to work okay except for the actual download. I am linking to files on our other web servers as to save drive space and bandwidth for our main web server.

Thanks!

That is odd. Could there be something on the other server that is preventing the download? If you create a link to this file, http://www.brentandmary.net/albums/l...ront.thumb.jpg, does it work?

[jarvis]

Originally Posted by westpointer

That is odd. Could there be something on the other server that is preventing the download? If you create a link to this file, http://www.brentandmary.net/albums/l...ront.thumb.jpg, does it work?

Yeah, I checked that last night. I wasnted to make sure that the MIME types weren't unrecognized by IIS/Windows. The direct link works fine, just when launched from Downloads, it just 'sits' there.

Thanks so much!

**Edit - I just created a test download with your link. http://www.mhogaming.com/forums/down...?do=file&id=13 . It still doesn't work.

[CyberRanger]

#################################
# DownloadsII 5.0.3 Changelog #
#################################

westpointer
- Linked downloads don't open any more in the same window

Jelle
- Some more code cleanup (removed ec_demo mode, ...)
- Fixed a bug with tags being stripped from the description
- Fixed the "Bandwidth value maxed out at 4294967 KB" issue (int(10) to bigint(30))
- Removed the filesize condition from the download delay time
- Sort on total comments in the dropdown box
- Sort on file name in the category view now also clickable in the table header
- Fixed an unnecessary query for the vBulletin editor when viewing a file and comments are disabled
- Updated DownloadsII.txt and renamed it to Readme-Install.txt

Thanks to Jelle! He has made the vast majority of the changes for this release!

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by jarvis

Yeah, I checked that last night. I wasnted to make sure that the MIME types weren't unrecognized by IIS/Windows. The direct link works fine, just when launched from Downloads, it just 'sits' there.

Thanks so much!

**Edit - I just created a test download with your link. http://www.mhogaming.com/forums/down...?do=file&id=13 . It still doesn't work.

I made a small change in ver 5.0.3 that may (or may not) help. I'm not sure why you are having this problem. A linked file is simply opened with:

PHP Code:

header("location: $file[url]"); 


I made that:

PHP Code:

header("Location: $file[url]");
exit(); 


[DementedMindz]

WestPointer and Jelle thanks for the update and all the hard work.

[jarvis]

Thanks, I will let you know.

Can I just overwrite files, or do I need to go through the import process again?

thanks!

[Black Tiger]

Indeed great work and nice support! Will download 5.03. (and clicked motm link).

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by jarvis

Thanks, I will let you know.

Can I just overwrite files, or do I need to go through the import process again?

thanks!

You need to overwrite the files in the upload folder and then re-import the product file.

[jarvis]

Yes!

This fixed my problem. Thanks for the great support!

[trackpads]

Excellent work on the upgrade!! I voted!!

Any way to have some type of support to upload really big files? I have seen Java apps like the one on Cafepress. Any ideas? Or maybe some type of ftp upload for users? I know phpbb has something like that I think.

Thanks!

-Jason