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

[Rickeo]

You will be a living legend for this Thank yoooooouuuuuuuuuuu

~Rick~

[Rickeo]

I get this error on 3.6.7 PL1 when importing the product

No phrasetypeid!

Any help here please??

[Rickeo]

Sorry issue resolved :s sorry about that

~Rick~

[RS_Jelle]

A question to you all: are you using the Stats feature (downloads.php?do=stats) of DownloadsII? Should we keep it or remove it? Would it be better to integrate it in the AdminCP instead of the public pages? If you use it, why and how do you use it (what purpose etc.)? And what new features would you like in it if we have to keep it?

[rowlandc]

I don't use it much and I believe in adding it in the admin cp would be better. I use it to give my an overview of how much my members are downloading.

You could add it as a sub menu under the download information log. It would be nice in the admin cp that the download section with all the states be developed more. At the moment its great to see how many times someone downloads a file on which day but more information would be interesting e.g. a time.

At the moment I get some members which download the file 4 times in a row. If I new the time in-between those downloads I could see if they are just a bunch of lechers. So if I see it’s a couple of minute’s interval between each download I can assume he’s just had problems downloading. If he downloads every hour then it’s possible he’s a bot sucking my bandwich.

Anyways to make it simple, a time section in the log would be most welcome. The states page should be added to the admincp because its not peoples problem about how much people are downloading, only admins need to worry about that in my opinion.

I hope it helps

[csavern]

when i upload a file to the board then add images of something to the upload i just made all the pics are strait down the page not next to each other..
someone know what i might need to edit to fix this problem

[Sean James]

Can this modication, search your current vBulletin attachments and add them?

[A|X]

how to display order category?

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by rowlandc

I don't use it much and I believe in adding it in the admin cp would be better. I use it to give my an overview of how much my members are downloading.

You could add it as a sub menu under the download information log. It would be nice in the admin cp that the download section with all the states be developed more. At the moment its great to see how many times someone downloads a file on which day but more information would be interesting e.g. a time.

At the moment I get some members which download the file 4 times in a row. If I new the time in-between those downloads I could see if they are just a bunch of lechers. So if I see it?s a couple of minute?s interval between each download I can assume he?s just had problems downloading. If he downloads every hour then it?s possible he?s a bot sucking my bandwich.

Anyways to make it simple, a time section in the log would be most welcome. The states page should be added to the admincp because its not peoples problem about how much people are downloading, only admins need to worry about that in my opinion.

I hope it helps

Thanks for the feedback. Your suggestions were already incorporated in the next release: the downloads log is now also displaying the download time and ip address (and when you click on it, it does an ip lookup using the vBulletin ip system). You can find a screenshot of it here.

Any other people with information about how they use the Stats feature (or the fact that they aren't using it)? And what you want as a new feature in it?

Originally Posted by csavern

when i upload a file to the board then add images of something to the upload i just made all the pics are strait down the page not next to each other..
someone know what i might need to edit to fix this problem

Have a look at this post. Someone already asked this and I coded it for him, so you just need to upload the attached downloads.php file instead of your current one.

Originally Posted by Griffin80

Can this modication, search your current vBulletin attachments and add them?

No, it has nothing to do with the vBulletin attachments at the moment. It's a separate downloads database.

Originally Posted by A|X

how to display order category?

When you are viewing a category, there's a "Sort Files" dropdown menu at the bottom of the page. You can also click on the header names for sorting.

[iBaker]

Hi
I hope someone can help with this.

I have changed the layout in the downloads.php file to use the downloads_panel_top template. I also wanted to have the standard vBulletin category row across the top of the panel which includes the standard collapse button so the dpanel of latest files, popular files and top contributors could be collapsed.

This is my downloads_panel_top template which includes my changes but I can't seem to get the collapse button to work - any help is greatly appreciated!

<!-- IB added for category row heading -->
<table id="downloads{$dpanel}" class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <td class="tcat" colspan="3">
                <a style="float:right" onclick="return toggleMultiCollapse('downloads')"><img id="collapseimg_downloads{$dpanel}" src="images/buttons/collapse_tcat.gif" alt="{$vbphrase['collapse_this']}" border="0" /></a>
                Downloads
            </td>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody id="collapseobj_downloads{$dpanel}" style="{$vbcollapse['collapseobj_downloads']}">
<!-- end IB added for category row heading -->

<!-- IB removed for category row heading
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="tborder" width="100%" align="center">
        <tr> 
            <td> 
                <table cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%">  -->
        <tr align="center">
            <td class="thead" width="33%"><span class="smallfont">{$vbphrase['ecdownloads_latest_files']}</span></td> 
            <td class="thead" width="33%"><span class="smallfont">{$vbphrase['ecdownloads_most_popular_files']}</span></td> 
            <td class="thead" width="33%"><span class="smallfont">{$vbphrase['ecdownloads_top_contributors']}</span></td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr align="left"> 
            <td class="alt1" width="33%" valign="top">
                <fieldset class="fieldset" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px">
                    <legend>{$vbphrase['ecdownloads_latest_files']}</legend>
                    <div style="padding:0px">
                        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center" width="100%"> 
                            <tr>
                                <td width="100%">
                                    <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="{$stylevar['cellspacing']}" border="0" width="100%"> 
                                        $dpanel_latest_bits
                                    </table>
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                        </table>
                    </div>
                </fieldset>
            </td> 
            <td class="alt1" width="33%" valign="top">
                <fieldset class="fieldset" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px">
                    <legend>{$vbphrase['ecdownloads_most_popular_files']}</legend>
                    <div style="padding:0px">
                        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center" width="100%"> 
                            <tr>
                                <td width="100%">
                                    <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="{$stylevar['cellspacing']}" border="0" width="100%"> 
                                        $dpanel_popular_bits
                                    </table>
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                        </table>
                    </div>
                </fieldset>
            </td> 
            <td class="alt1" width="33%" valign="top">
                <fieldset class="fieldset" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px">
                    <legend>{$vbphrase['ecdownloads_top_contributors']}</legend>
                    <div style="padding:0px">
                        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center" width="100%"> 
                            <tr>
                                <td width="100%">
                                    <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="{$stylevar['cellspacing']}" border="0" width="100%"> 
                                        $dpanel_contrib_bits
                                    </table>
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                        </table>
                    </div>
                </fieldset>
            </td> 
        </tr> 

<!-- IB removed for category row heading
                </table>
            </td> 
        </tr> -->

<!-- IB added for category row heading -->
    </tbody>
<!-- end IB added for category row heading -->

</table>