Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Limit Attachment Downloads

Limit Attachment Downloads

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The writing of this hack was originally sponsored by: sama3y.net

About this hack:
This hack allows you to limit the number of attachments users can download during a given time period.

This hack is pretty flexible right now. You can choose how many attachments a user can download in a give time. That given time can be set to an hour, a day, a week, a month, 3 months, 6 months, or a year. You also set which attachment types get counted for this hack. Also, you set which usergroups get affected by this hack and how many downloads each usergoup can make.

If a user tries downloading past their limit, they will get an error message. This error message includes when they will be able to start downloading again.

Also, there is a cron job to remove from the table that this hack creates, all the rows that are past the limit date so your table doesn't grow forever and saves you space.

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• Files to upload: 2 (1 via ACP, 1 via FTP)
• Time to install: 1 minute

Updates:
Version 1.40 (05/02/10):

• First release of this hack for vb 4.0.

Please post your comments or suggestions for this hack. I read ALL posts.

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Pictures:

• The error message.
• Found in the main vb settings
• Found in the attachment types setting
• Found in the usergroup settings

[goran424]

Originally Posted by Toxic2

Thank you Abel, 5 stars, Nominated and Donation Made !! This was need to stop those who rape sites to post on their own site with my posts.

I can't thank you enough

Yup, especially those from su.pplier, dzf and DEA.

[AliceHoward]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Yes, those get counted also.

Thank you Abe1, I did wonder because the downloads were not getting restricted, but then it dawned on me to edit attachment permissions for .zip files, now it's working perfectly. We've been getting hit really hard by what can only be unsavoury members handing out their passwords and non-members downloading through their accounts, this will help to curb this behaviour.

Thank you very much, you are wonderful.

Alice x

Nominated and rated excellent.

[puertoblack2003]

I always love this mod i'm glad it was ported.One thing though i have everything set the admin has no restrictions but for some reason they can't download.

[Toxic2]

Originally Posted by puertoblack2003

I always love this mod i'm glad it was ported.One thing though i have everything set the admin has no restrictions but for some reason they can't download.

I did noticed one thing you need to be careful with, make sure the limited user group is not added as a second group.

example: I set registered users to Limited Attachments, and No one else is limited, but if I add registered member For VIP group,mod group, Premium group etc. then they are limited also. So you can not have registered member (in my case) for a group you don't want limited. My Son has registered Members and added a registered2 group for the abusers and he just moves them to that group and they are limited. It is Important to go to permissions, user-groups and options ---> limited Attachments and configure the way you want. It was a bit confusing at 1st, but after a few trial and errors, I got it all straightened out. Hope that helps what to check for when things get confusing.

Hope this helps someone.

[AzzidReign]

Thanks for this!

[haytham]

Does this also work on 3.8.5? 1.3 is giving weird dates like the attached pic..hope this will work.

[kho91]

yhank you !
installed and N MOTM

[Toxic2]

Originally Posted by haytham

Does this also work on 3.8.5? 1.3 is giving weird dates like the attached pic..hope this will work.

If you have a member that is a Mod but additionally is a (limited) registered member, you will get the weird dates. you need ( 1 ) group as the limited attachment group. example a VIP can not also be a registered member if they are limited. Or you get the weird dates.

as I said Before, I have 2 Groups registered and VIP registered are Limited, but if they become a VIP then I move them as primary VIP group and are not in the registered group. Of course the VIP is configured same as the Registered group but can enter the Vip section where Registered members can not. So they need to be separate and you can't have them as a VIP and a Registered member at the same time. I hope that made some sense LOL It's hard to explain it right.

[MmS1]

Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in /home/Io22/public_html/vb/attachment.php(132) : eval()'d code on line 1

vb 3.8.5

[smoggy07]

thanks for this

any chance on getting this working with 4.0.6 Patch Level 1?

we did have this working before we upgraded but now our resident VB guru informs me it has stopped working

is there anyone else on 4.0.6 Patch Level 1 who has this working or had it working but is now having problems after upgrading?