Major Additions - DownloadsII

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.

It's also coded 100% XHTML 1.0 Transitional valid, just like vBulletin itself.



Instructions & Support

Requires vBulletin 4.0.4 or higher. Not fully compatible with lower vB 4 versions.
It works fine with both the new editor in vB 4.1.4 or higher and the old one in previous vB versions.

Read the instructions in the next two posts before installing/upgrading this mod!

You can find an installation/upgrade manual in the zip package (Readme.txt).

I try to answer most questions asked in this thread. Please don't send any pm's if I don't ask for them. 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 some screenshots of the front-end and back-end (AdminCP part) of the DownloadsII software.

You can find a live demo on my own site: Minatica.be Downloads (Dutch).
Though keep in mind that we are running a restyled and modified version of it.

Changelog (version 6.0.9)

Jelle

• Added support for vB 4.1.8 bit processing with 'each' construct (backwards compatible)
• Fixed comma listing for vB 4.1.8 (using "old" method)

Older changelogs are included in the zip package.

Help!!! I can't upload large files??

This is probably the most asked question. It's mostly caused by some default PHP settings: check "PHP Max Post Size" and "PHP Maximum Upload Size" at your AdminCP home.

Then have a look at this post for the solution to up these values.
Also have a look at this post at vB.com (but ignore the MySQL part as DownloadsII is only using the file system).

Add-ons

There are currently no official add-ons. Unofficial add-ons are listed below.

[karabaja3]

Originally Posted by squidsk

What's the content of your downloads2_wrapper_side and downloads2_panel_side templates?

I reverted to my backup and did everything again. I have done everything like in Readme.txt for upgrade. Everything same again. Something is very worng with the template. I do not even see "Manage Files" in downloads section.

Now I cheked and saw any of downloads_ templates did not upgrade. All template dates are from 2006.-2009.

And downloads2_wrapper_side looks like this:

<div id="content_container">
	<div id="content">
		<div id="pagetitle">
			<h1>{vb:rawphrase downloads2}<vb:if condition="$dlcustomtitle">: {vb:raw dlcustomtitle}</vb:if></h1>
		</div>
		{vb:raw dmain_jr}
	</div>
</div>
<div id="sidebar_container">
	<ul id="sidebar">
		{vb:raw dpanel}
		<vb:if condition="$vboptions['dl2disclaimer']">
		<li>
			<div class="block smaller">
				<blockquote class="restore">
					{vb:raw vboptions.dl2disclaimer}
				</blockquote>
			</div>
		</li>
		</vb:if>
	</ul>
</div>
<div class="cleardiv"></div>

downloads2_panel_side

<vb:if condition="$vboptions['dl2maxlatestfiles'] > 0">
<li>
	<div class="block smaller">
		<h4 class="blocksubhead">
			<a href="#top" id="collapse_dl2_latest" class="collapse"><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/collapse_40b.png" alt="" /></a>
			{vb:rawphrase dl2_latest_files}
		</h4>
		<div class="blockbody" id="dl2_latest">
			<ul class="nobullets blockrow">
			{vb:raw dlstats.latestall}
			</ul>

		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="underblock"></div>
</li>
</vb:if>
<vb:if condition="$vboptions['dl2maxmostpopularfiles'] > 0">
<li>
	<div class="block smaller">
		<h4 class="blocksubhead">
			<a href="#top" id="collapse_dl2_popular" class="collapse"><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/collapse_40b.png" alt="" /></a>
			{vb:rawphrase dl2_most_popular_files}
		</h4>
		<div class="blockbody" id="dl2_popular">
			<ol class="nobullets blockrow">
			{vb:raw dlstats.popularall}
			</ol>

		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="underblock"></div>
</li>
</vb:if>
<vb:if condition="$vboptions['dl2maxtopcontributors'] > 0">
<li>
	<div class="block smaller">
		<h4 class="blocksubhead">
			<a href="#top" id="collapse_dl2_contrib" class="collapse"><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/collapse_40b.png" alt="" /></a>
			{vb:rawphrase dl2_top_contributors}
		</h4>
		<div class="blockbody" id="dl2_contrib">
			<ul class="nobullets blockrow">
			{vb:raw dlstats.contriball}
			</ul>

		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="underblock"></div>
</li>
</vb:if>

EDIT: I did a fresh install on my test site and compared with upgraded. All CSS files and templates are identical.
I do not know why it does not display properly on the upgraded site.

[Semlyen IT]

We moved a vBulletin 4.1 installation to a new server and upgraded to v4.2.2; everything works fine but all the links to DownloadsII have disappeared. That doesn't make much sense to me.

I've tried reverting templates and disabling/reenabling but it hasn't made any difference. It's as if all the hooks that were previously being used have disappeared. I can get to the system by going directly to /downloads.php but the navigation and profile links have all gone.

It's the latest version of Downloads II, 6.0.9.

The new server is running Suhosin but there's nothing in the logs suggesting that anything on this site has been blocked by it. All the settings in the control panel for DownloadsII seem normal. I've searched through all PHP files and the entire DB looking for any incorrect server paths, found nothing. Any ideas what could have done this?

[squidsk]

Starting with vb4.2 there's a new navigation manager, and the old method of adding tabs no longers works. Go to the navigation manager in admincp (acp->settings->navigation manager) and add in a tab to the downloads page.

[Semlyen IT]

That's useful - thanks. But didn't there used to be hooks into the Profile templates and the What's Going On?, showing details of each user's uploads and recent uploads and so on? Did I imagine that?

[glennybee]

Does anyone know if the standard vbulletin XML sitemap generator includes this Downloads II mod?

Or do I need to install an addon or modify some code?

[Toorak Times]

My musician members want to sell their downloads of their songs and albums, is there a monetised version of this mod?

[DesignMVD]

hello

Ships to vbulletin 5?

Thank You!

[squidsk]

Nope, and not likely to ever happen.

[DesignMVD]

Originally Posted by squidsk

Nope, and not likely to ever happen.

What a pity

Still not there anything that fulfills this function?

[squidsk]

Nope, vb5 has basically no mods since when they developed vb5 they removed the hook system that is used by virtually all complex mods for vb3/vb4 so they can't be ported to vb5 without making changes to the core code.