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

[ArticleRus]

Originally Posted by ArticleRus

Is there anyway to make a member only accessible to use download once they've reach certain no of post?

Anyone can help?

[econobarn]

I ran into an issue...one of my users is trying to upload a .cfg file...I have 'cfg' listed in the allowed file types but they keep getting this error:

Upload Errors
Default Metric.cfg:
Invalid File

All my settings are correct, I can duplicate the issue...I'm curious to why that file type won't upload...

[Warcaptain]

It would be nice if there was a mod of this that used the existing attachment system too.

for example:
-the filetype permissions are the same for attachments as they are for downloads
-when uploading an attachment for a thread or post you can select which catagory the attachment should be (would go in default catagory otherwise)

itd be a cool way of being able to search and browse through all the files on the forums.

either way, nice.. keep it up and i enjoy it!

please keep me updated because as soon as this functionality is added I WANT IT!

[ezurick]

Hi, great MOD. I see there is a setting in the Usergroups to allow access to categories... it wants 1,2,3,4 etc. But how am I suppose to know which is 1 or 2 or whatever? I go to the categories and edit them, but there is no number associated with the category. When I list out the categories to edit, a drop down shows them, but no number. Is that what I am suppose to go by? I have a couple of categories in the middle of this list that I only want certain Usergroups access, but not everyone... and I can't establish what their category number is...

[glennybee]

Hover your cursor over the link to the category and look at the status bar at the bottom of your browser, it should show you the category number there.

Or click on 'Category Tree'.

[iettafune]

sorry for my english but i'm italian.

spiders google yahoo .... see the file upload in this mod???

[glennybee]

Hi,

I have a problem and I was wondering if anyone knows a way round it.

I'm on a shared hosting and my upload limit is 10MB. But I have unlimited ftp upload.

Is there anyway that I could upload a large fine via ftp and still have it showing in the downloads section?

For example,

Could I upload a 1MB file.
FTP to my server, replace the rar file in /downloads with the larger file but keep the same filename.

Would the new file be downloadable on the forum?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks
Glen

[Black Tiger]

Originally Posted by triff

I'm getting an "Internal Server Error" on my forum when implementing that code in my .htaccess files.

In that case your host does not allow you to make these entry's in .htaccess files. You have to contact your host to increase the upload filesize.

@Iettafune: Yes, if you allow guests viewing the files it will. You can also use the vbSEO Google/Yahoo sitemap generator, it has a downloads.php addon in there. This sitegenerator mod can be used stand-alone so you don't need vbSEO installed.

Originally Posted by glennybee

FTP to my server, replace the rar file in /downloads with the larger file but keep the same filename.

Probably you can but there is a better solution. Create a separate directory on your webserver, for example http://www.yoursite.com/large/ or something like that.
FTP the 10mb file into that directory.
Then go to your "add file" option in Downloads II and use the "link to file" option.
The only thing you have to do is to add the filesize in bytes yourself, but that's easy.
Suppose your file is 10,2mb then do 10,2x1024x1024 and you should have the size in bytes, but leave of the numbers after the komma, so if the output is 10695475,2 just put 10695475 as the filesize. It works great.
When you have to delete the file, remember to delete them from downloads II and also from that directory because linked files are not deleted automatically (ofcourse).

[iettafune]

Originally Posted by Black Tiger

@Iettafune: Yes, if you allow guests viewing the files it will. You can also use the vbSEO Google/Yahoo sitemap generator, it has a downloads.php addon in there. This sitegenerator mod can be used stand-alone so you don't need vbSEO installed..

where is this addon???


ps: this mod run on 3.7.0??

[econobarn]

so...no one has any ideas on the issue I am having?