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

[RS_Jelle]

I can't give any explication for that
There isn't any query that is using the desc field. The INSERT query is using description, so it can't give such an error normally. This is the first time I hear about such an error.

But it's solved now

[hurry]

Hello. Thanks for your hack. Please include an approval (moderation) system for the uploaded files and comments to the files. I think this is quite important. I want to give the upload feature to all members but I want to approve the uploaded files and comments before they are visible so that there is no abuse.

[HappyPike]

hurry, you can already moderate files. Just check "no" for the avoid purgatory option for the user group.

There is no moderate comments feature though.

[hurry]

Thanks HappyPike. Just was not sure was purgatory meant. I really hope Westpointer and Jelle add the moderate comments feature also and a RSS feed for the download gallery which is a basic feature for all download galleries, so that we can display the downloads on any other page with the help of the RSS feed.

[hurry]

Also an email notification is required when uploaded files are there to be approved so that the members do not have to wait for a long time to see their files and the admin does not have to manually check now and then.

[HappyPike]

hehe.. I didn't know what purgatory meant at first too.

Regarding file approval, on my site I give "avoid approval" to members who have been with the site for a month and have certain posts counts. So far it's working out fine and no one has abuse the system yet.

Though we do need a report file feature to report things like abuse, broken links, etc. westpointer is working on this I belive. While we are at it, a report comments feature is needed too, especially since people can insert images in comments and there is no way to see recently posted comments at one place.

[RS_Jelle]

What do you think of the name moderation queue instead of purgatory?

RSS feeds will become a new feature

[Mudvayne]

Hello.. Is there any possiblity to importing mass files from another site? Like my full path is /home/user/golpo/downloads/ if i want to import files from /home/user/somethingelse/blabla/ is it possible? I dont think it is.. But just hav to sure..

[hurry]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

What do you think of the name moderation queue instead of purgatory?

Yes, that is more clear.

RSS feeds will become a new feature

That would be cool. Please allow us to choose the number of last uploaded files which we can show in the RSS feed and also an option for the RSS feed to include the full file description, title, thumbnail and download link in the RSS feed.

While we are at it, a report comments feature is needed too, especially since people can insert images in comments and there is no way to see recently posted comments at one place.

I personally would not be able to use the comments feature unless the comments approval feature is added as it is better to spend some extra time in approving the comments then to try to find and delete some abusive comments later on. I am also using photoplog and vblogetin and both have a comment approval system which prevents any kind of abuse.

Since DownloadsII is already so feature-rich, I would request to include the comments moderation also to make it complete and email notification of files and comments to be approved.

What will be the html code for putting the DownloadsII search box in another html page? Thankyou.

[Mr.T]

I've two questions about features that some of our users asked me.
1. Is it possible to insert a field for the version-number of a programm?
2. In the postbit template is the up-/download information. How can I add the information how many MB a user have downloaded or uploaded?
like:

downloads: 4 (125MB)
uploads: 10(4256MB)

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