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

[Dwayneb]

Dude installed awsome, Thanks bro

[OneShot]

Hi,

Since a few days now I'm (and my users) get the following error when trying to download a file : "You don't have the permission to download this."

I'm using Downloads II v5.1.0 and vBulletin 3.7.5 PL1

Anybody got an idea how to fix this ... I triple checked the permissions and everything looks ok (I haven't changed them since some time and it worked before).

[Darksky]

There's a chance that an anti-leeching feature will be added ? I mean, not registered visitors can dlownload only if they are on my forum.

[Canadians360]

Well I have finaly got everything smoothed out. Its woorking great, the one suggestion I can bring from my forum is to have the downloadsII thumbnails link to the full discription and not the actual downloads file. Since I use thumbnails in threads that do this they are adjusted to clicking a thumbnail to read more but end up pulling up a download file all the time. Its nothing too jurastic but I think it would be a good future option.

[iEdster]

I am having problems with the 'Downloads' Button in the navbar, it shows a background different than the theme's default colors present in the navbar. How can this be fixed?

[New Joe]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

That's because of the default upload limit of PHP.

You need to create a file named .htaccess (note the period in front of the name). Put the following two lines into the file:

php_value upload_max_filesize 30M
php_value post_max_size 30M

Upload the file into your forum directory (the same location where downloads.php is located.)

This will increase the size of the file you can upload to 30MB.

What kind of file needs to be made for this?
How would you make one?

[DolphinEcho]

Hi,

I am using 3.8.4 and Download II mod. First thanks for a great mod.
Now for the questions:

Is it possible to setup the Download URL to be on another server, if so how would I do this ?

For example
Server 1: VBulletin and all addons, including Download II
Server 2: Files for Download II.

Would I just change the Download URL to something like:
http://www.server2.com/downloads/ ?

If someone uploaded would that go on server 1 or server 2 ?

[OneShot]

Originally Posted by OneShot

Hi,

Since a few days now I'm (and my users) get the following error when trying to download a file : "You don't have the permission to download this."

I'm using Downloads II v5.1.0 and vBulletin 3.7.5 PL1

Anybody got an idea how to fix this ... I triple checked the permissions and everything looks ok (I haven't changed them since some time and it worked before).

BUMP ... this is really bugging me ... nobody got any ideas where the problem lies or how to fix this ?

[SupremeWeapon]

since I cannot search for "remove numbers "in" file name"

has this been asked? how to remove the numbers in file names when uploaded.

For example

59761-File name.rar

[Mobo]

I'd love to see a layout change to the file download page that shows the member's avatar that uploaded the file. That would give a very quick visual reference as to who added the file.