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

[Rexster]

Im having a problem assigning a Image to a sub catagory . It works on the parent catagory good though . I tried using diffrent pics and the same pic as the Parent catagory but it still dosnt work . I tried it on 2 diffrent vb installations and still no work .
Also for ecdownlods is there mod out there that will let me show the latest pic for a uploaded file on the main page of vbadvanced ?

Thanks

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Daky

Hi ,
I have question for the search function.
My download section contains so many files with same filename but different extension.

For example:
1st file - Everything I do.mp3
2nd file - Everything I do.txt

Now, when members perform a search for Everything I do, they will get all of those but with no extensions so they don't know what to download, they don't know what is mp3 what is txt file.

Is there a way to fix this maybe?

The filename isn't the title, so you just created the same title for all those things yourself (filename isn't displayed anywhere, only when you download something or you are editing the file)
So just put mp3, txt, ... between brackets in the title of the file.

Originally Posted by Rexster

Im having a problem assigning a Image to a sub catagory . It works on the parent catagory good though . I tried using diffrent pics and the same pic as the Parent catagory but it still dosnt work . I tried it on 2 diffrent vb installations and still no work .
Also for ecdownlods is there mod out there that will let me show the latest pic for a uploaded file on the main page of vbadvanced ?


Thanks

The first thing should work fine normally. There was a bug with it in older versions, but in version 5.0.3 I'm sure it's fixed. Are you running that latest version? I can't access your site (forums are closed for guests), so it would be easy if you can pm me an account so I can check it out
The second thing isn't possible at this moment, it would become a small mess otherwise (uploaded images aren't having a fixed height). But maybe we create some new modules in the future.

[jancarlo]

Originally Posted by jancarlo

Any chance to add a features in the next release ?
I'm interested to store the filenames using the md5-hash for better security.
Example : "myfile.rar" will be stored like "090fd09430344s9fd9s.file" into the downloads folder , but when a user download it the script automatically revert into the original filename.

CyberRanger .. RS_Jelle, yes , no , maybe so ?
Regards.

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by jancarlo

CyberRanger .. RS_Jelle, yes , no , maybe so ?
Regards.

Probably not. The file name is already hidden to some extent. Each file that is uploaded has 5 random digits placed at the beginning of the file name. What you are requesting is simply enhanced "security through obscurity".

The real answer is for us to move the downloads folder out of the path that is accessible to the web server. I actually had that incorporated a long time ago but then removed it (at Ronin's request.) The other option would be for us to move the files into the database. Either of those would provide true file security.

[Arjan]

Originally Posted by dragonhart

Everything works fine otherwise with the mod, and Thanks so much for it its great, just cant get that darn file size to increase.

Here are some settings I alter to get the filesizes I want

max_execution_time = //seconds this will make your sctipt timeout. Imagine that you can have people with slow connections uploading. Even many DSL connections have pretty low upload
max_input_time = //seconds
memory_limit = //normally 32M +++

; Maximum size of POST data that PHP will accept.
post_max_size = //normally 2M

; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
upload_max_filesize = //normally 2M

[Arjan]

And I've got another request.

Limiting some usergroups by maximum MB's is nice, but I prefer doing that by number of files downloaded.

Point is we have a couple of downloads that are pretty big and others very small.
A combination of max MB's and max number of files (whichever is reached first) would be very nice.

[Rexster]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

The filename isn't the title, so you just created the same title for all those things yourself (filename isn't displayed anywhere, only when you download something or you are editing the file)
So just put mp3, txt, ... between brackets in the title of the file.

The first thing should work fine normally. There was a bug with it in older versions, but in version 5.0.3 I'm sure it's fixed. Are you running that latest version? I can't access your site (forums are closed for guests), so it would be easy if you can pm me an account so I can check it out
The second thing isn't possible at this moment, it would become a small mess otherwise (uploaded images aren't having a fixed height). But maybe we create some new modules in the future.

Hi ,

Thanks for the reply . Im using version 5.0.3 . Ill pm you the login now .

Thanks

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Rexster

Hi ,

Thanks for the reply . Im using version 5.0.3 . Ill pm you the login now .

Thanks

I tested it and everything seems to work fine. The sub-category has got an image and it's showing correctly. A small note: the images of a sub-category aren't showed on the main page
Try to do a hard refresh in your browser (ctrl+f5). If the problem stays, can you explain it a bit better (take a screenshot, ...)?

[dragonhart]

Originally Posted by Arjan

Here are some settings I alter to get the filesizes I want

max_execution_time = //seconds this will make your sctipt timeout. Imagine that you can have people with slow connections uploading. Even many DSL connections have pretty low upload
max_input_time = //seconds
memory_limit = //normally 32M +++

; Maximum size of POST data that PHP will accept.
post_max_size = //normally 2M

; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
upload_max_filesize = //normally 2M

Thanks for this Arjan, but read my previous post php dosen't change for me and cant figure out why still investigating....read my previous post and all will be clear on what I have tried. Thanks Dragonhart

[Daky]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle
The filename isn't the title, so you just created the same title for all those things yourself (filename isn't displayed anywhere, only when you download something or you are editing the file)
So just put mp3, txt, ... between brackets in the title of the file.

Thank you for reply,

Good idea, but there is other problem now, i have about 20.000 files in downloads now.

Is there a way to `mass edit` them?




And another question about `post before download` again:

That's very easy
Just create a new usergroup for x amount of posts with a promotion to it when they reach the amount of posts. Then you just give that usergroup permissions for the downloads
Thank you

Yes i did that also, but what i acctualy need is a for old members to do at least 5 posts per day to acces download.