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.

[mp4sverige]

Yes im on shared host, and it looks like im not allowed to use these settings in .htaccess

# File modified on Sun Apr 25 07:42:20 2010 by server
# For security reasons, mod_php is not used on this server. Use a php.ini file for php directives
# php_value upload_max_filesize 30M
# For security reasons, mod_php is not used on this server. Use a php.ini file for php directives
# php_value post_max_size 30M

how to restart a server after editing php.ini on a shared host?
Btw im on Hostmonster, and i have edited php.ini before to inscreese upload limit before for Drupal and that worked fine.

Thanks for great support and mod.

[SeToY]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

The update counters code was placed before the manage files permission check instead of after it. So everybody could run it if they knew the url. It could do no harm, but now it's fixed

Ah okay, so when somebody tried to download a file but had no permission, the Counter was set +1, but the user got the "No Permission"-Message?

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by mp4sverige

Yes im on shared host, and it looks like im not allowed to use these settings in .htaccess

# File modified on Sun Apr 25 07:42:20 2010 by server
# For security reasons, mod_php is not used on this server. Use a php.ini file for php directives
# php_value upload_max_filesize 30M
# For security reasons, mod_php is not used on this server. Use a php.ini file for php directives
# php_value post_max_size 30M

how to restart a server after editing php.ini on a shared host?
Btw im on Hostmonster, and i have edited php.ini before to inscreese upload limit before for Drupal and that worked fine.

Thanks for great support and mod.

It's possible that it works without restarting as they probably use a virtual php.ini on a shared hosting environment. You only need to remove the # in front of the lines (otherwise they are commented out) and remove their php_value prefix (which is only needed in a .htaccess).

Originally Posted by SeToY

Ah okay, so when somebody tried to download a file but had no permission, the Counter was set +1, but the user got the "No Permission"-Message?

No, they could run the Update Counters functionality to recount all stats. That's all.

[mp4sverige]

The values where commented out automatuclly by server after adding the vaules:

php_value upload_max_filesize 30M
php_value post_max_size 30M

New problem, when uploading an gif image to i get following error:

The following errors occurred when this file was submitted:
You may only upload or link to the following extensions:

I have added gif and rar under Extensions in option.
Uploading rar file works fine.

PS. have you received my PM?

[entertain]

@Jelle:
(1) Did you see that you can search files by entering 1 letter? This is the death for some servers.

(2) Users who upload a files (that have to be approved) are redirected to the unapproved file and get "no permissions" message.

Quick fix might be:
downloads.php (around line 400)

PHP Code:

    else if ($file['modqueue'] == 1 AND !($permissions['downloads2permissions'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp['downloads2permissions']['canmanagemodqueue'])) 


change into

PHP Code:

    else if ($file['modqueue'] == 1 AND ($file['uploaderid'] !== $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']) AND !($permissions['downloads2permissions'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp['downloads2permissions']['canmanagemodqueue'])) 


(3) What happened to the "My Files" Page? Why was it removed?

Thanks for your answer!

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by mp4sverige

New problem, when uploading an gif image to i get following error:



I have added gif and rar under Extensions in option.
Uploading rar file works fine.

PS. have you received my PM?

1) You need to correctly set the "Extension Usage" option of the extension. There's a difference between file (= allowed extension when adding files), image (= allowed image extension for adding images to a file afterwards) and both.

2) I have replied to it. No need to build a mod for that.

Originally Posted by entertain

@Jelle:
(1) Did you see that you can search files by entering 1 letter? This is the death for some servers.

(2) Users who upload a files (that have to be approved) are redirected to the unapproved file and get "no permissions" message.

Quick fix might be:
downloads.php (around line 400)

PHP Code:

    else if ($file['modqueue'] == 1 AND !($permissions['downloads2permissions'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp['downloads2permissions']['canmanagemodqueue'])) 


change into

PHP Code:

    else if ($file['modqueue'] == 1 AND ($file['uploaderid'] !== $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']) AND !($permissions['downloads2permissions'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp['downloads2permissions']['canmanagemodqueue'])) 


(3) What happened to the "My Files" Page? Why was it removed?

Thanks for your answer!

1) + 2) I've added both things to the todo list. Should be fixed in the next release. Thanks for reporting

3) It's now integrated in the more advanced search (you can search for uploader etc.).

[mp4sverige]

I copied values from the extensions settings on attachemnt extensions settings.
Should they be set differently for image files?



I get and empty error when adding an image file?



Update, i found the problem. I didnt set the corrent value for Usage of this extension
It works fine now.

Thanks again.

[lyricidal]

is it at all possible to remove/or even add a setting for the &actionhash=** even if just for the &act=down, as we post our links with the "&act=down" for quicker access to downloading the files but now that show's a security error

"Your submission could not be processed because a security token was invalid.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error."

I also tried to remove it in the style, but that caused it not to work at all

any possibilities for this?

excellent add-on btw, as you already know

[Nadeemjp]

i have an error by upgrading:

Warning: fetch_template() calls should be replaced by the vB_Template class. Template name: downloads_navbar_button in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 3957

[smstoolbox]

When setting usergroup permissions to view certain categories, how do you know what number each category is??