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

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by directprint

PM sent, just wondering as I see some text, presume you are still looking at my problem.

yes, what I've found is that the file downloads.php is dying when it tries to include ./includes/functions.php. When I examined your functions.php file, it was the wrong size for vb ver 3.6.4. I think it would be good if you re-uploaded your ver 3.6.4 files. Something seems to have gone wrong during your original upload. Let me know once you've done that and I'll look some more.

[directprint]

Originally Posted by CyberRanger

yes, what I've found is that the file downloads.php is dying when it tries to include ./includes/functions.php. When I examined your functions.php file, it was the wrong size for vb ver 3.6.4. I think it would be good if you re-uploaded your ver 3.6.4 files. Something seems to have gone wrong during your original upload. Let me know once you've done that and I'll look some more.

I went one step better and started fresh will not luck at all.
Re downloaded vbulletin, installed fresh version from nothing and still can't see things.

[bonnie]

Hello,

it's a great hack! Thanks.

But I have some problem. If I want upload a file to database, I get a SQL Error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT title, usergroup.usergroupid, username, userid
		 		 		    FROM vb_usergroup, vb_user
                           WHERE ecdownloadpermissions & 1024 AND  usergroup.usergroupid = user.usergroupid;

MySQL-Error : Unknown table 'usergroup' in field list
Error no.   : 1109

The problem is: all table of my database begining with Tablepr?fix "vb_". Where can I found the SQL?

regards
J?rgen

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by bonnie

Hello,

it's a great hack! Thanks.

But I have some problem. If I want upload a file to database, I get a SQL Error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT title, usergroup.usergroupid, username, userid
		 		 		    FROM vb_usergroup, vb_user
                           WHERE ecdownloadpermissions & 1024 AND  usergroup.usergroupid = user.usergroupid;

MySQL-Error : Unknown table 'usergroup' in field list
Error no.   : 1109

The problem is: all table of my database begining with Tablepr?fix "vb_". Where can I found the SQL?

regards
J?rgen

ah ... darn! That's actually a problem in the PM notification add-on.
Look in the plugins "Alert Mods to New File in Moderation" and "Alert Mods to Edited File in Moderation". The code needs to be added near the beginning of each of those plugins.

[bonnie]

Thanks for the answer. That was it! Great.

I have a question: if I click the upload (ex. picture), the picture downloads. That's ok. But I can not choose the target directory. Is that right? What must I do?

regards
Jürgen

[yingzhou]

Can I use the vbbux with this mod? Something like: If you want to download you must pay some vbbux?

[Robbed]

Congrats on Mod of the Month.

Is the author_ table required?

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by bonnie

Thanks for the answer. That was it! Great.

I have a question: if I click the upload (ex. picture), the picture downloads. That's ok. But I can not choose the target directory. Is that right? What must I do?


regards
J?rgen

That's a browser issue, probably there's a standard target directory setting. So have a look at your browser options.

Originally Posted by yingzhou

Can I use the vbbux with this mod? Something like: If you want to download you must pay some vbbux?

Not yet, but we are planning a vBBux integration

Originally Posted by Robbed

Congrats on Mod of the Month.

Is the author_ table required?

Thanks :classic:
The author field is a bad thing indeed. That's our biggest problem now: dealing with Ron1n's code and database layout. Version 6 will be recoded from ground up because of this, so there will be a big upgrade script to do a lot of changes
We will be using the datastore cache (less queries), removing those double author fields, introduce downloads2 as the new product name (currently we are still using ecdownloads for the vBulletin product system, otherwise upgrades would be problematic), ...

[yingzhou]

Thank for the answer! Hope you soon release the version 6.

And I have a questiion. Do this Mod support the Download Manager like Internet Download Manager or Flashget? Some member had download with the Download Manager but they cant copy the link to other forum.

I like this Download Mod because my members cant copy the direct download link to other forum. Thank everbody.

[RS_Jelle]

No, currently download managers aren't supported, but we will look into this for version 6. And there's indeed file protection so you can't hotlink easily.