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.

[Hippy]

RK KINGKONG.. set file size max width and hight I'm sure it will workie

[RK KINGKONG]

wow this is crazy well i have ti all running and well now images,files categories ETC.... now i followed the links here for the file max upload .. :

memory_limit = 128M
post_max_size = 300M
file_uploads = On
upload_max_filesize = 500M
max_execution_time = 3600
max_input_time = 1700

and GODADDY.com tells me that should change it , but still when i try to upload a file thats 191 MB in size its telling me :
The uploaded file is too big. The file size may be maximum 86.29 MB.

I NOTICE RS_JELLE HAS FILES AS BIG 370MB , I almost passed out , being though it wont let me do bigger than 86 MB

I also seen somewhere that you have to restart your server or something for the difference to take place but GODADDY says though im on an unlimited plan , im also on a shared plan so they cant just restart the server .. what can i do please ?

also rs_jelle method to create a .htaccess file with the following and adjust the numbers :
You need to create a file named .htaccess (note the period in front of the name). Put the following two lines into the file:
Code:
php_value upload_max_filesize 30M
php_value post_max_size 30M

that doesnt work for me cause once i drop that .htaccess into the root of my ftp , then it gives me a fatal error like the site wont load unless i take that out of there ................

[Dr.osamA]

insatlled

here is translation to Arabic for DownloadsII-6.0.7

to add it
Go to AdminCP -> Language & Phrases -> Import -> Import XML file on existant Arabic language (Allow overwrite : YES)

اذهب الى لوحة التحكم - اللغات و العبارات و منها تحميل رفع لغة من ثم ارفع الملف و اختر اللغة العربية و اسمح بالطغيان

thank you :up:

[TeknoSounds]

Originally Posted by RK KINGKONG

wow this is crazy well i have ti all running and well now images,files categories ETC.... now i followed the links here for the file max upload .. :

memory_limit = 128M
post_max_size = 300M
file_uploads = On
upload_max_filesize = 500M
max_execution_time = 3600
max_input_time = 1700

and GODADDY.com tells me that should change it , but still when i try to upload a file thats 191 MB in size its telling me :
The uploaded file is too big. The file size may be maximum 86.29 MB.

I NOTICE RS_JELLE HAS FILES AS BIG 370MB , I almost passed out , being though it wont let me do bigger than 86 MB

I also seen somewhere that you have to restart your server or something for the difference to take place but GODADDY says though im on an unlimited plan , im also on a shared plan so they cant just restart the server .. what can i do please ?

also rs_jelle method to create a .htaccess file with the following and adjust the numbers :
You need to create a file named .htaccess (note the period in front of the name). Put the following two lines into the file:
Code:
php_value upload_max_filesize 30M
php_value post_max_size 30M

that doesnt work for me cause once i drop that .htaccess into the root of my ftp , then it gives me a fatal error like the site wont load unless i take that out of there ................

have you limited the filesize upload in the usergroup settings?

[i.s.s.w]

nice i am upgrade to 6.0.7

you can support for vbAdvanced Add-On

[Louva-Deus]

Liking the mod so far. Found a bug that has existed at least since 6.0.5 that causes an Internal Service Error 500 for non-linked files.

To fix it make the following changes in downloads.php:

Line 688:

$ctype = "application/force-download";

Line 764:

header("Content-Type: $ctype; name=\"".basename($dlfilename)."\";");

Cheers!

[abdulbasitsaeed]

Also, how can I change the length of the name of the uploaded file. Currently, it seems to be something like 50 characters.

[RK KINGKONG]

yes the permissions are set for me the owner , then under attachment permissions i have it set to 370 mb in bytes numbers cause thats how you have to type it in , and when i check my viewPHPinfo under site Maintenance it shows me ine the PHP CORE BLOCK that all the changes i made took ... so i dont know but im sure someone will help me figure this out , cause since im the biggest noob here im positive im missing something or did something wrong or maybe just my host sucks that bad

Originally Posted by TeknoSounds

have you limited the filesize upload in the usergroup settings?

[TeknoSounds]

Originally Posted by RK KINGKONG

yes the permissions are set for me the owner , then under attachment permissions i have it set to 370 mb in bytes numbers cause thats how you have to type it in , and when i check my viewPHPinfo under site Maintenance it shows me ine the PHP CORE BLOCK that all the changes i made took ... so i dont know but im sure someone will help me figure this out , cause since im the biggest noob here im positive im missing something or did something wrong or maybe just my host sucks that bad

try increasing the limit you set for the owner group, sometimes I found I had to bump up the file size even though the file I was uploading *should* have been under the limit, but kept saying it wasn't.

[hmccaig]

lots of threads to go through, but perhaps I missed it, is there a way to set permissions on which groups can "download" or see it or see the download categories? Thanks in advance. great plugin!