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

[BozzaJos]

I've got the following tables beginning with dl:

dl_cats, dl_comments, dl_downloads, dl_files, dl_images, dl_main, dl_stats, dl_votes

Should I delete them all... install DownloadsII and then import those 8 tables from my backup to get all the stats, categories, downloadtopics back?

[Fireproof]

I installed this mod on first try - works great!!

But I'm having a problem - the "download button" is not showing up - it's giving me a red x. I even manually re-uploaded the button into the right directory and it still doesn't work.

Please help.

EDIT: Nevermind! I found that the download button link was pointing to my style directory so I moved the button and now it works. Cheers.

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by BozzaJos

I've got the following tables beginning with dl:

dl_cats, dl_comments, dl_downloads, dl_files, dl_images, dl_main, dl_stats, dl_votes

Should I delete them all... install DownloadsII and then import those 8 tables from my backup to get all the stats, categories, downloadtopics back?

Yes

But after you installed DownloadsII back again, you should again delete those tables. Otherwise, you can't import them from the backup ofcourse as they already exist then.

[logofreax]

Again the Problem that some Categories are sorted from Z to A but not all

In Options I disabled sorting by Weight. Whats going wrong?

Another question.

How can I make Previewimage of Files shown bigger? Now they are to small. I searched everywhere but didn?t find the right Template to change Imagesize.

And the last Question...

How can I manage that "normal" Users only can Upload into one specific Categoie for Example "Upload"?

Thanks for Help

cu
logofreax

[RedGTiVR6]

I know this might seem like a stupid question...but...

What exactly does "Update Counters" do?

Just refresh all of the download/upload counters?

[DementedMindz]

ding ding ding you win the grand prize

[Ryloth]

Ok, I'm trying to upload an 11 mb file and after a few minutes it just stops and goes back to the "add files" screen.

Any ideas?

[DementedMindz]

you need to raise php max upload limit or do it through htaccess

[Hornstar]

When I press update counters, my forum basically freezes, it fully lags the site, and doesn't do anything.

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by logofreax

Again the Problem that some Categories are sorted from Z to A but not all

In Options I disabled sorting by Weight. Whats going wrong?

Another question.

How can I make Previewimage of Files shown bigger? Now they are to small. I searched everywhere but didn?t find the right Template to change Imagesize.

And the last Question...

How can I manage that "normal" Users only can Upload into one specific Categoie for Example "Upload"?

Thanks for Help

cu
logofreax

About which downloads categories on your site are you talking exactly?

Those preview images are PHP generated thumbs, so you can't change them in one of the templates (you can, but it will be ugly as you will be just stretching them). You can change this in downloads.php, but all old thumbs will stay the same as they are already storaged (and there's currently no rebuild feature like for the vBulletin attachment thumbs).

The last thing isn't possible, you can currently only restrict the full category access using the usergroup permissions.

Originally Posted by hornstar1337

When I press update counters, my forum basically freezes, it fully lags the site, and doesn't do anything.

It update ALL counters and that's a pretty heavy query
But the speed of it depends from the amount of files, comments, ... you have. On the site I manage, we have 444 files at the moment and the update counters function runs fast (but we are on our own server).

You also don't NEED to run it every week or so. It's to correct database mistakes from previous releases (mainly ecDownloads ). Now the problem that some things weren't counting correctly sometimes is fixed already.