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.

[phinphan]

I guess that may be it. I will have to send the query to the mod creator. Thanks for your help.

[cellow]

is there any feature on this like:
autoprune / delete files which are not downloaded within XX days?

[sadiq6210]

I need your help guys

I moved the stat. in member profile to DOWNLAND TAB

So. I want to active the DOWNLAND TAB in ALL profile members, even if there is no file uploaded by this user.

Which <if condition> should I remove?

[john locke]

Sorry... post error

[billstelling]

awesome frickin addon. thanks!
one thing i am getting is in the parent category is it shows 0 when there are files in the child pages. any way to set it to show the total number for all the child pages?

got it
it just didn't update when i added the section as a child
counts them now but not the one that was already in the section before i made it a child.

[billstelling]

I can't get the permissions to work correctly for user groups. trying to restrict a category to vips only but nothing i do works. it seems to be treating all the cats as one. have 3 set up with children cats and using show only 1,2 in the settings will still show cat 3.

Exclude Categories: When set to "Yes", only the categories listed below can be viewed by this group. When set to "No", all categories can be viewed except the ones listed below.

To permit this usergroup to view all categories, leave this entry BLANK. Otherwise, enter the categories to include or exclude (depending on the setting above) separated by commas. For example: 1,2,4,6

I set to yes and put 3 in the box to exclude it and it shows no cats. turn it off and it shows all. tried all sorts of ways changed cat 3 to 9 because of the children cats 1,2,3,4 ect. main cats set 1,2,9 and still not working for me it is either all or nothing for the regular members.
Attachment 128629
shows none
Attachment 128630
shows all
Attachment 128631

[Davey-UK]

Right, at last after a week of getting 500 server errors, whilst trying to download files that were not uploaded by me via the import feature. These all worked fine, but every file that anyone else uploaded, gave me a server error.
I tried everything, thinking it was either my modified htaccess file, or modifies php5.ini file for increased upload size.

well its not!

After downloading my error logs from the server, i found lots of this line:

malformed header from script. Bad header=application/rar; name="myfilename: downloads.php, referer: http://www.domain.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=66

The clue was the "Bad header=application/rar", as i knew this was in the extensions settings.

Simply remove everything from the box in .rar and .pdf, and now it works a treat.

If anyone has the correct "working" header setting for these two extentions, i would appreciate them, as everything on the internet says something different. In my opinion, most popular file types are recognised by browsers anyway, so most could be left blank.

Hope this helps others who are getting dreaded 500 errors!

Ps. Excellent mod!!! :up:

[bajrice]

is it possible to change the Downloads Folder Path to an external (2nd) Root Server ?!
any help ?!

thanks

[billstelling]

Yea, you just need the link to it so you can add that, it's called hot linking. So as long as you can determine the path you should have no problem doing it. http:/www.whatever.com/yourstorage/file1/

[bajrice]

thank you very much billstelling

one more question,....

how to put the category thumb pic in front of the category name ?! (same at subcategories)



thanks