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

[yingzhou]

Originally Posted by R1lover

I was hoping hte external file was hidden but it's not, it takes them right to it....

I'm looking for something to hid the external file location but allow certian user gorups to access them.

I guess this won't be it.

I think we need hide the link for the external files.

CyberRanger help us!!

[esck]

Hello, for some reason counters doesn't update, it loads, loads and then an error page :S

Also all categories are showin 0 files :S but I do have a lot of iles, oddly the number of files is showing correctly just below

http://halomexico.com/foro/downloads.html

[Tyran1]

Danke schön fürs NICHT BEACHTEN !!!

Ist ja nicht das erste mal, schade das man hier den "deutschen"

keinerlei beachtung schenkt.

Vielleicht liegt dies ja auch an meinem schlechten English.

Naja wollt das hier nur mal los werden auf deutsch deshalb

weil es eh die meisten verstehen !

[R1lover]

Originally Posted by Ren? Thijs

Danke sch?n f?rs NIT BEACHTEN !!!

Ist ja nicht das erste mal, schade das man hier den "deutschen"

keinerlei beachtung schenkt.

Vielleicht liegt dies ja auch an meinem schlechten English.

Naja wollt das hier nur mal los werden auf deutsch deshalb

weil es eh die meisten verstehen !

English Please!

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by yingzhou

I think we need hide the link for the external files.

CyberRanger help us!!

I'm not sure there even is a way to do that. If we hide it for external files, we'd have to copy the file to the local server, then serve it. That's not a very nice solution.

Plus, you can link to not only external files but also to web pages. Working those into a hidden solution along with possible files would be tricky.

BTW - I don't mention this much but DownloadsII can be used as not only a file manager but also a links manager. Like I said above, you can point to not only files but also sites.

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by Ren? Thijs

Have nen bigger problem. Everybody datei the loaded as high becomes, indeed, can be downloaded, however, it is not opened... It always stands there: Citation: Unknown form kind or the file is damaged... Besides, it concerns around scarce and txt dateien! with zip etc. I do not know there I with it not works.

Does this happen to every file you try to download? What is the url of your site? PM me an admin login and password and I'll check it out.

Originally Posted by Ren? Thijs

Danke sch?n f?rs NIT BEACHTEN !!!

Ist ja nicht das erste mal, schade das man hier den "deutschen"

keinerlei beachtung schenkt.

Vielleicht liegt dies ja auch an meinem schlechten English.

Naja wollt das hier nur mal los werden auf deutsch deshalb

weil es eh die meisten verstehen !

Well, your question in English was difficult to understand. We do our best to support non-English speakers but can only do so much for a free vb modification that is used world-wide. Jelle is from Belgium so that helps a lot but this is an English language board. PM me and I'll do my best to help you within the constraints of my limited German speaking skills.

[pxd]

Originally Posted by CyberRanger

Let me see what I can do. That's a real shortcoming with the "Update Counters" feature. The comments didn't exists when we first wrote "Update Counters" and we keep forgetting to include it. I may even give you a separate php file as a quick fix.

Thanks, CyberRanger, I appreciate it, really! Please do let us know once you have the quick fix file, as I'm 3 days away from launching the forum and it would be nice to have it working properly as soon as you can make that possible. Once again, thanks for the huge effort!

[J9778CF5F0B5]

We've been using the DownloadsII add-on for a couple of months now and it is working great. Thank you. You can check it out by clicking on the navigation bar "Downloads" link at the top of the following vBulletin based forum: http://www.flexsim.com/forum/index.php?

It's an open area without a login required.

The only thing I wish it had more was permissions by usergroup, but I see that is coming soon.

Cliff

[Tyran1]

Originally Posted by CyberRanger

Does this happen to every file you try to download? What is the url of your site? PM me an admin login and password and I'll check it out.


Well, your question in English was difficult to understand. We do our best to support non-English speakers but can only do so much for a free vb modification that is used world-wide. Jelle is from Belgium so that helps a lot but this is an English language board. PM me and I'll do my best to help you within the constraints of my limited German speaking skills.

Yes this was with everybody datei. After I have changed 745 following in the file downloads.php in line: readfile ("$filename"); in echo file_get_contents ("$filename"); changed. If everything functions now. Thank you, nevertheless, for yours hilfe.

[yingzhou]

My problem is:
My forum host is not big enough to store files. Then I upload my files to the external host. I got my link to the file then post it into DownloadII section. When my member download it. It will show the real link to my external host. Like: hxxp://myhost.net/myfile.rar Can you make the real link turn into something like the link for the file into internal host, like: hxxp://mysite.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=1&act=down. I don't want member to know the real link to my external host.