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]

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# ecDownloadsII 5.0.2 Changelog #
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- Fixed link to files in user profile by modifying the template downloads_memberfiles_bit
- Fixed "File Name" phrase on file detail page by modifying the template downloads_file
- Modified "delay" to work better with guests. The client's ip is now stored in the table dl_downloads.
- The file description is now optional
- Fixed issue with counters not updated when a file is deleted or when a files status is changed using "Manage Files"

[HappyPike]

Originally Posted by westpointer

Right now, the sql in the plugin doesn't pull the category name. I'll consider if we can fit that in okay.

Cool, thanks. Some of my members have 100+ files spread across several different categories, so knowing where a file is in should be very useful.

Also thanks for the very quick 5.02 update! I will try it later today and let you know how it goes. :up:

Another request: In the next version, could you add two new optional fields named "Version Compatibility" where people can specify which version(s) the file works under, and also a field named "Related Link" where people can put in URL to a discussion thread or the file's homepage. If the optional field is blank, then this info is not shown on the file details page. Of course, the best way is to add a custom field feature (like the custom profile field feature that let's admins add new fields), but this likely would require much more work... I think the two new optional fields should be useful for many forums. Currently my members put the Version Compatibility and Related Link inside the file description. This is not as good since many people forget to include those info or put them in different places. Also, with a new "Compatibility" field, we could potentially have a filter files by compatibility option, making it even more efficient to find the files.

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by HappyPike

Cool, thanks. Some of my members have 100+ files spread across several different categories, so knowing where a file is in should be very useful.

Understood Please note that I did not make this change for ver 5.0.2. Jelle is looking at re-writing the search feature. That may be a better place to include the category. Either way, we'll see what we can work up to help you.

[NiTRoN]

I'm wondering if this is allready build in or could be a feature.. If you are reimporting files from directory that was allready imported, can there be option to skip allready imported files? So you only are adding new files that were placed into that directory to a list. This would be usefull for people that have users with FTP accounts which upload files to their directories and for admins that use SSH/FTP to maintain their sites such as I'm one.

oh.. and thank you so much for reviving this addon..

[HappyPike]

My member reported that he has issue using the > and < characters inside the descriptions for the files even inside of the code, html, and quote tags. I just tried it and the >, <, and tags all get removed in the description.

For example, when I try with this code:

<ModInfo>
     <Type>IMPROVEMENT</Type>
     <Description>IMPROVEMENT_INN</Description>
</ModInfo>

It changes the code to just:

     IMPROVEMENT
     IMPROVEMENT_INN

Can you look into that and make it behave like the forum? Some of my file categories often require posting of code snippets (XML, C++, etc). Thanks!

[HappyPike]

I installed 5.02... works well so far. I tried downloading w/o registering and can download fine.

[EvilHawk]

Originally Posted by westpointer

Understood Please note that I did not make this change for ver 5.0.2. Jelle is looking at re-writing the search feature. That may be a better place to include the category. Either way, we'll see what we can work up to help you.

This could be also used to add a link back to the file category when viewing or downloading a file

[project-Buckfas]

Installed, Thanks

[Liquid_N2]

I seem to have an issue where a user cannot download for 1165 seconds after clicking a download no matter what I set the time to.

Any ideas?

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by Liquid_N2

I seem to have an issue where a user cannot download for 1165 seconds after clicking a download no matter what I set the time to.

Any ideas?

Yes, but first a question - how big is the file that the user is trying to download?