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.
We moved our site to a different server which has a different folder structure and now when someone tried to download a file that was previously uploaded they get this:
Warning: copy(./downloads//ec_tmp/987 Minor Maintenance Check List 2.pdf) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in [path]/downloads.php on line 700
ERROR: File not found.
the downloads directory is still there as all directories and permissions were copied over, it is the higher level directories before the web root that changed. I expected to find some place in the config for this mod that was storing that info, but all I see is the ./downloads setting which is still the same.
The files in question are actually there in the downloads directory, but not the ec_temp directory so I don't know why it is looking there or trying to anyway. The files also have a prefix before the name of each filename like 12345-Filename.zip etc.
I can try to reinstall the mod again from a fresh zip to see if that fixes/changes anything, but I am assuming that this is some sort of config error since the site moved, but I have no idea what other than the dir path would have caused a problem.
There should be something wrong with the directories, permissions, ... DownloadsII isn't storing a server path (there's only the ./downloads setting).
Look at this post for a list of things to do (reinstall means overwriting the product and not uninstall-install, which deletes all data!).
There's a "pin/unpin" option, which is the same as stickies
By the way mate can you help me out with the Description, is not showing the description part or even the comment part is not showing even though I set the Usergroups to do.
By the way I did Install this in 3.7.2 working fine but just that bug
Generally, when no one answers it's because no one quite knows what to suggest. I'm on 3.7.3, but I don't have that problem, so it may be something unique to your forum configuration.
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