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

[bezibaerchen]

Okay, then it seems to work
Implemented search field myself already.

[Sunka]

Any chance to have downloads folder (folder where are files for download) outside forum folder?
I mean www.pijanitvor.com/downloads and not www.pijanitvor.com/forum/downloads

[entertain]

Hi RS Jelle,

there are only three things that I want to point out:

1. Please use tabs in your tables (templates)
2. HTML Codes should not be implemented in the php-file (downloads.php)
For HTML Codes it would be better to use the product
3. Use "AND" and not "&"


Greetings.

[entertain]

Originally Posted by Sunka

Any chance to have downloads folder (folder where are files for download) outside forum folder?
I mean www.pijanitvor.com/downloads and not www.pijanitvor.com/forum/downloads

Take a look into the settings.

AdminCP => Downloads => Settings => Download URL

This should work....

[echo2kk5]

Thank you for the update! :up:

[Saudi Zoom]

Do i have to re-translate after updating?

Thank you for updates

[Sunka]

Originally Posted by entertain

Take a look into the settings.

AdminCP => Downloads => Settings => Download URL

This should work....

Yes, I looked there.
Default is ./downloads/ what is mean www.pijanitvor.com/forum/downloads/

But if I change ./downloads/ to www.pijanitvor.com/downloads/ it is not working (I try to create folder there), I can not upload files or even download files.

Same problem is for import files from folder allready in my web root. You can not import files from folder, if that folder is not on sam place where is downloads.php

This is my forum web address: www.pijanitvor.com/forum

What should I put in ACP option if I want to my downloads folder be on web root, not in forum root aka www.pijanitvor.com/downloads/

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Sunka

Any chance to have downloads folder (folder where are files for download) outside forum folder?
I mean www.pijanitvor.com/downloads and not www.pijanitvor.com/forum/downloads

Then you need to set the Download URL setting to ../downloads/ (with two points in front of the first slash)
It's a relative path setting.

Originally Posted by entertain

Hi RS Jelle,

there are only three things that I want to point out:

1. Please use tabs in your tables (templates)
2. HTML Codes should not be implemented in the php-file (downloads.php)
For HTML Codes it would be better to use the product
3. Use "AND" and not "&"


Greetings.

V6 beta already has that better code style. It's also following most other vB coding standards.

But what do you mean with 3? "AND" and "&" aren't synonyms. I guess you mean "&&" (which isn't used in v5 nor in v6)?

Originally Posted by Saudi Zoom

Do i have to re-translate after updating?

Thank you for updates

Normally not, you only need to update the version number in the ecdownloads_copyright phrase if you translated that also.

[Jawa Lunk]

Hi, I ma using a previous version, do I uninstall it before installing this new version?

And also, am I going to lose all my downloads I already have or will this install recognize the categories and downloads already there?

I have hundreds of downloads and would hate to lose them by installing the new version :P

Thanks!

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Jawa Lunk

Hi, I ma using a previous version, do I uninstall it before installing this new version?

And also, am I going to lose all my downloads I already have or will this install recognize the categories and downloads already there?

I have hundreds of downloads and would hate to lose them by installing the new version :P

Thanks!

You won't loose any data if you just upload the product XML with the overwrite option on (+ overwrite all FTP files).
NEVER uninstall-install it to upgrade: that's a reinstall and it will remove all data.