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.

[hmedi]

thanks for the Update

[Kendsl]

Fantastic Add on and thank you for the Update to 4.0.2.

[ddrake]

Thanks Jelle! It is very well done, and I really appreciate all your hard work. I just have one question:

I have some categories that are only available to certain usergroups and not regular users. Regular users cannot see these categories in the main pane, which is great -- but they do still see the files inside those categories in the "Latest Files" and "Most Popular Files" blocks.

If they click on the filename there, they see a message: "Invalid File ID." It would be much better if they did not see the files at all. Is there a way to work around this besides turning off the blocks? I have vb 4.0.2 and the latest version of Downloads II

[jancarlo]

I upgraded to the new version "DownloadsII-6.0.3 vB 4" and is no longer as before, so you see with browsers: Safari, Chrome, Firefox and IE ... Ciao.

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by ddrake

Thanks Jelle! It is very well done, and I really appreciate all your hard work. I just have one question:

I have some categories that are only available to certain usergroups and not regular users. Regular users cannot see these categories in the main pane, which is great -- but they do still see the files inside those categories in the "Latest Files" and "Most Popular Files" blocks.

If they click on the filename there, they see a message: "Invalid File ID." It would be much better if they did not see the files at all. Is there a way to work around this besides turning off the blocks? I have vb 4.0.2 and the latest version of Downloads II

It's designed like that at the moment. The sidebar is cached to avoid unnecessary queries, but this is the side effect of it: no usergroup permissions are applied.
Maybe I need to add a setting to disable the cache and run the queries (with permissions) on each page load.

Originally Posted by jancarlo

I upgraded to the new version "DownloadsII-6.0.3 vB 4" and is no longer as before, so you see with browsers: Safari, Chrome, Firefox and IE ... Ciao.

Are you running vB 4.0.2?
Did you reupload all files (there is a new CSS one in the xml folder)?
Did you revert all templates if you modified any (especially downloads2.css)?

[Kolbi]

Can I run this update although with vB 4.0.1?

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Kolbi

Can I run this update although with vB 4.0.1?

Yes, but it isn't fully compatible. Though for 4.0.1 it doesn't matter a lot as the profile tab and AJAX suggestion are broken in there. So the 4.0.2 fixes for that won't hurt

Only the "Fixed "Exclude Categories" usergroup permission when set to Yes" fix will apply to you then.

[Kolbi]

Okay

When I wait until vB 4.0.3 is released

Here the German translation: http://www.vbulletin-germany.org/showthread.php?t=7428

[jancarlo]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

Are you running vB 4.0.2?
Did you reupload all files (there is a new CSS one in the xml folder)?
Did you revert all templates if you modified any (especially downloads2.css)?

I have version 4.0.1 of VB. Whether for that? Thanck.....

[rexxxy]

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