Major Additions - [DBTech] vBDownloads v2 (vB4) [AJAX]

vBDownloads: What is it?

DragonByte Technologies is proud to present vBDownloads v1.0, the most professional, innovative and feature-rich downloads mod to date.

vBDownloads aims to help you manage your forum's downloads in a fast and efficient way, presenting you with all the information you and your users need.

Why vBDownloads?
Whilst looking for a new product idea, we felt that there was a need for a fully-supported downloads database in vBulletin. vBDownloads is the result of this. vBDownloads contains many interesting features such as multi-file downloads, password-protected downloads and many more exciting and innovative features!

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What does 'Marking As Installed' do ?

* It helps you to stay on top of updates - members who have installed modifications will be notified by us whenever new updates are available.

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* Marking a modification as installed also helps us know how many people are using our work, giving us extra incentive to provide more features and new modifications.

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Differences between Pro and Lite

Priority support & Product Demos available at: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/vbdownloads.php

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Translations available @ Dragonbyte-Tech.com
Support for translations handled by the translator in its respective threads only.

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Major Features:

Searchable Downloads: Search downloads by title, description, author, or a combination of the above.

Importer: vBDownloads currently supports importing from DownloadsII.

Favourite Downloads: Got a download you like? vBDownloads will allow you to easily add it to your favourites list.

Multiple File Downloads: vBDownloads allows you to upload multiple files within one download stopping the need to create 20 different downloads for one thing.

Moderation: vBDownloads comes with its own moderation control panel. This will allow you to easily moderate new files and reports.

DragonByte SEO Integration: Seamlessly integrates with DragonByte SEO to create Friendly URLs for all your downloads & categories.


Extra Pro Features:
Download All Files: This will allow you to easily download all files in a download at the click of a button. These will be added to a zip and returned to you in seconds.

File Ratings: File ratings will allow users to easily separate the good content from the bad.

Downloads Per Day: This feature will allow you to control the number of files and add a limit to the size of downloads users are allowed to download per day.

Private Downloads: This feature will allow you to control who can access a download on a per user basis and allow you to password-protect downloads.


Complete Feature List
Lite

System Information

• Whether the mod is active
• Total bandwidth usage
• Monthly bandwidth usage
• Number of uploaded files
• Value of php.ini's maximum execution time
• vBDownloads' version number
• Number of MBs of disk space all files use
• Number of MBs of disk space this month's files use
• Value of php.ini's maximum upload size
• Value of php.ini's memory limit

Extensions

• Group extensions together into Extension Groups
• Define extension
• Define MIME Type
• Define maximum file size
• Define Max Width / Max Height (only applies to images)

Categories

• Define Title / Description
• Set display order
• Choose category image
• Choose extension groups valid for this category
• Automatically place new files in moderation queue
• Per-usergroup Can View Category permission
• Per-usergroup Can Download Files permission
• Per-usergroup Can Upload Files permission

Import Utility

• Import from DownloadsII
• Preserves all important data
• Avoids duplicate imports

Settings

• Toggle displaying version number
• Turn vBDownloads on/off
• Reason for turning vBDownloads off
• Welcome Notice for the homescreen
• Storage path for uploads
• Custom name for the main .php file
• Maximum files per download
• Minimum posts to download
• Download description preview length
• Enable/Disable Favourites system
• Enable/Disable Comments system
• Enable/Disable Mirrors system
• File Reporting Reasons
• Comment Reporting Reasons
• Mirror Reporting Reasons

Usergroup Permissions

• Downloads Manager, bypasses certain restrictions
• Can View vBDownloads
• Can Download
• Can Upload
• Can Favourite
• Can Comment
• Download Delay (in seconds)

Home Page

• Display welcome message
• Search downloads by title, description, author or any combination of the above
• Category list in the same style as Forums are listed on Forum Home
• Display number of files and number of downloads per category
• Display latest download per category
• Sub-categories in the same style as sub-forums
• Sidebar block: Total files and total downloads
• Sidebar block: Recent files, changes based on what category you're browsing
• Sidebar block: Top downloads, changes based on what category you're browsing

Uploads

• jQuery-powered upload script
• Works with big files
• No Flash plugins required
• Progress bars on uploads
• Display file sizes in-line
• Quick deletion of files
• Toggle which files are screenshots

Download Page

• Thumbnail
• Edit / delete file
• Send file to moderation queue
• Add to favourites
• Add a comment
• Basic file information: Author, Last Updated, Category and Total Downloads
• File List w/ number of downloads
• Mirror List w/ number of hits
• "More From This User" block with thumbnails of other downloads by this user
• Full description
• Paginated comments list
• Edit/Delete comments
• Password entry page if the download is password protected
• Download delay page when downloading files if applicable

Favourites List

• Paginated display of downloads added to favourites
• Same style as search results

ModCP

• Tabbed interface for Moderation Queue / Reports
• Ability to take no action, approve and deny moderation queue entries
• Ability to take no action, dismiss or delete reported entries

Thumbnail Generation

• Ability to choose which image to use for thumbnail generation
• A physical thumbnail image will be generated when one is requested
• Saves bandwidth / decreases load time vs. using full image resized

Category Aware Search

• Choose to restrict search to currently viewed category
• Only available when browsing a category
• Perfect for searching through a large downloads database for less unique keywords

Pro

Mirror Link Images

• Define replacement domains
• Set what image to show instead of direct link to mirror

Categories

• Allow private downloads
• Allow password protected downloads
• Category Parent
• Choose forum to announce new downloads in

Settings

• Download delay page advertisement
• Path to importable files
• Enable/Disable [DBTech] vBShout integration
• Enable/Disable Rating system
• Enable/Disable ability to download all files as zip
• Zip filename prefix
• Post To Thread: Title
• Post To Thread: Message

Usergroup Permissions

• Maximum downloads per day
• Maximum downloads size per day
• Can Rate Downloads
• Can Create Category
• Can Import Files

Home Page

• Sidebar block: Highest rated, changes based on what category you're browsing

Download Page

• Rate the download +1/-1
• "Download All Files" button
• Display advertisement on downloads delay page

Manage Categories

• Allows users with the necessary permissions to manage categories via front-end
• Download Managers can edit all Category settings
• Non-Managers see their categories added to moderation queue

Import Files

• Allows users with the necessary permissions to import files from the filesystem
• Pre-defined path or custom path
• Imported files aren't copied or moved
• Ability to skip or re-import files
• Per-file category assignment
• Per-file download title

Who's Online Display

• Displays users / guests browsing vBDownloads
• Uses same HTML/CSS as forum home's "What's Going On" box
• Displays full markup username
• Can be turned off via vBulletin Options

vBDownloads Statistics Display

• Displays total number of downloads
• Displays total number of files
• Displays total bandwidth usage
• Displays total storage space usage
• Uses same HTML/CSS as forum home's "Forum Statistics" box
• Can be turned off via vBulletin Options

Per-Usergroup "Minimum Posts" Bypass

• Ability to bypass the "Minimum Posts" setting per-usergroup
• Perfect for donator / VIP usergroups
• Toggled via Usergroup Manager

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This mod displays a copyright notification in the footer of pages generated by this mod which includes:

• 1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage
• 1 Link to Product Description page of this modification

[bzcomputers]

Originally Posted by iask

Hotfix ?

It means even though there will not be a change in version # there have been some small changes made to fix issues affecting some users and you should re-download the product and reupload all the files, including re-importing the .xml.

[iask]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

I'll release a potential hotfix for this tomorrow

Thanks!


Fillip

WHEN the hotfix would be ready?

[DragonByte Tech]

I've updated it @ our site. I'll change the zip files here in a minute.

Fillip

[iask]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

I've updated it @ our site. I'll change the zip files here in a minute.


Fillip

Thanks

[midwan]

I've been using this for a long time without problems, thank you for your work on it.

We just moved our installation to a new server and I am facing a problem now however: I can access and download the files normally, but if I try to edit an entry (even if I make no changes) and save it again, I get a 403 page (Forbidden) mentioning this URI:

/vbdownloads.php?do=download&action=update

I've checked the permissions on the vbdownloads.php file and they're set as 644 as normal. I guess it's trying to access something else and it fails?

Any ideas on what to look for?

[DragonByte Tech]

vBDownloads v2.4.2

New Features:

DownloadsII Importer

• Now supports the vB3 version of DownloadsII (5.1.2)
• Detected separately from the vB4 version
• Stores imported IDs for easy redirection

DownloadsII 301 Redirects

• A new file in the do_not_upload folder can be placed in the forum directory in place of the DownloadsII php file
• Detects old Category/File requests and redirects them to vBDownloads
• 301 redirects preserve your SEO even after importing

Bug Fixes:

• (vB3) The navbar tab would not correctly disable itself when the product was turned off

Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by midwan

I've been using this for a long time without problems, thank you for your work on it.

We just moved our installation to a new server and I am facing a problem now however: I can access and download the files normally, but if I try to edit an entry (even if I make no changes) and save it again, I get a 403 page (Forbidden) mentioning this URI:

/vbdownloads.php?do=download&action=update

I've checked the permissions on the vbdownloads.php file and they're set as 644 as normal. I guess it's trying to access something else and it fails?

Any ideas on what to look for?

Check your server's error_log as there may still be a file permissions issue somewhere.


Fillip

[midwan]

I've checked the Error Logs, unfortunately there's no entry when this occurs at all. I've also double-checked the permissions of all the relevant files, they seem to be correct. The path to the downloads folder also is correct, as I am allowed to download files from there normally.

This only occurs when editing an existing entry or trying to add a new one, during the Save stage.

Any further ideas?

[midwan]

Anything at all I could do to fix this? Even re-installing the XML after re-uploading all the files doesn't seem to fix it. The settings in AdminCP seem to be correct (regarding paths), the permissions on the files and folders are correct from what I can see, there are no errors reported in the Error log of the server or VB itself...

I have no clue on what to look for... :-(
Please help?

[mitch84]

hi, how changed this colour background? thx