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.

[MrD]

Hi,

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

Hmm, there shouldn't be a cron item with such code. Do you have any add-ons installed for the old v5 version? Or custom code?

It's v5 query code (dl_cats became dl2_cats in v6).

i found it.
it is the Module from the VBSEO Sitemapgenarator.

[Robbed]

RS_Jelle, do you think you can add the create a thread as a new feature?

[gruftiradio]

Is it possible, to invisible the Link in the Navbar, for a special group (unregistered)?
I can take away the access for them, that works great. But they even see the Link.

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by gruftiradio

Is it possible, to invisible the Link in the Navbar, for a special group (unregistered)?
I can take away the access for them, that works great. But they even see the Link.

This is fixed in 6.0.4. It should be hidden when the "Can Access The Downloads Section" permission is set to No.

[gruftiradio]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

This is fixed in 6.0.4. It should be hidden when the "Can Access The Downloads Section" permission is set to No.

No, it's not. The Usergroup sees the Link, but gets the "no access" message, when clicking on it...

[Jacob_ITAPros]

I'm very....VERY new to vBulletin, as in not even a full week. This is the first mod I installed, and it went flawless. I can't believe this is even free - I'm impressed. I'll be donating to this person as this was something necessary for the site I'm building. Dude, you should do this full time.

Marked as installed
Voted for MOTM.

[entertain]

DownloadsII allows to search entries by entering one or two letters? This must be prevented, because this might kill some servers.

[ZloiZmei]

Thank you for the mod.
But I have some questions & proposals:

1. How I can add left column on pages of DownloadsII and put CMS widgets on it?

2. Meta keywords and descriptions on all pages of DownloadsII are the same as on homepage of forum. I think, keywords and descriptions must depend on the title of the file or category? And SEO urls may be good idea...

[crazyace]

I keep getting this error.

PHP Code:

Warning: move_uploaded_file(/downloads/95343-testfile.zip) [function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in [path]./downloads.php  on line 1482

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: Unable to move '/tmp/phpR7xLRd' to './downloads/95343-testfile.zip' in [path]/downloads.php on line 1482 


[crazyace]

Fixed. I added a tmp folder to my forums directory