Add-On Releases - DownloadsII Create New Thread Add-On [vB4]

This is a vBulletin 4 port of CyberRangers' add-on for vB3. The upgrade steps are the same as the installation ones (just overwriting all FTP files and importing the product XML with the overwrite option on).

What does it do?
When a user uploads or updates a file via DownloadsII a thread is created or updated in the specificed forum.

DownloadsII Create New Thread Add-On, is not a stand-alone mod. It requires DownloadsII 6.0.0 or higher.
You can find it here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231427 (free)


Features

1. Ability to global select the forum that receives the new thread and the userid of the thread creator.
2. Ability to decide what forum receives the new thread and the thread creator based on the category of the file
3. Option to have the thread created by the uploader or always assigned to the same user account
4. Option to never create threads by category
5. Usergroup permissions for being allowed to create a new thread
6. Link added between thread in Downloads file detail (optional).
7. Updated Downloads entry creates new post in thread alerting of an update.
8. Database link to Downloads file entry removed if thread is deleted.
9. If the Downloads new entry is placed in moderation, so is the thread.
10. Option to have new threads locked.

Installation

1. Upload the files in the upload folder into your forum directory.
2. From the admincp, import the product file product-dl2_thread.xml
3. From the admincp, set the options under "DownloadsII - Create Threads"
4. Be sure to set the usergroup permissions!
5. Done!

[likaweb]

I apologize it was my fault I had not loaded folders

[SuperTaz]

Edit...It works great on 4.2.0.

[Webbstre]

Ok, I think I have a weird bug to report for this modification. Recently, I've had two files from DownloadsII have their comments threads (created by this modification) "updated" with the usual "[File Name] has been updated!" message. Here's the thing: the posts are not by the owner of the thread, they are by staff members on my site (who have limited admin privs, if that helps). They aren't modifying the files or their descriptions though, all they do is log in and these posts are created automatically. You can see an example of this here: http://www.runicgamesfansite.com/hot...html#post22467 .

I'm really not sure what to make of these posts, as they started happening randomly and nothing I do seems to stop them from happening.

[Charis]

Works perfectly on 4.2.1

[Davey-UK]

I dont use downloads11 anymore, and removed it sometime ago. When trying to uninstall this product i am getting all kinds of Mysql errors and the product wont uninstall. Can someone give me the code to use, minus the bits that are obviously not there since the main downloads11 has already deleted tables used.
Regards

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by Davey-UK

I dont use downloads11 anymore, and removed it sometime ago. When trying to uninstall this product i am getting all kinds of Mysql errors and the product wont uninstall. Can someone give me the code to use, minus the bits that are obviously not there since the main downloads11 has already deleted tables used.
Regards

As any other mod. Make sure you removed all files . if your not sure grab the archive ffrom the first post to identify all files and uninstall the product via admincp.

[Davey-UK]

Originally Posted by Hippy

As any other mod. Make sure you removed all files . if your not sure grab the archive ffrom the first post to identify all files and uninstall the product via admincp.

Done all that, its the columns that dont exist that is not allowing me to remove the item from the products list. I am assuming some columns were removed when i uninstalled downloads 2, now this addon is looking for them to delete also.???

Invalid SQL:
SHOW COLUMNS FROM `vb_dl2_main` LIKE 'downloadsIIforumid';

MySQL Error   : Table 'xxxxxxxxxxx.vb_dl2_main' doesn't exist
Error Number  : 1146

[Hippy]

Try installing the xml product only overwriting. Then remove
If that doesn't do it you'll need to do it manually via phpmyadmin

[ahobilam]

Installed in 4.2.1
and it is working fine.
But there are some prefix and suffix found with the Tile of the thread as below:
Thread: <!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: downloadii_create_newthread_title --> New File Added: Subhashitam-002 <!-- END TEMPLATE: downloadii_crea

Is there any solution to avoid these.
The thread title should be clean only with the file name.

[Hippy]

I belive you need to turn off add html comment to template
Via admincp settings