DDLCMS v2.0 Pre-Release

[Little Dragon]

Here it is. Not yet posted on the site.

Should work as it did in testing, however, there are always different issues with different servers/hosts etc, so report any issues back to me. Consider this a pre-release!

The change log included with the package, may not be complete, so much went into this release that it may be missing a few things here and there, but you will see it all in action in the script itself.

Change Log (let me know if I missed anything):


========= DDL CMS v 2.0 Bug Fixes and Changes =========

BUG:
Still receiving Xxx submissions, even with that category disabled -- doesn't check if the download type is enabled when receiving submissions via submitted.php.
Fixed.
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BUG:
Changing the date format (Admin > DDL > Edit Options > Date Format) doesn't work. The main downloads listing (rightside.php) should display the date in the format specified, but it doesn't.
Fixed.
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BUG:
Admin > DDL > View/Edit Partner Links - can only remove one at a time. When selecting more than one partner link and clicking on "Remove from Partners" nothing happens -- it only works when one partner links is selected.
Fixed.
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BUG:
^^ same as above, for Suffixes. Selected two items, hit "Remove" but only one got removed, and, it said:
"2 URLs removed from suffixes."
1. It only removed one suffix
2. It should say "suffixes", not "Urls"
Fixed.
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BUG:
Unused image.
From skins/default folder, remove leftback.png image (unused)
Fixed.
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BUG:
Gateway IN page the menu links appear pink.
In skins/default/stylesheet.css, on line 5, change
color : #fffbfb;
to
color : silver;
Fixed.
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BUG:
We changed all the URL "include" statements into "file_get_contents" throughout the site, so your server no longer needs "allow_url_include" to remain enabled.
Fixed.
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BUG:
Admin > DDL > Queue > Whitelist Threshold notification when a site reaches this limit, should only be displayed once, not EVERY time downloads are added
Example: coolddl.net has reached the whitelist threshold (100) and has been added to the whitelist!

Only new URLs being automatically added to the whitelist, should get this green message displayed.

Fixed.
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BUG:
Weird characters, appearing in recent/top searches lists, and also in the main downloads listing, such as multiple backslashes, and small rectangles appear (IE7) or question marks and diamonds (IE8).
Fixed.
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BUG:

The IN gateway page displays include errors.

Warning: include(edit/adblock1.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /topsites/in.php on line 272
From lines 272 to line 284.

Fixed.
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BUG:

Html and CSS invalid. Make them valid (XHTML 1.0 Transitional) and enable the XHTML and CSS validity links in the footer.
Fixed.
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MOD:
Move the header.php file into the skins/default folder.
Now new skins can include a customized header.php file in the same skin folder.
Fixed.
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MOD:
Admin > DDL > Queue -- When blacklisting a site or sites (either by IP or by site url), if any of the checked items happens to be a whitelisted site, display:
"Are you sure? You are blacklisting a whitelisted site (http://www.domian.com)?"

[Yes] [No]

Yes - proceed as normal
No - go back to the Queue page (do nothing)

Fixed.
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MOD:
^^^ Same for Admin > DDL > Downloads
Fixed.
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MOD:
Main downloads listing -- the URL of any download we click on, should not contain spaces, but replace them with dots.
Example: instead of free-direct-download-8709-Internal%20Cumbustion%209.htm
The spaces in the URL (%20 above) need to be replaced with dots. free-direct-download-8709-Internal.Cumbustion.9.htm
Fixed.
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MOD:
Admin > Page Maker > created pages have wrong formatting for the <title> attribute:
In the <title> tag (not the URL) of the created page, it has dots in between words, these should be spaces.
Fixed.
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MOD:
Add an option to turn off the autosubmitter in Admin
Autosubmitter, like so:
When entering Admin Autosubmitter page, show:

Enable Public AutoSubmitter [] Yes [] No

If No, the autosubmitter page should display "Sorry, this feature is disabled." and die(); -- unless the Admin Pagemaker > Submit Pages is using the autosubmitter it should not die, but do the submissions as normal.

Fixed.
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MOD:
In Admin > DDL > Restore Database, when listing available backups, also list the filesize of each backup file in brackets (ie. 26kb) or in a new column.
Fixed.
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MOD:
remove topsites_comments table (not used)
Fixed.
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MOD:
In the file footer.php, add a link called "Add Link" at top of Instant LE links display, right after "Instant Link Partners"
Fixed.
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MOD:
In the file top.php, display numbers just before the Download link (same column). ie. when you click on "Top 100 Games" you would see them numbered 1 - 100.
Fixed.
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MOD:
Admin > Topsites > Edit Options: Change default value for rerank interval to 86400
Fixed.
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MOD:
Main login page for Admin > move admin login box up a bit. Instead of the middle of the page (current setup), move it up to the top, about 2 - 5 line breaks from the top.
Fixed.
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MOD:
1. AdminCP Access Log: add an option in Admin > DDL's left menu, called "Access Log" -- Clicking on this link shows a table on the right side like:

Last 999 Login Attempts:

Date - IP - Access

2. Under the Access column, if it was successful, display "Success" in green text
If it was unsuccessful, display "Fail" in red text

3. Only list the last 999 login attempts (latest ones at the top), when that limit is reached, bump older login attempts off the list.
Fixed.
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MOD:
Admin > DDL > Add an option to view/delete recent downloads (recents table). Sort these by highest views first.
Fixed.
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MOD:
Admin > DDL > Add an option to view/delete searches (searches table). Sort these by highest searches first.
Fixed.
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MOD:
SEO Sabotage Prevention Mod
1. For searches performed in the site (search form in header.php and leftside.php), check each search term against "spamwords" table (spam keywords blocker) -- if there is a match (all words), redirect to main page (do nothing).
2. Add a short note in Admin > DDL > Spam Blocker -- "Note: Spam words are also blocked from site searches, to prevent SEO sabotage."
Fixed.
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MOD

Add a rapidshare link checker feature to download pages.
Fixed.
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MOD:
Modify and simplify features in Admin > Topsites > Options (remove unnecessary fields).
Fixed.
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MOD:

Add the following available categories (not selected by default):

Mac
Stream
Mobile

Fixed.
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MOD:

Update Rules (edit/rules.php) page, in accordance with the stream category downloads:

Example Rules:

<li> Video Streams/[You/Porn/Etc]Tube Movies: Must be labelled "(Stream)" and choose the appropriate category (Movie/TV/Xxx)

OR select the "Stream" category if it's available.

Fixed.
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MOD:

On the submit page, and also the autosubmitter page, add a "change all" option to change all of the category types at once.
Fixed.
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MOD:
Additional add block, called adblock5.php
Fixed.
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MOD:
To sort the URLs in Admin > Autosubmitter > View URLs
Feature request is to make headings clickable:
URL - Failed Submits
Clicking URL sorts them alphabetically ascending, clicking it again sorts them alphabetically descending.
Clicking Failed Submits sorts them by failed submits ascending, clicking it again sorts them the same descending.
Fixed.
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MOD:
Remove the cached pages that display in the bottom frame in the new pages that opens when someone clicks on a download link.
Removing this feature will display the actual page in the bottom frame, not a cached version of the page.

Fixed.
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MOD:
able to change your username in admin panel (not just your password).

Fixed.
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MOD:
Instead of showing the actual date for downloads put through today, print "Today"

Fixed.
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MOD:
Unencrypt the encrypted parts of the script. Remove the need for the PHP-mcrypt module. Instead, encryption should be simpler, and only on the specific parts that do not hinder script modification.

Fixed.
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MOD:
Ability to turn off the autoresponder emails that get sent out whenever someone submits files to the site.
Can do so in Admin > DDL > Edit Options > Autoresponder []On []Off

Fixed.
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MOD:
Stats Display on main page, to display the number of games, apps, movies, etc.
Implement right on the left menu pane ie.
Games (343)
Movies (238)
...
Fixed.
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MOD:
Toggle site downloads in Queue
Clicking on the "toggle" link next to the site, displays all of the download submitted by that site only.
Fixed.
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MOD:
Ability to ban sites by IP.
Display the IP address when hovering the mouse cursor over the site name.
Warn the administrator prior to banning a site by IP, with a link to check the IP of the submitter.
Fixed.
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MOD:
Admin > DDL > Queue
When the Blacklist button is clicked while a whitelisted site is checked, warn the administrator before proceeding!

Fixed.
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MOD:
Katz/Phaze download pages:
Admin > Page Maker > Add Page
When creating a local page, create a version acceptable to Katz, and another verion for Phaze.
The Admincp Submitter will have custom submit buttons for Katz and Phaze, in addition to regular submit to all other sites.
Fixed.
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MOD:
Download Rating System

1.
Add a "Download Rating system" to the file frame.php
Example:
Rate this * * * * *

Clicking a star opens a new little window displaying "Thanks for rating!"

2.
Each time it's rated, take the average of the current (old) rating and the new rating, round it up.

3.
Set the rating interval to 90 seconds via setting a cookie. otherwise, it displays an error message "You cannot Rate again so fast!".
Fixed.
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MOD:

Site Rating system

1.
In Admin > DDL > Whitelist -- each URL in the whitelist is displayed in green here.
Make each URL clickable, with target=_blank.

2.
Create a new field in the whitelist table called VIP. Admin can promote any whitelisted site to VIP status. VIP sites are automatically added to the main DDL table (bypassing the Queue).

3.
Next to each URL in the whitelist, display the VIP icon (checkmark)
Fixed.
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MOD:

Arrows For Provider (Search-by-Site Feature)

Clicking on the site name in the provider column, displays all links submitted from that provider. An arrow (^) is displayed below that provider if the next line is from the same provider.
Admin > DDL > Edit Options > Arrows For Provider [] On [] Off
Fixed.
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Download Link:

http://www.ddlcms.com/DDLCMS_v2.0.zip

Upgrade Instructions:

Here are the upgrade instructions!


Note: Coming UP:

• manual install distro
• upgrade package to upgrade from v1.0
• 5 new skins for v 2.0

Little Dragon Reviewed by Little Dragon on 27th Oct 2009. DDLCMS v2.0 Pre-Release Here it is. Not yet posted on the site. Should work as it did in testing, however, there are always different issues with different servers/hosts etc, so report any issues back to me. Consider this a pre-release! The change log included with the package, may not be complete, so much went into this release that it may be missing a few things here and there, but you will see it all in action in the script itself. Change Log (let me know if I missed anything): ========= DDL CMS Rating: 5

[ddlshack]

One problem I have come accross is installing on a subdirectory.

[Little Dragon]

Errmmmm... well, subdirectory installation is not a very common installation for a DDL site, this is why it's not something that was considered as priority during development.

I'm sure we can help you get it installed using the manual method, but that is TBA right now.

I would recommend, if you really want to run a DDL site, that you install in the document root directory of your domain, plus, domain names are cheap now a days (less than $10) so there is no reason to install in a subdirectory really

[Bread]

As much of a WCDDL & TOPDDL fanboy I am lol , I must say good job on the release Little Dragon looks a lot better overall.

[Little Dragon]

Thanks Bread! I think it turned out ok. Although I have to say, TopDDL is an awesome looking script as well!!!

I just finished upgrading rapidshareddl.com to DDLCMS v2.0 -- check it out as a front-end demo. Of course, most of the upgrades are in the backend.

I will post "Upgrade" instructions for those of you who would rather upgrade your site, rather than installing from scratch and lose all your downloads, partner links, etc etc...

[Edit: here's the upgrade instructions! They're a bit tedious, but they work!]

[ddlshack]

Errmmmm... well, subdirectory installation is not a very common installation for a DDL site, this is why it's not something that was considered as priority during development.

I'm sure we can help you get it installed using the manual method, but that is TBA right now.

I would recommend, if you really want to run a DDL site, that you install in the document root directory of your domain, plus, domain names are cheap now a days (less than $10) so there is no reason to install in a subdirectory really

Yeah but what about if people want to test the script before they actually use it? That is a more common scenario than you would think...

[litewarez]

OMG.... lmao i dont usually criticize other peoples work, but dood this is ridicules haha...


Its just such poor coding.. i mean yea lmao it might work.. and people my be happy with it but all these features and banged in there without and care lol..

when you build a system take some pride in it..


sorry dood but ill think you need to start scratch for V2 lol

[c0rrup]

Show some examples
(I haven't downloaded it)

[jayfella]

OMG.... lmao i dont usually criticize other peoples work, but dood this is ridicules haha...


Its just such poor coding.. i mean yea lmao it might work.. and people my be happy with it but all these features and banged in there without and care lol..

when you build a system take some pride in it..


sorry dood but ill think you need to start scratch for V2 lol

a little constructive criticism would help...

[iKnow]

OMG.... lmao i dont usually criticize other peoples work, but dood this is ridicules haha...


Its just such poor coding.. i mean yea lmao it might work.. and people my be happy with it but all these features and banged in there without and care lol..

when you build a system take some pride in it..


sorry dood but ill think you need to start scratch for V2 lol

Explain why it sucks, instead of just saying "It sucks".