Legacy Problem with screenshots and download stats

[shanakar]

I am having problems with this mod. Right now I only have it set to be viewed by the administrator as I am setting it all up.

When adding content by using the Upload File button, I set all the details and title of the mod, I then upload images to act as screenshots and thumbnails which I have set, but the screenshots never appear. Only the thumbnail appears and not always.

The other problem I have is I use the mirrors to link to my files which are on external hosts, mediafire and uploaded. Those each have their hits updated, but the total downloads doesn't update with each hit the mirrors get. Is this a bug? If not, can it be made to work where the downloads stat also picks up the amount of hits mirrors get? I don't host my files on my own forum/server so using the mirrors is the best way. If total downloads doesn't update through mirror hits, all my downloads will forever say 0 downloads and that is not cool at all.

Another problem I have is when I edit a file to fix the description or update the description with a new version info, all the hits of the mirrors go back to 0. This isn't ideal especially when I need those hits to remain for the lifespan of the file.

Any help here?

 

[shanakar]

Update: I got the screenshots working now as well as the thumbnail. It does't like the same image being selected as screenshot and thumbnail. I have to have one version of the image set as thumbnail then upload the same image with a different name again and set that to screenshot so it all appears right. All other screenshots now work too.

The other parts are still a problem for me though.

 

[Fillip H.]

The way mirrors work are working as intended. I will change this thread to a Feature Request

 

[shanakar]

Oh I see, thank you for changing it to a feature request, for my company it's very vital the mirrors count towards the downloads stats when clicked as that allows us to see how many people are downloading our products as a whole instead of having to go to all the hosts we use and gather up the info. Thanks again!

Maybe an option in the vbdownloads setting like "Mirror clicks count towards download stats?" Yes/No. Or something like that so it's optional for the admin to set rather than being forced.

I'd be happy to even pay some money to see this implemented if that's required.

 

[Fillip H.]

Our custom work form can be found here: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/info/customwork/

If you fill out the Budget field, it'll help us figure out whether it would be worth our time to take on this job straight away or whether we should place this in the update queue