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Post by SS_T » Mon, 17. Jun 13, 17:12

>> Go to XDOWNLOADS4 <<

(x1tp.com) (xdownloads.co.uk)

I've decided to create a new topic for XDownloads3 as most of the guides and links are out of date now.

XDownloads was designed to be a mod database for EGOSOFT games, its database contains 2.7GB worth of files which is actually 1307 downloads. It covers EGOSOFTs 6 games:
  • X: Beyond The Frontier & X: Tension
  • X2: The Threat
  • X3: The Reunion
  • X3: Terran Conflict
  • X3: Albion Prelude
  • X4/list]

    Most of the files were actually uploaded by myself which took a long time, this was to make XDownloads popular so that mod authors would start uploading their files. We have about 8 regular uploaders at the moment, but I hope to get more.


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    Microsoft mirror: http://d.docs.live.net/e72f879570ff993e ... jdownloads
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Post by SS_T » Mon, 17. Jun 13, 17:13

RESERVED
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Post by SS_T » Mon, 17. Jun 13, 17:13

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Post by SS_T » Tue, 18. Jun 13, 23:18

Added a search box which uses google search engine. Searching is still not very good but it can be helped if users use the Meta descriptions and Meta Keywords box when editing their download to produce better search results.

I'm looking into getting a automatic meta generator.
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Post by TTD » Tue, 18. Jun 13, 23:33

So do I keep your link listed as is for now?
Or do I remove "Temporary".

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Post by SS_T » Tue, 18. Jun 13, 23:58

Remove Temporary :)
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Post by TTD » Wed, 19. Jun 13, 00:07

Done. :)

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Post by SS_T » Wed, 19. Jun 13, 01:51

I've coded something to help with searching by using the file title in the meta description.
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Post by SS_T » Thu, 20. Jun 13, 16:47

More work done:
  • better searching, added download title to meta keywords.
  • Have to generate a manual site map due to my existing site map generator being incompatible with Joomla3 at the moment.
  • Joined Project Honey Pot
  • Added Disallow: /index.php/summary/ and Disallow: /index.php/finish/ to robots.txt to try and avoid them increasing download counters.
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Post by DrBullwinkle » Thu, 20. Jun 13, 18:06

Wow, Project Honey Pot sounds terrific! Finally; a serious weapon against spammers.

Are you aware that some existing links to old x1tp files are currently broken? There have been several reports in the past week on this forum.

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Post by SS_T » Thu, 20. Jun 13, 18:15

DrBullwinkle wrote:Are you aware that some existing links to old x1tp files are currently broken? There have been several reports in the past week on this forum.
Links from x1tp.com/root to xdownloads seem fine, are you talking about old links to xdownloads on the forum?

Could you give me an example?

thanks
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Post by DrBullwinkle » Thu, 20. Jun 13, 18:26

Yes.

For example, check the recent posts about:
  • FDN
    Kha'ak Invasions
    X3: Terran Conflict Performance Upgrade Index (X3TC PUI)

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Post by SS_T » Thu, 20. Jun 13, 18:30

Thanks, I think it should be fixed now. Created a custom redirect.

EDIT: i've also moved some images over to XDownloads3 so that they still work on here.

EDIT2: I've also activated cloudflare to see if it works with XDownloads3. I did try it with XDownloads ULD but didn't have much success.
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Post by jack775544 » Thu, 20. Jun 13, 23:35

The new website is looking fantastic, and it is running silky smooth as well.

One question though, when you are logged in, how can you see a list of all your uploaded files. I looked in my user profile and it wasn't there.
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Post by SS_T » Fri, 21. Jun 13, 13:07

Unfortunately that feature I have to wait for, I had to rely on a third party script that hasn't been updated yet.

I will try to create something. Sorry.
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Post by SS_T » Fri, 21. Jun 13, 15:05

I've created something which might help for now:

Example Page: http://xdownloads.co.uk/index.php/viewd ... t-reloaded

At the bottom of the page you will see that I have coded a list of mods that the author has on the website. This list only works if the 'author name' field has been filled with the correct user name.

Unfortunatly, I found one bug where the user has added an email address causing the script not to read the author name:
http://xdownloads.co.uk/index.php/viewd ... aming-tcan
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Post by SS_T » Fri, 21. Jun 13, 17:16

I've created this page with all the downloads in one list, sorted ASC by author name:
http://xdownloads.co.uk/index.php/author-mods

Files without author names at the top, if anyone wants to edit the incomplete files eg author name, titles incorrect ect. Please contact me.
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Post by Shimrod » Sat, 22. Jun 13, 22:09

When I edit an upload the description becomes corrupted. Even pasting in unformatted text from notepad ends up corrupted. Single line description seems to be ok though.

The URL on the download page does not download the file. The user ends up on a landing page.

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url=http://www.xdownloads.co.uk/index.php/component/jdownloads/summary/124-scripts/1256-smart-turrets-ap?Itemid=6][img]http://www.xdownloads.co.uk/templates/xdownload3/images/xdownload.png[/img][/url]
Is it safe to use a direct download link instead, with the /0 on the end?

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http://xdownloads.co.uk/index.php/component/jdownloads/finish/124-scripts/1256-smart-turrets-ap/0?Itemid=0

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Post by SS_T » Sat, 22. Jun 13, 22:31

Shimrod wrote:When I edit an upload the description becomes corrupted. Even pasting in unformatted text from notepad ends up corrupted.

I didn't notice any info page offering link options formatted in bbcode etc. I hope that the links I get from 'copy link address' are permalinks.

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http://xdownloads.co.uk/index.php/finish/55-turret-scripts/1227-smart-turrets-tc/0
Yeah the for some reason the front end editor strips the formatting, i've known about that bug for awhile and searched for answers. But so far failed, its a Joomla3 error as far as I can tell.

EDIT: Not joomla3 maybe jdownloads component?

I've change the bbcode for direct link and added a link to page bbcode.

Also the bbcode boxes are now not SEF urls.
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Post by Shimrod » Sat, 22. Jun 13, 22:38

Thanks, the direct link is most welcome. I'll relink my topics back to XDownloads.

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