Intro: It was quite disappointing to realize that an amazing CMS like Drupal failed to have a rich download system. I was expecting a rich downloads section with categories, download counts, rating, etc. The script that answered it all was “pafiledb“. This article explains how to integrate pafiledb into Drupal as if it were a drupal module in a very easy manner. This is a must read for anyone using Drupal.
View a demo of pafiledb.
Installing pafiledb:
- Unzip the file you downloaded from the paFileDB homepage.
- Open the “upload” folder, then open “includes” and then open the file “config.php”. You will need to edit that file to reflect your MySQL server information. You will need to edit the server, username, password and the database name.
- Make a folder in your drupal root directory called “downloads“.
- Open up the “upload” folder from the file you just unzipped. Copy everything, except for the “upgrade” folder from this folder into the “downloads” folder you just created.
- Navigate to the “downloads/install/index.php” folder using your web browser and setup pafiledb with any settings you want.
- Once you’ve done so, you will be prompted to delete the install folder and then you can easily view your pafiledb by browsing to your /downloads/index.php folder.
Goofy Messenger is a Chat Client with advanced & entertaining features for Chatroom Servers on the Ares p2p network. It is built using C# on the .Net framework 2.0.
Development of Goofy Messenger Discontinued: I have discarded the development of Goofy due to lack of time. Though I hope someone picks up from this release and keeps it going. Perhaps, the open source release might help developers understand many concepts of networking, user interfaces, .Net framework & Ares protocol.
Source Code Released under GNU GPL v2: Yes, the source code is now available to those who would like to have a look at how things worked & for those who’d like to append to it and carry on. You can use the source code to compile, test, update & produce copies as long as you do not take out original “Developer” credits. Visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt for more…
If you need any help in understanding how certain parts of the code works, you can contact me via the contact page of this site. I will try to get back to you as soon as possible.
Download:
Goofy Messenger v2.0(beta) Source Code (VS 2005 - C# Project)