Configure downloads, review and upload limits

Where: Admin → Downloads → Download settings

Before you start

These are library-wide defaults; group/member submission overrides can change the effective answer for an account. An upload must fit every layer: addon/core setting, PHP upload_max_filesize, PHP post_max_size and the proxy/web-server request cap. Each picture limit defaults to 10 MB in this release, but its effective value can be smaller. A gallery’s combined request must fit post_max_size.

Step by step

Choose library presentation and submission defaults in each section.
Set who may submit and whether submissions need staff approval.
Set allowed file types and file/image size limits to fit the hosting limits.
Review file-storage settings and the runtime limits printed by the page.
Save changes, then test an allowed upload and an intentionally disallowed type/oversized file with an ordinary member.

Settings and behaviour

Downloads area

The name and tagline shown on the downloads index. Nothing here assumes a marketplace — a board that only shares ordinary files uses the same settings.	Control	What to enter / effect
Section name	Shown as the index heading and in the submission form. Initial default: `Downloads`.
Tagline	Initial default: `Resources shared by the community.`.
Who can submit resources	Who may post to the Downloads area. A group or an individual member can be given their own rule in Members → Submission permissions. Choices: Everyone; Registered members; Staff only. Initial default: `member`.
Require staff approval before a submission goes live	Off means a member's listing is published as soon as it is submitted; edits and new versions follow the same rule. Initial default: `0`.
Downloads per page	How many resources the Downloads index (and the Marketplace listing where the Downloads setting applies) shows on one page. Between 1 and 200; default 50. The list is really paginated on the server, so every listing stays reachable. Initial default: `50`.

Featured slider

The strip of featured listings above the Downloads index (and the Marketplace's own featured strip). It steps one card at a time — the cards repeat so there is no rewind — rests for the pause below, then steps again, with its scrollbar hidden. A visitor can pause it, step it with the arrows, and it holds still while the pointer or the keyboard focus is over it.	Control	What to enter / effect
Pause between cards (seconds)	The shelf slides one card across, rests for this many seconds, then slides the next. Default 1. 0 turns the automatic stepping off and leaves the arrows and the drag. Initial default: `1`.

Who can download

Control	What to enter / effect
Guests can download	Initial default: `0`.
Registered members can download	Initial default: `1`.

Download limits

How many files each kind of visitor may take, and over what period. A limit of 0 means none at all.	Control	What to enter / effect
Guest	Initial default: `0`.
Guest period	Choices: per day; per week; per month. Initial default: `day`.
Member	Initial default: `5`.
Member period	Choices: per day; per week; per month. Initial default: `day`.
Subscribed member	Initial default: `20`.
Subscribed member period	Choices: per day; per week; per month. Initial default: `month`.

Allowed file extensions

Comma-separated extensions, without dots. These rules are enforced when the upload is published, and a file that fails is refused before it is written — so nothing lands in uploads/ that the board will not list.	Control	What to enter / effect
Download files	Extensions allowed for resource versions, including executable files such as .exe. Leave it empty to accept any file. Initial default: `zip,rar,7z,tar,xml`.
Post attachments	Extensions allowed in forum post attachments. Initial default: `png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,pdf,txt,zip,avif`.
Largest upload (MB)	Initial default: `64`.

Image upload limits

How large a listing's own pictures may be. Each defaults to 10 MB. The effective limit is the smallest of these, PHP's own upload_max_filesize and post_max_size, and any limit the web server sets in front of PHP. This runtime reports upload_max_filesize=0 and post_max_size=0, read from the SAPI serving this page — not from the command line, which often differs. If a large upload fails instantly with no PHP error shown, the web server or a reverse proxy is refusing it before PHP runs: raise its request-body limit (client_max_body_size in nginx, or the equivalent in a hosting panel's domain container).	Control	What to enter / effect
Resource icon (MB)	The square mark beside a listing. Effective now: host-dependent. Initial default: `10`.
Cover image (MB)	The wide picture at the top of a listing. Effective now: host-dependent. Initial default: `10`.
Each screenshot (MB)	One image in the gallery under the cover. A whole gallery has to fit in one request, so post_max_size caps the set. Effective now: host-dependent. Initial default: `10`.

Check the result

Verify both desktop/mobile artwork, file download and approval behaviour. Keep rejected test content out of the public catalogue.

Common questions and troubleshooting

Large file rejected despite a larger app setting: ask the host to adjust the domain’s PHP/proxy limits; the application cannot override a smaller upstream ceiling. Preset extension rejected: confirm exact allowed types and actual file contents.