TMDb Movie Thread Starter LITE

[nhawk]

THIS ADD-ON IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND IS NOT SUPPORTED

Do you run a movie review or discussion site? Always copying and pasting information from The Movie Database to your new threads? Or, maybe you just want a place on your site to discuss movies with friends.

Then this vBulletin add-on is for you!

The TMDb Thread Starter allows you to enter the movie ID or the entire link to the movie at TMDb into your new thread, add whatever comments you like and post the new thread. The TMDb Thread Starter will import all of the information for your movie into the first post of the new thread.

FEATURES:
Makes the new thread title the name of the movie.
Automatically populates the top of the first post with the movie poster and information.
Images are not stored locally and are obtained from The Movie Database cloud.


REQUIREMENTS:

vBulletin 4.2.x
A TMDb API Key
Server must have cURL installed

http://snogssite.com/tempdown/disclaimer.png


1.0.5 (May 20, 2014)
- Fix for new image url

1.0.4 (June 27, 2013)
- Improved movie decoding/encoding
- Added check for duplicate movie

[nhawk]

If anyone downloaded this, there was a problem with the install file. Please download again and try installing again. The error should be gone.

[DaPike]

Is there a chance to get the movie infos in german?

[daveaite]

cool idea

[faisaly.com]

problem with this on there site when searched movies it doesn't find any in there database...

[nhawk]

Is there a chance to get the movie infos in german?

It's not an option at this time.

I may add languages as an option in the Pro version in the future. But, I really don't know which languages are the most common.

[nhawk]

problem with this on there site when searched movies it doesn't find any in there database...

Where are you trying to search for movies? There is no built in search function.

And what movie are you searching for?

[faisaly.com]

I tried to search for a movie on the TMBD site to get the id or link to post in the title of new thread, no luck for the first 3 movies i searched for, no results... so then I searched an old movie and found one but could not find id anywhere so I tried posting the url of the page in the title box, nothing has worked. I may be using this completely wrong or something not sure...

[nhawk]

I tried to search for a movie on the TMBD site to get the id or link to post in the title of new thread, no luck for the first 3 movies i searched for, no results... so then I searched an old movie and found one but could not find id anywhere so I tried posting the url of the page in the title box, nothing has worked. I may be using this completely wrong or something not sure...

That's why I asked what movie you were searching for. So I could see if I could find it.

Also the Title box for a new thread should not be showing. See this image https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=145500&d=1371648426

In any case the URL that gets pasted into the box looks like this (using the movie Alien as an example)..

http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/348-alien

Or from that URL, the move ID would be 348

[mertiliuss]

Work in spanish???

[nhawk]

Work in spanish???

I'm working on language support in the PRO version now. The LITE version will not support multiple languages.

[faisaly.com]

That's why I asked what movie you were searching for. So I could see if I could find it.

Also the Title box for a new thread should not be showing. See this image https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attac...0&d=1371648426

In any case the URL that gets pasted into the box looks like this (using the movie Alien as an example)..



http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/348-alien

Or from that URL, the move ID would be 348


Yea i tried that entering a movie from there site using both methods and no luck...

maybe the curl is not working! is there a way to find out...

[nhawk]

Yea i tried that entering a movie from there site using both methods and no luck...

maybe the curl is not working! is there a way to find out...

Go to ACP->Maintenance->View PHP Info and see if CURL is listed there and if it's enabled.

If it is, have you entered an API Key for The Movie Database in ACP->Settings->Options, 'TMDb Thread Settings'? Without it, the system will not work.

[t-j]

I know it's marked 4.2.1 but has anyone got it working on 4.2.0 ?

I just tried it myself on 4.2.0 and there is no place to enter movie link or id

[nhawk]

I know it's marked 4.2.1 but has anyone got it working on 4.2.0 ?

I just tried it myself on 4.2.0 and there is no place to enter movie link or id

The system has not been tested on 4.2.0, so no support will be given for that version.

But, did you turn on the system after installing?

And did you select a Forum that will be used by the system?

[t-j]

Yes and Yes :)

Thanks for the quick reply, at least we now know it won't work on 4.2.0 so it should help others before they try it.
Maybe I will upgrade soon :D

Great job either way, nominated for MOTM

[nhawk]

Yes and Yes :)

Thanks for the quick reply, at least we now know it won't work on 4.2.0 so it should help others before they try it.
Maybe I will upgrade soon :D

Great job either way, nominated for MOTM

Well, I'm going to go back on that. I just tested it on 4.2.0 PL3 and it works with one minor problem. 4.2.0 does not support the HR BBCode tag. So..

Edit the 'TMDb Newthread Process' plugin, locate and remove this from it..

[t-j]

Done and still the same for me.
API key entered and mod turned on.

See attached where "Title" has not changed to "TMDB link or Movie ID"
Thanks :)

[Easy5s.net]

Can't visit http://www.snogssite.com

[nhawk]

Done and still the same for me.
API key entered and mod turned on.

See attached where "Title" has not changed to "TMDB link or Movie ID"
Thanks :)

Did you select the forum that will hold the movie threads?

Try using the default, unedited vB style and see if it works. If it does, then there's a problem with your style. If it doesn't it's possible another mod is interfering with this mod.

[nhawk]

Can't visit http://www.snogssite.com

If you're being redirected to Google, do not use a proxy when trying to visit my site. Use your actual provider connection.

[mertiliuss]

I'm working on language support in the PRO version now. The LITE version will not support multiple languages.

I'll wait, tnks

[Easy5s.net]

If you're being redirected to Google, do not use a proxy when trying to visit my site. Use your actual provider connection.

i do not use a proxy :(

[t-j]

Did you select the forum that will hold the movie threads?

Try using the default, unedited vB style and see if it works. If it does, then there's a problem with your style. If it doesn't it's possible another mod is interfering with this mod.

Looks like it was this mod that was causing bother for me https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=253442


Thanks for your help, Great Mod and highly recommended :)

[faisaly.com]

if anyone gets this mod to work let me know?

[t-j]

if anyone gets this mod to work let me know?

Working for me on 4.2, what problems are you having ?

[nhawk]

if anyone gets this mod to work let me know?

If the site you're trying to run this on is the one that is the same as your name, it won't work.

Your site is running vB 3.8.6..

Powered by vBulletin? Version 3.8.6

This mod is a vB 4.2.x mod.

[faisaly.com]

naw not using 3.x,x

[nhawk]

naw not using 3.x,x

Could you be more specific with what problems you're having?

Perhaps screenshots if things aren't displaying properly?

[goxy63]

I need something like this for CMS articles, will it work in articels ?

[nhawk]

I need something like this for CMS articles, will it work in articels ?

No, it only works in forums.

I haven't tried it, but you could try promoting the post to an article to see if that works.

[fleshy66]

I keep getting timed out when going to http://snogssite.com/ , registered and all it does is times out. Does your site have a problem?

[nhawk]

I keep getting timed out when going to http://snogssite.com/ , registered and all it does is times out. Does your site have a problem?

No problems. People are online.

If you are coming in through a proxy, don't.

If not, please send me your IP address via PM so I can investigate.

[fleshy66]

PM sent

[kutukupret]

always get database error when the title using special character

like 'n, 's, etc

im using pro version

how to fix that ?

and cannot post thread on serial movie, its always in wrong title

after inserting movie title code, then submit thread, showing wrong movie

thanks

[nhawk]

always get database error when the title using special character

like 'n, 's, etc

im using pro version

how to fix that ?

and cannot post thread on serial movie, its always in wrong title

after inserting movie title code, then submit thread, showing wrong movie

thanks

Disucssions about the pro version are not handled here on vB.org.

[ckgb]

Great mod. Thank you for the opportunity to use it. Considering, that it's in everybody's interest, I wanted to point out that social sharing by the means of social buttons (i.e. facebook) is limited to the name of the Board and the description of the board.

I think it would be beneficial for everybody if there were some updates made in reference to Facebook Open Graph.
https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/

I do not want to get anybody upset but do think that the role of facebook in ref. to website promotion should not be overlooked in such a great modification.

I am far from being knowledgeable in the subject. Unlike BirdOPrey5 whose More Share Option (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=266159) made social sharing more productive. May be if you gentlemen could talk to each other...

Thank you

[ckgb]

I think I have to retract. Everything seems to work now. Weird.

[Menno11]

No Dutch in pro..

[nhawk]

No Dutch in pro..

Disucssions about the pro version are not handled here on vB.org.

[ckgb]

Right now the movie image created inside a thread has a size of 185x278 pixels. Is there a way to change the size to 200x301?

I tried changing it in newpost_process but it just fails to display.

Thank You

[nhawk]

Right now the movie image created inside a thread has a size of 185x278 pixels. Is there a way to change the size to 200x301?

I tried changing it in newpost_process but it just fails to display.

Thank You

The size of the image comes directly from TMDb. It is not controllable by the add-on.

[ckgb]

I see. Facebook does not recognize images under 200x200. Unfortunate.

[nhawk]

I see. Facebook does not recognize images under 200x200. Unfortunate.

Interesting considering I see many, many images sized at 76x114.

[ckgb]

Regardless, Great mod. Great. Simply love it. Rating of the movies would be next great addition to it ))

[final kaoss]

Thanks but this doesn't seem to work for tv shows? Example that I tried.
http://www.themoviedb.org/tv/12278-criss-angel-mindfreak

[nhawk]

Thanks but this doesn't seem to work for tv shows? Example that I tried.
http://www.themoviedb.org/tv/12278-criss-angel-mindfreak

No it doesn't.

The TV API from TMDb works differently from the Movie API. The reponses and queries are different.

AND the TV API at TMDb isn't complete yet. There are critical functions missing from it.

[highlander_RD]

Thank you nhawk: great mod! :up:

I just amended few things in the "newpost_process" plugin.

1) I added the language option, so to extract title and plot in Italian, as follows:
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/" . $tmdbid . "?api_key=" . $vbulletin->options['tmdbthreads_api'] . "&language=it&include_image_language=it,null" . "&append_to_response=casts");

2) I added addslashes to the movietitle in the SQL because of the symbols (as ' ) we have in our language:
$isposted = $vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT threadid, tmdb_title FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE tmdb_title = '" . addslashes($movietitle) . "' AND tmdb_release = '" . $releasedate . "' AND forumid = '" . $foruminfo

3) I put variables $movietitle and $plot under utf8_decode() so to avoid gibberish characters and obtain ISO-8859-1 correct accented characters.