vBGallery

[alapo]

Anyone know if vBGallery works with 3.*? How well does it work? What are your suggestions? It seems to fit what I need perfectly.

Thanks.

[Dark_Wizard]

Anyone know if vBGallery works with 3.*? How well does it work? What are your suggestions? It seems to fit what I need perfectly.

Thanks.

DIdn't know there was a "vBGallery" hack...anyways if it was written for vb2.x it won't work with vb3.x. Any chance on a url to the post with this hack? I may be able to help if it isn't too much work as I am working on too many things right now.

[alapo]

<a href="http://sanoxs.com/" target="_blank">http://sanoxs.com/</a> is the site. DO NOT USE HIS PRODUCT. Presales questions were posted, and we were told the product would work with 3.0.3. Signed up, got access, and had script errors which prevented install. 3PM's later, I had figured out the issue myself, and he had not replied to any of the PM's. After looking around the forums, the creator "ROB" seemed to neglect his user base. Users would complain about a feature not working, and wait and wait and wait for a fix. 3.0.2 and 3.0.2 were both not compatable with his gallery. It took him until yesterday July 14th to fix the issues. There were no responses to users cries for help in any sort of timley (and most of the responses did not seem too helpful for fixing the issue) manner.

The script isnt even done yet. It is in release candidate stage. But you can not tell that before signing up. The VBgallery forum section is PRIVATE.

This is for a paid script... So basically to sum it up... his support is lousy, his product looks ok, but with such poor support that he can not even help an install script error (the script had an extra space in a variable name... not my fault), or fix problems with a version update in a timley manner (at least posting on the forum that he is aware of the issue, and his progress twords compleating it), I highly recommend against using this product.

On a lighter note, does anyone know of other gallery software for 3.0.3?

[AN-net]

i have one mid coded but i dropped it and never got back to it, i think its compatiable with vb 3.0.0 but yeah... im real busy right now so i wont be able to work on it for awhile>_>

[alapo]

i have one mid coded but i dropped it and never got back to it, i think its compatiable with vb 3.0.0 but yeah... im real busy right now so i wont be able to work on it for awhile>_>


VBulletin NEEDS a gallery. If you developed a fully integrated one, which had many of the features of photopost, as well as the ability to include users photos uploaded to the forum in the gallery (but with vbulletin integration prime directive #1), you could make a whopping ;).

[jugo]

I highly recommend against using this product.

I agree. I took over a site and the code was installed on it already. I contacted him to remove it because it was not working right and since I did not pay for it and didn't have the login info for his site, I asked for instructions to remove it.

The guy is nasty and not helpful at all.

Too bad...the product looks promising....but with a lousy attitude and lack of respect, I don't think anyone would want to bother.

[Tigga]

vBadvanced will have one available within the next couple months. :)

[Andreas]

Yeah! That sounds really cool.

[Hialls]

how soon :P

[Tigga]

I've learned not to give any type of release dates because if I do, then they're guaranteed not to happen. ;)

[Hialls]

aww ok well if vba.com is to go by beta should be soon anyway :D

Ill just stand by with my paypal ready to buy it i guess :p

[Andreas]

Let me know how much money will be necessary to speed up developement :)

[alapo]

Great and I chose vbindex :(.

[Tigga]

Great and I chose vbindex :(.The image gallery (and any of our other scripts for that matter) will run without having our CMPS or anything else installed, so there's reason that using vBindex woudl be a problem. ;)

[ScottW23]

You guys should define exactly what you want in a gallery integration. PhotoPost currently offers two levels of VB3 integration:

1) PhotoPost integrates with vBulletin 3.x user database and usergroups, allowing your users to login to upload photos and post comments within PhotoPost using their existing vBulletin username/password. Your vBulletin usergroups will also work within PhotoPost to authenticate/grant access to certain groups to view certain galleries, grant different disk space allotments to different groups, etc.

2) PhotoPost integrates with vBulletin 3.x styles, allowing you to use your vBulletin styles within PhotoPost, as well as displaying recent PhotoPost uploads and PhotoPost galleries on your main vBulletin forum index page.

[Jolten]

Photopost isn't great though. Because of the way it's written using computer compiled scripts. it's a nightmare to try and make sense of some areas. Not to mention a COMPLETE nightmare to try and improve integration with vBulletin or other php applications.

[Steph2k]

I agree that vB should have an integrated gallery. I attempted to integrate Photopost but my issues (cookies related) were never solved. I recently abandoned PP because of it. I am having much more success with 4images although skinning 4images to match my forum layout isn't going to be a pretty process.

Steph

[fusiongoddess]

I really wish I saw this thread sooner! :( I spent $70 on his script a couple days ago, and it will not work correctly. I've been in PM contact with him and his advice has been brief, and not helpful. I really wish I had forked out the dough for photopost. Oh well, wish me luck. I've PMed him asking for a refund since I don't have a working product. No response yet.. but I'm trying to remain hopeful.

-Tiffany

[MPDev]

> Because of the way it's written using computer compiled scripts.

WTF? This make no sense what so ever.

> I attempted to integrate Photopost but my issues (cookies related) were never solved. I recently abandoned PP because of it.

There are only a couple cookie settings and the FAQ is pretty explicit on how to set them up.

http://www.photopostdev.com is a great example of how PhotoPost integrates nicely with vB3 - cookies and all.

[Steph2k]

>

There are only a couple cookie settings and the FAQ is pretty explicit on how to set them up.

http://www.photopostdev.com is a great example of how PhotoPost integrates nicely with vB3 - cookies and all.

Yes, I've read the FAQ and I've updated those settings, and it did not work for me. Suggestions were even made on what I should do to fix it, which I did, and it still did not work for me (or my members).

[Lion's Heart]

http://sanoxs.com/forums/gallery.php?
~> that's great ,
that display random img in the forumhome :)
perhaps i must to buy it

[fedoraforum]

sanoxs's gallery is a bad product, full of problem and the author ignore the request for bug fixes, keep promising fixes which never released

[Lion's Heart]

hey, can u show me some bugs in this product ???

[MPDev]

Yes, I've read the FAQ and I've updated those settings, and it did not work for me. Suggestions were even made on what I should do to fix it, which I did, and it still did not work for me (or my members).

Then you must not have made the proper corrections - not sure where you got some Suggestions; but with the proper cookie settings there are no issues.

Feel free to drop me a PM with a link to your site and I'd be glad to help you out.

[fedoraforum]

first bad things about it is when you upload an image and another image with same filename, all of your gallery, not only user but the whole gallery becomes that image, no fix to it yet

[fedoraforum]

i've tried photopost too, support was bad, scott doesnt care about his customer, and integration is not tighly into vb, however the only gallery that works for me is vbgallery from vbadvanced.com (tigga or brian is awesome), everything seems to work well even it's only on RC stage and boy, the price is wayyy lower than photopost which IMO over priced.

give it a try, vbadvanced.com (u know u want it :p)

[Zachery]

vBadvanceds is out :)

[SaN-DeeP]

vBadvanceds is out :)
alas :( i forget to check some posts first..

[MPDev]

Scott doesn't handle support - there is a support staff for that and to say the he "doesn't care about his customer" is flat out wrong. SaN-Deep should be able to attest to that as he's been active on the forums of late.

With PhotoPost you get 24/7 support by a staff of people - not one person. You also have a development staff dedicated to the continued development of a suite or products - in many cases you get what you pay for and in the case of PhotoPost, you get alot for your purchase.

[Regs]

When did the 24/7 support get announced?

I've always been under the impression that customers are not to expect support on weekends? Not trying to slag the actual support there but if that is still the case, I don't think you want to burden yourself with the false expectations that will come :D

~Regs.

[fedoraforum]

I'm a photopost customer too, been photopost customer since it was in perl, and have another license on php and also reviewpost, so dont talk to me about how great your support is at photopost, compare to brian's support at vbadvanced, yours is flat out at the bottom of the barrel.

When i asked for support about the vb templating integration at phtopost member forum, no answer for 2 months, come on michael (p) you got to be kidding me right :)

24/7 support, that's another new promise i hear :)

[MPDev]

I've always been under the impression that customers are not to expect support on weekends?

It sometimes depends on the customer - the rude offensive ones sometimes get served after everyone else. ;)

We even have an 800 number for presales and sales calls.

Anyone remember Albinator? The problem with one person shops is that you may find yourself without support or even a product down the road. You may spend a little more, but you often get more in the process.

Fedora, I would say that your experience is not the norm and hardly represenative of the vast number of happy customers we serve. When you say "photopost member forum", I assume you are referring to PhotoPostDev.Com which is not a PhotoPost run website. Since I don't recall your name, its hard for me to say if you've been an active member or not.

Serving 20 customers is always easier than thousands. But we do try our best.

Happy Holidays!

[fedoraforum]

what do you mean rude? i only post questions once and never ask anything else, so are you implying i was rude?

all i post was, "I keep getting blanks on style integration (using vbulletin style), anyone know why?"

that is the only post i have, i never been rude, and no answer for a while so i give up and drop PP from my site, that's all to it. so dont start saying rude customer get serve last, that is not how business works, no matter what a customer said, they still your customer.

anywya i'm out, not worth it to argue for, hope PP will improve in term of support

I wish i could transfer my license and sell it to someone else like vb, but too bad, your license dont allow me to do so

[MPDev]

No, Fedora, I was talking to two people at once; I wasn't implying you were rude at all. It was a general response about Reg's posts, not yours. We have a very active support forum, if your question got missed, I apologize.

[SaN-DeeP]

Scott doesn't handle support - there is a support staff for that and to say the he "doesn't care about his customer" is flat out wrong. SaN-Deep should be able to attest to that as he's been active on the forums of late.

With PhotoPost you get 24/7 support by a staff of people - not one person. You also have a development staff dedicated to the continued development of a suite or products - in many cases you get what you pay for and in the case of PhotoPost, you get alot for your purchase.
I agree to comments on MpDev completely here :)
We bought photopost and i myself was very rude in beginning coz there were enough posts and guidelines on photpost forums, but i was lame that i did not search well to find a solution..
Morever, the support staff replied properly to my questions too, but since PP was altogether a new thing for me, it was quite confusing to learn the same without reading..

Now i am quite involved with Photopost, and found the same to be one of the Best PhotoGallery Software Script and am Very Happy with the decision i bought the same.

Morever, the new version of Photopost 4.8.5 (VbEnhanced VERsion is worth checking/testing) a live preview of same is available on www.photopostdev.com

which is going to be more superior to all the old versions and will integrate much better with Vbulletin.

Thanks to Photopost which added a charm to my forums :)

Regards,

[SaN-DeeP]

You can see an example of the new vB3 Enhanced version on PhotoPostDev.com (http://www.photopostdev.com/)

vB3 Enhanced
==========

. New vB3 Enhanced mode with templates that take advantage of vB3 features like collapse/expand and vB3 look-and-feel
. Auto support for CSS as file option
. Inclusion of the inc_photopost.php and inc_features.php scripts which will now be PhotoPost supported scripts. These scripts allow the integration of Featured Photos and your Gallery listing on your vB Main Index page. New features for these integration mods include: collapse/expand (with memory), improved integration/configuration (much easier to integrate/configure, uses new config-int.php file for common settings) and security (photos or galleries user doesn't have permission for will not be displayed).
. Text areas, including signatures, descriptions and comments use vB's own internal bb code converter (includes smilies)
. Quick Reply uses vB3 enhanced input text box and Comments page can optionally use WYSIWYG interface (Comments page can also use simple enhanced version, both included and configurable with switch)
. Redesigned header-inc.php to remove configuration items (moved into a config-int.php) and improve vB header integration

Other New Features

. All 4.8.2 fixes reported to date.
. SMF integration (now supporting 11 forums)
. Thumbnail/Gallery selectible dropdown for showgallery pages which allow for thumbnail only views
. Assigned albums appear only on Page 1 and appear with thumbnails and owner
. Configurable location of "templates" directory in the event you want to rename the directory to savegaurd your template work
. Redesigned Admin Options page which allows sections to be selected
. Two new Options sections for Cookies and Forum settings
. Integration of the "Show Albums" mod which provides an index of all albums; switch can be used to add link to Members Gallery (see this example link (http://www.photopostdev.com/photopost/showalbums.php))
. All SQL files have been removed and are self contained in scripts
. CONFIG-INC.PHP has been redone to remove most options and move then into the database; leaving only the necessary items in the config-inc.php file.
. New thumbnail option - rounded (used on PhotoPostDev).
. Upload limit per day - set per usergroup, limits number of daily uploads
. Move/Delete options seperated - Admin Options now allow for specifying users can move or delete images individually. (Also, removed category change from Edit page if they cannot move an image).
. Post/Vote options have been seperated and can each be set within categories section.
. User ability to sort albums to control the order in which they are displayed.
. Integration with vb3 sessions login
. Scan DB improved to allow selection of specific categories for actions (or even all albums).
. New install to simplify the installation and integration process.
. Updated alternate gallery layout with thumbnail border support (used here (http://www.michaelpierce.com/gallery/index.php))
. Added options when adding a new category which allow bypassing of edit properties or going stright to a new addition.
. Admin Log expanded to include moving/deleting images and deleting comments
. Preview section under photo now uses thumbnail template settings
. Improved actegory addition to inherit sorting order and voting options


What else would you need https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/02/1.gifhttps://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/02/1.gif

[Regs]

My point was that people who post support requests on weekends or on Fridays are consistently told that either it was a weekend or it was a US holiday so they shouldn't expect support.

That is fair and understandable.

It is also, however, not a 24/7 policy.

Again, not a slag on the actual support given, just an observation on what is said in the actual support forums for photopost. If you create expections and do not meet them, it is only human nature that people are going to be "rude" when questioning where the support for their questions are on a weekend.

Cheers,

~Regs.

[MPDev]

Actually, what is often said is that response time may be slower on the weekends and bumping a thread posted a few hours before isn't going to change anything. The obvious difference is that during the day we have more eyes on the board and during the weekends only one at any given time who is monitoring support forums and emails.

It may be slower on the weekends, but we are still providing support.

[The Geek]

Actually, what is often said is that response time may be slower on the weekends and bumping a thread posted a few hours before isn't going to change anything. The obvious difference is that during the day we have more eyes on the board and during the weekends only one at any given time who is monitoring support forums and emails.

It may be slower on the weekends, but we are still providing support.
My personal opinion:

I own photopost and I have just bout vBadvanced gallery.
For vB3 integration you simply cannot beat Vba. Photopost is clunky to modify and integrate (up to the current release) and costs significantly more.

Why pay more for software when it does the same job, but not as slick?

Support can run hot and cold. My last post regarding a problem (was the photopost classifieds which I also own and think is great) I ended up posting twice. Still have no word form anyone and the last post was 10 days ago!

Anyway, I like you Mike, I think your products are pretty good, but they are not focused enough to stand up against scripts that are made strictly for vB. Thats why I say vB users should look for vB specific stuff first.

My hat goes off to the vBa guys... I have bought everything they have done and never once had a problem with it. In fact, it has always exceeded my expectations.

[Regs]

The obvious difference is that during the day we have more eyes on the board and during the weekends only one at any given time who is monitoring support forums and emails.Fair enough, but previously in this thread you posted:
With PhotoPost you get 24/7 support by a staff of people - not one person.It's a little misleading is all.

~Regs.

[winky6]

The whole argument about support is misleading by some people here.

For one, if you look at the majority of the support questions on the PhotoPost site, you will see that most people post with-out searching the forums 1st. So a simple mysql error message is asked about 20 times a week, and Scott & Michael spend all day answering the same questions 20 times.

And this happens with the crew at vb.com also. Everyone needs to RTFM.

And if you don't have a clue what MySql is, or what PHP does, then you should pay to have the dam thing installed by people who do.

VBAGallery vs Photopost -

I own 2 PP Lic, 2 PPClassifieds Lic, and a Review post lic

I just purchased a VBAGallery Lic last night.

All these products have strenghts and weakness.

Photopost is a "Standalone" product. If I took my forums down today, it would still work. And its portability to other forums software is unmatched.
While it intergrates nicely with VB, it still requires a seperate admin section for some of the basics.

VBAGallery requires Vbulletin as a core. But it all blends into 1, and makes some of the admin aspects a little easier.
It has a ways to go for it's maturity.

But, they all do what I need them to do on my sites.

Then again, I'm not trying to win a speedboat race with a sailboat.