Because the coder did not code it to check if it was there on uninstall.

This functionality provided through this mod should become part of the core vB4, it's that important to site growth and moving forums to the next generation.

This going to be updated for 4.0+? Love this mod.

Hi.. Thanks for this trick.

I edited the file as you said. But no use, it didn't work. Still all privates albums are showing to normal members.

Very nice, but my database contains many empty/deleted albums that are showing up. Any way to delete them for good?

I'm not upgrading to 4.0 until either this or something similar is released. Saves me having a seperate gallery installed!

Umm.. why would we need this mod when this is available?

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/album.php

Recently Updated Albums shows only that - the albums that were updated last. My album of my vacation last year won't show up.

All Albums creates a page with a listing of all your albums, regardless of newer entries. So my old vacation shows up along with everything else.

Default: http://www.bullybreedresource.com/forums/album.php

All Albums for 4.0: http://www.bullybreedresource.com/forums/all_albums.php

What did I miss? Is a vb4 version available? Or is there some hack that will do it?

BBR-APBT , are you going to release that mod?

I recoded it for my self.

I don't know if I can or not, I asked abe but I had no answer so far. If he says I can they I will if he does not respond or says no then I can not.

Maybe he is updating this to release I do not know.

would you be able to run a diff between your version and abes and post that? that way you would be only posting your code

I have a working version. There is no need to recode it. I mean in all actuality its all default vBulletin code for the most part. But since I worked my version off of abe's I will wait for his permission.

There is no need to rewrite it as it works there isn't to many ways to redo it. Basically it would be a waste of my time.

I understand the principle, but when you consider that some authors here go AWOL you might be waiting a while.

Just post the mod, give full credit to abe with a link to his profile and this mod in particular and give yourself credit for the port only.

It is the ethics in the matter you do not just release another coders code with out permission first. He did not check this mod as re-usable code. He is clearly around as he was on line in January. When he is around I am sure he will say yes or no and if he says no I am sure he will upgrade this.

Releasing a large portion of someone else's code in a separate mod thread, attributed credit or not, without permission is just asking for trouble. A code snippet is one thing. Basically just using the same code with some tweaks could technically count as copyright violation.

Yes, or not. Where the bigger crime occurs is when an author disappears entirely, and others, in a misguided attempt to protect this unclaimed "copyright", forbid anyone to modify and distribute it.

And so we're stuck waiting for someone to come along and claim to have written all original code to do the same thing. Of course, there's only a few ways to perform a function in a given language, so there's a very good chance a large part of any new code will look exactly like previous code.

Coders drop dead (or drop out) all the time. Let's put some reasonable amount of time on limitations. Maybe 6 months.

Copyright isn't a matter of claim or an invisible stamp the author puts on a thing. You own the copyright to a thing as soon as you create it. By law. You don't have to claim anything, it automatically exists as soon as you affix it into some tangible form. And perpetrating someone else's work is an actual crime. Now I haven't looked at the code to this, and it might be something simple. But it's bad form to just nab someone's code just because folks are impatient to see a new version, even if it is relatively simple. It's not misguided, it's the way the forum was designed. That's what the "reusable code" option when you post a mod is for. If I create something, I don't think my absence for any amount of time should be carte blanch reason for someone else to assign it as their own, if I don't want it to be so.

Despite I'm desperate for this one ported to 4.0 I have to agree 100% on what Digital Jedi said.

But this mod (as others Abe's) are so usefull, just can't live without it. You know, vB Albums page sucks and Abe's mod gives it a photo galery status.

Fortunately the law doesn't agree with you. But there's no point in going there since that takes some 100 years now to take effect - completely useless for software coding.

Hey, if I'm still alive to put up a fight, let me fight. It having a shorter shelf life shouldn't alter that.

is there an mod for 4.0 ? all albums ?
and events on forumhome ? and birdthday members on forum home ?
also an auto message in the forum , make a topic if someone is birdthday ?

or is this in progress?

thx

would it be acceptable for BBR-APBT to download winmerge and create a patch for abes and release that?

The developer was last online 31st Jan as of this post. I would say that if he's been online 3 times or more since you emailed him that you could take it as read that he has no interest.

A patch to upgrade is of course the perfect solution to all of this - we're all clamouring for it, so obviously it's needed.

Need a vb4 version :)

yea. need a vb4 version ...

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:)

I know but it?s a very needed hack for me.

I know. I don't blame you. But it's just that the forums have been nothing but 4.0 requests for the last couple of months.

I think we all understand this, however if you look back a page you'll see that someone has pretty much successfully ported this modification into 4.0.X with few issues and the only thing stopping them releasing it is questions over ownership of the code. This is why some of us are extra antsy about it's release as a 4.0.X mod..

Frustrating indeed!

Yeah what he said!! ;)

Can you tell us what you changed so we can do it ourselves? Kind of like a fix for his mod, I have seen that done before. So you will be given the credit for fixing his code for vb4.

No not really there was to many changes I do not even remember what I changed at this point. There would be no way for me to even write directions as there was a bit of code changes some little things some bigger things. I replaced whole templates.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

You know, there's nothing wrong with posting just the modified files in THIS thread, as long as the coder hasn't said otherwise.

It is modified files and templates.

Actually, you may not unless the developer says it's OK. Developers don't like people modifying their code and redistributing it without their permission.

In this case probably close to 90% of the code is stock VB 3.8 code. Most of the custom code is with the templates which BBR-APBT had to rewrite for VB 4, the rest of the "custom" code is SQL queries which I wouldnt classify a SQL query as "custom".

If BBR-APBT were to take his mod, strip out all the VB stock code and then do a 'diff' to Abes code I'm sure only a few lines would match

just my 2cents

I guess that?s right too :)

Can I suggest that the "supported" checkmark is removed if the developer is not actually supporting the product?