The first update will be mainly tidying up the flash file itself, hence the following will be changed.

Interchangeable Background Image Added
This will allow people to use their own designs for the iGallery, the main purpose will be to replace the current default logo, text, language changes, etc. I will put a few designs together that can be used as templates. PSD files of all templates will be made available for download.

Camera Settings
This will allow users to adjust camera settings within a 3D environment.

Globe Settings
These will be made to allow setting of the iGallery to use external adjustments via the XML, features like glow, color, alpha, turn globe solid or transparent, etc.

Stage Sizing
This will be made fluid for people that have requested this feature as opposed to the large default version currently available.

PHP Attribute Changes
How to change various attributes via PHP - a easy guide to how it all works.


Once all this is complete, then I'll release a new version. The vBulletin integration will take a little longer since it requires additional PHP, XML and template coding - but all settings for the iGallery will be set from within the AdminCP and the installation will be via XML product plugin import.

Surely the dumbest question of the day (perhaps week):

I've uploaded all the files as directed, created the navbar button ... and now I'm wondering what I'm supposed to do next. I don't see no sphere nowhere, and the instructions seem to indicate I should be good to go. :)

Help a newb out?

nice add-on. but i wait for photoplog integration

thanx

i will try it

INSTALLEd

great! look forward to see this work with vbulletin albums!

nice job!

Syrus.xl I stopped by 2 view your demo and I must say its an outstanding work of art...

Keep your Flash rolling;)

this mod will be the next TOTM ! i think :up:

just a dumb question : is it possible to show the members avatars besides the album ?

:D

Not dumb

after uploading files etc you need to create a link for the vb_igallery.php file to show.

FIND in template navbar:
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]

ADD BELOW:
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="vb_igallery.php">vB iGallery</a></td>

thanks for great mod, subscription for the future update. :D

I'm not too sure what you mean by this, could you please be more specific?

Thanks.

Thanks... :)

You'll find my work all over the net - most of it is custom for corporate websites. I do have a few products which I'm hoping to release this year, but these are specialized and I've not seen anyone else do what I'm about to do in flash. ;)

AS 3.0 has allowed features that could never be done before, so really its been a godsend - I know many people think AS3.0 is harder to use with its very different syntax to AS2.0, but it does allow much more to be done.

vB iGallery is basically achieved using the Papervision3D engine, obviously now this will become dynamically populated via PHP, allowing even more versatality to be introduced. 'Bridging' it as a frontend for many gallery scripts, will make it very popular by the requests I've received so far.

Thanks for being gentle. :)

I actually did create the link ... but it leads to a "page not found" error. Has me wondering if I screwed up the file upload somehow, although it looks right to me.

I'll keep plugging away.

Hi noosphere...:)

The vb_igallery.php file should be located in the same directory as your main forum, this is classed as the forum root.

Regards.:)

sorry for my english :(

what i meant : is it possible to use the members avatar, to show in the vb iGallery rather than vb users album ? You did say that you're going to integrate this with vb user album ?

This could be done using a different database call and sort. I would have to segment routines to allow more images to show, or add another feature.

i really am not sure how to change pictures.... please help!

the images are easily changeble via overwriting the existing jpgs that you have already uploaded.............

in other words rename your new images to the existing and overwrite keeping sizes etc......

Greetings, sir. Looks like you have a winner on your hands. Kudos. :)

Think I got it ... won't know for sure until I get home this evening and off this work computer with no Flash (boo security), but the page is now displaying (with "Alternative Content" and the "Get Flash Plug-in" button) at least so I think I'm on track as long as I've not royally effed the image paths.

On a personal note, best wishes for a quick & painless recovery!

thanks- i really like this mod- it looks great...

do i add the pics to both the thumb and pic folders?

also-- do they have to be resized before upload?

apologies in advance for what may be silly ??'s!

just change the sizes to the normal 500 x 375...... and resize and overwrite thumbs and images with your thumbs and images. youl have to resize your thumbs etc and your pics .....easy enough

you have to change your thumbs as they would be the ones that came as standard

i think i already broke it.

it is confusing a bit- i thought that there would be an easier upload for pics-- for individual members.

hello!

i added 2 images in xml file but it loads only 20 images ...i named my images - 21.jpg and 22.jpg and make thumbs and uploaded in images-thumbs folders, but come not up !

message - loading 1,2... thumbs of 20 - should be 22!

some help?

regards

macc

http://libar-libar.com/vb/libar/vb_igallery.php


edit: fixed

well if you have broke it and by that i think you mean the pics etc then reload the vbi_images folder and overwrite then you will be back to square one in relation to images.

You will have to resize (if not at the size already) your wanted images then upload them to the folder.

Then resize and upload your desired thumbs for those images and upload to the folder.

Thanks a lot, syrus.xl. Great modification! :)

Here french userguide

so for each member that wishes to have pics in there, i will have to upload them?

Thanks Sofia for the french user guide - I'll add it to the main post soon. :)

What's new in this release?

Nothing is new. vBulletin auto-sends notifications out if the modification post is altered in anyway. All I've added is a French User Guide translated by Sofia.

Oh OK. I was wondering.

Can you tell me roughly when the update featuring integration with vB albums be released?

With this initial release that is correct. This will be changed when I update it to a full vBulletin integration, with many new features available. It will become a product XML import and will display images directly from vBulleti's 3.7 user albums, if selected. There will be other 'bridges' for Photopost pro, photoplog, and a few others that can be used.

Basically, this first release was just a standard non-database use release, and all images defined within the XML file. With future updates this will be totally changed, and everything will become easier to use.

:erm: can someone please help out another noob???

ive uploaded the content to the forum directory....but dont know where to find the $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]

thanks very much, and what a fantastic piece of work this mod is! thanx!

Login to your AdminCP and scroll down the left column to Styles & Templates, click this and then Style Manager, select Edit Templates for the Style you wish to add this product. In the templates select the Navigation/Breadcrumb Templates -> navbar

Once you click on the navbar template link, you will see a window with the navbar coding, this is where you will find that hook. You can just paste $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] into the Search in template and it will highlight this code for you.

Hope that explains it a little better.

:)

I'll start coding this integration once I get out of hospital - I'm in hospital from Sunday onwards, probably a few days before I am released back home after surgery.

It will probably take a few days to code the integration since it will require template caching, and other php files.

Looks nice I will wait for the new updated version XD

http://www.verticalobsession.net/forum/vb_igallery.php

ok...i think ive got it...but now it wont load past 4 images? i think i altered the code to allow for 17 pics correctly....any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...thanx :confused:

I just checked your images... here's what is incorrect.

With Flash a image extension should be either one or another. I see you've got all Jpegs images which is correct, but the extensions are in a mixed character state.

Example:
1.JPG

13, 14, 15 & 17 are .jpg

So you have mixed extensions of upper and lowercase extensions, change these to lower case only, and that should fix the problem.

Regards.

...yup...that did it.

thanks for your help again!:D

best,
jim.

http://www.verticalobsession.net/forum/vb_igallery.php

Thanks syrus. Please let me know if you find anything new regarding the vb module. I would like to be able to present this on my front page within a module. Thanks again.

i hope it's possible :D and doesn't take so much effort to do that.

because many members in my forum don't prefer upload using the vb album.

Thank you

You're welcome! :)

I will look into this... there's routines that are non-standard and will require workarounds for it to function correctly. There is one thing I will need to know, have you got vBa CMPS installed the vBulletin root or outside? Because this will need a path change depending on how you have the vBa CMPS installed.