Photobucket Image Uploader
 

This Modification works in both vB 3.6.x and vB 3.7.x

Introduction:
Well this is my first official "hack" for vBulletin :p :up:, so cheers to me! Anyways, I want to apologize in advanced if for some reason this post or the instructions are not clear enough - I am trying my best to explain as elaborate as possible. With this being my first modification, I have dedicated a lot of time and effort into it and I can say that I am 99.9% sure that there are no bugs with this hack, as I have tested it numerous times - but we all know how that goes ... With that said, if you do find a bug or something, just let me know and I'll look into it. Also, I want to thank Mosh for letting me use his ImageHack as a Framework for mine, thanks bro!

NOTE: This hack works in total harmony with the latest version of Mosh's ImageShack Image Upload hack.


Description:
This hack will allow you to have access to your Photobucket Account from inside vBulletin, so that you can post up your pictures or videos without the need of opening a new window. It will allow you to display this Hack in the New Thread, New Post/Reply, Quick Reply, and Quick Edit Windows. This hack also provides the user with multiple options/settings to make this Add-on blend in with the site's color scheme. It has many benefits and options, so for more info just take a look at the Screenshots provided or download and install the Add-on to see and explore its settings.

Installation Instructions:
1) Download the attached .XML Product.
2) Import the .XML Product via Admin CP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]
3) Edit the Settings accordingly and Enable Hack where desired. Go to Admin CP > vBulletin Options > vBulletin Options > Photobucket Image Uploader to manage the settings. Remember to also enter the Usergroup IDs of those who you wish to be able to use the Hack or this Mod will not work!
4) Your Done! Its that easy ...

Upgrade Instructions:
1) Download the attached .XML Product.
2) Import the .XML Product via Admin CP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product] and Select the "Overwrite" option ...
3) Your Done! Its that easy ...

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Version History:

• v1.0
  • Official "Hack" Release
  • No known bugs
• v2.0
  • Page no longer jumps to the Top when clicking on the "Display" or "Hide" Text.
  • Using vBulletin's fetch_object() function instead of document.getElementById() to take advantage of vBulletin's Browser Compatibility features.

Special thanks to Code Monkey for assisting me with the Code Fixes for v2.0 ... Now this Hack rocks even more ;)



IFRAME RELOADING IN BLANK PAGE? READ THIS!
You need to clear your Browser's Cache (all if it) & Flush your DNS. This is a server-side issue with Photobucket, not with the Modification. This is Photobucket Support Team's response ...

Thanks I'll give this a try. Is there a way to only display this in certain forums?

edit--

Have to say congratulations, pretty neat mod so far. I'd also if at all possible love to see an option for members to turn this on or off in their usercp. Just a suggestion. Cool mod.

Hey nice release. I have my own image hosting site as well, and I would like to integrate that for my members to use more. Would it be possible for you to take a look at it and see if you could help me do that, similiar to how this one is done?

Very useful addition considering the number of folks that use photobucket.
Thanks Dannyloski.
Clicked install.

Thanks guys glad you all like it thus far :) ...

w1z4rd, I will have to look into it to see if I can get the option of it only displaying in certain forums to work, I should be able to ... As far as the User enable/disable in User CP, I think that would require some Database calling or something - I'm still earning how to code (I'm no expert) and that would be a bit too hard for me at the moment, maybe in the future.

hornstar1337, I sent you a PM ...

I like it! nice hack =]

Edit : for some reason i tried to change the background color but it isn;t working

Remember You Should Not include a "#" Character in the Number of the Color!! ;)

Great Hack!! :up:

:)

Oh! thanks, working now :p

katie hunter, glad that it works for you know.

inciarco, thanks for pointing it out to her

will this work on 3.6.7. ?

Wow! A lot of great Mods this week!! This is fantastic! I make my users use PB instead of attachments. They will love this!

Cant wait till my upgrade!!

shadyninja, should work with vB 3.6.7, test it out and see. Its only one Product to Import, so its not much of a hassle to uninstall if it doest work ... It should work though!

UncoderMom, thanks! That's the same reason why I came up with it. I do not use Attachments in my forums, so I make my members use a 3rd Party Site to host their images/videos - most use Photobucket, so I decided to do something about it.

Will this only allow a single image upload ?

Hi Danny,

Do you think you can make another hack that supports/allows adult pictures ? Like hentai that is?
If it isn't too much work for you :3 Other than imageshake, that yellow frogy that appears from time to time is creepy :rolleyes: May be imagevenue.com ?
That is the only one i could think of that is stable for some years now.

AndyA, this Hack allows you to upload images directly to your Photobucket Account. You can only upload one at a time. After you finished uploading one, you can then upload another one.

katie hunter, sent you a PM ...

Thanks Danny.

I installed it, but it doesnt seem to be doing any thing,

1) Download the attached .XML Product. Check!
2) Import the .XML Product via Admin CP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product] Check!
3) Edit the Settings accordingly and Enable Hack where desired. Go to Admin CP > vBulletin Options > vBulletin Options > Photobucket Image Uploader to manage the settings.
What settings need to be changed?
It looks set up already?

shadyninja, by default the hack is disabled, so you must go in and enable it where ever you want to use it. You can also change the settings of the color an d the display text to make it fit your site's color scheme. If you have any questions, just ask. Let me know if it works on vB 3.6.7 :up: once it has been enbled, etc.

I checked to see if its enabled, it was (i even tried disable and re enable it)
still not working , any other ideas?
we are upgrading our VB , but not for a few more weeks

Well i guess it doest work with vB 3.6.7 .. Sorry.

guess it will wait till we upgrade

Works wonderful on 3.6.8 = Thanx so much for the share DANNY ;)

Jacquii.

^ No problem glad you like it :up: ... I'm glad I shared this, I had originally made this for my site only and didnt plan on releasing it. Then, I got bored and decided to make the options/settings editable via the AdminCP, so I thought "Maybe I should release this, some other people might use it" ... so I did, lol. I guess I was right, so far in 2 days 25 people have installed :D

it will be 1 more site using it as soon as I get time to do a upgrade

^ Cool :up: ... To be honest I do not know why its not working with vB 3.6.7 - I thought it would. The only thing that I can think of is that you edited the templates and accidentally removed the necessary code. Do this:

Search your editpost, newreply, and newthread templates for $attachmentoption ... If its not there, then that's the reason why this hack isnt working for you. If its there then its something else, but I am almost positive that it has to be this. Let me know how it turns out ... If you want me to take a look at it for you PM me login info to your Admin CP and I can try and get this to work for you with vB 3.6.7 ...

thanks

^ No problem :up: :D ... Mark as installed so you can stay up-to-date with it ;)

The code is there, but it's not working for me. Did anyone figure out the 3.6.7 issue?

Works on my 3.6.7 : And thanks for this mod!:D

However I do have a question. My large images are distorted as they display in the viewer area, all those that are like 120x120 display great, is there a work around for this for the large images to be displayed in correct proportion? If not, I still like this mod and will continue to use it.:)

Thanks again for your hard work:cool:

I knew it had to work on 3.6.7, the code didnt change. It should work on all vB 3.6.X ... Might even work on 3.5.X (dont know). For those that have 3.6.7 and its not working, it must be due to your Modified Styles or something.

SSG.D, unfortunately that option is managed server-side with this Hack, meaning that its something that only Photobucket can manage. Photobucket makes the images into thumbnails using a declared width/height attribute to keep everything nice and neat. If they were to make it so that images appear proportional then it wouldnt look as neat/symmetrical as they wanted to make it look. Hope that explains it a bit more, but to answer your question: No, that is something that cannot be changed. Sorry.

Why is the download link dead for this mod?

downloads fine for me!

I just can't get the mod to show :P

Very nice! I know I've had the imageshack mod on JPiC for quite some time - but it's not nearly as nice as your mod --- I like that the options are available to be set in the AdminCP - makes it more of a "professional" modification so to speak - Anyway - it works wonderfully and I appreciate the share ;)

Jacquii.

^ No problem, glad to release it :up:

Download link is working for me too ... Check your Internet connection?

It was just IE actin up...used firefox...works great !

What an awesome hack bro.

One question though.

Since the preview image is displayed on the forum does this eat up more bandwidth on the forum since its displaying the image or does it grab the preview from photobucket.

The preview image and the full image are both hosted on photobucket.

The preview image and the full image are both hosted on photobucket, aren't they?

Works great for 3.6.7 that is what Im using. You might have a mod thats preventing the photobucket from working possibly.

Installed on 3.6.8 pl2 and seems to be working except when I click a picture and hit submit on my site, it does not show the picture. Am I missing a step to get the picture to display? Seems like I missed a little step here.

SVT