Thread Thumbnails V4 *Upgraded*
 

Thread Thumbnails V4 Rev 1.1

Description of the main feature:

The Thread Thumbnails V4 plugin is an extra image that will be displayed onto the Forumdisplay Threadlist of specified Forums and subForums.
The user will either have the possibility to add manually or automatically (option setup) the image of is choice to be shown as a Thumbnail.

This mod was originally created by Null Parameter for 3.8 and 4.0, but, for several reasons and many hours of trying to make the mod stable and fully working in vB 4.1.x, i'ved reworked the script and put it in an easier approach.


Functions:

When submitting a New Thread or editing an existing Thread, you can select the option for:

• User Entered URL
• First Attachment
• First Image In Post

When making a new post, the user will either have to input the URL for the thumbnail (User Entered URL option) or the thumbnail will be automatically displayed if the "FIRST" image or attachment option is selected.

To edit a thumbnail, if the "User Entered URL" is selected, a text box will be shown in the editor for them or staff to edit it.( I will try to add the editing option from the quickedit box in the future releases)

If other options are selected, the thumb will be automatically updated when the first image is replace, either from the post or the attachment.

Notes:
For the attachment editing, you will have to delete the first image and then reload it last for the plugin to work. The sequence of attachment doesn't get automatically changed when transferring attachment inside the vBulletin attachment options!
This is part of vBulletin, not the plugin.

For the first image in post option, you can edit directly from the quickeditor in order to replace the thumb.

What's new:

I'ved included an image folder with two thumbnail style for your board, you can easily select the one you need by replacing the name of the thumb in the ACP "Thread Thumbnails Options" from "No Thumbnail Replacement Image"

Thumbnail choice:

• nothumb.jpg
• nothumb1.jpg

Installation:

Upload the "thumbs" folder into: images->misc->
Import XML file from your ACP Manage Products

You will have to make some manual modifications in you forum's skin in order for the plugin to work well.

Every template mods are included in the Text file of the attachment.
Follow the instructions and you shouldn't have any problems.

Version:
v4.0
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• Support for vB4
• Removed the Automatic Template Edits
• Use Phrases
• Option to make Thumbnails Required (fully upgraded)
• Option to specify the CSS Style of thumbnail images
• New Thumb images added
• Thumb Editing upgraded
• Megamoose PHP script included in folder

V4.0 Rev1.0 *Updated to 4.1.5*
V4.0 Rev1.1 Changed Selection option

Enjoy the plugin and don't forget to CLICK INSTALLED !

As per requested , i replaced the option for selecting the forums by listing instead of by IDs.

Enjoy!

thank you very much fxwoody!

Welcome Mikevet ;)

Now i will have to delete tons of posts in my test forum lolllll

Cheers and let me know if you get any problems :)

First of all : Thanks!

And how about this question:

When I choose the First Image in Post option, no thumbnails show up in my current threads. Why?

Will the old add-on work?

Thanks again!

@Mikevet
No this wont replace the old thumbs, it's mostly an update of the plugin.
The PHP is Megamoose script to retrieve missing thumbs or if you add a full forum and do not want to edit every post.

@mwink
This depends on how you had the setup before. If it was on URL or 1st attachment, you wont get the first image to show automatically. This will be done with megamoose script.
Just try manually to edit the post and you will see it appear.

I asked Megamoose if he could modify the script to retrieve the 1st attachment image also.
To be followed .....

something that would be good, is that when the user places an image in html code hack take the picture too ... because some use the html code and the truth would be nice :D

thanks ;)

I will check for this nacaruncr ;)
No promises tho :)

Where is path .php ???

tagged for a future install

tagged

Path of what shrimpca? The updater for first image in post???

need more info here ;)

work fine on vb4.1.4, thx!

We don't get it to work. It seems installed ok, it shows thread thumbnail options in the admin, I checked the settings, they are also ok. But I just don't get it working. Nothing happens when I make a post... Any suggestions? Thanks!

Did you upload all the files, made the changes in the templates?

Most important did you add {vb:raw thread.thumbnail} in the threadbit under the right code?

Lots of possibilities, why it would not work mwink.

Thanks a lot for the quick response. It is working now! Only... we have 2 thumbnails now, 1 before and 1 after the thread icon. Any ideas?

Thanks again!

Yes it's for the 3D effect! lolll just kidding ;)

look in the options and see where the thumbnail location is set to! It should be "After Threadicon"
The location of the thumb is placed with the {vb:raw thread.thumbnail}! If you have a custom template, you might have to play with the location in the script!
But in general, it shouldn't be a problem of script, mostly options ;)

Hi,
I was wondering if you could help me make it work on vbadvanced "recent post module".
I tried to edit the template by inserting the code but it seems like the img url variable is not being passed.

thanks

i will try to help you out but i have not vbadvanced installed on my site :(

The script should be added like in a normal state from the templates...i assume
Let me check it out in my test site to see ;)

thanks very much.

In your regular edit, you have edited 3 different files. However, in vbadvanced theren't those files.

I only added the code to "adv_portal_recthreads_lean" and is returns nothing.

thanks

With 4.1.5 when you install this mod it will tall you it is unsupported. I edited the XML to change the version to 4.2 or something and installed it anyway and it works like a charm. I apprecaite all of your work, thanks alot!!

-Jason

hello fxwoody, would you please make it works with vb 4.1.5 I dont have xml editor tool and had never done it before ...
thank you much.

Just use notepad and it will be fine.

works fine with vb 4.1.5 tanks

@james7zt : the adjustment as been done

thank you so much!!!! 1000000000000000000 times :) it working great!!! i love it.
regards,

Can it be easily modified to add an option to show thumbs for both First Attachment OR
First Image In Post instead of only one or the other? That way if a person uploads an attachment or enters with the IMG tags, a thumbnail is created instead of only creating for the setting it's on.

Thank you so much for this update

Installed and working

Work on vb4.1.5pl1.
Thank you for this mod!!

Note:
Update instruction for v4.1.5pl1
to

anyway this can be used on the cms front page? i'd like to show my latest threads and have the thread thumbnail show up with it, is that possible?

I do not use the CMS function :(
I will take a look a it from my test site , for curiosity ;)

Currently, when "first image in post" (source2) is set, it won't display thumbnails from attachments. When "first attachment" (source1) is set, it won't display thumbnails from the first image. But often, you would like to have a combination of these options, instead of excluding each other.

You can solve this by doing this:
1) set the thumbnail source to "First Attachment".
2) go to plugin manager > "Forum Display - Threadbit Display" > find the line containing
$hook_query_fields .= ", MIN(attachment.attachmentid) AS attachmentid";
and append under that line, the following line:
$hook_query_fields .= ", thread.thumbnailurl AS thumbnailurl";

That's all.

I'm not sure this would work my friend!
Let me check it out

The "No Thumb" Image Doesnt Appear For Me... :( What Should i Do?

Did you have you added the scripts from the instruction in every templates??
If thumbs are not showing, normally it's because you are missing the threadbit script.
Or you didn't add the forums from the options?!?!

Is it work with the align codecs?
center, left, right??
because are someone who not work with them....

excuse me my english :S

I would love this mod to be able to do this :)

Does this mod work with the forums' search function?