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DJ's AME :: The Ultimate Automatic Media Embedder :: 2.5.7

From the team who brought you the blockbuster film "Yahtzee!", comes the next major motion picture about incredibly bad and arbitrary puns:

AME 2.5.7: Electric Boogaloo

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/10/45.png

AME automatically embeds media in posts without the need for pesky BBCode cluttering up your editor toolbar. It's also lightweight, and saves resources that BBCode would ordinarily consume. Your users don't even have to know you have AME installed. If they share a link from YouTube, Dailymotion, Amazon, Metacafe or Vimeo, AME automatically embeds the content for them. No special code to learn. No instructions for newbies to understand.

In addition, AME allows you to create, import and export support for individual websites in the form of media definitions. These XML files expand your AME to support a limitless number of websites from around the net and let you share them with the community. We currently have around 200 media definitions collected at this repository thread. If you want additional support for website not listed, please ask for it there. Odds are, we might already have one. (TIP: Be sure to check the Add-Ons section below for stuff you might miss out on, otherwise.)

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CREDITS

This modification was originally built by [name]The Geek[/name], who is no longer coding for vBulletin. We miss him. But he gave permission for someone to continue to build upon his work. All I've done is modify the code a little to support additional functionality and to provide a place to continue to support the product. The product didn't need too much tweaking, but I did manage to add some new features I think you will enjoy, which I'll lay out in the feature list below.

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RECOMMENDATIONS

It is HIGHLY recommended that you read the READ ME.html file included in the ZIP file before you upgrade or install. You don't want to be blind-sided, now do you? :eek:

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NEW INSTALLATIONS

Download and Unzip the contents of the ZIP file.
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Upload the contents of the "UPLOAD to Forum Root" folder to your forum's root directory. (This is the directory where your vBulletin is physically installed.) Also, if you've renamed your Admin CP folder, be sure to move the admincp folder's contents to your renamed directory.
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CHMOD your amecache folder to 777.
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Go to your Admin CP ?? Plugins & Products ?? Manage Products ?? Add/Import Products and import the product-djs_AME-2.5.7.xml file.
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Your Admin CP should automatically refresh and you should now see the AME CP somewhere below your vBulletin Options menu.

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TO UPGRADE

If you are upgrading from AME 2.5.6.

Delete custom definitions specifically for Amazon, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Vimeo and YouTube. (Key names: amazon, dailymotion, metacafe, vimeo and youtube) Theses five definitions are now hard coded into the product and will be updated along with the product if need be. You can back these up if you need to, but keep in mind if you use any custom defs for these sites, they will be duplicated every time you upgrade AME. So don't ask my why your videos are doubled up, or I'll throw rocks at you.
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Upload the contents of the "UPLOAD to Forum Root" folder to your forum's root directory, overwriting previous versions of the files.
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Ensure that your amecache directory is still CHMOD'd to 777.
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Import the product-djs_AME-2.5.7.xml file into your Product Manager, making sure to set the option to Allow Overwrite to Yes.
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If you are using the file cache, it is strongly recommended that you re-sync your cache using the Tools menu.

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WHAT ELSE?

The following five posts will include:

Additional Screenshots
Full Features List
FAQ
Resources to develop your own custom definitions
AME History/Changelog

FEATURE LIST

What's New in 2.5.7?

New! The Help Menus have been completely rewritten in most cases. And orphaned help menu items that were not connected to their entry have been rewritten and attached. Items that were missing help entries now have them to help you better understand what certain features of AME actually do.
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New! You may have missed the fact that AME has additional (and duplicate) options in the vBulletin Options Menu. Some of these have been made accessible via a new menu item called Advanced Options in your AME CP. This includes the ability to cache custom AME templates and exclude forums by ID number, if for some reason you don't want to use the selection method.
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New! The main ame_container template has been stripped of it's tables and now uses a blank template for centering purposes. In addition, the default global sizing options have been expanded to 768 x 480 (in the relevant zones). These changes give videos a cleaner, more cinematic feel.
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New! The biggest and bestest new feature in AME 2.5.7, though, is the ability to add additional code to areas of AME that weren't practical to include in the definition. Opening up AME to a host of new possibilities it didn't have before. Please see the READ ME file for more information. Watch my repository thread for the release of new definitions that fully take advantage of this new functionality.

https://www.diigo.com/item/p/pebbaaz...edeb65b7746078

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Previous Feature List from The Geek

Allows user to simply 'paste' in a URL (i.e. a youtube link) without needing to know any special tags. However instead of displaying just the URL, it will show the media embedded within the post
is lightweight as it does all of her chores without the overhead of having 1 bbcode per pattern or trying to parse a post every single time it gets displayed with a bunch of patterns. AME radically reduces overhead and speeds up processing. The only time ame will kick in is after creating a new post or after editing an existing one (or if an ame tag is found)
is extensible. She allows you to add, edit, delete, import and export patterns. That way you can decide which services to support, how they should look and then share them with others! At time of typing this, there are over 150 media sites that have been contributed by vBulletin.org members
can extract the media title (requires your server to allow url wrappers with fetch_contents or ccurl)
can extract embed code from sites whose URLs do not contain sufficient information to embed the video
can rebuild your old posts to convert your 'other' mediaish tags into URL tags.
can rebuild your old posts, blogs, comments, visitor and social group messages to convert URL tags into ame tags where needed
can convert her codes BACK to url codes so you're not stuffed with a bunch of dead tags if you uninstall!
won't uglify your site by having videos appear in quotes, php, code or html blocks (blech!)
can be globally disabled
can be excluded from forums
can exclude usergroups
can be toggled on/off per post, blog, comment, visitor and social group message
would cook dinner for you if she had arms
can wrap the output in a 'container' with original URL
has a super comprehensive admincp help system. Yes, I actually took the bloody time to add all the info you need into vB's admincp help system. If you ask a silly question in this thread that is addressed in the help system, you will be taunted.
is fully phrased
has hooks around integral operations so you can extend it
Supports embedding in vbBlog, Visitor Messages and Social Groups.
Can be disabled in one or more of the following sections: Posts, vbBlog, Visitor Messages and/or Social Groups
Validation ability. This will help prevent media being embedded that can not be embedded (i.e. youtube videos that the author has stipulated can not be shown off of youtube). This option requires the extraction option to be turned on and a valid validation regexp. I have included one in the default youtube version. When a video on you tube gets embedded, but the author doesnt allow embedding, a link (with icon) is shown instead.
Ability to prevent non authorised usergroups from viewing (see Readme file in zip for more info)
Usergroup permissions (edit usergroup to adjust edit/view permissions)
Template driven system
Signatures supported
Different sizes and template configurations for each supported zone (posts, blogs, groups, visitor messages and signatures)
A couple new hooks (Mainly to support a future add on for AME media in profiles)
Notfication system (similar to vB's to check for errors)
Definition keys for easier updating of definitions and to use in templates
File caching system which radically reduces processing
And more that I cant think of off the top of my head!

DJ'S FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (AME 2.5)

When I post a video, I get two videos with some messed up text at the bottom. What do I do?
Answer: You have two definitions that support the same website. This almost always happens with YouTube, since there is a default YouTube definition, and there used to be a lot of custom ones floating around. Even though the key feature was added to prevent duplications, AME will still re-create it's default set every time you do an upgrade. So make sure you're only using one definition for YouTube. (NOTE: This doesn't include definitions that expand YouTube functionality, such as YouTube Playlists or YouTube Short URLs.)

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I posted a YouTube video, but it says "This Video is no Longer Available". But I looked at the site and it's there. How come the video isn't showing?
Answer: Check the page you got the video from and look for the Embed Code box. If it says "Embedding Disabled by Request" this video can not be embedded.

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I posted the embed code, but all I get is the embed code and not the video. Why didn't the video convert?
Answer: Well, that's why. You don't post embed code using this mod. You just post the link to the page the video is on.

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What special instructions do I need to give my users so they can use this? Do I need to add anything to the editor?
Answer: None. All your users need to do is post links. (If you previously used special BBCode, see the next question instead.)

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What do I do if I used to use [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] tags tor other special BBCode to embed videos on my site?
Answer: Go to Admin CP ? AME CP ? Tools ? Convert Codes and you will find a special converter to turn these old media tags into specially made AME tags. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW ANY STEP ADVISED BEFORE PROCEEDING.

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I used to use Goldbrick/PassiveVid/Other Media Embedding System. Do I need to uninstall the old one before installing AME? What will happen to my old posts?
Answer: Refer to the instructions for each of these mods for uninstalling. Then check your database tables for any remnants of the old modification as they will conflict with AME. You can then install the AME product. Unless your old modification used some kind of special tags for converting videos, you will have to manually edit the posts of old threads in order to get the videos to convert.

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How do I edit the specific width or height of a certain site individually?
Answer: Media width and height are controlled globally, but if your global settings are impractical for whatever reason, go to your Admin CP ? AME CP ? Display Definitions ? [DEFINITION NAME]. In the Replacement HTML box change the $ameinfo[height] and $ameinfo[width] variables to the literal dimensions you want.

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How do I align the videos to the left or right, instead of having it aligned centered in posts?
Answer: To align the video to the left or right instead of having it centered, change the HTML in your ame_container template: Admin CP ? Styles & Templates ? ?EXPAND SELECTED STYLE? ? AME Templates ? ame_container. Look for this line of code and change "center" to "left" or "right".

HTML Code:

<div align="center">

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How can I make my own definitions for a given website to use with AME?
Answer: Visit this post, which has a number of resources to help you learn.

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While I try to install AME 2.5, the installing window goes on forever and doesn't stop. Why can't I install this mod?
Answer: During installation the AME Product adds a field to the "Post" table in your Database, so if your forums are large then it can take a couple of hours for the installer to get it done. My suggestion would be to shut down your forums, import the Product, let it take as long as it needs (like I said it can be hours) and then re-open your forums.

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When I try to import your Master XML file, the window hangs with all the definitions showing but nothing happens. Why can't I get the definitions to import?
Answer: This is only step one of the process. Scroll down to the bottom of the list and click Import to continue (in Internet Explorer you can hit Ctrl+S rather then scrolling).

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When I try to import your Master XML file, not all the definitions import. It says it's successfully completed, but only seems to have imported half of the whole set. Why won't they all import?
Answer: We only started running into this problem when the Master XML of definitions started getting really large. Mostly likely, your host has a PHP setting that limits the number of characters that can be submitted in this manner. During import, try selecting half, or smaller groups of the definitions and import them one group at a time.

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Does AME 2.5 work with vBadvanced?
Answer: Yes it does. But if your just posting videos in a regular BBCode/Template Module there's no need for it. You could just post the Embed Code like any other module. However, if you have a module that displays posts from a thread, then it will show the AME embedded media on your vBa page. Just make sure you have the character count set high enough so the video's embed code isn't truncated before the ...[Read More] link.

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Does AME 2.5 work with Blogs, Visitor Messages and Social Groups?
Answer: Yes, 2.5 has support for all three of these as well as Signatures. However, if you've upgraded your forums AFTER installing AME 2.5, you need to add support for these areas using the controls in your Tools menu. Go to Admin CP ? AME CP ? Tools ? and click whichever applies Add Blog Support |Add Social Group Support | Add Visitor Message Support. (Not needed for signatures) Then set your options under Settings for each of these areas.

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How can I make it so that when certain Usergroups post videos, those posts need to get approval by a Staff Member before they show up?
Answer: In this situation what could be done is to set the setting "Follow Forum Moderation Rules" to "No" for the specific Usergroup(s) you want this to happen with. What this will do is Moderate ALL of the post made by the Members of this Usergroup by sending the posts made to the Moderation Queue ... You will then have to manually approve each post in order for it to show in the forums. Take into consideration that this will move ALL of the posts they make into the Moderation Queue and not just the ones containing Video Links. As of now, there is no way to only move the post containing a Video to the Moderation Queue ... Its all or nothing basically, so you decide what you want to do.

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I posted a certain link and it got automatically parsed into a video, but I don't want it to be like that. How can I make it show up as just a link?
Answer: Its a pretty simple solution. When you create the post you simply have to uncheck the checkbox that appears under the Additional Options Box that says Automatically embed media (requires automatic parsing of links in text to be on). With this unchecked it will video links will parse as normal links instead of videos. If the post has already been made, simply edit the post in Advanced Mode and uncheck that same option.

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How do I use the Embed Regex field?
Answer: Click here for brief explanation on how to use this field.

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How can I delete some of the Supported Sites that already come with AME or those that I've installed myself?
Answer: To remove a supported site, go to Admin CP ? AME CP ? Display Definitions. Check the box under the column labeled Delete that's next to definitions you want to remove. Then scroll to the bottom and click Save (in Internet Explorer you can hit Ctrl+S instead).

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This FAQ is an update of Dannyloski's Trouble Shooting Guide for a previous version of AME.

RESOURCES

How To Create Media Definitions for AME 2.5
--BirdOPrey5 explains the basic info you need for creating media definitions.

Embed RegEx
--A Brief explanation as to how to use the Embed regexp (now called Extraction RegEx) field in definitions.

www.Regular-Expressions.info
--Comprehensive Regular Expressions Tutorial and Reference Guide.

DJ's Frequently Asked Questions (AME 2.5)
--An update of Dannyloski's Trouble Shooting Guide, this FAQ addresses the most common problems associated with AME.

DJ's Definitions FAQ
--Information on specific definitions and their peculiarities as well some tips and tricks on how to use AME.

RegExBuddy Buddy Trial Download
--Limited free trial period with option to buy licence. I'd advise learning with this first, before trying the freeware below.

Expresso
--Free Regular Expressions tester for beginners or the advanced. Excellent version if you don't want to spend quite that much on a tester. This is the one I currently use. Requires registration after a trial period, but remains free after registration.

PowerGREP
--A newer RegEx tester that also has a free trial period. I have not tested this one personally.

regexpal.com
--An Online JavaScript Regular Expression tester based on open source project XRegExp. Works very similar to RegExBuddy.

HISTORY

AME has had a long and varied history. The ZIP file includes an AME History text file which is just for reference, and to help you understand why there are so many AME-related threads lying around. I've also attached it here for quick reference, as well as including the changelog in this post for my iteration of AME.

CHANGELOG

AME 2.5.7
Adopted the product under my silly prefix
Cleaned up and reformatted the UI
Rewrote most Help Menu Items
Stripped out tables from the ame_container template
Set global default size variables to a larger, more modern standard
Moved some vBulletin Options AME items into an Advanced Options item in the AME CP
Added ability to include optional JavaScript in <head> or <body> of areas where AME is normally parsed
Changed default definitions to now include updated YouTube, Amazon Thumbs, Metacafe, Dailymotion and Vimeo definitions (Will remove these from the Master XML)
Changed film_go.png from film image, to a more media generic green "play" button. Now called noembed.png

2013-10-18
Replaced a deprecated PHP function in the new plugins
Corrected redundant text in the new feature descriptions, because that kind of stuff bugs the heck out of me

Downloaded/Reserved.

I have previous version, studying this one.

Working well on 3.8.5. Thank You. :)

Hi,

I just updated my site with this and am now getting this at the top of my pages:

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: Access denied for user 'nobody'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in [path]/showthread.php(112) : eval()'d code on line 4

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: A link to the server could not be established in [path]/showthread.php(112) : eval()'d code on line 4

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: Access denied for user 'nobody'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in [path]/showthread.php(112) : eval()'d code on line 10

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: A link to the server could not be established in [path]/showthread.php(112) : eval()'d code on line 10

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Originally Posted by Gadget_Guy (Post 2454403)

What version of PHP is your server running? Admin CP ?? Maintenance ?? View PHP Info. Is it 5.5 or up? I presume you're on vBulletin 3.8.8? If this is the case, I'll see if I can push out a fix for that. You should be able to suppress this error by disabling the AME :: Extra plugins in your Plugin Manager until I can get that ready. This will, of course, disable the new functionality for that time.

I am running

PHP 5.2.17

vBulletin 3.8.7

I have already disabled the entire plugin for the time being

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One further question,

Once we get this working, Will I need to upload any deltas or does this version have everything up to date at this point?

D.

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Originally Posted by Gadget_Guy (Post 2454428)

I am running

PHP 5.2.17

vBulletin 3.8.7

I have already disabled the entire plugin for the time being

D.

I think I can push out a correction for the problem here in a few. Seems it was a minor oversight on my part.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gadget_Guy (Post 2454429)

One further question,

Once we get this working, Will I need to upload any deltas or does this version have everything up to date at this point?

D.

Other than deleting the five definitions I mention in the install instructions, you don't need to add anything new unless you want to. The "Delta" thread will be updated (and renamed), hopefully today, with quite a few new definitions, particularly to take advantage of AME's new functionality. But that is, as always, optional. The five default definitions will always be kept up-to-date, since I can do that from my end now. And they'll be excluded from the big Master list in my other thread.

Ack, give me a few more. My host apparently decided I don't really need a website right now. So I can't test my changes. I'll have to pester them to get me back online. Shared hosting. -_-

No worries.

Thanks for the update.

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Minor update which should fix the problem for anyone getting mysql_escape_string errors.
Fixed a couple of places where I used the same word too many times. It was bugging me.

Thanks!

Seems to be working just fine for me now!

Can't thank you enough!

D.

Sorry to bug you again,

Youtube videos are not embedding for me.

https://www.toronto-subaru-club.com/...-vehicles.html

The first post has a Youtube URL but is just showing the link... not the video

D.

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Originally Posted by Gadget_Guy (Post 2454540)

I think there's a query you have to run to get all the embeds for posts which existed prior to the installation of AME, if memory serves. I think it's included in the options for the Mod. (Tools Menu) You can tell if you embed one right now it will work but older posts won't have the embeds.

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Originally Posted by Max Taxable (Post 2454553)

I tried that.

It's also not working for new posts either.

D.

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Originally Posted by Gadget_Guy (Post 2454540)

What is your Disable New Items set to in your AME Settings? It should be set to No. Do you have any forums or Usergroups set to be excluded from using AME? Are any other of the default definitions embedding, such as Dailymotion or Vimeo? If you do make any changes in your AME CP, remember that in order to test the changes, you have to resave or repost the URL.

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Originally Posted by Max Taxable (Post 2454553)

Strictly speaking, this only works if you previously used another BBCode for embedding videos. Such as [minicode][YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE][/minicode]. I'm actually looking into some kind of detection for older, non-converted URLs, but I'm wary of the resources this might require.

Disable settings is set to NO

I checked usergroups... all have proper permissions set

I tried running the query

Confirmed, since upgrading to the new version the Mod is no longer working for me.

It is not converting the [URL] tag to an [AME] tag

D.

I just tried other items and they are not embedding either.

D.

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Originally Posted by Digital Jedi (Post 2454563)

Strictly speaking, this only works if you previously used another BBCode for embedding videos. Such as [minicode][YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE][/minicode].

Hmm that's odd because when I installed this there was never any previous embedding, and it went back all-time and converted every link that was in the definitions. It was impressive.:)

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Originally Posted by Gadget_Guy (Post 2454603)

Then everything should be working. If you don't mind giving temp admin access, I can take a look it for you. It could be something minor.

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Originally Posted by Max Taxable (Post 2454645)

Hmm that's odd because when I installed this there was never any previous embedding, and it went back all-time and converted every link that was in the definitions. It was impressive.:)

Ah, see, The Geek would do this to me. :) I would think a feature did one thing, and it does more than that. I did not have an opportunity to test the plain URL conversion, since I just assumed from his own wording, that it worked only for former BBCode tags (which I did get to test.) If that's the case, I may need to reword that area in the ACP. Tell me, did you do the URL to AME conversion on 2.5 or 2.0?

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Originally Posted by Digital Jedi (Post 2454652)

2.5 is the only version I have or ever had, I was late to the party.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=202476

And I ran the tool - it took a LONG time to finish. 1000s of posts processed. Then later on I noticed really old threads with YouTube links in the posts, all now embedded by AME. I was impressed, it did each and every such link ever posted, globally.

EDIT to add: It looks like the Geek says it gets ALL the URLs, here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....62&postcount=2

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can rebuild your old posts, blogs, comments, visitor and social group messages to convert URL tags into ame tags where needed

And that's exactly what it did.

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Originally Posted by Max Taxable (Post 2454656)

That's most likely where I got confused. I'll reword the AME CP so that's more clear and run a few tests on my demo install. I can't believe there's a function that slipped my notice. :)

I'll also look into a way to optimize that process, if possible. Thanks for catching that.

PM sent for access to my forums (Much appreciated)

Also.... Maybe my issue has to deal with the fact my site is https:// as I run the site with an SSL cert.

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Just trying to figure out why it isn't working.

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Originally Posted by Digital Jedi (Post 2454678)

I'll also look into a way to optimize that process, if possible. Thanks for catching that.

It's actually a kind of a scary thing to watch in operation, the page shows you which threads/posts it is converting.... If you set it for too few posts per cycle it takes FOREVER.. I think I settled on something like 1,000 and it still took a long time.

But that's to be expected when you're going back 100s of 1000s of posts, retro.

Thanks for the update as well as new features Mark.
I tried to "Like" your first post but was not allowed as I have liked to many of your post.... (Another thread topic)

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Originally Posted by Gadget_Guy (Post 2454694)

I have a vague idea of what happened. And it's likely my fault. Your YouTube definition didn't exist. I'm not sure if this was because of my upgrade instructions to delete YouTube in advanced (which I didn't clarify you only need to do upon upgrade from 2.5.6), or because some definitions were overwritten with different replacement content, but the names didn't change. So you might have deleted YouTube, since it wasn't actually called YouTube.

In any event, I had to delete four defs you did have. 220 and both 2KSports will need to be reimported. I went ahead and added YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo and replaced Amazon, since these were the five that incorrectly imported during upgrade. I'll address this install bug on the next update.

Thanks!

You rock!

D.

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Originally Posted by blind-eddie (Post 2454733)

Thanks for the update as well as new features Mark.
I tried to "Like" your first post but was not allowed as I have liked to many of your post.... (Another thread topic)

Happens to me all the time. :)

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Originally Posted by Max Taxable (Post 2454730)

I've heard tell just adding the column to post table took literally a couple of hours on some installations. The several million posts boards. I can understand the trepidation.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gadget_Guy (Post 2454765)

Thanks!

You rock!

D.

No problem. Sorry for the confusion. :)

See the PM from my site I just sent you.

Not out of the wood yet. :(

D.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gadget_Guy (Post 2454768)

See the PM from my site I just sent you.

Not out of the wood yet. :(

D.

I totally forgot to mention a couple of things. I didn't run the convert script again, since that would require you to do a database backup before taking that measure again. So older links wouldn't convert just yet.

Also, I believe because of the https://, I have to allow any videos to appear in my browser on my end. So everything's blank until I click the security message in Chrome. Probably seeing something similar in your browser.

And eBay. The eBay def broke a while back, (as eBay change a lot about their URL structure) and has been totally rewritten for my next update. So for now, that one just won't work. You may be interested in waiting for the new one, however. It looks something like this:

https://www.diigo.com/item/p/pebbaaz...11f641b987bd2f

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Originally Posted by Digital Jedi (Post 2454766)

I've heard tell just adding the column to post table took literally a couple of hours on some installations. The several million posts boards. I can understand the trepidation.

Without the option to choose how many are processed per cycle it would have been a days long affair! :eek:

It worked very slick though, very impressive.

I'll try to put this in the FAQ a little later, but if you're website is running an SSL certificate, you need to tweak your definition slightly in order to fully support external embedding.

Find the source URL in your respective definitions' Replacement HTML:

HTML Code:

src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/abc123456"

Add an s.

Code:

src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/abc123456"

Of course, the respective website needs to actually provide https URLs. Most do. A few don't. But relatively easy to check, and easy enough to tweak for your most used websites.

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Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)bbcode_code_printable (2)bbcode_html_printable (20)bbcode_quote_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (2)pagenav_pagelink (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (40)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
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