vBimage Gallery 2.0
 

Alright guys, I am almost finished being busy, with my portal project due date coming up very soon, and the release of vB Links Directory 2.0, and Add a Thread to Your Fav hack, I will start to re code this.

Now I would like to take some time to analyze what you guys want.

Please give me full detail on what you would like to see.

For Ex: Would you like autothumbnailing or do you prefer to upload the thumbnails. The usual stuff.

Let me warn you there are specific server software needed for auto-thumbnailing, so somepeople may not support it.

New Features Coming:
-Pictures stored in Database
-Picture Information Stored in Database
-Catagory Information stored in Database
-Image Rating
-Add Image to your Favourites*

Right now I am thinking of allowing you to upload the thumbnail, this makes it much easier for everyone.

Also do you want to have permissions, or just have the admins to upload images, or do u want your users to add images, etc.

I plan to re code this from scratch, I would like your full input.

Thanks
-Arunan

What i would like to see:

allow users comment on each image
allow users to add images
number of views a image has gotton.

-Pictures stored in Database

I hate this idea personally, I hate having stuffed stored in the db because it adds alot of time to backing it up, i think the best option would be to have them stored in a folder and hashed.

-Picture Information Stored in Database
-Catagory Information stored in Database
-Image Rating
-Add Image to your Favourites

I like all these ideas.

- Would you like autothumbnailing or do you prefer to upload the thumbnails.

I think auto thumbnailing is a must, alot of people dont know how to thumbnail and id like to be able to control the size, *most* php installs come with GD in them now a days.

Yeh...

Sounds cool Arunan:)

Satan

please let us all know when it is done

Any further progress?

Satan

Sounds good dark :)

- miSt

HellSatan, want to collaborate on this hack? Both of us will be able to pull off an even better hack :) After that we will continue on our InfoBase hack that we cheated our way out of ;)

-Arunan

I could;)

I will help all I can:)

Satan

i think if you could have images remotely hosted on the person`s own web space. instead of storing it on the server where vbulletin is located. it would preserve space on the server.

just a thought.

Thats how it was done before on the previou version, but then we ran into major permission problems.

-arunan

Provide the option at least of using GD or imagemagik for resizing.

Will this allow users to have their own galleries?

and option to allow users to upload images, or make new categories at the bottom of each image list

When is this going to be complete?

Larry

when this is available for testing let me know. I am ready for this thing so bad its not even funny.

It will come, I have been very busy for months now taking on alot of clients, before I was able to contribute few minutes to this every day, but now thats gone too.

I will give you guys an update as stuff in my life gets settled down, the skeleton of the scripting has begun.

yeah id love to test i run a graphics community :p.

I think :

Pics in db flat filing has name issues etc :p
User comments
Optional Thumbnailing software
Complete customization
5 latest on index
5 hottest on index (best rated)

Woa that is a huge system there, looks like Deviant Art, maybe I will release this version and maybe work together with some people who own graphics communities or something to develop a more advanced system.

yeah that be cool ;) give me a shout :D

any news on how things are coming.

I am focusing my efforts on the admin panel, because I find that the administration of some hacks are reallly hard, I will post some updates, also the Admin Panel is one of the easier ones to code to.

I will have updates soon.

Great...glad to hear.

Great :) Hopefully people understand, that easy management, and less resources are the main thing I am trying to achieve.

nooo u need a gallery that can handle user posts to it :p and thumbnail them, will that still be in it?

and easy integration :p

As long as it doesn't give me parse errors, it gets an install click;):D:p

Satan

anyone got any news on this?

I believe that drk is overloaded with client work and school at the moment - i don't think he has time to work on this hack right now :)

Regards

- miSt

oh poo

Well said. I really want something like this... :(

ALL HACK DEVELOPMENT BY ME STOPPED TEMPORARILY
I will be stopping all hack, and script development by me temporarily, below are reasons why. Please try to read and understand, that this is important to me, and hack developement will resume thereforth.

• Term-End Project Completion
• School Exams are starting, and intense studying is required
• I have been working on hacks, sites, scripts, and a new e-commerce script day-in and day-out, I think I owe it to my family and friends to take a break

Please understand that this is the routine of my life, and I have to live to it, or run away, or commit suicide :banana: but at this point, suicide will be kept at the bottom of the list :p

All Hack Development will resume soon.
After this post I will post the features of version 3.0 it is almost done, but the actual gallery itself is needing some work.

Thanks

DrkFusion <-- wait your hack !!!!

cant wait. sounds amazing for version 3

sounds awesome, hurry up lol j/k

This one will be cool.. can't wait!!

I like to make a suggestion, if the pictures are stored in the database, wouldn't the database get full and stuff? Also, if you have to move, restoring a database which is like 500 mbs won't be a easy job at all, in other words it would be impossible.. so I say, the images get uploaded instead of being stored in database!

I dont think that the pics would be put in the database actually. I think what will happen is basically a reference of the file location for each image. like in a certain directory for a specific group of images then when the database is accessed for the information it just references to the files in the directory therefore beign displayed on the page. simple..

Anyone know if this will still be released.. or, should I start looking at some of the more commercial packages out there? I know that darkfusion is taking a break now.. he mentioned he would release it sometime this month so I'm kinda waiting.... just wondering if anyone that knows him knows one way or another if a new version will be out. (I don't mean to put pressure on etc, I just need to do something on my board to allow images and can't wait too much longer - only my own pressure, not on the author or anyone else)

If anyone has any alternative suggestions on systems that interface nicely with vb and don't cost an arm & a leg.. please let me know.

Thanks!

I'd like to help with the script, and would love to use it with my site gallery. If it's anything like Dark's Link Directory it will rock the boat :) Prob even capsize ;)

Damn, v3.0 sounds awesome, well So far it doesn't seem like that Arunan will release this hack =(

i too want this, have you seen the image gallery that Eva2000 requested Drk would your hack be editable to fulfil those requirements?