PicLens + MediaRSS feeds for albums
 

Description :
- Enhance albums with Media RSS feeds
- Adds a "View with PicLens" Button next to each album, allowing users to browse them using Cooliris's Piclens Lite.

Demo :
Website using PicLens Lite : here.
Note: this demo site is provided by the Cooliris Piclens lite website.

Prerequisites:
RSS Syndication must be turned 'on'
to verify/turn it on:

1. Go to ACP
2. vBulletin Options
3. External Data Provider
4. 'Enable RSS Syndication' must be 'Yes'

Installation:

1. unzip
2. upload 'piclens.png' to your IMGDIR/MISC directory
3. import 'product-piclens_albumfeed.xml'

If you use Template Modification system, then you're done.
If you're not then you have to manually edit two templates :

Template modifications: (if not using TMS)

1. Edit 'Albumbit'
2. Find the following :
   
   Code:

   ---

   <a href="album.php?$session[sessionurl]albumid=$album[albumid]"><strong>$album[title_html]</strong></a>

   ---

3. Below, add:
   
   Code:

   ---

   &nbsp;<a href="javascript:PicLensLite.start({feedUrl:'$vboptions[bburl]/album.php?albumfeed=$album[albumid]'});"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/piclens.png" alt="$vbphrase[view_with_piclens]" border="0"/></a>

   ---

4. Save 'Albumbit'
5. Edit 'Album_list'
6. Find the following :
   
   Code:

   ---

   <title>$vboptions[bbtitle] - $custompagetitle</title>

   ---

7. Below, add:
   
   Code:

   ---

   <!-- CoolIris/PicLens support -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://lite.piclens.com/current/piclens_optimized.js"></script>
<!-- /CoolIris/PicLens support -->

   ---

8. Save 'Album_list
9. Done.

No config options yet. (Ideas welcome)

History:
1.0.0 - first release,
1.0.1 - Fixed the hardcoded URL in template, added TMS template edits to the XML product file,
1.0.2 - Fixed empty albuminfo causing 'Invalid Album specified...' error message when displaying RSS feed.
1.0.3 - Added support to "All Albums" mod; Now allows piclens to be used in members profile

Screenshots:

hmmmm will check it out.

Nice work, PicLens is my favorite FF addon by far so this will be neat to see in action

This is not working for me. I created the template edits in TMS and the icons showed up, though the instructions imply that template edits are not necessary if you have TMS installed. I receive a black module screen with no images thereafter.

I am assuming that the "'http://ladln.org/boards" portion of the following code should be replaced with the URL of your own site:
Making this revision did not fix the issue, however. Any ideas?

This is also not working for me, getting blank black screen.

Yes you're right about the hardcoded URL, i fixed it in 1.0.1.

You can check the Media RSS feed of your album with the following URL : http://Your_Board_URL/album.php?albumfeed=Album_ID (where Album_ID is the ID of one of your albums.)

You should get some RSS feed

does not work - black screen here as well

Even checking rss feed it comes up with blank page.

When i go to view album i get the black screen with url in top left hand corner but no pictures showing.

If you get a blank page instead of a RSS feed, have you checked if RSS Syndication is turned ON ?

To verify this (and to turn it on) :

1. Go to ACP
2. vBulletin Options
3. External Data Provider
4. 'Enable RSS Syndication' must be 'Yes'

I reinstalled, but still have a black screen with no images. Trying your sample link for an album feed, I receive the following message:
RSS Feeds are turned on as instructed and the album is public.

Invalid Album specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

RSS feeds are on.

Ive also changed the link to my board url from this one but it still dont work.

http://ladln.org/boards/