Major Additions - Video-Directory Remixed

This mod has been rewritten for vB4x here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=240677

This modification is based on the Video-Directory modification by Survivor and vBPoint.org.
His mod is NOT dead, its still alive and kicking; but he has informed me that he just doesn't have the time to maintain it and give support. So until he is able to work on it agian; I've been doing a series of updates.

What is this mod?

This mod adds a fully featured and fully integrated video directory archive to your forums. Users can add their favorite videos from their favorite video service to the directory. I only support a few select hosters; but the hoster scripting is XML base, so any user can create their own scripts for any number of hosting services. The old MyVideo and Sevenload scripts from Survivor's version will still work, but they wont pull in Keyword/Tagging information, nor the video length time codes.

Basic Feature Listing:

• Fully integrated into the vBulletin user database and product manager.
• Fully phrased and built on templates for easy reskinning and styling.
• Fully administratable and a myriad of settings for personalization.
• Complete customization of permissions based on usergroups.
• Landing page for broad information and fully featured tag cloud.
• Category profiles for videos.
• Contribution profiles for users.
• Keyword profiles for tag cloud.
• Built in comment system for videos.
• Search function for titles and descriptions.
• RSS feed of videos.

Product Demo:

http://www.8wayrun.com/video.php

Installation Procedure:

1. Upload all files in the "upload" directory to your forum root.
2. CHMOD /videothumbnails/* and /includes/videoserviceapi to 777.
3. Import the product "product-videodirectory.xml" in your Product Manager.
4. Follow the on screen instructions to configure your video hoster settings.
5. Refresh your administration control panel to see the new navigation links.

NOTES:
vBulletin 3.7.0 instituted a new avatar-thumbnail system. There is a high probability that you are unaware of this new system and may have failed to setup your vBulletin to make use of it. Make sure that a directory called /thumbs is located in your avatar directory and CHMOD it to 777. Then go into Maintenance > Update Counters and run the Rebuild Custom Avatar Thumbnails process.

Upgrade Procedure:

1. Upload all files in the "upload" directory to your forum root.
2. Take note of the information stored in Limits of Videos > General Settings.
3. Import the product "product-videodirectory.xml" in your Product Manager.
4. Re-establish your previous Limits settings in Videos > General Settings.
5. Re-import ALL of your hosters and settings in Videos > Manage hosters.
   • You MUST remember to re-import your hosters after upgrading.

NOTES:
You may lose your category dataman when you upgrade. If no categories are listed after an upgrade, you will be required to rebuild your category dataman. Its very easy to rebuild it if you need to. Simply go into Videos > Manage categories, select ANY category and hit [Edit], then click [Save]. Your category dataman will automatically be rebuilt.

Roadmap for the Future:

• Moderation
• Favorites
• Playlists

Don't forget to click INSTALL!

If you want to donate, I'm all for it... as I'm an unemployed computer programmer...

[dtv100]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

I read that this is related to SEO rewrite rules. You say you've already turned this off?

having same issue and i have vbseo .
any way around this ?

[david01130]

I have not done anything yet. How do you turn off SEO rewrite rules?

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by dtv100

having same issue and i have vbseo .
any way around this ?

Originally Posted by david01130

I have not done anything yet. How do you turn off SEO rewrite rules?

I assume it would be in your vBSEO control panel, or where ever rewrites for custom pages is controlled. In other words, it's not something directly related to the modification.

[david01130]

Below are my rewrite rules. If I delete 1 or 2 of them the comments seem to work. But there are still a few problems. I cannot seem to delete the comments. Sometimes it lets me and other times it doesnt. It does seem to be a problem with the rewrite rules. Anyone know how to adjust these rules to be able to post comments and delete them?

//Video-Directory
'^video\.php\?do=viewrecent'=>'videos/recent-videos.html'
'^video\.php\?do=viewtag&tag=(.*)'=>'tags/$1/'


'^video\.php\?do=viewcategory&categoryid=(\d+)&categorytitle=(.*)&sort=dateline&order=DESC&page=(\d+)'=>'videos/$2-$1/page-$3/'
'^video\.php\?do=viewdetails&categoryid=(\d+)&categorytitle=(.*)&videoid=(\d+)&videotitle=(.*)'=>'videos/$2-$1/$4-$3.html'
'^video\.php\?do=viewcategory&categoryid=(\d+)&categorytitle=(.*)&page=(\d+)'=>'technique/$2-$1/$3/'
'^video\.php\?do=viewcategory&categoryid=(\d+)&categorytitle=(.*)'=>'videos/$2-$1/'
'^video\.php'=>'videos/'

[EquinoxWorld]

By any chance does anyone know how to re-arrange the view video page? For example I want the description section with all the details of the video to appear on top of the video instead of on the bottom. I've looked in the video directory templates but can't seem to pinpoint what I have to change. Any ideas or feedback would be a tremendous help. Thanks alot.

[plumbingskool]

Hi,

For some reason, my video thumbs do not show up, I just see links....

I have made sure the /thumbs was there and everything was chmodded to 777 like it said above,

I also rebuilt the custom avatars bit still no luck, I only see anchor text / links where the thumbs would be,....

Any other ideas what I am doing wrong?

GREAT plugin,

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by plumbingskool

Hi,

For some reason, my video thumbs do not show up, I just see links....

I have made sure the /thumbs was there and everything was chmodded to 777 like it said above,

I also rebuilt the custom avatars bit still no luck, I only see anchor text / links where the thumbs would be,....

Any other ideas what I am doing wrong?

GREAT plugin,

That sounds like the thumbs folder might be in the wrong location.

[plumbingskool]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

That sounds like the thumbs folder might be in the wrong location.

Hi,

Thanks for the response.

What should I check?

I do think I have all the /thumbs in the right place,

Please let me know what to check, everything else works BTW

Thanks so much

Joseph

[Jaxel]

Okay... I have just purchased VB4... so the rewrite work for this mod will begin next month.

[EquinoxWorld]

Thank you a million times Jaxel. This is by far the best mod ever for vbulletin and my members live by it. We have over 10,000 videos over 25 mins each. Thank you for taking this to the next level. I'm sure everyone here will be looking forward to another awsome chapter in the video directory mod. My members will be thrilled!! Thanks again Jaxel.!