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...

[sawatdee]

I have made a start on this myself. My first step was to get a link in postbits to all the videos uploaded by that user. I put this below where it says your location and how many posts you have:

					<div>
						My Videos:
						<a href="/forum/video.php?do=viewuser&$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">Video Directory</a>
					</div>

So, this says: My Videos: Video Directory <------- The last part is a link to videos uploaded by that user. In preference, what I want it to say instead is the number of videos that person has uploaded and make that number clickable. I am trying to base it on this code from a photoplog hack:

					<div>
						My $vbphrase[photoplog_gallery]:
						<if condition="$post[photoplog_filecount]">
							<a href="/photos/index.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[photoplog_filecount]</a>
						<else />
							$post[photoplog_filecount]
						</if>
					</div>

Is there anyone who could help fill in the blanks here?

Thanks

[mollila]

<font color="Red">Jaxel</font>: Could you please consider formatting the video URLs neater, in a way that video title is included within URL?

Right now the URLs are like:
/video.php?do=viewdetails&videoid=588

Suggestion is to make them more user and search engine optimized by removing the paramenters from URL:
/video/this-is-title-of-video-588

[inciarco]

Idea For Next Update: Is Important to be Able to Moderate Comments, so it'd be Important to be able to Search For Latest Comments, and present them on a Page (in groups of 10 that can be set via Mod Options), and when Clicking on a Link of the Comments Search Result you can Navigate to the Particular Comment and Moderate it.

Currently is Not Possible to Moderate Comments simply because there is no way to know when they've been Posted and also there's no way to Search for them.

I Hope you can Include that Feature on your Next Release Jaxel.

My Best Regards.

[Xencored]

Hi mate great addon looks mint but having problems

when am installing it on 3.8.1 i get to the Manage video-hoster page just after i import it and all i see is [Import video-hoster] there is no next button or anything also ive uploaded all files

Thanks

[MrAbc]

Is there anyway to complete uninstall this mod and reinstall it? I stopped the installation halfway by accident. Now it gives me error that I don't have permission to view.... So I am thinking of doing a fresh install but couldn't find out how to do it.
Edit: Permission is in usergroup manager... ! Problems resolved.

[Tophon]

Great add-on.

Can someone tell me how to remove the video directory from the navbar as it's put another bg behind it which looks strange on my style. I was just going to move the link into community drop-down.

Many thanks.

[MrAbc]

Great mod. Could anyone make it work on vbadvanced. I tried the mod uploaded by Jaxel in the other thread but it did not work for me.

[vbplusme]

Originally Posted by MrAbc

Is there anyway to complete uninstall this mod and reinstall it? I stopped the installation halfway by accident. Now it gives me error that I don't have permission to view.... So I am thinking of doing a fresh install but couldn't find out how to do it.
Edit: Permission is in usergroup manager... ! Problems resolved.

What was the resolution? TIA

[ArnyVee]

Originally Posted by MrAbc

Great mod. Could anyone make it work on vbadvanced. I tried the mod uploaded by Jaxel in the other thread but it did not work for me.

There's another mod with some random videos block working with this mod. Is that what you are looking for?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=199084

[Tophon]

Originally Posted by Tophon

Great add-on.

Can someone tell me how to remove the video directory from the navbar as it's put another bg behind it which looks strange on my style. I was just going to move the link into community drop-down.

Many thanks.

Now I feel like an idiot after seeing the option in for putting link where you want in options

But.. No matter what I try, I cannot get the thumbs to show up. Have followed all the things in the thread but still no-show.