Integration with vBulletin - Photobucket Image Uploader

This Modification works in both vB 3.6.x and vB 3.7.x

Introduction:
Well this is my first official "hack" for vBulletin :up:, so cheers to me! Anyways, I want to apologize in advanced if for some reason this post or the instructions are not clear enough - I am trying my best to explain as elaborate as possible. With this being my first modification, I have dedicated a lot of time and effort into it and I can say that I am 99.9% sure that there are no bugs with this hack, as I have tested it numerous times - but we all know how that goes ... With that said, if you do find a bug or something, just let me know and I'll look into it. Also, I want to thank Mosh for letting me use his ImageHack as a Framework for mine, thanks bro!

NOTE: This hack works in total harmony with the latest version of Mosh's ImageShack Image Upload hack.

PHOTOBUCKET IMAGE UPLOADER
... BROUGHT TO YOU BY: DANNY ...

Description:
This hack will allow you to have access to your Photobucket Account from inside vBulletin, so that you can post up your pictures or videos without the need of opening a new window. It will allow you to display this Hack in the New Thread, New Post/Reply, Quick Reply, and Quick Edit Windows. This hack also provides the user with multiple options/settings to make this Add-on blend in with the site's color scheme. It has many benefits and options, so for more info just take a look at the Screenshots provided or download and install the Add-on to see and explore its settings.

Installation Instructions:
1) Download the attached .XML Product.
2) Import the .XML Product via Admin CP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]
3) Edit the Settings accordingly and Enable Hack where desired. Go to Admin CP > vBulletin Options > vBulletin Options > Photobucket Image Uploader to manage the settings. Remember to also enter the Usergroup IDs of those who you wish to be able to use the Hack or this Mod will not work!
4) Your Done! Its that easy ...

Upgrade Instructions:
1) Download the attached .XML Product.
2) Import the .XML Product via Admin CP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product] and Select the "Overwrite" option ...
3) Your Done! Its that easy ...

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Originally Posted by Dannyloski

Guys/Gals,

I want to make a note for those who said they were having trouble with this Hack, please make sure that you enter all the Usergroup IDs of the Usergroups who you want to be able to use this Hack in the "Allowed Usergroups" Settings Section.

I have a feeling that most of you left "0" in there. What the "0" does is "not force any usergroups". What that means is that no usergroup will be able to use the Hack, basically if you enter "0" there, then you are disabling the Hack completely.

I think that this is the solution to most (if not all) the problems for those who were claiming that this hack wasnt working. Please enter the Usergroup IDs and report back if it works for you or not.

PS. Some of you might be wondering how I figured this out, well one of the members on here who installed this Hack and was having problems, sent me a PM with Admin Login Info into their site and upon checking out the settings, this was the problem. They forgot to enter the Usergroup IDs in the specified Setting. I entered "6" for the Usergroup ID to test if Administrators could view the Hack and voila, it worked!

Version History:

• v1.0
  • Official "Hack" Release
  • No known bugs
• v2.0
  • Page no longer jumps to the Top when clicking on the "Display" or "Hide" Text.
  • Using vBulletin's fetch_object() function instead of document.getElementById() to take advantage of vBulletin's Browser Compatibility features.

Special thanks to Code Monkey for assisting me with the Code Fixes for v2.0 ... Now this Hack rocks even more

If you like then [Mark As Installed] or [Donate]

IFRAME RELOADING IN BLANK PAGE? READ THIS!
You need to clear your Browser's Cache (all if it) & Flush your DNS. This is a server-side issue with Photobucket, not with the Modification. This is Photobucket Support Team's response ...

Originally Posted by Photobucket Support Team

Dear Danny,

Please log out, clear your cache, refresh, close your browser window, then flush your DNS and reboot your entire system, including the modem and router.

http://pic.pbsrc.com/help/Content/Tr...ClearCache.htm

http://pic.pbsrc.com/help/Content/Tr...g/FlushDNS.htm

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Your Photobucket Support Team

[Dannyloski]

Originally Posted by Classico

Hi,

I?m very glad with this hack. Works really good in 3.6.8. Thanks Danny! :up:

Has anyone tryed it in th 3.7?

Glad you like it ... Oh and unfortunately I have no idea if it works on vB 3.7 as I havent installed it.

Originally Posted by shavedaccord

Awesome hack I had requested this in the past! looks like someone might have seen the request!

Thanks, really happy to see people that needed this Hack/Mod getting it. I never did, however, see your request for it ... I was looking for something like this Hack for a long, long time and it never got created. So after waiting patiently with no avail, I decided to make it my self and here it is .

[Classico]

Originally Posted by Dannyloski

Glad you like it ... Oh and unfortunately I have no idea if it works on vB 3.7 as I havent installed it.

Ok. Thanks.

I?ll wait untill you do it.

Congratulations again for this hack. Excelent! :up:

[yeku]

Installed

Thank

[Majava]

When I have the "Quick Reply" option enabled, it puts the mod in twice. If I disable it, it doesnt display at all. It mentions a manual edit on the options, but doesnt say how to make that manual edit. I am not familiar enough with template changes to do this on my own. Any suggestions?

OK, if I take out the image shack image uploader it only displays the photobucket one once and only for quick reply...... grrr

[Dannyloski]

^ I will look into it and check what's going on ... Kind a busy at the moment, but thanks for pointing it out.

[edytwinky]

Would it ever be possible to add Google PiCasa uploader as well?

[Dannyloski]

Originally Posted by Majava

When I have the "Quick Reply" option enabled, it puts the mod in twice. If I disable it, it doesnt display at all. It mentions a manual edit on the options, but doesnt say how to make that manual edit. I am not familiar enough with template changes to do this on my own. Any suggestions?

OK, if I take out the image shack image uploader it only displays the photobucket one once and only for quick reply...... grrr

Okay I had some free time today and I looked into it, luckily I figured it out. The reason it displays two of them is because the Photobucket Hack's "Auto-Template Search Text" for the Quick Reply option is </fieldset> and the ImageShack Hack uses the same "Auto-Template Search Text" for its Quick Reply option.

When you enable both, it will display twice because the ImageShack Hack is also within a fieldset. So, when the Photobucket Hack searches for </fieldset> in the Showthread Template to insert the Code, it finds the original one (the one its suppose to find) and also the ImageShack Hack's </fieldset>, so it adds it to there as well ...

A simple and quick solution to the problem will be to change the "Auto-Template Search Text" for the Quick Reply option to something else (either for the ImageShack Hack or the Photobucket Hack). Just remember to ONLY change the "Auto-Template Search Text" for the Quick Reply option and not all of them, the Quick Reply "Auto-Template Search Text" option can be found in the Photobucket Image Upload (4) Plugin or in the Imageshack Image Upload (4) Plugin. ONLY do it to one of the Hacks not both.

Originally Posted by edytwinky

Would it ever be possible to add Google PiCasa uploader as well?

That would require a new different Hack and would have nothing to do with this one. I'm too busy at the moment to create another Hack and to be honest I dont know if its even possible for Google PiCasa Uploader (it might be though). If I have some free time then I will look into it, but like I said I'm really busy at the moment.

[TCE Killa]

I have found an error with this.

When this was installed on my forum, everything worked but you couldn't post message through Quick Reply (which you could before I got this). I got an error message through Quick Reply. Now I have uninstalled it and got rid of all template edits, the error is still there from this mod. How do I get rid of it? Thanks.

[Dannyloski]

TCE Killa, it was not this Hack I can guarantee that. This hack doesnt even touch the Quick Reply at all, the only thing it does (if enabled) is search for a particular text in the Showthread Template and add the appropriate code after it - when this Hack is installed/uninstalled it doesnt do anything to the Quick Reply.

In addition, this is a simple Product Installation/Uninstallation - there are no other template edits to do or undo. If I were you I would disable the Plugins in your Forum via config.php and check if you still get the error. That will let you know if its another installed hack or if your Templates are messed up or something.

[Chet T16]

I've installed this and enabled it in settings but its not showing up anywhere. Not for admin or normal users.

I had the imgbolt uploader installed and working fine but i've uninstalled that now to see if it was causing a problem with this.

Any suggestions?