Major Additions - PhotoPlog: The Pro Gallery

PhotoPlog: The Pro Gallery - Version 2.1.6 for vBulletin 4.2.1

This is a full-fledged and completely integrated image gallery add-on for vBulletin. No template edits are necessary. This is the same version that was licensed for sale back in the vBulletin 3 days, but it has been upgraded to vBulletin 4.2.1 and is being offered without charge and is not feature-limited. You get the full pro version.

It comes with various thumb, image, and display settings, has the ability to determine and display EXIF information, is integrated with several packages including Highslide, and you can set a number of usergroup and category permissions, moderate comments and files, add custom fields, FTP import, mass move, and more.


Integrated packages (all are the most recent packages available as of 09 June 2013):

• Highslide JS 4.1.13
• JHead 2.97
• CKEditor 4.1.1
• jQuery 1.10.1

PhotoPlog Pro 2.1.6 has been developed for the following version of vBulletin:

• vBulletin 4.2.1 (fresh install)

PhotoPlog Pro 2.1.6 has been tested on the following browsers:

• Firefox 21.0
• Internet Explorer 10.0.5

Check out the screenshots.


How to upgrade from PhotoPlog Pro v.2.1.5 to PhotoPlog Pro v.2.1.6?

You can follow the readme file, but this is a small change to fix a bug I inadvertently introduced
(sorry!!) when I moved the code around. All you need to do is one minute of work as follows:

• FTP these three files from the PhotoPlog ZIP:
  

  /forum/admincp/photoplog_plugins.php
  /photoplog/functions.php
  /photoplog/settings.php

• Reimport the following XML file via the vB ACP:
  

  product-photoplog.xml

  Do NOT uninstall !!!
  Do allow overwrite.

How to upgrade from any other version of PhotoPlog to PhotoPlog Pro v.2.1.6?

• Backup first and then follow the upgrade instructions in the readme file.

Additional questions...
Will there be a PhotoPlog version for vBulletin 5? Probably not. My understanding is that vBulletin 5 already includes a gallery.
So what happened to you anyway? Personal issues. My sincerest apologies to anyone negatively affected by my absence.
What about GARS, GAB, GAZ, GAL, and GeekMart? I'm not sure if I'll update these, and probably not anytime soon.

[Rakehel]

Ok, I didn't realize guests didn't see the thumbs. It's been so long. I'll PM you.

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by Rakehel

Ok, I didn't realize guests didn't see the thumbs. It's been so long. I'll PM you.

Okay, create a plugin hooked at "parse_templates" with the PHP code:

PHP Code:

if (THIS_SCRIPT === 'index')
{
    $template_hook['headinclude_css'] .= '<style>.alt2 {background: rgb(224, 224, 224) !important;}</style>';
} 


You can make the background darker by using a lower number for the 3 values in the rgb() function, and to make it lighter, use a higher number (up to 255, which is what it is set at by default).

[Rakehel]

Thanks Mark. I'll give that a try and report back here, eventually. Someone else may be looking for this.

[Rakehel]

Excellent! It works and across multiple skin colors. As you've mentioned it gives me a place to work on the background color without searching for other code or plugins all day.

I'm currently working on fixing about 7 skins/themes. (Yeah, some people like them and won't let go... LOL.) I've been putting some stuff off for a few years.

Thanks Mark!

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by Rakehel

Excellent! It works and across multiple skin colors. As you've mentioned it gives me a place to work on the background color without searching for other code or plugins all day.

I'm currently working on fixing about 7 skins/themes. (Yeah, some people like them and won't let go... LOL.) I've been putting some stuff off for a few years.

Thanks Mark!

Thanks for letting me know...it's always nice to hear back that something either worked, or if not to be able to try to resolve the issue.

[GhostHunter2010]

tried to install it but when i click import xml keeps sayin please wait nothing happens

[chloe101]

Originally Posted by GhostHunter2010

tried to install it but when i click import xml keeps sayin please wait nothing happens

That happened to me. It turned out I hadn't uploaded all the files so check that you uploaded them all and that they're in the right place. This is worth doing slowly.

I had to retrace my steps several times but it was worth it. I've got it working on 4.2.4 and am very happy, all for one little php error message I need to get rid of.

[chloe101]

I just installed this on 4.2.4 and it's looking great and I was able to upload pictures, assign a category and make an album but I have the following php message at the top

"Warning: Illegal string offset 'catid' in /home/xxxx/xxx/photoplog/index.php on line 92"

Can someone please help me decipher and fix this?

Thanks in advance

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by chloe101

I just installed this on 4.2.4 and it's looking great and I was able to upload pictures, assign a category and make an album but I have the following php message at the top

"Warning: Illegal string offset 'catid' in /home/xxxx/xxx/photoplog/index.php on line 92"

Can someone please help me decipher and fix this?

Thanks in advance

What is in that file in the vicinity of line 92, including about 5 lines before it and 5 lines after?

[chloe101]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

What is in that file in the vicinity of line 92, including about 5 lines before it and 5 lines after?

Here's what I have in lines 86 - 98

else if ($photoplog_file_info_links && $photoplog_file_id)
	{
		$photoplog_file_info = $photoplog_file_info_links;
	}
	unset($photoplog_file_info_links);

	$photoplog['catid'] = intval($photoplog_file_info['catid']);

	$photoplog_do_html = 0;
	$photoplog_do_smilies = 0;
	$photoplog_do_bbcode = 0;
	$photoplog['do_comments'] = 0;
	$photoplog_do_imgcode = 0;

Thanks