Photopost to vb/Home Intergration v1.7

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// Photopost 4.6.6 to vbhome/forum Intergration (vb2.0 & vbadvanced 1.01 vb3 Intergation
// Created by PixelFX & Respective Developers
// Version 2.0 in design
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NEW UPDATE COMING: I've got this system working with vb3.o and v2.0

New Credits:
Updated Hack: PixelFX
New Thumbnail Includer: Midnightz
And Thanks to everyone below.

Update Coming Soon!

INTRODUCTION:
After searching the web and a few sites, I wanted a way to show single / latest gallery images on my
vbhome/vbulletin forum. This hack, was setup in hopes to help others get a similar result to get gallery
images from photopost to show up on your vbhome/vbulletin front page. The concepts for this hack came is
from a combo of locations, as well as adding some of my own custom hacks and templates.

NOTE 4 vbindex: This hack should work with both vbhome & vbindex, the only difference for vbindex is you would make changes to the vbindex index.php not the vbhome index.php, also you would setup templates for use in the vbindex templates rather vbhome. Make sence? I'll rate a seperate txt for that soon.

CREDITS:
- Grunt for phpinclude,
- Matt Chroust for thumbincluder.php,
- Craigr for helping at vbhome, with support
- TECK for vbhome 4.2
- Enthusiast, Inc. for PhotoPost 4.1.0, RC1 & community
- Jelsoft Enterprises Limited for vbulletin 2.3.2
- vBulletin.org for support learning how to hack vb
- PixelFX for vb/home templates & some custom php vb hacking below.
- midnightz for updated thumbnail includer (see end of thread)

HACK ADDONS:
Forum home addon - Mickie D Follow Link below for addon download
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=123

Catigory Exclude Addon - PixelFX Credits in zip file,
http://files.pixelfx.ca/catigory_exclude_addon1.0.zip

LICENCE INFO:
To get all required files you need licenced copy of vbulletin v2.2.x / 2.3.2 & photopost pro 4.1.0+ /

I'm working on version for vb3.0 gamma/RC1 as well, which is in testing

FILES NEED:
vBulletin 2.3.3+ (installed) Tested on 2.2.x as well
PhotoPost 4.51+ (Choose to intergrate with vbulletin when you install photopost.)
vBHome 4.2+ (clean install)
thumbincluder.php tweaked, and link to database.
thumbincluder.txt modified by pixelfx for catigory addon - coming soon.
thumbincluder.txt version 2, by midnightz

I take no credit for the thumbnailincluder.php which is needed for this hack to run. Although I have made edits
to it, for my next version of this script

LOCATION OF THUMBNAIL-INCLUDER:
(requires membership account and licence for photopost)
http://www.photopost.com/members/for...threadid=26550

for the thumbnailincluder11.txt rename to what ever ya want file.php be sure you set varables to your liking.
Then upload, To your gallery's root directory. I've found you can use multiple files and it works fine See addon coming soon for that.

Example: http://www.url.com/gallery/thumbnailincluder.php

SUPPORT:
I will only support this hack on this thread currently. aka here,
if you would like to create addons please PM me
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=53539

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING BACK UP YOUR FORUM DATABASE & GALLERY,
FILES ETC. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
I've tested this on my two vb sites, and it works awesome. However I can't predict what it
will do on sites that are heavely hacked.

LAST UPDATED:
December 7th,2003

(note that update news info can befound at end of thread)

Note: This should work if you edit the forum/index.php but only if you want images to show up in
your forums rather than your vbhome. This is something I need to test more, so will post alternate update shortly for that.

NOTE: this version is for vbhome 4.2 to php 4.1.0 intergration, again addon will be posted soon.
NOTE: Text File Download at buttom of file,

MAIN DEMO:
NA - Coming soon.. for version 2.0

COMING SOON:
Addon - News & Specific Image Catigory on it's own page.
Example of addon:
- Supports Random Images
- Supports Recent Images
- Supports Most Popular Images

This works with main hack, and or sub pages (coming soon!)

TESTED ON:
vbulletin v2.3.2 Final, Photopost 4.1.0 RC2 , and vbhome v4.2 (clean install)

PLEASE CLICK INSTALL:
If you use this hack, thanks

News Update: [12.04.2004]
I'm still working on a vb 3.0.3/pp4.8.5 version of this. Its also got a unique gallery/news system with the update. It's taken a while for me to get it out as I've been swamped with contracts, but I hope to release update soon.

[Mickie D]

i have a windows server and it runs fine ???

is your server apache or IIS

if IIS i think that is whats causing it (i hate IIS)

also i have major edited mine to run from my forums index aswell as my vbindex but pixel fix's code is ok !!!

[PixelFx]

Mickie D,

Got for it, with your permission I'll add your credit, and code to the front page of this hack / update txt, as an addon if you would like. Add it to this thread.

I don't use IIS either, all my stuff will be running on apache as well. So far I've tested this hack on my main site even added exclusive catigories, and multi-ple thumbnail includers on the same database, etc, and it all loads perfectly.

[Mickie D]

ok no worries i always do my own coding on hacks

never wrote a hack for others so please dont be harsh on me people if its not to clear i will try my best

and also my coding i am sure can be made better but it runs fine for me !!!

[Mickie D]

ok pixelfix i have wrote a quite detailed addon to your hack for the forum index (i.e it will display pictures on your main board home above whos online)

please PM me your addy pixelpx and i will send you a copy first and if you want to add it to the hack thats up to you and if you want to change my text that is also up 2 you

[PixelFx]

I updated the front page of this hack,

Note to Mickie D,
I got it, I'll addd your addon shortly to the install txt on the front page of this thread I updated credits

thanks

[Mickie D]

no worries m8

also the file i sent you was for only forum home

i.e www.yoursite.com/forum/index.php (what my addon does is it shows thumbincluder pictures above whos online)

i will add a screen shot shortly

i have not wrote my addon for vbindex yet

but dont worry all you guys with vbindex and want to use this i will write it in the next day or 2 its not very hard to do either only one file mod and create a template and mod a template

[Intex]

PixelFX - ok thx. no problems. Let me know - I'll be waiting to test .


Mickie D - I'm using Apache, but I'm using myvbindex as my homepage hack. Can you copy me your configuration file for thumbincluder.php, specifically PixelFX and myself weren't sure about the paths. Here is my config settings for thumbincluder.php:

//PhotoPost Setting
//You must change these values in order to run this script

$Url_Path = "http://mysite.com/gallery/"; //URL of your photo album, where the index.php is (with / at end)
$data_dir = "http://mysite.com/gallery/data/" ; //URL of your photo dir where those jpeg stored (with / at end)
$images_dir =$Url_Path."images/"; //URL of your photopost images dir where default missing thumb image is stored (with / at end)
$rel_dir = "data/"; // path to the data directory where pictures reside RELATIVE


My actual site structure is:

mysite.com (root)
    |--- myvbindex.php (equivalent to vbindex)
    |--- Gallery (photopost location)
           |--- thumbincluder.php
    |--- Forum (vbulletin install)

I believe its just the path info that's incorrect, so if you could copy me your settings as above, I'd appreciate it .

[Mickie D]

//PhotoPost Setting
//You must change these values in order to run this script

$Url_Path = "http://www.mysite.com/image/"; //URL of your photo album, where the index.php is (with / at end)
$data_dir = "http://www.mysite.com/image/data/" ; //URL of your photo dir where those jpeg stored (with / at end)
$images_dir =$Url_Path."images/"; //URL of your photopost images dir where default missing thumb image is stored (with / at end)
$rel_dir = "data/"; // path to the data directory where pictures reside RELATIVE
// to the location of THIS file (used for checking thumbs)
//Database Setting
//You must change these values in order to run this script
//These value are not visible in the output page source

[Mickie D]

it looks identicle to yours m8y

send me a copy of your thumincluder as ... i remember i did edit mine a little

i will compare them and see what i did

[Intex]

Mickie D - I've just PM'd you my thumbincluder file .