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.
Upload all files in the "upload" directory to your forum root.
CHMOD /videothumbnails/* and /includes/videoserviceapi to 777.
Import the product "product-videodirectory.xml" in your Product Manager.
Follow the on screen instructions to configure your video hoster settings.
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:
Upload all files in the "upload" directory to your forum root.
Take note of the information stored in Limits of Videos > General Settings.
Import the product "product-videodirectory.xml" in your Product Manager.
Re-establish your previous Limits settings in Videos > General Settings.
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...
Yes... Lionel, that could be it... I forgot to put the AS in on the tag cloud...
Try this file if you are still getting the videotag error... NO NEED TO INSTALL.
yes, that did the trick. Excellent
One minor question: is there a way to retrieve the name of the original youtube uploader? It does seem fair to mention this name (now the forum member who just adds it to the website gets 'the credit' as uploader
Yes... Lionel, that could be it... I forgot to put the AS in on the tag cloud...
Try this file if you are still getting the videotag error... NO NEED TO INSTALL.
Yes, that file works.
Another problem, getting database error when adding tag via admincp:
Quote:
Database error in vBulletin 3.8.0 Release Candidate 1:
Invalid SQL:
SELECT videotagvideo.*
FROM community_videotagvideo AS videotagvideo
WHERE videotagvideo.videoid =;
MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 3
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Wednesday, January 7th 2009 @ 08:43:17 AM
Error Date : Wednesday, January 7th 2009 @ 08:43:17 AM
Script : http://www.forum.com/admincp/video.php?do=taginsert
Referrer : http://www.forum.com/admincp/video.php?do=tags
MySQL Version : 5.0.67-community
Hm. I installed everything, and I got a blank page. Then I looked at the Page Source and saw this:
<!-- SHTML Wrapper - 500 Server Error -->
Please help. http://motownsc.com/video.php
Can we move the video tag cloud to the bottom?? How would we do that?? It is cool, but takes away from the videos on first glance at the video page. Thanks!
Also, all my videos already posted by Members, is coming up as ??? in the lower right corner of the thumbnail?
Great Mod!
One more quick question ... should I go ahead and install the module-vbadvanced.xml? What is the deal with this?
Thanks!
The question marks are those for videos that were previously there and don't have the 'length of time' entered. So, just click on the video...click on 'edit' and then add the time in minutes and seconds and it'll display.
It's up to you whether you want the vBadvanced module on your page. I have one on mine (www.WaltDisneyBoards.com) and you can take a peek to see if it's worth it for you.
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Originally Posted by Katelynn
One more question ...
Can we move the video tag cloud to the bottom?? How would we do that?? It is cool, but takes away from the videos on first glance at the video page. Thanks!
I believe that the move can be done by going to video_home template and moving the table, but I haven't looked yet, so I'm not sure.
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