I need a gallery solution

[SHalliday]

Originally Posted by Burns

But isn't there some problem with integration?

Have been using Photopost, Classifieds and Reviewpost with vB for quite some time and integration works fine. We currently integrate all three products with vB member database, vB header and CSS. We have it set up so each of the products has its own database This makes integration a little more difficult. If we had used one database for all, it would have simplified and made integration much easier. Another point worth noting is that while Photopost products do integrate to some degree with vB, there does not seem to be any real effort on extending or enhancing product integration. If anything they seem to be directing their efforts in the opposite direction by working to add their own version of forums, private messaging and enhanced photopost member profiles to the base product in their next release. So while it does integrate with vB. Expect basic vB integration but nothing much past that in terms of integration features or support.

Originally Posted by Burns

- group A, defined in vBulletin ---> can only view gallery - only few (not in all) gallery sections!

Yes. Out of the box and easy to do.

Originally Posted by Burns

- group B, defined in vBulletin ---> can post in the gallery - only in few (not in all) gallery sections!

Yes. Out of the box and easy to do.

Originally Posted by Burns

Can I achieve it with this "out-of-the-box" PhotoPost Pro integration? (I've vB 3.6.7)

We are using vB 3.6.5 and all works well.

Originally Posted by Burns

I could try to ask it PP support/sales, but I'm not sure if they're eager to talk about the problems before I bought the license
(obviously their highest priority is to sell the product)

Definately ask the question. From what I have seen, they do tell you up front what works and what does'nt.

For photos it works great but for multimedia/video support it lags far behind. Searching for a better multimedia product with vB integration is how I came across this thread. Like most sites today we need a decent multimedia gallery for our members where they can play inline videos by either uploading the video file directly or by posting their utube, myspace etc, url links. If you are looking for that kind of integration, Photopost is not your product. From reading their support forums I doubt very much if this is likely to change in any future release either. It seems this is not something they have much interest in including in their product(s).

[Burns]

Thank you for your reply, SHalliday ^_^

I also was looking for some advanced tags features, but it seems there're no gallery scripts yet that support it (and offer a vB integration as well).

[towermatt]

I am using Photopost and it seems to work very well.

The photopost gallery itself is integrated with the forum out of the box, permissions the whole thing.

You can have a look at mine here if you want.

I have also figured out how to use the inc_features.php file to create some blocks for CMPS from it.

The support is not great, that is for sure. But I do love the product, it filled all the needs I had.

[lighter]

I'll vote for vbgallery, seems to be the best integration with vb.

[SHalliday]

Originally Posted by towermatt

I am using Photopost and it seems to work very well.

The photopost gallery itself is integrated with the forum out of the box, permissions the whole thing.

You can have a look at mine here if you want.

I have also figured out how to use the inc_features.php file to create some blocks for CMPS from it.

The support is not great, that is for sure. But I do love the product, it filled all the needs I had.

I agree. We have managed to do limited intigration with vb as well however we have now reached a point that it is requiring alot of additional programming and database changes to extend it any further. My biggest issie right now is the very limited support photopost offers for videos. Our members continue to post utube, myspace, etc links within their posts and photopost does not provide any ability for them to include those links/feeds within their gallery. They can of course upload the videos again to their photopost gallery providing the format is compatable but we find the majority of our users do not. The number of video formats and the actual video playback leaves an aweful lot to be desired. Considering I am fairly confident they will not be addressing any of these issues in any foreseeable future release I am now looking to find a more appropriate product. Video clips has become a mainstay of today's internet world and members want the ability to easily share videos with one another. With the explosion of utube and myspace, its rather unrealistic to expect they will want to reupload all of the videos to our site. A video gallery needs to do both. Let them upload the actual video file if they choose or post the link to their utube/myspace video and have it play inline on our site. Any one know of such a product that also integrates with vB?

This is the closest product I have found so far. Unfortunately it appears to have no vB integration. What a same :

Xe-VideoGalV2 FX

This is their demo page. The gallery templates can be easily modified to blend into your site and not only is the inline player extremely nice, it also streams and plays all of the standard utube, myspace, etc videos inline. Notice it displays the homesite link when a video url is used. Very nice however, no vB integration so I intend to keep looking for a solution that better meets our site's requirements.

[towermatt]

I am not sure I follow.

I believe photopost does allow a video upload for the gallery and they can then post a link in the forum to it.

If they have already hosted their video elsewhere, they should be able to simply post a link in the forum to it. I believe that this site has a hack that allows a video bb code type thing.

I really hope you are able to work it out. Photopost works great for us but Stephen King fans are all bookie and not much on the video thing.

[Nick0r]

I'm also on the hunt for a video gallery, where people can upload videos and then maybe it auto-starts a thread in a specific forum so people can comment on them.

There seems to be no decent solutions.

[kevcj]

After VBpic gallery from www.cpurigs.com released their newest version - I am very happy with my purcahse.

The newest version adds light box effects and slideshow to the pictures in the gallery.

[OctaneGirls]

i keep hearing about coppermine? where do you find it?

[calorie]

You can download Coppermine from http://coppermine-gallery.net/