Major Additions - Video Gallery - Share Videos! (From Any Website)

Current Version: Beta 3 (Updated October 31st)

NOTE: I will take this hack out of it's BETA stage soon! Please report any features you would like to see, or any bugs that you encounter!

This hack will add a video gallery to your forums accessible at the location: www.yourforumurl.com/forums/videogallery.php

To add a video users must specify a unique videoID code and select a "Video Type" from the list of available options. This hack comes included with "Video Types" for Google Video and YouTube. A "Video Type" consists basically of just the Embedding code for that video sharing site with each instance of the Unique Video ID replaced with the text: $code. When the video is displayed the text $code is replaced with the UniqueID specified by the user who added the video.

You can add new video types to accommodate almost any video sharing website. There are detailed instructions written within the hack to help you through this process.


Features Added in Beta Version 3
Pagination has been made more robust.
Templates have been tweaked for visual appeal.
Comment Writer and Admins can now delete comments.

Features added in Beta Version 2

1) A means to move videos from one category to another.
2) Video Rating System
3) Category Video Listing will display recently added videos + highest rated videos.
4) Video Comments

Please click install, and ask for support!!!! I will give it.

Demo (Current running Beta 2): http://www.becomeunbroken.com/videogallery.php

[legionofangels]

This is gonna be my final post on this subject I'm thinking as there has been no response or support.

Like I said in my first post this add on has huge potential there a ton of things you can do with it. I mean you basically could embed anything through this system and HTML doesn't work in the comments so it's not like it's a big security issue. But like I said, ANYTHING, movies, games, and any video you can find out there. Everything has an embed formula or most sources do so the options are huge.

The negatives are quite a list though at this point:

* You cannot Move Videos/Embedded Items

* Video Count is Incorrect and Not Reading From Categories that the videos are in

* Delete Category does not work

* No usergroup permission specifics for who can do what, it's either Admin Access or they can only post videos in existing categories, meaning not so good functionality if you want to do user galleries for people wanting there own file of good videos

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I really think this is one of the best "possible" mods I've seen as far as if these options were fixed or recoded, it would be a near standard thing on forums. I haven't heard one person say they didn't like it and when people were given initial access they immediately started posting up videos.

I don't think I would recommend it at this point, due to the list of problems it has, but if this is redone for a 3.7 release I'd be inline to install it for sure.

With all of the things that need to be fixed it does ask the question why can't we just use the HTML lockout add on and then just put our own videos in a forum? Of course we can is the answer and at the end of the day if you really compare the options with other add ons like Any Media Player or anything embedded, you don't even need to use HTML. You can just tell people to make there own thread and let them post as many videos for themselves in there that they want. You can rate each others threads of course, but you probably wouldn't want commenting. At the end of the day this can be done within a simple forum and it could look just as nice, and allow a lot more user friendly experience, with no errors.

Just some things to think about. I hope my criticism is constructive and has not fallen on deaf ears, and if you never do anything else to this add on, that's ok to. It still is pretty cool though and has a lot of potential should things be cleaned up in it.

Peace,

Legion

[viper007]

how to use this?

[Yukino_AE]

is this mod dead. i would like to see it fixed up. it would be a really good edition to my site. need to be able to change the display of the items in a category. for example i have category A and in category a i have movie 6 movie 8 moved 16. but they re showing up as movie 16 movie 6 and movie 8. i need to be able to change the display order as well as switch between categories if needed!

[forumrunt]

Well it installed ok BUT it is missing the background image on my site not sure why.

[joh]

how do i get it to play this video http://huligar.com/media/floortest.wmv

[Attilitus]

I have been reading everyone's suggestions and I appreciate them. The hack is still in it's BETA stages precisely because of its many shortcomings.

I am occupied with freelance work and development of another modification. However, I am planning on finishing this modification for a vb 3.7 release.

Thanks,
~Tim

[elprince]

Iam Trying To Add Catgs But It Does not Add Them

After I type The Name And The DEscription Of The Catg It Does Not Appear

[TRa5H]

Ok i have a question is there a way to stop showing recently posted videos in each catagory and just show them on the the videogallery.php main page!?

[cheat-master30]

Does this modification work fine with vBulletin 3.7?

[Chistinalove]

The demo page is running vBulletin Version 3.7.0
it's currently running beta but ... looks like it works pretty good