Major Additions - vB iGallery (XML Based) + vB iGallery v2.02 (Dynamic) The Ultimate Xperience

vB iGallery (XML Based) + vB iGallery V2.02



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13th August 2008 - vBulletin 3.7 Bridge Released: Download is now available
vB iGallery V2.02 now available.
More features and very easy installation, optimized and brand new User Guides - also added the fully layered PSD to design your own background images. Demo V2.02: http://www.digitalport.co.uk/digital/vb_igallery.php

Revision: 1.01(XML based Only)


vB iGallery 1.01 (XML based only) requires no database to function
(see V2.02 below for full vBulletin bridge to User Albums)

about:
vB iGallery is an XML based gallery, therefore uses no database queries. It uses Papervision3D flash technology, giving you a unique 3D gallery Xperience. Fully tested on default and custom styles, and cross-browser compatible. Coded to work with vBulletin's DHTML menu system, to stop menu's dropping behind the flash object.

This XML version uses it's own album directories - it is not integrated with vBulletin 3.7.x user albums yet. However, this will be done in a future update.

Features

• 3D Gallery in a virtual world
• Controlled by mouse and keyboard
• Various Zoom features
• Spinning Gallery - mouse controlled
• Zoom in/out of gallery globe - mouse or keyboard
• Tooltips available on all images
• Descriptions show on full image display
• Override attributes - we list more soon

Installation
Full installation instructions are provided in Word and PDF formats, within the download package. Easy install requiring uploading of files/folders and one template edit.

User Guides
English and French User Guides available. French translation by Sofia - Many thanks!

Copyright
All images used in the example album have been used with the contributors permission. Please do not remove the copyright in the footer of the gallery page, instructions on removal are in the documentation.

LATEST RELEASE Updated to v2.02 - Package updated.
Main vB iGallery file was a development version. Alignment issues fixed. Multi-line Caption/Description field moved and fixed. Domain issue fixed.

vB iGallery v2.02 (Dynamic bridge to vBulletin 3.7 User Albums)
Download it now, it's bridged to use vBulletin 3.7 User Albums - allowing easy population of iGallery. No XML to edit or to configure. Completely recoded and optimized. FULL documention within download package, in Word and PDF formats.

IMPORTANT (Affects version 2.0 only)
Some users have mentioned images missing from Profiles and Albums after installing this modification, the images have not been deleted they simply require a rebuild. Please do the following after installing this modification.

Go to your AdminCP -> User Albums -> Rebuild Thumbnails then click the 'Rebuild Album Picture Thumbnails' button.
This will fix the thumbnails not showing after installation. User Guides will updated to reflect this issue.


Additional Bonus Background Package (v2.0 & v2.02 ONLY)
5 New backgrounds have been added for you to download - these have been designed using the supplied PSD template within the Tools folder of the vB iGallery v2.02.

AUTOMATIC UPDATE NOTIFICATIONS
If you receive another notification about an update within the past 12 hours, this is auto-generated by vbulletin.org if the main release post is changed. I have made a few changes to this post due to some confusion between the 2 versions available. Please make sure you download the correct version for your forum.

[petro78]

Originally Posted by basilrath

Not dumb

after uploading files etc you need to create a link for the vb_igallery.php file to show.

FIND in template navbar:
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]

ADD BELOW:
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="vb_igallery.php">vB iGallery</a></td>

:erm: can someone please help out another noob???

ive uploaded the content to the forum directory....but dont know where to find the $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]

thanks very much, and what a fantastic piece of work this mod is! thanx!

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by petro78

:erm: can someone please help out another noob???

ive uploaded the content to the forum directory....but dont know where to find the $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]

thanks very much, and what a fantastic piece of work this mod is! thanx!

Login to your AdminCP and scroll down the left column to Styles & Templates, click this and then Style Manager, select Edit Templates for the Style you wish to add this product. In the templates select the Navigation/Breadcrumb Templates -> navbar

Once you click on the navbar template link, you will see a window with the navbar coding, this is where you will find that hook. You can just paste $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] into the Search in template and it will highlight this code for you.

Hope that explains it a little better.

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by Megatr0n

Oh OK. I was wondering.

Can you tell me roughly when the update featuring integration with vB albums be released?

I'll start coding this integration once I get out of hospital - I'm in hospital from Sunday onwards, probably a few days before I am released back home after surgery.

It will probably take a few days to code the integration since it will require template caching, and other php files.

[Sakai Ray]

Looks nice I will wait for the new updated version XD

[petro78]

Originally Posted by syrus.xl

Login to your AdminCP and scroll down the left column to Styles & Templates, click this and then Style Manager, select Edit Templates for the Style you wish to add this product. In the templates select the Navigation/Breadcrumb Templates -> navbar

Once you click on the navbar template link, you will see a window with the navbar coding, this is where you will find that hook. You can just paste $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] into the Search in template and it will highlight this code for you.

Hope that explains it a little better.

http://www.verticalobsession.net/forum/vb_igallery.php

ok...i think ive got it...but now it wont load past 4 images? i think i altered the code to allow for 17 pics correctly....any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...thanx

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by petro78

http://www.verticalobsession.net/forum/vb_igallery.php

ok...i think ive got it...but now it wont load past 4 images? i think i altered the code to allow for 17 pics correctly....any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...thanx

I just checked your images... here's what is incorrect.

With Flash a image extension should be either one or another. I see you've got all Jpegs images which is correct, but the extensions are in a mixed character state.

Example:
1.JPG

13, 14, 15 & 17 are .jpg

So you have mixed extensions of upper and lowercase extensions, change these to lower case only, and that should fix the problem.

Regards.

[petro78]

...yup...that did it.

thanks for your help again!

best,
jim.

http://www.verticalobsession.net/forum/vb_igallery.php

[soletrader]

Originally Posted by syrus.xl

Yes... open the vb_igallery.php file and find this line of code:

PHP Code:

echo "<td class=\"tcat\" width=\"100%\">vB-iGallery</td>\n"; 


That will change the header text of the main table header.

As for vBa CMPS - I will look into this because it modification requires non-standard setup compared to most modules. I think the PHP div container will still function, but I will have to check first.

Thanks syrus. Please let me know if you find anything new regarding the vb module. I would like to be able to present this on my front page within a module. Thanks again.

[verino]

Originally Posted by syrus.xl

This could be done using a different database call and sort. I would have to segment routines to allow more images to show, or add another feature.

i hope it's possible and doesn't take so much effort to do that.

because many members in my forum don't prefer upload using the vb album.

Thank you

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by petro78

...yup...that did it.

thanks for your help again!

best,
jim.

http://www.verticalobsession.net/forum/vb_igallery.php

You're welcome!

Originally Posted by soletrader

Thanks syrus. Please let me know if you find anything new regarding the vb module. I would like to be able to present this on my front page within a module. Thanks again.

I will look into this... there's routines that are non-standard and will require workarounds for it to function correctly. There is one thing I will need to know, have you got vBa CMPS installed the vBulletin root or outside? Because this will need a path change depending on how you have the vBa CMPS installed.