Social Group and Album Enhancements - [Scandal's] vBGallery

Description
Turn your vBulletin Album system to an organized Gallery. Watch presentation!

The basic idea of Scandal's vBGallery is to organize vBulletin Albums AND forum attachments (pictures) to a section with lots of functions (categories, search, latest objects, statistics, menus etc).
Designed for vBulletin 4.2.0 (otherwise you must add the navbar links manually).



Features:
- Categories system for Albums (like Forums for threads)
- Five (5) levels of subcategories allowed
- Album, picture and comment search
- Who browsing Gallery (= Gallery Home, Albums, Pictures)
- Gallery statistics
- Forum attachments gallery (with ability to act it as category)
- Pages: latest pictures - latest albums - latest comments (with feature to turn them to "All")
- "My Comments" feature (display all user comments)
- My Pictures/Albums in "this" category
- Ability to set custom statusicons to categories
- Notifications to users with "uncategorized" albums to move them
- Ability to hide empty categories (= with 0 albums)
- Admincp environment
- No annoying copyright info

Language Packs:
- Deutsch (Sie) - Deutsch (Du)


Installation:
1. Upload all files of folder "upload" to your forum root.
2. Import *xml product.
3. (Important) Open template album_edit and find:

<fieldset class="blockrow">

add below:

<vb:if condition="$vboptions['sc_gallery_onoff']">
{vb:raw formdata.catid}
</vb:if>

Done!

Upgrade:
1. FIRST OF ALL: Upload and replace all files of folder "upload" to your forum root.
2. THEN: Import XML product with "Allow Overwrite" to YES.

Who can view vBGallery;
Access to vBGallery has all members who belongs to usergroups with "Can View Albums" to YES.

What if I decide to turn off or uninstall vBGallery;
You are back to Albums without data lose (except the category of each Album - function of this hack).

How could I change the size of Gallery's thumbnails?
vBGallery use the thumbnail size you have set via admincp. To change it go to:
Admincp > Options > Message Attachment Options
... and set your value to "Thumbnail Size"
... afterwards you must rebuild attachment thumbnails at: Maintenance > General Update Tools > Rebuild Attachment Thumbnails

How to install navbar links (for vBulletin 4.0.X - 4.1.X)
Read this post

*Links (for vBulletin 4.0.X - 4.1.X)
::Screenshot::::..
GALLERY:
->/gallery.php

My Stuff:
(My Albums)-> /album.php
(Add Album)-> /album.php?do=addalbum
(My Comments)->/gallery.php?do=mycomments
(Pending Albums)->/gallery.php?do=pending

(Latest Pictures)->/gallery.php?do=latestpictures
(Latest Albums)->/gallery.php?do=latestalbums
(Latest Comments)->/gallery.php?do=latestcomments
(Search)->/gallery.php?do=search


Changelog:
v1.0 first release (beta)
v1.2 second release
- New layout choice for galleridisplay: Grid layout with feature to change the width of albumbits via admincp
- Integration of vBulletin's sidebar with Gallery Home (admin can enable or disable it on admincp)
- New feature: flood check and character limit check for the search engine
- Improved breadcrumb (add category name to navbit) ("Gallery > {category name} > Member List > {username} > Albums > {album name}" )
- "Inverse pyramid like" statistics for categories [a main category "has" the albums of its subcategories - like forum statistics (threads/posts) works for subforums]
- New feature: admin can enable/disable the view of empty categories (= categories with 0 Albums)
- New feature: admin can enable/disable the use of search engine by guests
- Building of Gallery Statistics by cronjob (= refresh every one hour). Very important for server performance.
- 1 bug fixed
v1.5 third release
- Classic layout abolished
- New: Notification feature = users with Albums in category "Uncategorized" auto-notified by the system to move them to a subject category (pending albums)
- New feature: admin can set if he want him users to display Albums or Pictures when open the categories.
- New: menus "Browse Albums" & "Browse Pictures" on Gallery Display (user can navigate the albums/pictures in the category)
- New: My albums/pictures in "this" category feature
- Admincp environment improved (List Albums)
- 3 bugs fixed
v1.6 fourth release
- Galleryhome: fixed the view of description for header categories
- New feature: ability to add custom statusicons to categories (screenshot)
- 1 phrase undefined variable fix
- pending albums: 1 bug fixed
v2.0 fifth release
- New feature: forum pictures attachment gallery (with ability to turn it as gallery category)
- search feature for attachment gallery
- 1 phrase issue fixed
- 1 bug fixed
v2.1
- better attachments gallery popup

Developer's notice: I give support only for code errors, not for style problems.

Tested on vBulletin 4.2.0

[Scandal]

Originally Posted by sandboa

Would love to see permission ability

hmm it is not in my priorities something like that, 'cause vBulletin Albums has their own permissions system but 'll see.

Originally Posted by Leica.Robbiani

Hi scandal,


Thanks a lot for your hints, but nothing did work on my localhost. The "build stats" script stucks.

Just please give me a little time to install it on my test directory on my server. My localhost is a Windoze system, my server runs with Linux. Maybe there will be a difference, this wouldn't be the first time.

Normally first I install mods on my localhost, when they work there I install them in my test directory on the server, only if they work there I install them on the production site.

Please don't get upset.

Best regards

L.R.

Also check the private message I have send you. Maybe I find the solution.

[Scandal]

v1.5 available! Hope it fixes the blank page in some boards!
changelog:
- Classic layout abolished
- New: Notification feature = users with Albums in category "Uncategorized" auto-notified by the system to move them to a subject category (pending albums)
- New feature: admin can set if he want him users to display Albums or Pictures when open the categories.
- New: menus "Browse Albums" & "Browse Pictures" on Gallery Display (user can navigate the albums/pictures in the category)
- New: My albums in "this" category - My pictures in "this" category feature
- Admincp environment improved (List Albums)
- 3 bugs fixed

To upgrade upload the new files and import xml product with Allow Overwrite to "YES". :up:

Originally Posted by Alfa1

1. Please consider to add an importer for images, & albums from photopost and photoplog. Photoplog has been abandoned. Many people use photopost pro. You could make the importer a pro feature.

2. Will there be a vb3 version?

1. Help gladly to develope an importer to vB Albums, but I'm not sure that I have the necessary knowledge currently for this.
2. Maybe. I'll decide for this after vB4 version of this hack has been pass the beta stage. I need too a vB3 version of this hack for my site.

[Leica.Robbiani]

Also check the private message I have send you. Maybe I find the solution.

Thank you very much, for me the gallery is working now with you solution. You did a great job, thank you a lot.

Best regards

L.R.

[romolus]

Is there already a French and German Translation ?

Thank you

[romolus]

It is planned in the next time:

an Random Imagebox for the Forum Header or Footer or for the Gallery Header or Footer ?

Thank you

[Scandal]

I make a simple screenshots presentation! You can find it here! :up:

Coming soon: vB3 version of this hack!

[Leica.Robbiani]

Hi there,

I did the German translation - Deutsch (Sie) - for Scandal's gallery. If you like to use it, just download the xml-file. To install the language file:

• Go to your admincp -> Languages & Phrases -> Download / Upload Languages
• Find the downloaded file on your computer
• Select the language
• Make sure you select "Yes" on "Ignore Language Version "
• Click "Import"
• Click "Done".

The file - Deutsch (Du) - follows in a few days.

Install instructions in german language:

• Gehe in's admincp -> Sprachen & Phrasen -> Sprachen herunterladen/ hochladen
• Finde die heruntergeladene Datei auf Deinem Computer
• W?hle die Sprache
• Stelle sicher, dass "Ja" bei "Sprachversion ignorieren" ausgew?hlt ist.
• Klicke auf "Importieren".
• Klicke auf Erledigt"

Well done - gut gemacht.

Edit (21.06.2012):
File - Deutsch (Sie) updated
File - Deutsch (Du) added

Edit (27.06.2012):
File - Deutsch (Sie) updated
File - Deutsch (Du) updated

Best regards

L.R.

[AllenMead]

This makes the Gallery very slick Would be real nice if you could put a limit on the sizes of the images displayed and open in a new window when clicked on?

[Scandal]

v1.6 (fourth release) available!
- updated file: sc_gallery_admin.php
- Galleryhome: fixed the view of description for header categories
- New feature: ability to add custom statusicons to categories (screenshot)
- 1 phrase undefined variable fix
- pending albums: 1 bug fixed

Hopes v1.6 is now an established version. :up:

[Scandal]

How to install Gallery's navigation tab and links for vB4.0.X - 4.1.X users
1. Open template "navbar" and find:

<vb:if condition="!$vboptions['selectednavtab'] AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'search'">

replace it with:

<vb:if condition="!$vboptions['selectednavtab'] AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'search' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'sc_gallery' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'album'">

2. Open template "navbar" and find:

{vb:raw template_hook.navtab_end}

add below:

        <vb:if condition="!$vboptions['selectednavtab'] AND THIS_SCRIPT == 'sc_gallery' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'album'">
            <li class="selected"><a class="navtab" href="{vb:link forumhome}">{vb:rawphrase sc_gallery}</a>
                <ul class="floatcontainer">
                 <vb:if condition="$show['member']">
                    <li class="popupmenu">
                        <a href="javascript://" class="popupctrl">My Stuff</a>
                        <ul class="popupbody popuphover">
                                <li><a href="album.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}">My Albums</a></li>
                                <li><a href="album.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=addalbum" rel="nofollow">Add Album</a></li>
                                <li><a href="gallery.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=mycomments" rel="nofollow">My Comments</a></li>
                                <li><a href="gallery.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=pending" rel="nofollow">Pending Albums</a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </li>
                 </vb:if>
                    <li><a href="gallery.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=latestpictures">Latest Pictures</a></li>
          <li><a href="gallery.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=latestalbums">Latest Albums</a></li>
          <li><a href="gallery.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=latestcomments">Latest Comments</a></li>
          <li><a href="gallery.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=search">Search</a></li>
                </ul>
            </li>
        <vb:else />
            <li><a class="navtab" href="gallery.php">{vb:rawphrase sc_gallery}</a></li>
        </vb:if>

3. Done!