Major Additions - Video-Directory

Video-Directory - developed by vBPoint.org

What is this?

This add on gives your users the possibility to collect their favourite videos from some video-webpages (supported at the moment: MyVideo, YouTube, Sevenload and Metacafe) and to provide them in the forum. The videos can be commented and rated.

The Administrator has many possibilities of settings and can create video-categories and administrate the video-directory.

List of features:

• Completely integrated in vBulletin
• Many possibility of settings for the Administrator
  • Many possibilities of settings
  • permissions of usergroups
  • Administration of categories
  • Administration of video-webpages
    • Incl. import and export
• Very simple installation
• Homepage can be configured easily
• Videos are integrated in the forum
  • Videos can be voted with AJAX
  • Commets to videos can be posted
  • Videos can be reported
  • User can see other members watching the video at the same time
• Simple search-function
• RSS-Feed of videos
• Advanced WOL-integration
• Advanced vBSEO-integration

Installation:

1. Upload all files from the directory "root" (Keep the structure of folders)
2. The directory of videothumbnails and includes/videoserviceapi needs 777 permissions
3. Import the product-videodirectory.xml from the admin-controllpanel
4. After importing the product DON'T close the window, follow the installiton instructions!

History:

• 1.0.0 RC 1 - First release
• 1.0.0 RC 2 - Improvements and correcting some errors - many thanks to Hapi for reworking the templates!
• 1.0.0 RC 3 - Correting some bugs: 38409, 38496, 38548, 38611
• 1.1.0 Beta 1 - "Major Release"
  • Correcting some bugs
  • New: Search function
  • New: Reporting funvtion for videos
  • New: Import/export funtion for Video-Webpages
  • New: Improvements for guests
  • New: Best voted videos on Mainpage
  • New: vBSEO-Integration
  • New: Simplified installation
• 1.1.0 Beta 2 - Small Bugfix-Release
• 1.1.0 RC 1 - New Feature (Members who are watching the same video at video details page), Bugfixes (Missing File for comments added, vBSEO CRR fixed)
• 1.1.0 RC 2 - Added two new videohosters (sevenload and metacafe), added rss feed, added thumbnail-preview when adding a video, MyVideo Class optimized, some bugs fixed

Roadmap for Version 1.2.0:

• Tag-function for videos
• Favourite Videos (AJAX)
• Watchlist (AJAX)
• [s]User watching the same video at the moment[/s] - Added in Version 1.1.0 RC 1
• Video-comments per AJAX, to avoid reload
• "Video-Profile" for user
• Moderation
• [S]New Videos in forumhome[/S] (See addons)
• [s]RSS-Feed for Videos[/s] - Added in Version 1.1.0 RC 2
• Integration in statistic-block in profile

Developer notes:

Do you want to enhance the video-directory, but some hooks are missing? Do you want to enhance the templates and you need some template-hooks? No Problem! Send a PM and the hooks will be integrated in the next version!

Developer-Blog:

Feel free to check out our Developer-Blog at vBPoint.org!

[BJF]

link to another video mod for vbulletin?

[GabyZ]

This mod it's very usefull and it has the right features, however it lacks at some points:

1) The page title when viewing a video or a category is the same, so the title does not change for categories and videos.

2) There's no plugin to show videos on the forum home, for the rest keep up the work in this direction.

I'll click installed but i'm not using it only for this two points.

[tidefans]

Great mod. My members love it.

Some suggestons for next version:

• Something like [+] (add button) beside each category on the front page
• Instructions / Help page (i.e. where I could put directions on how to add videos
• Tagging
• Ability to put a module of the most recent, highly rated, most popular, etc. on my forum pages.

Otherwise, thanks for sharing!

[GabyZ]

Yes, the module will be great to have

[Chadi]

The vbseo integration notice in the vboptions area won't disappear after adding the below code to the "define customer rewrite rules" area in vbseo control panel.

//==========================================================================

// Video Directory

//==========================================================================

'video.php?do=viewdetails&categoryid=(d+)&categorytitle=(.*)&videoid=(d+)&videotitle=(.*)'=>'videos/$2-$1/$4-$3.html'
'video.php?do=viewcategory&categoryid=(d+)&categorytitle=(.*)&page=(d+)'=>'videos/$2-$1/$3/'
'video.php?do=viewcategory&categoryid=(d+)&categorytitle=(.*)'=>'videos/$2-$1/'
'video.php'=>'videos/'

[Surviver]

Originally Posted by TimberFloorAu

Any luck on the comments portion yet?

We still cannot post comments, get the minimum word count warning.

Ste

We haven't found the bug yet.

Originally Posted by GabyZ

This mod it's very usefull and it has the right features, however it lacks at some points:

1) The page title when viewing a video or a category is the same, so the title does not change for categories and videos.

2) There's no plugin to show videos on the forum home, for the rest keep up the work in this direction.

I'll click installed but i'm not using it only for this two points.

1. I'll have a look at this.

2. Maybe for Version 1.,2.0 or later

Originally Posted by tidefans

Great mod. My members love it.

Some suggestons for next version:

• Something like [+] (add button) beside each category on the front page
• Instructions / Help page (i.e. where I could put directions on how to add videos
• Tagging
• Ability to put a module of the most recent, highly rated, most popular, etc. on my forum pages.

Otherwise, thanks for sharing!

Instructions: You can add this via FAQ (Friontend Help)
Tagging is planned
Modules: Same as above

Regards Surviver

[tidefans]

Originally Posted by Surviver

Instructions: You can add this via FAQ (Friontend Help)
Tagging is planned
Modules: Same as above

Regards Surviver

Thanks...

For instructions, what I actually meant was at the top of the front video.php page having an area to put instructions on how to upload, etc. I can do this manually, but just suggesting to have it as a feature.

Regardless, I love this mod.

[Surviver]

Originally Posted by tidefans

Thanks...

For instructions, what I actually meant was at the top of the front video.php page having an area to put instructions on how to upload, etc. I can do this manually, but just suggesting to have it as a feature.

Regardless, I love this mod.

You can simply add it to the Template. (shoulkd be video_main or video_home)

[Artes_Marciales]

Amazing!
Great MOD!

Tanks!!
**nominated**

[Chadi]

Some problems.

In admin panel:

I cannot do anything. Clicking any links shows empty-style pages and nothing can be saved, or some links show blank page

I traced it to the vbseo code you provided causing that error

//==========================================================================

// Video Directory

//==========================================================================

'video.php?do=viewdetails&categoryid=(d+)&categorytitle=(.*)&videoid=(d+)&videotitle=(.*)'=>'videos/$2-$1/$4-$3.html'
'video.php?do=viewcategory&categoryid=(d+)&categorytitle=(.*)&page=(d+)'=>'videos/$2-$1/$3/'
'video.php?do=viewcategory&categoryid=(d+)&categorytitle=(.*)'=>'videos/$2-$1/'
'video.php'=>'videos/'

removed that vbseo code, admin links work fine.

The other problems
- blank video list on main page
- domain name in the color icon, inside toolbar? This happens only in this mod, not global elsewhere

I chmodded all folders/sub-folders/files exactly as explained in the readme file.