This modification is based on the Video-Directory modification by Survivor and vBPoint.org.
His mod is NOT dead, its still alive and kicking; but he has informed me that he just doesn't have the time to maintain it and give support. So until he is able to work on it agian; I've been doing a series of updates.
What is this mod?
This mod adds a fully featured and fully integrated video directory archive to your forums. Users can add their favorite videos from their favorite video service to the directory. I only support a few select hosters; but the hoster scripting is XML base, so any user can create their own scripts for any number of hosting services. The old MyVideo and Sevenload scripts from Survivor's version will still work, but they wont pull in Keyword/Tagging information, nor the video length time codes.
Basic Feature Listing:
Fully integrated into the vBulletin user database and product manager.
Fully phrased and built on templates for easy reskinning and styling.
Fully administratable and a myriad of settings for personalization.
Complete customization of permissions based on usergroups.
Landing page for broad information and fully featured tag cloud.
Upload all files in the "upload" directory to your forum root.
CHMOD /videothumbnails/* and /includes/videoserviceapi to 777.
Import the product "product-videodirectory.xml" in your Product Manager.
Follow the on screen instructions to configure your video hoster settings.
Refresh your administration control panel to see the new navigation links.
NOTES:
vBulletin 3.7.0 instituted a new avatar-thumbnail system. There is a high probability that you are unaware of this new system and may have failed to setup your vBulletin to make use of it. Make sure that a directory called /thumbs is located in your avatar directory and CHMOD it to 777. Then go into Maintenance > Update Counters and run the Rebuild Custom Avatar Thumbnails process.
Upgrade Procedure:
Upload all files in the "upload" directory to your forum root.
Take note of the information stored in Limits of Videos > General Settings.
Import the product "product-videodirectory.xml" in your Product Manager.
Re-establish your previous Limits settings in Videos > General Settings.
Re-import ALL of your hosters and settings in Videos > Manage hosters.
You MUST remember to re-import your hosters after upgrading.
NOTES:
You may lose your category dataman when you upgrade. If no categories are listed after an upgrade, you will be required to rebuild your category dataman. Its very easy to rebuild it if you need to. Simply go into Videos > Manage categories, select ANY category and hit [Edit], then click [Save]. Your category dataman will automatically be rebuilt.
Roadmap for the Future:
Moderation
Favorites
Playlists
Don't forget to click INSTALL!
If you want to donate, I'm all for it... as I'm an unemployed computer programmer...
The report thread function was build by Surviver, the previous author. With the new version I am working on, with is 100% my own, reporting will be handled through EMAILS (the same way as when someone reports a thread), instead of creating a brand new thread.
Jaxel, how can we fix the issues with delete comments and insert other languages caracters, like ~^`? etc?? (3.8.X) I've turned off the comments because of this.
Are there any features I am missing in my test version?
Features not in yet:
auto-thread creation
htaccess seo slugs
I forgot to mention, additional to the possibility to Set and Edit the Image related to the Video, (upload the image/thumbnail from the computer and/or set the URL of an Image to be used for the Video's thumbnail), to be able to Set and Edit a URL for the Thread related to the Video, this would allow to Set this for Old Videos and with a Link on the Video Info that says "Discussion Thread For This Video" you can Browse and See the Thread, and also to set it when some user forgot to set the Thread Creation for the Video, (the user can Create the Thread and then Edit the URL on the Video to point to the Thread).
Is it also Possible to be able to Edit the URL of the Video? (Sometimes the Video No Longer Exists and would be Nice to be able to Change the Video's URL to another existant one).
I forgot to mention, additional to the possibility to Set and Edit the Image related to the Video, (upload the image/thumbnail from the computer and/or set the URL of an Image to be used for the Video's thumbnail), to be able to Set and Edit a URL for the Thread related to the Video, this would allow to Set this for Old Videos and with a Link on the Video Info that says "Discussion Thread For This Video" you can Browse and See the Thread, and also to set it when some user forgot to set the Thread Creation for the Video, (the user can Create the Thread and then Edit the URL on the Video to point to the Thread).
Is it also Possible to be able to Edit the URL of the Video? (Sometimes the Video No Longer Exists and would be Nice to be able to Change the Video's URL to another existant one).
The ability to upload new thumbnails is already in the system.
I'm not sure if I'm going to put in an option where you can change the serviceVAL of a video. The whole idea of changing serviceVALs is problematic, and it should only be done by administrators in the first place. If you are an admin, you can easily edit the serviceVAL yourself in PHPMyAdmin.
SEO Slugs are also done and working PERFECTLY. Check them out on the test site.
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