Add-On Releases - PicLens + MediaRSS feeds for albums

Description :
- Enhance albums with Media RSS feeds
- Adds a "View with PicLens" Button next to each album, allowing users to browse them using Cooliris's Piclens Lite.

Demo :
Website using PicLens Lite : here.
Note: this demo site is provided by the Cooliris Piclens lite website.

Prerequisites:
RSS Syndication must be turned 'on'
to verify/turn it on:

1. Go to ACP
2. vBulletin Options
3. External Data Provider
4. 'Enable RSS Syndication' must be 'Yes'

Installation:

1. unzip
2. upload 'piclens.png' to your IMGDIR/MISC directory
3. import 'product-piclens_albumfeed.xml'

If you use Template Modification system, then you're done.
If you're not then you have to manually edit two templates :

Template modifications: (if not using TMS)

1. Edit 'Albumbit'
2. Find the following :
   

   <a href="album.php?$session[sessionurl]albumid=$album[albumid]"><strong>$album[title_html]</strong></a>

3. Below, add:
   

   &nbsp;<a href="javascript:PicLensLite.start({feedUrl:'$vboptions[bburl]/album.php?albumfeed=$album[albumid]'});"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/piclens.png" alt="$vbphrase[view_with_piclens]" border="0"/></a>

4. Save 'Albumbit'
5. Edit 'Album_list'
6. Find the following :
   

   <title>$vboptions[bbtitle] - $custompagetitle</title>

7. Below, add:
   

   <!-- CoolIris/PicLens support -->
   <script type="text/javascript" src="http://lite.piclens.com/current/piclens_optimized.js"></script>
   <!-- /CoolIris/PicLens support -->

8. Save 'Album_list
9. Done.

No config options yet. (Ideas welcome)

History:
1.0.0 - first release,
1.0.1 - Fixed the hardcoded URL in template, added TMS template edits to the XML product file,
1.0.2 - Fixed empty albuminfo causing 'Invalid Album specified...' error message when displaying RSS feed.
1.0.3 - Added support to "All Albums" mod; Now allows piclens to be used in members profile

Screenshots:

[vbboarder]

Thanks for this cool mod!

Bug Report: When users have PicLens (full version) enabled in their browser, the full version can not auto detect the media RSS so the pictures are not shown in PicLens. The user must manually visit the media RSS via the browser's url before PicLens can detect the RSS and show the pictures. PicLens Lite, however, can auto detect the RSS fine. To properly test, you must enable PicLens (full version), clear the browser's cache, and restart the browser. This problem occurs in FF3 (IE7 works fine).

Features Request: Enable this mod to work in the UserCP attachments page since attachments tend to be pics. Also, show Flash videos from attachments if user has PicLens (full version) installed since the full version can also show Flash videos.

[XManuX]

Updated (see history for infos)

Any suggestions are welcome !

[BigDog56]

This is pretty cool! Thank you!

[Videx]

I just installed All Albums, and 1.0.3, and I don't see the cooliris icon on all_albums.php. I assume I'm supposed to? Or is there a setting somewhere?

I do see it in the user profile.

[Cees]

Works great! Thanks

[imageconstrux]

Works like a charm! Nice work. Can it be made to create a feed for all albums? I'm wanting to pull a feed of all new album additions to a Wordpress blog on the same site.

[Videx]

A couple problems. First, you forgot to update the installation instructions to edit templates for members profile and All Albums.

Second, the TMS for album_all_album_list stopped working when I updated to 3.8.2. Or at least, that's when I noticed it.

I tried changing it to search for "<title>$vboptions[bbtitle] - $vbphrase[all_albums]</title>" instead. TMS accepts this, but I still don't see any Cooliris icons on all_albums.php.

edit: A third problem. album_all_albumbit isn't being edited correctly either. From the xml, it looks like the search string and replace string are identical.

[Videx]

Alright, using the instructions in post #15 I modified the TMS in the xml to work. Here's the one I used on my forums. Hopefully the author will return soon and tidy things up.

[Coroner]

Originally Posted by vbboarder

Thanks for this cool mod!

Bug Report: When users have PicLens (full version) enabled in their browser, the full version can not auto detect the media RSS so the pictures are not shown in PicLens. The user must manually visit the media RSS via the browser's url before PicLens can detect the RSS and show the pictures. PicLens Lite, however, can auto detect the RSS fine. To properly test, you must enable PicLens (full version), clear the browser's cache, and restart the browser. This problem occurs in FF3 (IE7 works fine).

1st I have to say, that I didn't have it installed - 'cause I didn't need it in albums.
This should be only a hint how to work this out with the Cooliris (full version).

Both versions needs an RSS feed. But to run it on the full version, you also need the images, too. A simply way is to create a hidden DIV container with a list of the images.
To get an example, go on the Cooliris HP and try the Cooliris Publisher.
After saving a few images take a look at created gallery. View sourcecode how to add those images into your page.

Remember: This is only a hint. If tried it in my gallery and works fine.

[hotone]

excellent mod, thank you.......