New Posting Features - Photo Popup - Insert pictures easily from vB Albums, Photopost, vBGallery, Photoplog

Whats new in Version 3.5

• now supports attachments
  • config file will be installed automatically (from folder UPLOAD/includes)
  • remember to add the product option "attachments" in your AdminCP when upgrading
  • make sure you reupload photo_popup.php
• new config file for CND Garage 2.x
  • new config file photo_popup_config_cndgarage.php
  • if you're using CND Garage in a lower version that 2.x,
    • and you're upgrading: just continue to use the old file
    • and you're doing a fresh install: delete the new config file, and rename photo_popup_config_cndgarage.php.old (remove the .old)

vB4 version available

What does it do?

When creating or editing a post, your users can open a popup window that will show them pictures in the chosen gallery or albums. Now also supports attachments: Reuse what you uploaded! A click on the picture inserts it into the editor.

Works with

• vBulletin 3.7.x and 3.8.x, vB Blog (probably anything that uses the vB editor)
• Photopost Pro
• Photopost vBGallery
• Photoplog
• CNG Garage

Detailed features list

• see second post

Installation

1. Extract the archive.
2. Upload the contents of folder "UPLOAD" to your forum root. Note how the folder structure in this folder mirrors the folder structure in your forum root, so every file will be in the right place.
3. a) If you intend to use only the vBulletin forums albums, proceed to step 4.
   b) If you intend to use any other gallery product, see "Product configuration" in second post.
4. Install the product.
5. a) If you are using Template Modification System (TMS), you're done.
   b) If not, do the template modifications explained in template_edits.txt manually.

Basic Configuration

• if you're using only vB albums, everything is done via AdminCP->Options->Photo-Popup
• Decide there how many rows and columns the popup table will have, what gallery products to use, which insert options you want to allow, activate code mode on a usergroup permission basis, or activate debug mode
• See "Product Configuration" in second post.

Upgrade

• Just reimport the product-xml-file, overwriting the old version, and reupload the photo-popup.php.
• Please check in config_file_versions.txt whether the config file for one of the products you use has been changed since last update.
• If the config file for one of your products has been updated, upload it from config files folder to your includes directory. Don't forget to take note of any any changes and settings in the old file and adapt the new one accordingly, if necessary.

Support and debugging

Ill help whenever I find the time. Before asking, please activate debug mode and post the information given there (especially under "Code". Please try the two links given - do they look "normal" and do they work? Debug information is only shown to Administrators (usergroup 6). Always state the products you use, including the software versions. Also read the infromation in the second post of this thread.


Hopes for the future
World peace, happiness, health and lot's of money


Version history

• Version 3.5
  • new: supports attachments
  • new config file for CND Garage > 2.x
• Version 3.4 / 3.4.1: Album dropdown not populated if using mysqli,Photopost not saving medium sized images, Fix for PHP 5.3.0 related bug (bugfixes)
• Version 3.3 new/updated config file vBGallery (bugfixes); session-handling fixed; workaround for vbseo problem with Firefox in WYSIWYG editor
  • Important: template edits have to be redone!In every manually done template edit find: photo_popup.php?e=$editorid and replace with photo_popup.php?$session[sessionurl]e=$editorid
• Version 3.2 new/updated product config file vBGallery (bugfixes), some additional error checking and error messages, debug information enhanced
• Version 3.1 new/updated product config files: cnd garage (thanks to wottech for cooperation), photoplog categories, photoplog albums, photoplog, vBGallery; some additional cookie error checking; error checking in AdminCP removed; bugfixes from this thread.
• Version 3.0 code reorganisation: implemeting of new galleries made easier by outsourcing of the relevant settings and database queries into seperate config files; new feature: support for vBGallery and Photoplog (lite?) added; minor bugfixes
• 3.0.1 Important bugfix if you are using vB albums: wrong database query in config file. To fix this, it's enough to reupload photo_popup_config_albums.
• 2.2 New feature: 2 plugins to show correct location and activity in "who's online". Bugfix: Bit of unphrased German removed from template (in pagenav dropdown). For upgrade from 2.1 just import product file, no uploads necessary.
• 2.1 New feature: Code mode. Lets you see the corresponding bb- or html-code instead of sending the image to the editor. If your browser allows that, the code is also copied to clipboard. Bugfix: Fixed a problem where pagination misbehaved when working with vB albums
• 2.0 New feature: Support for quickreply and quickedit!
• 1.4 New feature: Three new insert-options: thumbnail, medium and original image not linked themselves, but with a link to the gallery/album in the line below. This should be especially interesting for the users of the image resizer mod.
• 1.3 feature improvement/bugfix: default popup size is now determined before opening, not after (window.resize method causing issues in Firefox). Auto-close of the popup now using the YUI Event Listener; the needed library is already part of vB's standard distribution. New feature: title bar with "close this window"-link.
• 1.2 new feature: popup closes after editing is completed; smaller changes in Layout
• 1.1 new feature:set popup window size, to go with your table settings; minor bugfixes
  
• 1.0 Initial release

Development and bugfix releases for config files
If the need arises, there will be development or bugfix releases of config files between official releases of this mod. The zip file attached to this post will always be up to date. At the moment, there are no development/bugfix-releases.


Translations
Deutsche ?bersetzung bei vbulletin-germany.org.
Arabian translation, thanks to Subah.
Russian translation, thanks to nohuhu.


Screenshots
AdminCP, Photopost settings, Photo Popup in action, quickreply

### Don't forget to click install! ###
(No support if you don't)

[cellarius]

Originally Posted by abroad

I had 2.0 installed and it worked. I am using vb albums which comes with vbulletin. Now I upgraded to 3.1 and if I want to insert a picture then it does not stop loading when I click on a picture in the window which opened.... any idea what is wrong?

The URL of this window is:

http://www.mydomain.com/photo_popup.php

When I click on a picture to insert it, the URL changes to:

http://www.mydomain.com/photo_popup.php#

But the picture is not inserted afterwards....

Originally Posted by abroad

installed it again but still doesnt work...when the screen opens with my pictures and I click on one to insert it then nothing happens...I use vb albums

It seems quite obvious from what you write in your first post that you did not do the changes in the template edits that came with the upgrade from 2.0 to 3.0. The URL of the Popup window should read
[yourdomain]/photo_popup.php?e=vB_Editor_001
if called from the main editor window. The parameter e changes if you call from QR or QE. If the part after the ? is missing, the popup simply does not know where to insert the code.

So please check whether you did the template edits correctly - I bet not. The link to the popup window in the templates always must contain the e-parameter:

$vboptions[bburl]/photo_popup.php?e=$editorid

It would have been helpful from the start if you had posted the debug information provided by the mod and a link to your popup window.

[abroad]

which template do I need to change? I just uploaded all files and importet the product file?

[cellarius]

The template edits are described in great detail inside the .zip file. Check whether they are corretly done on your side. I already told you what to look out for. Hm, after reading your last post - you did do the template edits manually or do have TMS installed? Once again, since you seem to have had it working with v2.0: The template edit you did vor v2.0 will not work with 3.1!

From which editor do you open the popup? You can't just call it in the browser. You must use a link in an editor - either main, QR or QE.

If you don't get it to work you'll have to provide me with admin access to your forum so I can check your templates.

[cellarius]

To follow up on abroad's problem: He sent me admin access and it was as I suspected.
Bottomline: You can't expect this mod to work if you don't do the template changes right

[cellarius]

If you're using this mod with Photopost Pro, you might be interested in my new Mod for Photopost-SEO:

Originally Posted by cellarius

The problem: Duplicate content

One of the biggest problems of Photopost Pro when aiming at SEO-optimization is duplicate content - myriads of possible urls point to the same page. This leads to heavy penalization by search engines like Google. Although this has been critizised for years by Photopost customers, the developers were less than helpful, stating this was not "an issue with our program at all"; there are no indications whatsoever that this will ever be addressed.

A solution: canonical links

Not long ago, the major search engines (including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo) introduced a new tag, designed to deal with just that problem. It allows you to define a canonical url for pages that can be accessed via various urls. This is just what Photopost needs and should really help SEO-wise (see Googles explanation):
<link rel="canonical" href="URL" />

What this product does

I wrote a small plugin that is only active on Photopost's showphoto.php, this being the most important and most duplicated page. It extracts the photonumber from the URL and constructs a canonical url that is made up only from the URL to the script and one parameter (the photo number). It works with both Photopost's URL versions (standard and spider-friendly). Additionally, if the URL that was used to call the page is not identical to the canonical URL, a "noindex"-Tag will be added.

Get it here!

[cellarius]

New Version: 3.2

Version 3.2: Config file rollup & enhanced error handling

• new/updated product config files:
  • vBGallery
• some additional error checking and error messages
• debug information enhanced

If your Popup is working correctly and you are runnding 3.1, this is a non mandatory update. It offers some enhancements in error handling and debug information, and it contains the most up to date config files for all products. Significant changes have been made to vBGallery config. Hopefully, this config file will now work for all configurations.

I you are running an older version than 3.1, upgrading is strongly recommended!

[Subah]

Thank you for the update but there is some thing wrong wih the new "photo_popup_config_vbgallery.php" because if i keep the olf file every thing work fine but when i replace it with the new "photo_popup_config_vbgallery.php" 3.2 all pictures came as red "X" ?

[cellarius]

Grrrr vBG is really starting to drive me crazy here...

What does your directory structure look like in your gallery/files folder?

Is it like 1234 or like 1/2/3/4 (userids as whole numbers or split down to single digits)?

What does the code section from your debug info look like?

[Andreas]

He apparently uses vBGallery 2.4.3 with Safe Mode being off, eg. files stored under u/s/e/r/i/d - but I am not 100% sure I cant really read his website

[cellarius]

Subah, please redownload the product .zip-file and reupload the vBG-config-file. Please tell me if it works now.