Forum Display Enhancements - Thread Thumbnails V4 *Upgraded*

Thread Thumbnails V4 Rev 1.1

Description of the main feature:

The Thread Thumbnails V4 plugin is an extra image that will be displayed onto the Forumdisplay Threadlist of specified Forums and subForums.
The user will either have the possibility to add manually or automatically (option setup) the image of is choice to be shown as a Thumbnail.

This mod was originally created by Null Parameter for 3.8 and 4.0, but, for several reasons and many hours of trying to make the mod stable and fully working in vB 4.1.x, i'ved reworked the script and put it in an easier approach.


Functions:

When submitting a New Thread or editing an existing Thread, you can select the option for:

• User Entered URL
• First Attachment
• First Image In Post

When making a new post, the user will either have to input the URL for the thumbnail (User Entered URL option) or the thumbnail will be automatically displayed if the "FIRST" image or attachment option is selected.

To edit a thumbnail, if the "User Entered URL" is selected, a text box will be shown in the editor for them or staff to edit it.( I will try to add the editing option from the quickedit box in the future releases)

If other options are selected, the thumb will be automatically updated when the first image is replace, either from the post or the attachment.

Notes:
For the attachment editing, you will have to delete the first image and then reload it last for the plugin to work. The sequence of attachment doesn't get automatically changed when transferring attachment inside the vBulletin attachment options!
This is part of vBulletin, not the plugin.

For the first image in post option, you can edit directly from the quickeditor in order to replace the thumb.

What's new:

I'ved included an image folder with two thumbnail style for your board, you can easily select the one you need by replacing the name of the thumb in the ACP "Thread Thumbnails Options" from "No Thumbnail Replacement Image"

Thumbnail choice:

• nothumb.jpg
• nothumb1.jpg

Installation:

Upload the "thumbs" folder into: images->misc->
Import XML file from your ACP Manage Products

You will have to make some manual modifications in you forum's skin in order for the plugin to work well.

Every template mods are included in the Text file of the attachment.
Follow the instructions and you shouldn't have any problems.

Version:
v4.0
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• Support for vB4
• Removed the Automatic Template Edits
• Use Phrases
• Option to make Thumbnails Required (fully upgraded)
• Option to specify the CSS Style of thumbnail images
• New Thumb images added
• Thumb Editing upgraded
• Megamoose PHP script included in folder

V4.0 Rev1.0 *Updated to 4.1.5*
V4.0 Rev1.1 Changed Selection option

Enjoy the plugin and don't forget to CLICK INSTALLED !

[nacaruncr]

Installed and working so fine in 4.1.3 thanks

[misericorde]

Thank you

Very nice v.4.1.5

[spencerp]

I'm interested in this modification, but is there a way to get a thumbnail from like image codes posted in threads/posts using imagevenue.com, photobucket.com type submitted image codes? Like example code for posts below here...

PHP Code:

[url=http://img237.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=381794733_imagesinthreadlookingweird_122_97lo.jpg][img]https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/09/17.jpg[/img][/url] 


It would just draw out the thumbnail of first image code posted? Usually they're already including a thumbnail image anyway...

[fxwoody]

as long as you have an [img] tag, the link will be fetch automatically by the hack no mater where it comes from and that the link is alive

[fxwoody]

Originally Posted by angeljs

I would love this mod to be able to do this

I'm looking into it. Will give more info as soon as i can

[spencerp]

Originally Posted by fxwoody

as long as you have an [img] tag, the link will be fetch automatically by the hack no mater where it comes from and that the link is alive

Oh okay, well I must have done something wrong or missed something then. When I went into forum display area, it looked like it was going to load some thumbnails, but then they vanished lol. Perhaps I was missing some template coding or the image paths weren't right... >_>

[patrixon78]

Can anyone tell me where is the proper path for uploading this .php script and how can I run it? Or this .php script need to be uploaded only to some directory? I've managed the thumb's to work but I need to edit every single post to get this work. So I assumed that this .php script will do it automatically?

EDIT:
Nevermind I did like I've been thinking just uploaded the thumbupdater.php to root directory and I've ran the script.
Everything works great on 4.1.7 thanks

[Darksome]

I'm just wondering, is there anyway to have both first attachment and first image in post in use at the same time?

It would be great to not have nothumb.jpg shown at all if this was possible?

[fxwoody]

It won't work using both darksome, i end up with conflicts all the time if they are both in the post.
It has to be one or the other.
But a frind of mine is trying something with the script about this

[Darksome]

That'd be great if it becomes a possibility!

Originally Posted by e3fnxs6p

Currently, when "first image in post" (source2) is set, it won't display thumbnails from attachments. When "first attachment" (source1) is set, it won't display thumbnails from the first image. But often, you would like to have a combination of these options, instead of excluding each other.

You can solve this by doing this:
1) set the thumbnail source to "First Attachment".
2) go to plugin manager > "Forum Display - Threadbit Display" > find the line containing
$hook_query_fields .= ", MIN(attachment.attachmentid) AS attachmentid";
and append under that line, the following line:
$hook_query_fields .= ", thread.thumbnailurl AS thumbnailurl";

That's all.

I had tried this solution offered and it does work... to a degree.

I found if I set the option to first image in post and then opened and saved a thread with an [IMG] tag already in it, then changed the option back to first attachment. Thumbnails are shown for threads that have an attachment in them or a thread with an [IMG] tag.

Which is exactly what I'm after, but having to change options back 'n' forth and open and save every thread that has an [IMG] tag image in it, isn't ideal obviously!