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)

[DEGE]

Hi

I'm also using VBGallery and found out lots and lots of "can't do" of this product. I've recently found out that also VBGallery does not integrate at all with social groups.

I've discontinued the Albums in my forum so the users have only one place where the images are... now I regret lots of missing things.

I'd like your help to know if is there any remote way to use your code or part of it in
the social group picture adding facility:

/group.php?do=insertpictures&groupid= XX

Can you help me with that?

Also I'll be figuring out how to get again the new comments on picture in the notification bar....

Really regret having installed VBGallery

[accludetuner]

Just noticed a bug with the mod. Searched and didn't see it mentioned yet.

I have disallowed guests from viewing full size images within photopost vbgallery. They can only view thumbnails.

The bug is that these permissions are not taken into account with the photo popup in posts. If the full size photo is inserted using the photo popup, then guests can see the full size image in the posts. It would be ideal to have the permissions taken into account and only show thumbnails to guests if they can't view the full size image. Same thing if guests are not permitted to view the gallery images at all, don't show them in posts. I'll look at the code and see if it's something I could do relatively easily, but some sort of permission checks should be put in place for photopost vbgallery (not sure about any of the other galleries).

[DEGE]

As I've stated in photopost forum, VBGallery security is very weak. The point is that this hack uses the filename instead of calling any function to get the image. VBgallery does not protect the images if you know the filename.

I'm also looking after to get some portion of VBGallery code re written to avoid this horribly security fail.

Please contact me if you have any other solution.

[moonbase]

I am just running vBulletin 3.8.7 and only want to use it with the albums and attachments, yet no image shows on the editor toolbars (quick, full, new post/thread)?

If I paste the url to the image in a browser, it shows fine and all files are checked to be in right place, and I tried re-uploading everything, and the product, but still no icon to access this feature.

Any suggestions on where to look?

Thank you.

[cellarius]

Button not showing in the toolbar is always due to missing or incorrectly done template edits or the button image not being present in the right place.

[wacnstac]

Try to get this to work with 3.8.7 for a day now. Everything works except photopost pictures. It seems to access the database ok as it gets the number of pictures that I have in the database under my name right. It just never shows any of them to click on. Something about a filter?..... When I run the mySQL query that the plugin trys to run in phpmyadmin, the pictures returned make total sense. What am I missing?

[cellarius]

Most likely your path settings are wrong. Enable debug mode and check, or look at your page source to see the images paths in photo popup.

[carolc]

This looks like a neat mod. Can it insert the 'Linked Image' into a post? (PhotoPost). We always use linked images so users can find the image in the gallery quickly (to leave comments). Thanks

[cellarius]

Yes, image linked to gallery is possible.

[wacnstac]

Originally Posted by cellarius

Most likely your path settings are wrong. Enable debug mode and check, or look at your page source to see the images paths in photo popup.

The screenshot posted above was taken in debug mode. The path to PP is correct. PP is in a separate database in my case.