Random Images Anywhere

1st of all I really love this plugin stuff.

Now for the Release. Please be gentle as this is my first release ever.

I want to thank Loneranger because I used his XML file as a template for mine. This was fun to make. I hope you guys enjoy it.

This will allow you to display random images anywhere you want.

Features:

• Reads from a specified directory.
• Only reads files whose filenames contain your specified text delimeter.
• Can specify file extensions to display (GIF JPG PNG)
• Perfect for babe of the week, etc.

See a working example here: http://www.freaks-network.com/forum/

The header images on the left will change whenever the page is refreshed.

Note: This generates a variable. Just insert the following wherever you want the random image to appear:

PHP Code:

$randpic 


[Big_Ern]

Originally Posted by concepts

How do I put this into a module? for my CMPS?

has anyone figured out how to do this?

[Dsyn11]

Ditto on the CMPS thing. it doesn't work.

[Dsyn11]

Is this thread abandoned? CMPS, anyone?

[jugo]

Originally Posted by fabriceg

Hi,

Sorry for this silly question, but? where did you set vars (the path, etc.) ?

$folder = $vbulletin->options['randimg_path'];
$imgurl = $vbulletin->options['randimg_url'];
$exts = $vbulletin->options['randimg_types'];

In the vBulletin Options.

[jugo]

Originally Posted by Dsyn11

Is this thread abandoned? CMPS, anyone?

Sorry, been very busy lately.

This should enable the variable in any template for any vB Powered page which includes the global_start hook.

I will investigate if this is not the case and fix it.

again, sorry for the absence.

[Giray]

Does the $randpic variable work only in templates or also in phrases?

[snowman872]

I've installed this hack and use it to display a random photo of certain forum members at the top of each page. Everyone likes this feature, but multiple people have asked if there is a way I can identify the person in the picture. At present I just a static (generic) "Forum Member" description under it.

It would be a awesome enhancement to this hack, if each image in the random pool could be associated with a particular short line of text for a description. The description could display under the image.

Thanks!

[Giray]

Worst case scenario, why not add the text to the 'image' itself? Just add a little band at the bottom and write you caption in Photoshop... Just a thought :knockedout:

[KevinL]

This works great! Just what I was looking for!

[dodgechargerfan]

Originally Posted by snowman872

I've installed this hack and use it to display a random photo of certain forum members at the top of each page. Everyone likes this feature, but multiple people have asked if there is a way I can identify the person in the picture. At present I just a static (generic) "Forum Member" description under it.

It would be a awesome enhancement to this hack, if each image in the random pool could be associated with a particular short line of text for a description. The description could display under the image.

Thanks!

I wanted something similar - I wanted the tool tip to have the username in it when you hovered your mouse over the picture.

I managed to get it done.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....3&postcount=69

I suppose you could tweak that to put the name underneath the picture using just some html.

The trick is that the text is part of the filename.

Another thing: that function looks for .jpg and strips it out. So, it messes up this name support for other file types. The random picture code will still work but the name will say "filename.gif" instead of "filename"