Major Additions - vB iGallery (XML Based) + vB iGallery v2.02 (Dynamic) The Ultimate Xperience

vB iGallery (XML Based) + vB iGallery V2.02



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13th August 2008 - vBulletin 3.7 Bridge Released: Download is now available
vB iGallery V2.02 now available.
More features and very easy installation, optimized and brand new User Guides - also added the fully layered PSD to design your own background images. Demo V2.02: http://www.digitalport.co.uk/digital/vb_igallery.php

Revision: 1.01(XML based Only)


vB iGallery 1.01 (XML based only) requires no database to function
(see V2.02 below for full vBulletin bridge to User Albums)

about:
vB iGallery is an XML based gallery, therefore uses no database queries. It uses Papervision3D flash technology, giving you a unique 3D gallery Xperience. Fully tested on default and custom styles, and cross-browser compatible. Coded to work with vBulletin's DHTML menu system, to stop menu's dropping behind the flash object.

This XML version uses it's own album directories - it is not integrated with vBulletin 3.7.x user albums yet. However, this will be done in a future update.

Features

• 3D Gallery in a virtual world
• Controlled by mouse and keyboard
• Various Zoom features
• Spinning Gallery - mouse controlled
• Zoom in/out of gallery globe - mouse or keyboard
• Tooltips available on all images
• Descriptions show on full image display
• Override attributes - we list more soon

Installation
Full installation instructions are provided in Word and PDF formats, within the download package. Easy install requiring uploading of files/folders and one template edit.

User Guides
English and French User Guides available. French translation by Sofia - Many thanks!

Copyright
All images used in the example album have been used with the contributors permission. Please do not remove the copyright in the footer of the gallery page, instructions on removal are in the documentation.

LATEST RELEASE Updated to v2.02 - Package updated.
Main vB iGallery file was a development version. Alignment issues fixed. Multi-line Caption/Description field moved and fixed. Domain issue fixed.

vB iGallery v2.02 (Dynamic bridge to vBulletin 3.7 User Albums)
Download it now, it's bridged to use vBulletin 3.7 User Albums - allowing easy population of iGallery. No XML to edit or to configure. Completely recoded and optimized. FULL documention within download package, in Word and PDF formats.

IMPORTANT (Affects version 2.0 only)
Some users have mentioned images missing from Profiles and Albums after installing this modification, the images have not been deleted they simply require a rebuild. Please do the following after installing this modification.

Go to your AdminCP -> User Albums -> Rebuild Thumbnails then click the 'Rebuild Album Picture Thumbnails' button.
This will fix the thumbnails not showing after installation. User Guides will updated to reflect this issue.


Additional Bonus Background Package (v2.0 & v2.02 ONLY)
5 New backgrounds have been added for you to download - these have been designed using the supplied PSD template within the Tools folder of the vB iGallery v2.02.

AUTOMATIC UPDATE NOTIFICATIONS
If you receive another notification about an update within the past 12 hours, this is auto-generated by vbulletin.org if the main release post is changed. I have made a few changes to this post due to some confusion between the 2 versions available. Please make sure you download the correct version for your forum.

[Spank]

I think (hope) it's where you can set which albums you want the gallery to pull the images from.

[Leo Brazil]

Hi syrus.xl, thanks for the up date.

If you allow my suggestions....

If could use the Alt from Vb to link the layout of you mod this way it would get the appearence merged to Vb doesn't matter what stile people have. Same idea for CMPS module.

Cheers

[Magz]

Am really looking forward to a bridge for Photopost

Hope you have a speedy recovery.

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by Megatr0n

The Album Bridge? Is this where users will have their own albums in the flash format?

The vBulletin 3.7 Album User Bridge v1.0 will just be a simple bridge that pulls the last uploaded images to all user albums. It is not user specific yet, this will be an option when the bridge is fully supported under AdminCP control, with usergroup permissions, etc.

Basically, the bridge about to be released will just be a dynamic XML version of what is already available, but requires no images - since they are all pulled through the vb database, eliminating the need to create images manually.

It will be available has a separate download, and is only a single file upload, no product XML file is required for the bridge. It will come with a new flash igallery file, which is configured for dynamic input only, along with background image import.

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by Leo Brazil

Hi syrus.xl, thanks for the up date.

If you allow my suggestions....

If could use the Alt from Vb to link the layout of you mod this way it would get the appearence merged to Vb doesn't matter what stile people have. Same idea for CMPS module.

Cheers

It does use Alt settings from vB, the background image is just an extra defined feature, instead of me leaving it fixed within the flash file.

[Leo Brazil]

Originally Posted by syrus.xl

It does use Alt settings from vB, the background image is just an extra defined feature, instead of me leaving it fixed within the flash file.

Awesome !! Just counting down for your update.

Tks

[AnabolicResourc]

Great mod Syrus !!

Installed it to see how it would look like on my forums.

Once you have the Albums Bridge i'll give the link to my members

[Larop]

I have VBi Gallery 1.23 installed now. Can I replace it with this? Do I need to delete/remove it prior to installation of this new version? In other words not an upgrade?

[rapidphim]

Thanks for this awesome hack. Reading through 8 pages, I have not seen anyone brings up the question that whether or not this hack can pull the image from other hosting images such as photobucket, imageshack and such .....

Also, since this hack is going to intergrate with user album:
1/ is user album have to set as public in order for it to pull the images or it will even pull from private album?

2/ how many queries it will use?

[RedeemedWarrior]

looking forard to the bridge