Photopost to vb/Home Intergration v1.7

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// Photopost 4.6.6 to vbhome/forum Intergration (vb2.0 & vbadvanced 1.01 vb3 Intergation
// Created by PixelFX & Respective Developers
// Version 2.0 in design
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NEW UPDATE COMING: I've got this system working with vb3.o and v2.0

New Credits:
Updated Hack: PixelFX
New Thumbnail Includer: Midnightz
And Thanks to everyone below.

Update Coming Soon!

INTRODUCTION:
After searching the web and a few sites, I wanted a way to show single / latest gallery images on my
vbhome/vbulletin forum. This hack, was setup in hopes to help others get a similar result to get gallery
images from photopost to show up on your vbhome/vbulletin front page. The concepts for this hack came is
from a combo of locations, as well as adding some of my own custom hacks and templates.

NOTE 4 vbindex: This hack should work with both vbhome & vbindex, the only difference for vbindex is you would make changes to the vbindex index.php not the vbhome index.php, also you would setup templates for use in the vbindex templates rather vbhome. Make sence? I'll rate a seperate txt for that soon.

CREDITS:
- Grunt for phpinclude,
- Matt Chroust for thumbincluder.php,
- Craigr for helping at vbhome, with support
- TECK for vbhome 4.2
- Enthusiast, Inc. for PhotoPost 4.1.0, RC1 & community
- Jelsoft Enterprises Limited for vbulletin 2.3.2
- vBulletin.org for support learning how to hack vb
- PixelFX for vb/home templates & some custom php vb hacking below.
- midnightz for updated thumbnail includer (see end of thread)

HACK ADDONS:
Forum home addon - Mickie D Follow Link below for addon download
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=123

Catigory Exclude Addon - PixelFX Credits in zip file,
http://files.pixelfx.ca/catigory_exclude_addon1.0.zip

LICENCE INFO:
To get all required files you need licenced copy of vbulletin v2.2.x / 2.3.2 & photopost pro 4.1.0+ /

I'm working on version for vb3.0 gamma/RC1 as well, which is in testing

FILES NEED:
vBulletin 2.3.3+ (installed) Tested on 2.2.x as well
PhotoPost 4.51+ (Choose to intergrate with vbulletin when you install photopost.)
vBHome 4.2+ (clean install)
thumbincluder.php tweaked, and link to database.
thumbincluder.txt modified by pixelfx for catigory addon - coming soon.
thumbincluder.txt version 2, by midnightz

I take no credit for the thumbnailincluder.php which is needed for this hack to run. Although I have made edits
to it, for my next version of this script

LOCATION OF THUMBNAIL-INCLUDER:
(requires membership account and licence for photopost)
http://www.photopost.com/members/for...threadid=26550

for the thumbnailincluder11.txt rename to what ever ya want file.php be sure you set varables to your liking.
Then upload, To your gallery's root directory. I've found you can use multiple files and it works fine See addon coming soon for that.

Example: http://www.url.com/gallery/thumbnailincluder.php

SUPPORT:
I will only support this hack on this thread currently. aka here,
if you would like to create addons please PM me
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=53539

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING BACK UP YOUR FORUM DATABASE & GALLERY,
FILES ETC. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
I've tested this on my two vb sites, and it works awesome. However I can't predict what it
will do on sites that are heavely hacked.

LAST UPDATED:
December 7th,2003

(note that update news info can befound at end of thread)

Note: This should work if you edit the forum/index.php but only if you want images to show up in
your forums rather than your vbhome. This is something I need to test more, so will post alternate update shortly for that.

NOTE: this version is for vbhome 4.2 to php 4.1.0 intergration, again addon will be posted soon.
NOTE: Text File Download at buttom of file,

MAIN DEMO:
NA - Coming soon.. for version 2.0

COMING SOON:
Addon - News & Specific Image Catigory on it's own page.
Example of addon:
- Supports Random Images
- Supports Recent Images
- Supports Most Popular Images

This works with main hack, and or sub pages (coming soon!)

TESTED ON:
vbulletin v2.3.2 Final, Photopost 4.1.0 RC2 , and vbhome v4.2 (clean install)

PLEASE CLICK INSTALL:
If you use this hack, thanks

News Update: [12.04.2004]
I'm still working on a vb 3.0.3/pp4.8.5 version of this. Its also got a unique gallery/news system with the update. It's taken a while for me to get it out as I've been swamped with contracts, but I hope to release update soon.

[PixelFx]

in the instructions I had said it should work with both vbhome and vbindex. I just used the example of vbhome since thats what I use

I'll post an update that mickie D sent me that is for vbindex shortly...

[Harlequin]

I can't waaait!

[PixelFx]

Here is the addon, Mickie D made for showing the photopost in your forumhome.

http://files.pixelfx.ca/forumindex_addon1.7.zip

Updated News Sept 27th

I'm Currently working on the next update v1.8/2.0
Photopost v4.1.2, Vbulletin v2.3.2, / vb3.0.0 addon

[Intex]

PixelFX - it maybe worth mentioning on the main page that the hack can also be modified to work with myvbindex. This is what I'm using and I'll be glad to help anybody out with installing it.

[PixelFx]

I'll add that when I release v1.8 soon, I'm working on a much large hack based on this one called, News & Gallery Catigory Hack, which also supports users with there own custom pages with unique galleries & or news feeds. which will be in vb 2.0

update october 4th,

been working on update for this hack, using the new photopost v4.1.2 and vb 2.3.2 or vb 3.0, I'm rewriting a lot of the code in the thumbnail includer... I hope to have update some time in the near future, if work doesn't kill me first

[gmarik]

The new upadet is not very different, isn'it?
Any plans for the future releases?!

[PixelFx]

Photopost just released version 4.1.4, I've been working on an update with template support, news & catigory intergration, so you can have your own gallery and your own news on it's own page etc...

so far it's for vb2.3.2, and photopost 4.1.4, I've almost completely rewritten the thumbnail includer, the new system will be in a few parts to support cms systems and non cms etc, I'm still working on install info, and testing it.

so yes there will be a future release, just swamped with off line stuff till after november 10th then plan to release a killer update to this hack

[gmarik]

Man, what you do is absolutely what I need.
What's about the CMS part and have you thought about another way, to display the PP categorys? Any way to show a category as a vBhomelite block automaticly?!

Many questions, but you're the only one out here, who's developing important vB applications and support them. Yours, Marco

[PixelFx]

the first version is vbhome lite or works with it tested it twice now about to do new install for it on pixelfx, to make new installer for it

[gmarik]

And how for a new PhotoPost GUI?!