Add-On Releases - Picture and Album Gallery

Picture and Album Gallery for vB4

This is a simple mod written out of frustration with the lack of such a basic feature in vb4 (and vb3, etc....)

Features:
Adds a Gallery drop-down menu to the nav bar OR to the navtab which allows browsing AND searching of all pictures and albums on your site.

The search function searches the album title, album description, picture caption AND username.

Note: If guest permission AdminCP->Usergroups->UserGroup Manager->Unregistered/Not Logged In->Can View Albums is "yes" then they will be able to browse album and picture thumbnails - they may NOT be able to view the full-size pictures. To hide the gallery menu from guest see Settings below.

The gallery and menu is phrased.

Tested with Vbulletin 4.0.2/3 (note: earlier versions have not been tested and are not supported) AND vBadvanced 4 beta1.

Settings:
None are needed - it does what it says on the tin .

AdminCP->Options->User Profile:Album Options "Pictures Per Page" and "Albums Per Page" control the number of thumbnails displayed per page in each gallery type.

If you get images overlapping the borders then you have inconsistent thumbnail sizes - you need to:
AdminCP->Maintenance->Update Counters->Rebuild Attachment Thumbnails

If you want to hide the Gallery menu from guests then edit the Gallery navbar (or navtab) popup menu plugin and change $allowguests = from true to false

Installation

1. Unzip the download package and copy the contents of the UPLOAD folder into your forum folder.
2. Go to the VB AdminCP->Plugins & Products click "Manage Products". The click "Add/ImportProduct" at the bottom of the page.
3. Click "Browse" button and point to the product-gallery-(etc).XML file included in this ZIP package.
4. Click "Import"
5. Once the gallery import is complete, click "Add/Import Product" again and select EITHER product_gallery_navtab-xxx.xml OR product_gallery_navbar-xxx.xml depending on where you want the gallery menu to appear (navbar or navtab).

... all done

Updates

To update from an older version you MUST uninstall the product (admincp->manage products: delete Picture and Album Gallery). Then re-install as above.

v1.08
tested on vb4.0.3
v1.07
Fixed navtab menu - picture and album URLS swapped
Converted navtab/bar into products to make installation easier.
v1.06
Due to popular demand added navtab drop down menu (with help from TimberFloorAu )
Cleaned up code and templates
v1.05
Phrased menu items - upgrade is not required unless you use other languages.
v1.04b
fixed database connection issue
deleted unused template from product xml
v1.03b
Changed permissions to allow guests to view thumbnail galleries
Added phrasing for main gallery code.
Removed navbar template - replaced by plug-in code
Changed album display template from albumbit to album_latestbit (it works better!)
Various template mods to clean up display
v1.02b
Wasn't remembering search query between pages.

This is my first "proper" product so comment/criticism/etc is welcome

John

[Verionia]

I am using album and photo ratings. How can I make that show in the gallery. Also the # of picture comments and views?

[HCGB]

Originally Posted by Verionia

I am using album and photo ratings. How can I make that show in the gallery. Also the # of picture comments and views?

vB doesn't support picture/album ratings so I assume you are using another mod. It would be difficult to support 3rd party mods.

I don't display comment/view counts because it would reduce the number of images viewable per page.

[Verionia]

Originally Posted by HCGB

vB doesn't support picture/album ratings so I assume you are using another mod. It would be difficult to support 3rd party mods.

I don't display comment/view counts because it would reduce the number of images viewable per page.

do you know how to do it? Id like to include it on my site.

[HCGB]

Originally Posted by Verionia

do you know how to do it? Id like to include it on my site.

You would need to modify the template gallery_picallbit and also make changes to the search functions in picallbit.php to return the comment and view records. Fairly major changes.

[Verionia]

Originally Posted by HCGB

You would need to modify the template gallery_picallbit and also make changes to the search functions in picallbit.php to return the comment and view records. Fairly major changes.

Uhm sorry, Im a beginner . What exactly do I need to put in those files?

[HCGB]

Originally Posted by Verionia

Uhm sorry, Im a beginner . What exactly do I need to put in those files?

You will need to find/pay someone to make the changes for you if you don't have the experience.

[Black-CA]

@HCGB

I like your mod. Is it possible to change height or wide to get the whole information in one lane below the pictures? Separated for example

• First ==> Album: "Title of the album"
• Second ==> by: "username" on "Date"

Attachment 115474

[Verionia]

Originally Posted by HCGB

You will need to find/pay someone to make the changes for you if you don't have the experience.

Can you please help me as I am on a budget, thanks.

[ezechiele81]

installed, but when I upload a photo :
"unable to copy or move the file"

folder images/upload
and
images/thumb are 777chmod

[Videx]

Originally Posted by Verionia

Can you please help me as I am on a budget, thanks.

We're all on a budget. But if you want someone to spend a hundred hours coding some special functionality, it's going to cost money. When you get some, go to Requests For Paid Services .

Originally Posted by ezechiele81

installed, but when I upload a photo :
"unable to copy or move the file"

That doesn't sound like a problem with this mod. You may even want to uninstall this mod completely while you troubleshoot. Only when you get the basic functionality working on an unmodified board should you attempt to reinstall this mod.