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]

Hi Syrus, I've just installed this but the actual igallery is blank. The bg loads up but I'm getting no images. Any idea what I've done wrong?

[Sweeks]

Originally Posted by glorify

I use hostgator and don't have that prob.

Any chance you could help me with this? I have sent you a private message :up:
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[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by J12610AFE2D3

My host (hostgator) does not allow folders and files to be chmod to 777 is there a way around this at all? Has anyone got this installed on a normal hostgator package? I was told Id have to get a dedicated server

Please help, I am sure theres something to fix this:up:

Hi,

You do not need a dedicated server to change permission settings on directories or files. If you require help on this, just PM me.

Regards,

Syrus

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by Spank

Hi Syrus, I've just installed this but the actual igallery is blank. The bg loads up but I'm getting no images. Any idea what I've done wrong?

Have you installed version 2.02? 2.01 had a domain issue which caused the gallery not to display the feed.

If you're still having issues then PM me.

Regards,

Syrus

[Megatr0n]

syrus.xl,

I hope, I am next in que to have this installed.

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by Megatr0n

syrus.xl,

I hope, I am next in que to have this installed.

Just about to start yours!

[Megatr0n]

Thanks but I thinks some things require cleaning up.

[rapidphim]

Syrus,

I have just installed 2.02. It worked out nicely but I do have some questions for you.

1/

Follow this guide and everything will work correctly. First login to your vBulletin AdminCP, scroll down to User Albums, and now click on Album Picture Storage Type. Now select Action -> ‘Move pictures into the file system with direct access to thumbnails’. Enter the paths to the album and thumbnail directories and the url to thumbnails. Remember the first to fields require no trailing slash, but the last field does require the trailing slash. If you enter any path incorrectly vBulleitin will not move your images because it will not find your album directories.

And I see this on adminCP:
Album pictures are currently being stored in the database
Full Picture File Path: /public_html/albums/
This file path should be readable AND writeable by your web server (usually chmod 0777)

Thumbnail File Path: /public_html/albums/thumbs/
This file path should be readable AND writeable by your web server (usually chmod 0777)

URL to Thumbnails: What will it be???
(relative to main forum directory)

What are the path for those three fields? I didn't change any paths on your instruction.

2/ Talking about the viewing permission, how am I going to limit guess or certain group to access/view the Gallery?

3/ When it pulls the images from user album, will it also pull the image description/caption there?

4/ I noticed that there is a script error somewhere on 2.0.2. I also see it on your demo site. I'm using xp sp3. But it is disappeared after I hit F5

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by Megatr0n

Thanks but I thinks some things require cleaning up.

I have PM'ed you regarding your forum styles.

Regards.

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by rapidphim

Syrus,

I have just installed 2.02. It worked out nicely but I do have some questions for you.

1/

And I see this on adminCP:
Album pictures are currently being stored in the database
Full Picture File Path: /public_html/albums/
This file path should be readable AND writeable by your web server (usually chmod 0777)

Thumbnail File Path: /public_html/albums/thumbs/
This file path should be readable AND writeable by your web server (usually chmod 0777)

URL to Thumbnails: What will it be???
(relative to main forum directory)

What are the path for those three fields? I didn't change any paths on your instruction.

2/ Talking about the viewing permission, how am I going to limit guess or certain group to access/view the Gallery?

3/ When it pulls the images from user album, will it also pull the image description/caption there?

4/ I noticed that there is a script error somewhere on 2.0.2. I also see it on your demo site. I'm using xp sp3. But it is disappeared after I hit F5

Hi,

Both of the first paths need to be full paths - these vary depending on your hosting provider. Typically, they will look something like this:

/home/username/public_html/albums

/home/username/public_html/albums/thumbs

The third field is a relative url to your forums with a trailing slash -
Example:

/albums/thumbs/

You can pull the path information by using vBulletin Maintenance -> PHP info look under PHP variables for the paths.

If you still have problems once these paths have been entered correctly, then perhaps your server requires 755 as a write permission, instead of 777.

Captions are pulled from the database only when an image is viewed full size, it will be displayed within the multi-line description field of the iGallery.

At the moment there are no viewing permissions setup. This was being held off, until the full admincp version was released with all bridges available. But this will probably change since this issue has been brought up a number of times. Some changes have been made to the vBulletin Bridge file already, this includes a limiter, so it stops loading too many images on large forums.

The javascript I am aware of, and working on a fix for this issue.

Let me know how you get on.