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.

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by vbboarder

Thanks for this amazing mod! Your mod is probably the most gorgeous in presentation!

I have a bug to report: this mod does not work unless both the album and thumbnail directories are located within VB forum directory. If these directories are located outside the VB forum directory, this mod does not work even if they are within the public htdocs folder.
A similar problem is if the thumbnails directory is located within VB forum directory but the albums directory is located outside the VB forum directory, then the image sphere will show but when an image is clicked, the flash script hangs because it can't find the album pics.

Thanks for the compliments!

It's not actually a bug, the bridging script is hardcoded only to work from inside the forum root, once this modification has its own AdminCP then the actual directories will allow images from anywhere including outside the webserver root. Basically, it was done this way to avoid confusion, eventhough it still has caused some confusion with some people, not knowing their correct paths on their servers.

[Fanny Annie]

well i have think its great also, but had to revert to the old version as the background loaded but no images.............path is correct as the path is pretty much as the plog pro is.

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by Fanny Annie

well i have think its great also, but had to revert to the old version as the background loaded but no images.............path is correct as the path is pretty much as the plog pro is.

Please PM me your forum url, and I'll take a look at this for you. Please upload the vbi.php file though.

[Elenna]

Hi there Syrus!

Many many thanks for this mod, it is beautiful!

I believe the question was asked in the past, but I couldn't find an answer. My site uses a fixed-width theme, which is smaller than the flash size. Is it possible to customize the size of the flash file? I was able to make the background smaller, but the flash still displays as if it is larger than what is displayed (i.e. "centered" is to the right a bit).

I would love to use this, but (unfortunately) I won't be able to until I can reduce the pixel size of the flash file.

[syrus.xl]

What sort of fixed size are you looking for? The igallery cannot be resized using jus the embed code, but it can be recompiled at a different size. At the moment, I'm not sure what to size this at, mainly because I use a 24" monitor and issues on sizing don't really matter to myself....

Would 800 or maybe 750 pixels still be too wide? I don't actually use fixed widths on my site, but I will do in the future.

[Megatr0n]

I noticed even guests can access this if they know the URL to the page. No way, we can prevent this?

[syrus.xl]

'canviewpermissions' is not yet available. This was only left out because the albums the gallery pulls from are public only.

[Leo Brazil]

Hi Syrus,

I've been looking this thread and not sure if this question was already posted here.

My albuns and thumbnails were already created and using a different path your mod use. How can I change your mod to my our album and thumbnails paths ?

Tks

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by Leo Brazil

Hi Syrus,

I've been looking this thread and not sure if this question was already posted here.

My albuns and thumbnails were already created and using a different path your mod use. How can I change your mod to my our album and thumbnails paths ?

Tks

Hi,

This mod will only read from the fixed paths set in the vbi.php file. Therefore if you wanted it to work you would need to move your images to the database then back to the new album structure. Later this will be changed, so it will use either the database or directory for pulling images, basically this was just a quick bridge to vBulletin User Albums without using a product XML install.

Regards,

[Leo Brazil]

Originally Posted by syrus.xl

This mod will only read from the fixed paths set in the vbi.php file. Therefore if you wanted it to work you would need to move your images to the database then back to the new album structure. Later this will be changed, so it will use either the database or directory for pulling images, basically this was just a quick bridge to vBulletin User Albums without using a product XML install.

That's the point, my pictures are already at the files system but out of the web structure for better safety. I was thinking in just editing your vbi.php file and change the paths to correct ones in my case.
Of course, if you allow me to do that and give me some directions for.

Anyway, if it works, I'm thinking about the brand free license. Could you give me the link at your page for it ? Tried to find it using the one supplied at main post with no luck.

Tks.