Miscellaneous Hacks - Navbar Image Uploader (ShareFlurry.com)

Description:
This mod adds an image uploader drop-down link to the navbar so your users can upload images to a third party site and not have to use attachments if they want to post a picture online. This is a feature our users have loved since we first installed it over a year ago on vb 3.6.x.

I've now tested this with vb 4.0.0 PL1 and everything works exactly as desired...so I figured I would make it available it anyone is interested.


Installation:
Under your desired template, open up Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates then navbar.

These instructions will place the Image Uploader after the Calendar in the navbar:

search for

{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_after_calendar}

after that line, paste

<li class="popupmenu">
	<a href="javascript://" class="popupctrl">Image Uploader</a>
	<ul class="popupbody popuphover">
		{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_image_uploader_start}
			<li><IFRAME name=tool align=left src="http://www.shareflurry.com/vbupload.php" frameBorder=no width=260 scrolling=no height=130></IFRAME></li>
		{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_image_uploader_end}
	</ul>
</li>

You will have to do this twice to get the image uploader installed in all circumstances.


Example:
You can see this mod in action on our test site: http://tippingpitchers.com/vb4test/forum.php

(Apologies if things aren't working 100% correctly on that site...it is our sandbox for getting ready for the final vb4 migration. If you would like to see this mod and it's not working correctly at the url listed above, please PM me and I'll either fix it or update the url here to a working version of the mod.)


Full disclosure:
Yes, the image hosting site is owned by me, and the site itself does include ads....but there are no ads on the dropdown script, so there is no advertising included in this mod. Your users will simply upload an image from their computer, then get the bbcode to place the image in your forum.

[chingon]

Nevermind.

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by VonDoom

Thhis is not a supported hack witch is intresting since its using the authors server and therefore should be heavily supported. Because the external content is the authors responsability. i personally wouldnt trust my images on this revenue generating mod.

Actually I believe this mod is against forum rules as it is advertising. Reporting this to a mod....

[Da-Vinci]

OMG what's wrong with you people, this mod is no different to an Imageshack, Tinypic or Photobucket picture uploader mod, and yes the big 3 have ads but you don't here people giving out the same complaints about them mods.

[WhiskeyOSS]

will it work with 4.06 ?

[Boko577]

Great! Marked as installed! Could you tell me how you host your image hosting site? I would like to make my own and use it instead of yours just so that I can make sure nothing happens to it on my part. Could you explain a little bit? I would be willing to pay you in order to make one for my website, if you could just PM me?

[xbrian88]

for 4.2????

[thetechgenius]

This mod is now useless, as the site in the iFrame is no longer online.