Who's Online for PhotoPost vBGallery

If you are upgrading from a previous version, un-install the product first, then re-install the new version. (Yes, even from ver 1.0.0 to ver 1.0.1)

Do not use this product with...
WOL is built into PhotoPost vbGallery from versions 1.0.3 and 2.0.x onwards. Do not use this product with those versions of vbGallery.

Description:
This is a small product that shows locations of users in your PhotoPost vBGallery instead of "Unknown Location" in vB's Who's Online page. I did not add links to the locations.

I had wanted to add links to some of the locations, but it looks complicated (getting the necessary data from the database and working out who should and should not see the links and activity details like image title, id, etc based on user and category permissions). It will take a lot more effort then I'm willing to, or can invest at the moment... so, I will not be adding that in the near future.

Oblivion Knight modified version 1.0.2 of this plugin to add links to the gallery index page. He posted the plugin in post #45.

Locations:
Browsing Image Gallery
Editing Gallery Image
Emailing Gallery Image
Managing Gallery Categories
Moderating Gallery Posts
Moderating Gallery Uploads
Posting Gallery Reply
Printing Gallery Image
Searching Gallery
Sending Gallery Ecard
Uploading To Gallery
Viewing Gallery
Viewing Gallery Image
Viewing Gallery Index
Viewing Gallery Slideshow
Viewing Linked Gallery Image

Credits:
Noppid for this WOL How-To.

Tested on:
vBulletin 3.5.1 and PhotoPost vBGallery (vbAdvanced Gallery) 1.01
vBulletin 3.5.4 and PhotoPost vBGallery 1.02

Effort to install:
1. Download the XML.
2. Import the product at the AdminCP->Plugin System->Manage Products.
(See the vBulletin manual on how to install products.)

What is installed:
- 3 Plugins
- 16 Phrases
(All names of the above are prefixed with "vp_")

Support:
Unfortunately I have to withdraw active support for this mod as I have simply do not have enough time on my hands nowadays.

Notes:
- If you have many plugins installed at the "online_location_unknown", it may interfere with this product. Most likely it's because the other hooks sets a variable that indicates the locations have been successfully processed. I have an "if" statement to catch that to prevent unnecessary processing. All you need to do to fix it is edit the "Process vBaGallery WOL Locations" plugin at that hook and remove:

if (!$handled)
{

and "}" in the last line of the plugin.

Change Log:
Ver 1.0.1 (Beta) - 19 Nov 2005
- Added missing phrases.
Ver 1.0.2 (Beta) - 26 Nov 2005
- Removed an extra line of code.

[MaxM]

Originally Posted by vinzphua

MaxM,

I don't quite get what you mean.

Do you mean you are still getting "Unknown location" for gallery links, when my plugins are enabled? Or that the location names are shown, but the link to the location is gone?

Or that you uninstalled/disabled it and edited $vbphrase[unknown_location].

Anyway, if you want to known their URL, set "Can view actual location of user (filepath/url)" to YES in the usergroup permissions. Members of that user group will see a round button with a question mark in the same column as the location name. When they mouseover the button, they will see a popup showing the URL of the location.

I uninstalled your xml file and then edited my unknown_location text to read Photo Gallery since it was the only time I had ever seen unknown location. As I stated with your application I could not tell the exact url that people were looking at.

Max

[vinzphua]

You can see the exact URL... just mouse over the Question Mark graphic on the right of the location name. See the attached image. This is provided that you set the appropriate permissions for yourself in the UserGroup.

[divided_by_fear]

so do you think you could?

[MaxM]

Originally Posted by vinzphua

You can see the exact URL... just mouse over the Question Mark graphic on the right of the location name. See the attached image. This is provided that you set the appropriate permissions for yourself in the UserGroup.

I didn't try that, is there any way to make the url show up rather then just preview?

Thanks

[vinzphua]

MaxM, yes there is. Give me a few days to work on it.

[vinzphua]

Originally Posted by divided_by_fear

could you make one of these for vbadvanced? would be really nice since i get some of the Unknown Locations on there

Which vBadvanced product?

Thing is, I'm not using anything else from them other then the Gallery. It's isn't hard to do, but I need the list of php files that are called and if possible access to your forum where I can see the vBadvanced product working. Can't guarantee I'll catch everything though.

[MaxM]

As I have it now this is what you see. But if it could be fixed to look like that without the edit to the unknown that would be better.

[divided_by_fear]

vinzphua ill pm you... yeah this would be great cause it sucks seeing that....

[Rob Locke]

Is it possible for the next version to include a link to the gallery below the viewing location info? For example:

Browsing Image Gallery
Image Gallery

Much like the Viewing Forum info.

[Lea Verou]

Originally Posted by Rob Locke

Is it possible for the next version to include a link to the gallery below the viewing location info? For example:

Browsing Image Gallery
Image Gallery

Much like the Viewing Forum info.

I think he said he's not going to do it.