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.

[vinzphua]

Hi all,

Sorry for the long absence. Life has been a mess for a while and I've had to shift my attention to more pressing issues. I won't be able to continue supporting this plugin. If I do upgrade it for the forum I'm administrating, I will TRY to update this thread.

[DefenceTalk]

A little update: This hack does not work with latest version (3.5.4) of vB.

thanks!

[vinzphua]

I should be upgrading the forum I'm administrating to 3.5.4 in the coming weeks. I'll put up the fix after that.

[vinzphua]

I've upgraded my forum to vBulletin 3.5.4 and PhotoPost vBGallery to 1.0.2. I haven't tested it fully, but the plugin seems to work fine on my forum without any modifications.

DefenceTalk, could you elaborate how it's not working for you?

[Oblivion Knight]

Working fine for me on 3.5.4, and I even fixed up the URL display..

I hope you don't mind me posting this.

[vinzphua]

Andy,

Don't mind at all. I'll even link to your post from my plugin description with due credit.

Went thru your code. If I'm not wrong, your URL only links to the index page of the gallery, right?

[Oblivion Knight]

Yes. It's a lazy link (but looks better than the full URL)..

Otherwise, it would require much more advanced coding to grab the exact names of the categories and images that a user was viewing.. I think.

[dcpaq2xx]

I tried both xml files and I never was able to get it to work. It just always shows being in the main index page.

Doug

[vinzphua]

It'll only work if you installed both vBulletin and vBGallery as recommended. Did you install vBGallery in a different folder then the one recommended in the installation instructions?

If you install it in different folders, then you will have to change some of the code.

[dcpaq2xx]

Originally Posted by vinzphua

It'll only work if you installed both vBulletin and vBGallery as recommended. Did you install vBGallery in a different folder then the one recommended in the installation instructions?

If you install it in different folders, then you will have to change some of the code.

I renamed the original folder called Gallery to something else, are you saying that if i change the folder name then I have to change everything referrenced to gallery in the plugin?

Would you be able to tell me what to edit to get this to work properly?

Thanks

Doug