Major Additions - PhotoPlog: The Pro Gallery

PhotoPlog: The Pro Gallery - Version 2.1.6 for vBulletin 4.2.1

This is a full-fledged and completely integrated image gallery add-on for vBulletin. No template edits are necessary. This is the same version that was licensed for sale back in the vBulletin 3 days, but it has been upgraded to vBulletin 4.2.1 and is being offered without charge and is not feature-limited. You get the full pro version.

It comes with various thumb, image, and display settings, has the ability to determine and display EXIF information, is integrated with several packages including Highslide, and you can set a number of usergroup and category permissions, moderate comments and files, add custom fields, FTP import, mass move, and more.


Integrated packages (all are the most recent packages available as of 09 June 2013):

• Highslide JS 4.1.13
• JHead 2.97
• CKEditor 4.1.1
• jQuery 1.10.1

PhotoPlog Pro 2.1.6 has been developed for the following version of vBulletin:

• vBulletin 4.2.1 (fresh install)

PhotoPlog Pro 2.1.6 has been tested on the following browsers:

• Firefox 21.0
• Internet Explorer 10.0.5

Check out the screenshots.


How to upgrade from PhotoPlog Pro v.2.1.5 to PhotoPlog Pro v.2.1.6?

You can follow the readme file, but this is a small change to fix a bug I inadvertently introduced
(sorry!!) when I moved the code around. All you need to do is one minute of work as follows:

• FTP these three files from the PhotoPlog ZIP:
  

  /forum/admincp/photoplog_plugins.php
  /photoplog/functions.php
  /photoplog/settings.php

• Reimport the following XML file via the vB ACP:
  

  product-photoplog.xml

  Do NOT uninstall !!!
  Do allow overwrite.

How to upgrade from any other version of PhotoPlog to PhotoPlog Pro v.2.1.6?

• Backup first and then follow the upgrade instructions in the readme file.

Additional questions...
Will there be a PhotoPlog version for vBulletin 5? Probably not. My understanding is that vBulletin 5 already includes a gallery.
So what happened to you anyway? Personal issues. My sincerest apologies to anyone negatively affected by my absence.
What about GARS, GAB, GAZ, GAL, and GeekMart? I'm not sure if I'll update these, and probably not anytime soon.

[Light Peak]

Originally Posted by GaryT

On my navbar I want to rename "Photoplog" to "Photos". Where and what do I change?

2nd this

[hsoen]

How to disable the display of "Gallery Count: 0" and "Comment Count: 0" at user postbit_legacy?

[hsoen]

In the upload file menu, there is a duplication of Title and Description. That is, both the Title box and the Description box appear twice.

How to resolve this problem?

[calorie]

@GaryT and Light Peak: PhotoPlog is phrased so just search via the ACP -> PhotoPlog -> Change Phrases -> Search in Phrases -> Search for Text -> Find -> Edit -> Save.

@angeljs: The vBA page is blank because one of the constants atop PhotoPlog's vbadvanced.php file is not defined (they all used to be defined but are no longer) so you get a blank page as PhotoPlog exits. It is a very easy fix once I know what constants are defined (and you want at least one of them there for security reasons). To let me know what constants are defined, edit PhotoPlog's vbadvanced.php file and replace it with the below, save and FTP it, go to your portal page and please let me know what you see on screen:

<?php

print_r(get_defined_constants(true));
exit();

?>

@hsoen: PhotoPlog is not likely to slow your server down anymore than adding or installing any other program. PhotoPlog is coded using table keys and uses slave server queries on nonessential queries (for example, an "essential" query is one used in say uploading an image, and a "nonessential" query is one used to say display information). To disable gallery and comment counts in the forum postbit, go to the ACP -> Products & Plugins -> Plugin Manager -> Edit "PhotoPlog Postbit Gallery Counts" -> set "Plugin is Active" to No -> Save. For the duplication of Title and Description, do you remember what you did right before that occurred? The solution is here. There are double entries in the photoplog_customfields database table for that category and one set needs to be removed. I'm not able to reproduce this though, so anything you can tell me about how it happened to you might help. Thanks!!

[hsoen]

@calorie: Based on the attached picture, which double entries in the photoplog_customfields database table need to be removed?

The double entries appeared when you upload file to any categories.

[calorie]

@hsoen: Please see the attachment in this post for the rows to delete. Thanks for the screenshot too as I now know what to look for to prevent this in a future version. :up:

[skol]

@Calorie.

I think it's disabling options in Style & Language Settings..

[calorie]

@skol: Upgrade to version 2.1.6. Instructions to go from version 2.1.5 to version 2.1.6 are given in the release post. :up:

[Dennis B]

Wow! At last! Thanks calorie!!

[hsoen]

@calorie: Thanks for your support. No more duplication of Title and Description after deleting the six rows indicated by you.:up: Look forward to your new version release for getting rid of this problem.