vB3 Member Album 2.0

In vBulletin 3 there is an option for members to upload a profile picture. This hack provides more incentive for members to upload their picture, as it integrates a gallery to browse them all. :up:

In addition to browsing profile pictures, there is an option for viewing signatures. This comes in handy, for you don't have to browse through each individual member. Also, a "edit signature" link is provided for moderators, for fast access to editing signatures that aren't in accordance with your rules.

Other Features

• Require pictures to be approved in order to be visible. You can exempt specified usergroups from this.
• Thumbnails are generated for profile pictures. You must have GD installed and enabled via the AdminCP options page.
• For more insight, refer to the attached screenshots, or install it!

Upgrade to 2.0

• Redo steps 7-8, 11-12, 19-20, 26, 27, and 34
• Revert the template "modifyprofilepic", and do steps 29-32
• Run the following queries:
  [sql]
  ALTER TABLE `customprofilepic` ADD disapproved smallint(5) not null default'0';
  ALTER TABLE `customprofilepic` ADD reason varchar(100) not null;
  [/sql]

Notes

• This hack does not support uploading multiple images per account.
• Profile thumbnail sizes are defined by the attachment thumbnail sizes. So modify the attachment thumbnail sizes in your AdminCP options page if you wish to change the profile picture thumbnail sizes. Be sure to run "re-generate thumbnails" via the vB3 Member Album -> Approve Images" page.
• Profile picture sizes (not thumbnails) are defined for each usergroup. Modify a usergroup via AdminCP to change the dimensions members under that group are allowed to have for profile pictures.

3rd Party Add-ons

• Pseudomizer has posted a migration script that will transfer your files from my old vB2 Member Photo to the correct tables in this vB3 hack. Click here to view.
• Pseudomizer also posted a portal-integration allowing you to display a random profile picture on your portal.
  Click here to view.
• Thanks to those who posted add-ons!

Galleries in Action

• iKwak - http://www.calpolyonline.com/forums/album.php
• Mudxx - http://www.musictalk.com/album.php
• Velocd - http://forums.animesystem.com/album.php

If you have this hack installed on your forum, and could provide me a demo, please PM a link so I can post it in this thread.

[dsboyce8624]

Okay, I will PAY to have this hack repaired on my site.

PM me if interested.

[|Jordan|]

Meh. The only use this hack is good for is for making sure your users arent breaking signature rules.

[dsboyce8624]

Originally Posted by MyIS_Jordan

Meh. The only use this hack is good for is for making sure your users arent breaking signature rules.

Huh?

[|Jordan|]

Instead of having to rely on moderator/user input about signatures, you can view them all at the same time. That's what i meant.

[dsboyce8624]

This hack is for creating a page that shows thunbmails of users profile picture in a photo album format.

It has nothing to do with sigs.

[Christine]

Originally Posted by dsboyce8624

It has nothing to do with sigs.

It has both - a photo gallery and a user sig gallery. It has a dropdown that lets you change the view.

[dsboyce8624]

Yeah, but it's only there to look at them, not to control them.

Unless I seriously missed something.

[|Jordan|]

Originally Posted by dsboyce8624

This hack is for creating a page that shows thunbmails of users profile picture in a photo album format.

It has nothing to do with sigs.

I know that, but the user profile picture is broken (and going through this thread, you'll see that its broken for a lot of other people too).

Yes signature editing still has to be done thru admincp, but at least with the signature gallery part of this hack, you can quickly view everyone's sigs.

[dsboyce8624]

I haven't even looked at that part, I want the photos to work.

And I'm still willing to pay to get it fixed.

[Christine]

A note on the sig gallery feature:

vB doesn't have image checking (but there are hacks for size). It also doesn't control the number of images -- only the character count.

People also have a tendency to hotlink, which we do not allow.

I have sigs turned off for me on my board because many of our users get carried away with them and I don't want to have to scroll an entire screen just to get to the next post.

This allows me to scan sorted by the latest modify date looking for hotlinking and other issues.

BTW -- this hack will not work on vB 3.5 as written. If you are planning to upgrade anytime soon, you may want to hold off and watch for a 3.5 version to be released.