Add-On Releases - Picture and Album Gallery

Picture and Album Gallery for vB4

This is a simple mod written out of frustration with the lack of such a basic feature in vb4 (and vb3, etc....)

Features:
Adds a Gallery drop-down menu to the nav bar OR to the navtab which allows browsing AND searching of all pictures and albums on your site.

The search function searches the album title, album description, picture caption AND username.

Note: If guest permission AdminCP->Usergroups->UserGroup Manager->Unregistered/Not Logged In->Can View Albums is "yes" then they will be able to browse album and picture thumbnails - they may NOT be able to view the full-size pictures. To hide the gallery menu from guest see Settings below.

The gallery and menu is phrased.

Tested with Vbulletin 4.0.2/3 (note: earlier versions have not been tested and are not supported) AND vBadvanced 4 beta1.

Settings:
None are needed - it does what it says on the tin .

AdminCP->Options->User Profile:Album Options "Pictures Per Page" and "Albums Per Page" control the number of thumbnails displayed per page in each gallery type.

If you get images overlapping the borders then you have inconsistent thumbnail sizes - you need to:
AdminCP->Maintenance->Update Counters->Rebuild Attachment Thumbnails

If you want to hide the Gallery menu from guests then edit the Gallery navbar (or navtab) popup menu plugin and change $allowguests = from true to false

Installation

1. Unzip the download package and copy the contents of the UPLOAD folder into your forum folder.
2. Go to the VB AdminCP->Plugins & Products click "Manage Products". The click "Add/ImportProduct" at the bottom of the page.
3. Click "Browse" button and point to the product-gallery-(etc).XML file included in this ZIP package.
4. Click "Import"
5. Once the gallery import is complete, click "Add/Import Product" again and select EITHER product_gallery_navtab-xxx.xml OR product_gallery_navbar-xxx.xml depending on where you want the gallery menu to appear (navbar or navtab).

... all done

Updates

To update from an older version you MUST uninstall the product (admincp->manage products: delete Picture and Album Gallery). Then re-install as above.

v1.08
tested on vb4.0.3
v1.07
Fixed navtab menu - picture and album URLS swapped
Converted navtab/bar into products to make installation easier.
v1.06
Due to popular demand added navtab drop down menu (with help from TimberFloorAu )
Cleaned up code and templates
v1.05
Phrased menu items - upgrade is not required unless you use other languages.
v1.04b
fixed database connection issue
deleted unused template from product xml
v1.03b
Changed permissions to allow guests to view thumbnail galleries
Added phrasing for main gallery code.
Removed navbar template - replaced by plug-in code
Changed album display template from albumbit to album_latestbit (it works better!)
Various template mods to clean up display
v1.02b
Wasn't remembering search query between pages.

This is my first "proper" product so comment/criticism/etc is welcome

John

[ICC FORUM]

[QUOTE=Videx;2215467
It sounds like you uploaded the files to the wrong place. picall.php should be in your forum root - right next to poll.php.[/QUOTE]

thanks Videx......

can you tell me how to check...im sorry, but this is new to me.

[Videx]

Originally Posted by ICC FORUM

thanks Videx......

can you tell me how to check...im sorry, but this is new to me.

You'll use FTP - the same way the files were uploaded. Your forum admin would be the person to talk to.
http://www.google.com/search?q=ftp+tutorial

[ICC FORUM]

videx,

We are a new forum and mmmmm im one of the admins ( i may be out of my depth)...following the install instructions above it mentions that i should copy the upload folder into my forum folder......where is that forum folder?

like i mention , the button itself and all but the first two on the drop down work well, so i managed to get that far using my forum admincp

forgive my ignorance please,

[Videx]

Originally Posted by ICC FORUM

videx,

We are a new forum and mmmmm im one of the admins ( i may be out of my depth)...following the install instructions above it mentions that i should copy the upload folder into my forum folder ...
forgive my ignorance please,

No, that is NOT what it says to do. Hey, I can forgive your ignorance, but can your forum members? You don't have to be an IT expert to install and maintain a forum, but it's lots harder than running a Yahoo Group.

I'm guessing you used something like Fantastico to install vbulletin? Then, with the information I already gave you, you should be able to find your forum folder with FTP.

But you must read instructions carefully! And you must read the entire thread before installing any modification! Many mods don't work at all, some will screw your forum badly, and some have code released later that can really improve things.

[ICC FORUM]

Installation
1.Unzip the download package and copy the contents of the UPLOAD folder into your forum folder.

my forum members are all good people, they wont find me

[Videx]

Originally Posted by ICC FORUM

Installation
1.Unzip the download package and copy the contents of the UPLOAD folder into your forum folder.

Right, but that's not what you said above. If you simply copied the UPLOAD folder to your forum folder (alongside poll.php), it won't work because that's not what it says to do. You want to copy it's contents.

[ICC FORUM]

ah.......yes, apologies for that.

so, where do i copy the contents, i used the process 2, 3,4 and 5 to get the button on the navbar, but the two php files have not copied in, how would i do that,

where is this forum folder?

[Videx]

I've told you at least twice. I'm not sure how else I can say it. Have you found poll.php yet?

[rootsxrocks]

Originally Posted by ICC FORUM

ah.......yes, apologies for that.

so, where do i copy the contents, i used the process 2, 3,4 and 5 to get the button on the navbar, but the two php files have not copied in, how would i do that,

where is this forum folder?

I usually just re-name the "upload" folder the same as my forum root directory after I have unzipped it. The default root folder here is named "forum" yours may be something else
http://www.example.org/forum/

you have a ways to go but many of us have had to learn our way around, installing mods might be something you should wait on, until you get the basics of hosting and FTP navigation down pac. When it comes to template edits your head may explode or you may bite someone in your vicinity while you try to concentrate on the details.

[Jake99]

Installed great!!! Works Great!!!