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

[giorgioarmani]

Can we show the latest photos on the homepage?

How can I translate this?

[Videx]

Originally Posted by ringnews24

Anyone?????

I have no gallery anyone help?

I guess not. The mod is not only marked as "not supported" but the coder clearly hasn't been around since October 2012.

Originally Posted by giorgioarmani

How can I translate this?

I'm not sure, but generally VB translations are done in Phrases.

Originally Posted by giorgioarmani

Can we show the latest photos on the homepage?

How can I translate this?

Yes, but I don't think it does this by default, so you may have to search this thread for the solution.

[giorgioarmani]

Thanks @Videx

Are there any alternatives that can show photo albums on the homepage?

[Videx]

Originally Posted by giorgioarmani

Thanks @Videx

Are there any alternatives that can show photo albums on the homepage?

This one has always worked for me so I'm the wrong person to ask. I am unaware of another solution.

[giorgioarmani]

And how did you get the gallery to show on the homepage?

[Videx]

Heck if I remember - it's been years. Like I said, you're going to have to look for it.

[RichieBoy67]

Yeah, There is a mod. I have it on one of my sites as well. I will see if I can find it for you if not found before I get to it.

#Update - That was easier than I thought. Here you go


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228618

[giorgioarmani]

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

Yeah, There is a mod. I have it on one of my sites as well. I will see if I can find it for you if not found before I get to it.

#Update - That was easier than I thought. Here you go


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228618

That's a good start!

Problem is that show in the "What's Going On" section and I have that disabled.

Any ideas how to move it to the top?

[s_cocis]

Hello, the addons is compatible with 4.2.2 ?

[BarelyHangingOn]

This mod has screwed up the colours on my navbar.

Like others it made the links in the dropdowns white on white.

I changed the navbar template and changed it to black which fixed the problem.

Now on the main page the titles as well have change from white to black even though in the navbar template I have it set to white.

Prior to upgading to 4.2.2 the text was white on the main page and the links in the drop down menu were black on white.

Does anybody have a fix for this?