vBGarage v3.1.1 (now with GD-Lib support!)

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vBGarage v3.1.1 (now with GD-Lib support!)

Description
This hack will allow your users to create a virtual garage where they can store photos, details, etc.. about their vehicle (this can be modified to suit forums of other interests).

Latest Uploads will be displayed on Garage List.

Forum users can now leave comments in member garages.

Admin functions are available in the AdminCP.

This version contains the ability to limit access by usergroup(s). All templates are 100% XHTML Verified!

Information
Tested and developed on vB 3.0.0 Gold.

Requires
GD 2.0+ Library

Demo
http://www.sffba.net/forum/vbgarage.php?do=list (Temporary)

This hack, as like the rest of my hacks, are FREE. However, if you enjoy this hack and feel the need to donate something for my time you can do so by clicking the icon below:


*NOTE: Those who donate are explicitly granted permission to remove the "Powered by" information from the vBGarage footer.

*NOTE: When donating, please include your forum url. Thanks!

Version History
v3 - Initial release. Let's hope I don't have alot of entries here.
v3.0.1 - Added GD-Lib Support!
v3.1.0 - Added User Comments, Latest Uploads on Garage List, AdminCP Options
v3.1.1 - Added ability for Admin to "edit" users' garages. Use ImageCopyResampled(); over ImageCopyResized(); for better thumbnail quality.

Planned Features
- Multiple entries per user.
- Possible integration with Photopost/Coppermine/etc..

If you use this, please click

* Installation script by John

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UPGRADES

v3.1.0 -> v3.1.1 UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS

v3.0.1 -> v3.1.0 UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS

v3.0 -> v3.0.1 UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS

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MODIFICATIONS/ADD-ONS

[high]1. Add "Who's Online" Location by magnus[/high]
[high]2. Organize Your vBGarage Templates by magnus[/high]
[high]3. Increase Thumbnail Image Quality (v3.1.1 and older) by magnus[/high]
[high]4. Alphabetize Garage List by magnus[/high]
[high]5. Add "Latest Uploads" to FORUMHOME by magnus[/high]
[high]6. EvilLS1's Timeslip Database Integration by SVTOA[/high]
[high]7. Installer/Uninstaller by Action-N[/high]
[high]8. vBulletin 3.0.5 Compatible Installer/Update by noppid[/high]

[evss]

Great Work there.
I simply like it.
anyway i encounter a problem wonder if anyone can help me out.

When i install and edit according to the instruction, everything was fine.
however my forum had 3 theme, 1 default, 2 custom

i editing all the templates in default but however nav bar will be editied indivually.
what happen was, the default and last theme cannot load the vbgarage.php?do=list
only 2nd theme. tried check and eventually could not find anything wrong anywhere.
wonder if such a problem was reported and is there any fix?

thanks for kind assistance.

[Action-N]

Originally Posted by fiber1

Bye bye VB Garage it was nice while it lasted. Hello VBA Gallery!

vba Gallery will work if all you want to do is post a picture, but the garage lets you post about your car. Maybe if I every bought vbaGallery we could use it to handle the photos an vbGarage could just grab them. I am working on converting vbGarage to store images in folders instead of the database, but still trying to get images seperated by garage.

joeychgo, I wanted to go ahead an convert how it stored images since it was looking to be a big concern. Especially when I went to back up my own garage with just a few images in it. Multiple garage part works fine, just working on the images part of things right now.

Jacko, I was actually doing this already. It's pretty cool stuff, but I stopped all that extra features so I could release a version just with multiple car garages at least. Since that is what most people are waiting for.

[trevelyn1015]

whenever i modify the includes/init.php and upload it, it makes my forums go down and i get this message:

[trevelyn1015]

nevermind... i took off the part of the code that said

// hack

or whatever and just inserted the code, and it works fine now..

[trevelyn1015]

my thumbnails won't work at all... and the image opens in a tiny box that has to be resized when you do click on it...

how can i fix this?

http://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2/...ge.php?do=list

[noppid]

You need to have your host install GD. It's in the readme I believe.

[Jacko]

is it possible to add a watermark to each image upon uploading??

[trevelyn1015]

what is GD?

[cinq]

Originally Posted by trevelyn1015

what is GD?

http://www.boutell.com/gd/
You need to have that installed. Ask your webhost.
( you can do a phpinfo to check if it is currently present on your host -> in Admincp )

[cinq]

Originally Posted by Action-N

vba Gallery will work if all you want to do is post a picture, but the garage lets you post about your car.

Action, do you think you could try to incoporate a means to dynamically add new fields. I am sure this would be a welcome addition to the next version.

Originally Posted by Action-N

joeychgo, I wanted to go ahead an convert how it stored images since it was looking to be a big concern. Especially when I went to back up my own garage with just a few images in it. Multiple garage part works fine, just working on the images part of things right now.

Yep, file storage system is a must, and I hope it will be in the next version as well. Multiple garages would only mean MORE images per user, MORE images in total, MORE space taken up in the db...you get what I am driving at..

[CSS59]

will this work with 3.0.3?

[cinq]

Yes it will.
But for the changes in init.php ( in the zip package's instructions ), instead of following that, use this change instead :

Code found here

[Tbird66]

Installed on 3.0.3 - install went great, and I can post / view garages. However, I did notice that all users, including unregistered, can view garages regardless of the setting of the Can use vBGarage? usergroup variable. If Can use vBGarage? is set to NO a user can't create a garage, but they can still view all garages. This leads me to 2 questions:

1. Is this behavior by design?
2. How can I set it up so that only particular usergroups can view garages (for example - registered users can view only, users of a custom usergroup can view and create / update)?

Thanks!

[evss]

Originally Posted by Tbird66

Installed on 3.0.3 - install went great, and I can post / view garages. However, I did notice that all users, including unregistered, can view garages regardless of the setting of the Can use vBGarage? usergroup variable. If Can use vBGarage? is set to NO a user can't create a garage, but they can still view all garages. This leads me to 2 questions:

1. Is this behavior by design?
2. How can I set it up so that only particular usergroups can view garages (for example - registered users can view only, users of a custom usergroup can view and create / update)?

Thanks!

encounter similar problem.
Usergroup only allow to post comments anot.
that is the YES/NO settings.

dun think that is the setting to restrict view.

[cinq]

Yes it is by design.
The Can Use vbGarage option simply allows that particular usergroup to be able to add a car profile or edit it.

If you want to restrict the viewing of car profiles or the main list page, you will need to add an if condition to the vbgarage.php file in the do=list section.
Something like this:

if ($permissions['genericpermissions'] & CANVBGARAGE) 
{ 
...view_car_profile_code_here.... 
}
else
{
print_no_permission(); 
}

Hope it helps