Photopost to vb/Home Intergration v1.7

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// Photopost 4.6.6 to vbhome/forum Intergration (vb2.0 & vbadvanced 1.01 vb3 Intergation
// Created by PixelFX & Respective Developers
// Version 2.0 in design
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NEW UPDATE COMING: I've got this system working with vb3.o and v2.0

New Credits:
Updated Hack: PixelFX
New Thumbnail Includer: Midnightz
And Thanks to everyone below.

Update Coming Soon!

INTRODUCTION:
After searching the web and a few sites, I wanted a way to show single / latest gallery images on my
vbhome/vbulletin forum. This hack, was setup in hopes to help others get a similar result to get gallery
images from photopost to show up on your vbhome/vbulletin front page. The concepts for this hack came is
from a combo of locations, as well as adding some of my own custom hacks and templates.

NOTE 4 vbindex: This hack should work with both vbhome & vbindex, the only difference for vbindex is you would make changes to the vbindex index.php not the vbhome index.php, also you would setup templates for use in the vbindex templates rather vbhome. Make sence? I'll rate a seperate txt for that soon.

CREDITS:
- Grunt for phpinclude,
- Matt Chroust for thumbincluder.php,
- Craigr for helping at vbhome, with support
- TECK for vbhome 4.2
- Enthusiast, Inc. for PhotoPost 4.1.0, RC1 & community
- Jelsoft Enterprises Limited for vbulletin 2.3.2
- vBulletin.org for support learning how to hack vb
- PixelFX for vb/home templates & some custom php vb hacking below.
- midnightz for updated thumbnail includer (see end of thread)

HACK ADDONS:
Forum home addon - Mickie D Follow Link below for addon download
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=123

Catigory Exclude Addon - PixelFX Credits in zip file,
http://files.pixelfx.ca/catigory_exclude_addon1.0.zip

LICENCE INFO:
To get all required files you need licenced copy of vbulletin v2.2.x / 2.3.2 & photopost pro 4.1.0+ /

I'm working on version for vb3.0 gamma/RC1 as well, which is in testing

FILES NEED:
vBulletin 2.3.3+ (installed) Tested on 2.2.x as well
PhotoPost 4.51+ (Choose to intergrate with vbulletin when you install photopost.)
vBHome 4.2+ (clean install)
thumbincluder.php tweaked, and link to database.
thumbincluder.txt modified by pixelfx for catigory addon - coming soon.
thumbincluder.txt version 2, by midnightz

I take no credit for the thumbnailincluder.php which is needed for this hack to run. Although I have made edits
to it, for my next version of this script

LOCATION OF THUMBNAIL-INCLUDER:
(requires membership account and licence for photopost)
http://www.photopost.com/members/for...threadid=26550

for the thumbnailincluder11.txt rename to what ever ya want file.php be sure you set varables to your liking.
Then upload, To your gallery's root directory. I've found you can use multiple files and it works fine See addon coming soon for that.

Example: http://www.url.com/gallery/thumbnailincluder.php

SUPPORT:
I will only support this hack on this thread currently. aka here,
if you would like to create addons please PM me
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=53539

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING BACK UP YOUR FORUM DATABASE & GALLERY,
FILES ETC. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
I've tested this on my two vb sites, and it works awesome. However I can't predict what it
will do on sites that are heavely hacked.

LAST UPDATED:
December 7th,2003

(note that update news info can befound at end of thread)

Note: This should work if you edit the forum/index.php but only if you want images to show up in
your forums rather than your vbhome. This is something I need to test more, so will post alternate update shortly for that.

NOTE: this version is for vbhome 4.2 to php 4.1.0 intergration, again addon will be posted soon.
NOTE: Text File Download at buttom of file,

MAIN DEMO:
NA - Coming soon.. for version 2.0

COMING SOON:
Addon - News & Specific Image Catigory on it's own page.
Example of addon:
- Supports Random Images
- Supports Recent Images
- Supports Most Popular Images

This works with main hack, and or sub pages (coming soon!)

TESTED ON:
vbulletin v2.3.2 Final, Photopost 4.1.0 RC2 , and vbhome v4.2 (clean install)

PLEASE CLICK INSTALL:
If you use this hack, thanks

News Update: [12.04.2004]
I'm still working on a vb 3.0.3/pp4.8.5 version of this. Its also got a unique gallery/news system with the update. It's taken a while for me to get it out as I've been swamped with contracts, but I hope to release update soon.

[Smoothie]

works fine on 2.2.9

[Russ_T]

Hi, thanks for the tip, I now have the link set up correctly, I'm gonna go destroy my vbulletin 2.3.0, vbhome 4.2, photopost 4.0 install and start a fresh using this tip

Thanks, I await the update eagerly

[DPoole]

not bad hack but i never got it to work on my vbhome for some reason i just got a black line.

Anyway i went about this another way and its paid off and without any hacking either.

In thumbincluder i changed Line 223 to this so when i clicked on Pics they opened in new window.

print "<A class=\"$class_link\" href=\"$Url_Path"."showphoto.php?photo=".$line['id']. "\" target=\"_blank\">";

Make sure u edit the file first so it actually does connect to your photopost database.

Now i know that was working i just added this code to my forum home template and it works a dream (i have it set to show last 8 new pics)

<IFRAME border="0" name="frame" scrolling=no
src="/******/thumbincluder.php" frameBorder="0" width="960" height="125"> </IFRAME>

**** location of where its stored on your server

yep i know its an iframe but if u read above the code is edited so it opens in new window - try it - works a treat for me anyway.

[PixelFx]

kewl idea

One of the things I've been wanting to do with the thumbnailincluder was add a feature to togge which gallery catigory the gallery image links to. I'm not quite sure what's involved with that yet...

but looking into it, anyone want to try and take a stab at it?

[cinq]

Yesterday at 06:17 PM Smoothie said this in Post #31
works fine on 2.2.9

Hmm thats odd , mine are all clean installs on localhost and followed the instructions down to the word.
And not just one time too

I am currently using the instructions given by Craigr ( thread here ) and it works.

[Smoothie]

Today at 03:54 PM PixelFx said this in Post #34
kewl idea

One of the things I've been wanting to do with the thumbnailincluder was add a feature to togge which gallery catigory the gallery image links to. I'm not quite sure what's involved with that yet...

but looking into it, anyone want to try and take a stab at it?

Already have images grabbed from a specified gallery on my site.

[DPoole]

how m8 are u going to share the info ?

[Smoothie]

All the info to display thumbs from a specific cat are here:
http://www.photopost.com/members/for...threadid=26550

[DPoole]

sorted - never even though of reading their own forums

works a treat now

[PixelFx]

hehe, I read the photopost forum for the thumbnail includer, guess I need to read it again, what I saw was something to exclude directories, what I was looking for was something to just choose a specific catigory, however excluding works as well

I've just about got my next update ready hoping by the weekend...

smoothie thanks for your help in thread