[DEV] Photo Gallery

[Handyman]

0.1.0 Released
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New topic can be found here: t3139-beta-photo-gallery-0-1-0-.html

[Aden]

Adding comments to images.
Adding Favourites.

[Handyman]

Awesome! I forgot about those

[Shadow of Wishes Mark]

I guess that a rating system it would be something nice, for each picture

[Belak]

I'm currently working on a photo gallery, too, and i guess i got some interesting ideas as for the implementation.

my problem was, that i want to add several galleries.... a photo-gallery, a mp3-gallery and some other stuff... i didnt want to write every single gallery from the ground up as i don't have much time, so i had to find solution were i was able to make use of the similarities in structure.... let me shortly sum up what i did, maybe it can help you save some time

the most striking similarity is that all galleries will have categories, so i decided to make use of the functions already implemented in index.php and viewforum.php... i simply added another col named "gallery_type" to the "phpbb_forums" table. this gallery_type can be set in the admin panel to "forum", "photo", "mp3" or whatever you need. so if i add a "?mode=photo" to the index.php i will only see those forums that i marked as photo-gallery-type and BAM, the categories are finished . now i only have to add a couple of lines to the posting.php, so that the "add new topic"-case is handled as needed in a specific gallery....so if you start a new topic in a photo-gallery-forum, you will see an upload script whereas in a normal "forum-forum" ( ) you will see the usual post-form... as "replies" are handled in a different way, i don't need to change one line of code to get a "comment-function" for posted pictures or mp3's....

hopefully, this may help you when you start developing.... i will probably not be able to release my version as a mod... and before i forget, i'm sorry for my bad spelling

[Handyman]

Hey Belak,

Welcome to StarTrekGuide

The spelling was not bad (at least that I noticed) I just didn't understand half of the post... though I'm going to be doing things a little different... I'm going to create dedicated pages for this mod so that when phpBB releases another version, this will be a piece of cake to upgrade with it.

Believe me, this mod will be extremely easy to create after what I've been working on.

[Belak]

[quote="Handyman":f190a]
The spelling was not bad (at least that I noticed) I just didn't understand half of the post...
[/quote:f190a]

So then my spelling's okay and I simply don't know how to express myself in english

[quote="Handyman":f190a]
I'm going to create dedicated pages for this mod so that when phpBB releases another version, this will be a piece of cake to upgrade with it.
[/quote:f190a]

I did think about that one, too. but the changes i made were so little that i guess the update-tool will be able to cope with it... at least i hope so

[Highway of Life]

Hi Belak!

Thanks for joining us.

I like your idea, it's very unique, and that is certainly one way to do it, the update tool is supposed to be able to handle some/most modifications, but it's easy to mess up if you have a lot of changes in a file, and the tool is not perfect.
So although your idea would go very well on a Gold board, it *might* not work on a Beta or RC since when it comes time to upgrade there is a possibility that it won't be update cleanly.

That said, even if you went with separate pages, you could still use (duplicate) the functions from the viewforum pages to create their own section. That way, interference with the upgrade script will be minimal.

Now, knowing Handyman, he'll draw this baby up from scratch with his own unique implementation.

BTW, have you completed your Gallery to a point where we could sneak a peek?

[Belak]

[quote="Highway of Life"]
I like your idea, it's very unique, and that is certainly one way to do it, the update tool is supposed to be able to handle some/most modifications, but it's easy to mess up if you have a lot of changes in a file, and the tool is not perfect.
So although your idea would go very well on a Gold board, it *might* not work on a Beta or RC since when it comes time to upgrade there is a possibility that it won't be update cleanly.
[/quote]

that's one of the reasons why i won't release it as a mod.... and if i encounter problems on my own board, i guess my php skill is sufficient to handle that...

[quote="Highway of Life"]
BTW, have you completed your Gallery to a point where we could sneak a peek?
[/quote]

i will hopefully finish the mp3 gallery this week, then i might post some screenshots... the board currently runs only on my localhost... but it will be uploaded this year... then i may post a little link

[Highway of Life]

[quote="Belak"]
that's one of the reasons why i won't release it as a mod.... and if i encounter problems on my own board, i guess my php skill is sufficient to handle that...
[/quote] Nothing wrong with that.
I have/am doing plenty of that myself.
[quote="Belak"]
i will hopefully finish the mp3 gallery this week, then i might post some screenshots... the board currently runs only on my localhost... but it will be uploaded this year... then i may post a little link
[/quote]
Cool!!