[BETA] Display virtual albums within the normal board

[vindex]

oh.. crap. sorry. Yes one brace is missing in the modx-xml, the

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if ($subforum_row['display'] && $subforum_row['name'])

clause needs to be closed:

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            if ($subforum_row['display'] && $subforum_row['name'])
            {
               if ($subforum_row['forum_type'] == FORUM_ALBUM)
               {
                  $sub_album_overtake = check_sub_album($subforum_row['forum_album']);
                  $subforum_unread = $sub_album_overtake['sub_album_unread'];
                  $subforums_list[] = array(
                     'link'      => $sub_album_overtake['sub_album_link'],
                     'name'      => ($sub_album_overtake['sub_album_name']) ? $sub_album_overtake['sub_album_name'] : $subforum_row['name'],
                     'unread'   => $subforum_unread,
                  );
               }
               else
               {
                  $subforums_list[] = array(
                     'link'      => append_sid("{$phpbb_root_path}viewforum.$phpEx", 'f=' . $subforum_id),
                     'name'      => $subforum_row['name'],
                     'unread'   => $subforum_unread,
                  );
               }
            }

[Andrewsha]

Hello, vindex!

It's not clear for me where to configure forums as album.
As far as I understand it should be here:
ACP -> Forums -> Manage Forums -> Edit

somewhere above "Forum rules" ?

I've made all changes but couldn't see anything new in ACP.

Please tell me what files should I pay attention to re-check.

[vindex]

You still have to manage your albums in
.MODS -> Gallery

What's new: When you create a new or edit an existing forum, you can choose a 4th Forum Type:
CATEGORY
FORUM
LINK
VIRTUAL ALBUM

This is what the top part of the page should look like once you have selected 'virtual ALbum':

[Andrewsha]

vindex,
thank you. Now it's clear where to find it.
But in my forum I still don't see new type in ACP.
Should I look in adm/style/acp_forums.html only ?

[vindex]

I forgot to add the essential edit for a new forum-type to the modx. I am sorry!

OPEN /includes/acp/acp_forums.php
FIND

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$forum_type_ary = array(FORUM_CAT => 'CAT', FORUM_POST => 'FORUM', FORUM_LINK => 'LINK');

REPLACE WITH

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$forum_type_ary = array(FORUM_CAT => 'CAT', FORUM_POST => 'FORUM', FORUM_LINK => 'LINK', FORUM_ALBUM => 'ALBUM');

=> Update to version 0.5 includes this edit-step and the manual for subsilver2; no changes to the included files
=> virtual_albums_v0.5.zip

[40kforums]

Hello - I have just changed the edit as you suggested above, and indeed the Virtual Album option is now appearing.

However when I add a "forum" as a Virtual Album, I get this error on my Board Index:

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SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]

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SQL

No values specified for SQL IN comparison

BACKTRACE

FILE: includes/db/dbal.php
LINE: 379
CALL: dbal->sql_error()

FILE: gallery/virtual_albums.php
LINE: 63
CALL: dbal->sql_in_set()

FILE: includes/functions_display.php
LINE: 302
CALL: include('gallery/virtual_albums.php')

FILE: index.php
LINE: 77
CALL: display_forums()

[vindex]

Okay please re-upload the virtual_albums.php from package 6 : virtual_albums_v0.6.zip

UPDATE 0.6 -> fixed a variable

[40kforums]

Ok.

That works now.

However, two things:

If you have no albums to display (I only use Personal Albums, not specific albums), it displays as No Albums and No Images - although obviously you can then click through to view Personal Albums from there.

The other:

I set up a test Album (not a Personal one) to make sure it was working, which it is. But the formatting is a bit off. The right-column for me at least, is pushing through the table, see: http://40kforums.com/imageupload/images ... 8cadfe.jpg - (This is Subsilver, by the way, I will poke around with it though)

[vindex]

If you have no albums to display (I only use Personal Albums, not specific albums), it displays as No Albums and No Images - although obviously you can then click through to view Personal Albums from there.

well, yah this mod does not intend to display personal albums. I don't see the reason why you would want to create a "forum" only for one user's personal album?
Or do you only want the recent image displaying an image from any personal album?
This could be done and connected to the gallery-setting "View personal albums as album on the index", but it takes some more coding, the current version does not support it.

I set up a test Album (not a Personal one) to make sure it was working, which it is. But the formatting is a bit off. The right-column for me at least, is pushing through the table, see: http://40kforums.com/imageupload/images ... 8cadfe.jpg

This is more of a style-problem with your style - it doesn't look like prosilver or subsilver2.
Do you have a fixed width for your board?
Sorry I have no idea on what style your forum is based on nor how the forumlist_body.html looks like, I cannot help you there.
You can try putting a <div style="width:100%"></div> around the last-image-part or the same with a fixed width in pixel (<div style="width:80px"></div>) in case you have a fix forum-width.

[40kforums]

Ok, no probs.

I have sorted the style-problem, as yes that's a problem on my end

- umm, I use Personal Albums since I just prefer people to be able to upload images into their own gallery, rather than being limited as to where or what they can upload, depending on categories - would be good to use the function of this mod to show when a new image has been added (rather than having to go to the gallery and check for updates that way - obviously scrolling down the forumlist and seeing a new picture on the main page would promote people then going to visit the gallery, rather than mostly ignoring the feature at the moment)

Would be cool if that was added in the future, as the mod is really nice.

Edit: Oh! One thing: If you have a "Contest" Album running, it shows the Username for the last posted image, when a Contest should keep that anonymous until the contest is finished