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Nothing major Gizzy. I put everything into language files, and then the filter on Active Topics, instead of showing nothing it will just say "Spoiler Content"

excellent,
its got a mention so that's a good sign

Cool, not bad at all then; got all ansy :x...

Psh mark, did you see my video icons? lol...

hrm.. would be nice (if possible) to have the spoiler tag do:

<-- user supplied
<-- board language takes over

so the user can choose their own spoiler intro..

just a thought.

regexes are a wonderful thing!

hmm, that'd be interesting actually

yeh i commented on the blending and attention to detail

you even put love handles on the TV

Can somebody tell me what the image gallery is? Is it something like PhotoPost?

What have I missed? LOL

It is our own rendition of a photo gallery which will require no 3rd party addon's (such as photopost) to achieve photos.

Yep, it will start out a bit basic, but we'll add to it over time. Here's a couple screengrabs. First showing the list of gallery images, second showing an individual gallery image.

Nice!

We've been using a Photo-Album (I think called "Album-PL") that I don't think exists anymore - and I believe it's Perl. We've been looking at other Photo-Albums just lately, because ours is old and out-of-date. But I'll stop looking now, and just wait for the next UBB! Thanks.

I'm sure you've already done a couple for 7.2, but can I suggest "Multiple Identity Detector", and "Individual Moderation" for next time?

I'll add those to the Feedback Forum too.

I like the images of the gallery, "Another Test" looks like a very nice place lol..

Looking good Rick

Is there any directory control as in where the images
are uploaded to and saved?

Different to the default image and Avatar upload location.


Rose :-
Praise the work that's been done, then throw in a request,
or flirt either way it might work.
Gizmo - goes down the Flirt route lol

Everyone likes the flirt route; as you can see it works well... At least in my case... I'm just so dead sexeh!

And Rick, looking good!

Gallery or Rick ?

Mark, the image storage location will depend on if safe_mode is enabled or not. If safe_mode is enabled then the images will all go into a gallery/default folder, since php won't be able to create new folders.

If safe_mode isn't enabled, then there will be subdirectories created under the gallery folder. The subdirectory will be the forum id.

Under that there are 3 more subdirectories, full/medium/thumbs to store the fullsize, mediumsize, and thumbnail images.

So the directory structure with safe_mode disabled would look something like:

/gallery/3/full
/gallery/3/medium
/gallery/3/thumbs
/gallery/5/full
/gallery/5/medium
/gallery/5/thumbs

If safe_mode is enabled then it will just be:

/gallery/default/full
/gallery/default/medium
/gallery/default/thumbs

ahhh ok,

can we set a path?
Like the standard upload, and the avatars work?

Reason i ask is that i have these 2 location on a subdomain
where i can manage the bandwidth individually.

So the images wont cost me extra money (Bandwidth) and i can
suspend that account if X Bandwidth is exceeded

To make it easier to setup right now it's hardcoded to be underneath the ubbthreads directory. When I work on it more I'll try and add more flexibility in where things can be stored.

this sounds great

okay

Uploads
Bare with me on this one, the default upload folder allows you to set a path and url.
Now i have noticed from moving domains, that if the folder containing the images is moved to a new location, and the path and url's are updated, then all works as expected.

Or if you change the path and the url in the CP of the default images go off line, so this location must be generated on the fly so to speak.

New Gallery
Will i also be able to do as mentioned above to the new gallery when you impliment a path and url option?

I dont want to loose hundreds of images if the path and url to
the location is updated / moved?

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I think its important to be able to manage the bandwidth of
your images separate to the running of the software.
I already have a home made gallery of 17,000 images and ive been here before with a bill of $160 for one month of over quota.
Its not as much as an issue now for me with a new host etc,
but shared hosting accounts may struggle, as i did a few years ago.

Feedback from a poor man lol..

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Q : My Question.
If i use the default paths will i be able to move them down the line, as you say when you work on them more. Like i could with the avatars and then default attachment up loader.
I need to know this to decide to turn the feature on or not.

Thanks.. I do like the look of the new gallery

Both ...

BTW, you should be able to change paths with no problems down the line; I'm sure rick willhave it workjust like the upload systems we presantly have, where it'd be as simple as updating the field to the "new" path/url

Not saying he wont, just trying to clear up my concerns that's all.
and if i pin him down i can always quote him later lol....

He likes a few hits with the wiffleball bat to the groin area in the morning; nothing says love like an early morning adreneline rush...

Too much info lol

Yes, it will carry over fine. The URL is generated on the fly. You'd probably need to do an htaccess rewrite rule however for anyone that actually links direcly to the pictures, so it goes to the new location.

The main reason right now it's a set directory structure is to accomodate safe_mode, since it's not just a matter of creating a single directory as it is with the avatars and file uploads, it needs the directory structure that I mentioned earlier.

Thanks rick

Peace of mind restored

Nice Rick. Looking forward to phasing out Photopost from my site and going with what you create.

I love the screencaps, looks like a very good start

Some of my users are really looking forward to the gallery...I use Photopost but only for site content now. Anything personal will go on the Ubb gallery.

Yip, this does sound great !

I was telling one of our moderators last night about the new gallery, and trying to be all excited about it. (Which i am)

I said "You can upload pictures and comment, it looks great"

He said " Isn't that just like starting a Topic with a Picture in the first post"

GIT !!

He's going to have to wait and see lol

Come on 7.2!

Really looking forward to all the new toys :yay:

Any chance that we might get more Custom Islands in 7.2?

Nice, wasn't expecting that one, now i can answer my moderator with something different.

Up to now, its only the Custom Gallery Island ?
Watching the change log, as things are still happening

Unfortunately, that'll have to wait for 7.3 as I need add some new functions to make it so these can be easily added. Right now they are hardcoded to 10 in a variety of places so couldn't easily get this added in time.

That should be the end of the additions Mark I'm now doing a bunch of test installs/upgrades, including the upgrade of my personal site, to make sure things go ok and tracking down any obvious bugs before the private testers get their hands on it next week.

Wicked nice one rick..

As we all wait a long week or so.

We want it now

I do have my personal site updated, rb69.com , for anyone that wants to take a peek. Will be working on a few things over the weekend, so don't worry about posting any bugs you might find

Looking good

Nice start Rick.. I was trying to look for the image gallery interface ? Is it available yet or does this just format pictures you have uploaded to the forums ?