Watermark Attachments

[bjhuang]

Product: 1
Plugin: 2
Query: 0

tested only on the pure installation of vbulletin. install at your own risk to work with other attachment mods.

Feature

* put a logo (watermark) on your attachments.
* option to watermark only attachments after X days of creation. this helps your hotlinked images become free ads.
* option to watermark thumbnails but stop hotlinking to full size image (return a blank image instead)
* option NOT to watermark images for traffic from certain sites

Install

Step 1: import product-watermark.xml
Step 2: create and upload your own watermark logos. one for top and one for bottom.
Step 3: put the absolute path of watermark images into options. (/var/www/html/.../watermark.png)
Step 4 (optional) : if you don't want the attachments watermarked viewing on your own site or some other friend sites (like google image), just put the domains into "Skip Referer" option.

Not working
1. set the "Days Delay" option to 0
2. refresh your cache by press Ctrl-F5.
3. the watermark images should be in PNG format with transparent background.
4. check the "Safe Mode Temporary Directory" option. the directory should be writable.
5. only works for PNG, GIF, JPG attachments.
6. only works if the attachments are stored in the filesystem.
7. GD library should be installed.

Todo
* currently, we have to create a temp file while sending a watermarked attachment. It will be appreciate if anybody can help me to get rid of this.

http://www.backpackers.com.tw/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=44542&thumb=1&d=1211814818


The most famous travel forum in chinese world - www.bbkz.com (http://www.bbkz.com/forum/)

[Sweeks]

Not working for me. The watermark doesnt show.
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[NGUYENDUCTRUONG]

Please review ,Not working

[logicuk]

Does it perm watermark the files?

[bjhuang]

Please review ,Not working

try to set the "Days Delay" option to 0

[horusbird]

I installed and vbulletin view attach Lytebox function don't work :confused:
I unistall and view attach Lytebox don't work!!!:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

[horusbird]

what are the tables changed?

[bjhuang]

what are the tables changed?

no any db changes. it leaves nothing after you uninstall it.

[horusbird]

Ok, but the problem was born after uploading product-watermark.xml.
What may have happened?

Thank you

sorry for my english i am italian ;-)

[bjhuang]

Ok, but the problem was born after uploading product-watermark.xml.
What may have happened?

Thank you

sorry for my english i am italian ;-)

i'm not sure. i never use Lytebox. this mod won't modify any file or db tables. maybe you should try to clear your browser cache or press Ctrl+F5. attachements are always cached.

[horusbird]

No the problem is for all my users....

it is possible that the problem is in the templates modification?

[bjhuang]

No the problem is for all my users....

it is possible that the problem is in the templates modification?

no, there are no template modifications.

[MmS1]

it's working 100% with out anY change from me

http://www.md.ly/club/attachment.php?attachmentid=1869&stc=1&d=1232114333
installed

[Leo Brazil]

Question, does it watermak also album pics ?

[MmS1]

I installed and vbulletin view attach Lytebox function don't work :confused:
I unistall and view attach Lytebox don't work!!!:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

it's woke for me

try with other Explorer

[Adem GENÇ]

Thanks Installed

Suggestion
Make for vBulletin albums

[horusbird]

it's woke for me

try with other Explorer

The same problem is in Firefox, IE, in this computer in other computer and for all users!

When I click on a thumbnail appears a gray background and remains on standby

[xmobile]

what format to use in "Path of top watermark"?:
images/logo.png or http://mydomain/forums/images/logo.png

[Sweeks]

I am sure some of our attachments are no longer opening properly too and I have never witnessed this prior to installation and still happens on uninstallation.
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[t.uzuner]

thats greats mod.
selected motm nomination

[bjhuang]

what format to use in "Path of top watermark"?:
images/logo.png or http://mydomain/forums/images/logo.png

/var/www/html/forum....

[bjhuang]

I am sure some of our attachments are no longer opening properly too and I have never witnessed this prior to installation and still happens on uninstallation.

this mod watermark attachments on the fly. it won't write or modify anything back to the database. maybe you should check your plugins to see if there are other mods hooked to attachment_display or attachment_complete. if they write data back to the db after watermarked attachments were created, there is a probability causing some problems.

[netcommander]

can we change watermark position ? is it possible

[denman75]

is not working ,thats to bad

[bjhuang]

can we change watermark position ? is it possible

well, it's not hard with a little coding PHP coding knowledge.

Try to modify these lines in plugin "Watermark Attachments - Display":



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[glennybee]

Nice mod, tagged for later. :)

[vemkeit]

Thanks nice mod... it works great in Firefox and IE 7

[devilsown]

I am not having any luck getting this to work.
my path is set to /var/www/images/watermark.png
which is how i find it in ftp client.

i have the image on my server at/ http://www.grandprixforums.net/images/watermark.png

i have my images stored in the file system.
this is my image. http://www.grandprixforums.net/attachments/f35/1312d1232305436-test-2_bar_controller_s.jpg

[bjhuang]

this mod add watermarks on the fly. it won't modify your images. you browse the image with a direct link to the jpg, and of course there is no watermark on it.


I am not having any luck getting this to work.
my path is set to /var/www/images/watermark.png
which is how i find it in ftp client.

i have the image on my server at/ http://www.grandprixforums.net/images/watermark.png

i have my images stored in the file system.
this is my image. http://www.grandprixforums.net/attachments/f35/1312d1232305436-test-2_bar_controller_s.jpg

[sleepyboy2004]

Not working for me :(

[elmark]

It`s Work.
Thanks!

I have ver. 3.7.4 PL

BY

Marko

[spyhidden]

Working good thx

[sleepyboy2004]

Any tips to make this work?? Wont work on my forum, or my test forum either.. :(

[Leo Brazil]

Are your images on file system or database ?

This mod will only work for those with images on filesystem.

[sleepyboy2004]

Are your images on file system or database ?

This mod will only work for those with images on filesystem.

I think I'm a noob when it comes to that :(. My images are on the the forum directory's. /forum/images/misc/watermark.png
Hope that makes sense!

[WreckRman2]

Does it permanently watermark the image?

[dmknights]

followed the instructions, but does not work on 3.8.0

[ComputerVitals]

Lightbox option on here,
Watermark doesn't work.

[myown]

looks interesting ... sure will be installing

[CrashfAB]

So does this not work on 3.8?

I am in dier need of something like this...

[smooth-c]

Can someone please answer the question that's been asked, does this permanently watermark images? I see it does them on the fly but if I uninstall this app, will the watermark remain?

[smooth-c]

Okay, now everytime I upload an image to my album I get an error;

Connection Interrupted

The document contains no data.

The network link was interrupted while negotiating a connection. Please try again.

Fair enough this is at my own risk but what the hell is going on?

[bjhuang]

no, nothing changed after you uninstall it.

Can someone please answer the question that's been asked, does this permanently watermark images? I see it does them on the fly but if I uninstall this app, will the watermark remain?

[bjhuang]

the only two hooks used by this mod are attachment_complete and attachment_display. that means no code from this mod will be ran while uploading somehing to the album.

seems like a connection problem. check your configuration of php and web server.

Okay, now everytime I upload an image to my album I get an error;

Connection Interrupted

The document contains no data.

The network link was interrupted while negotiating a connection. Please try again.

Fair enough this is at my own risk but what the hell is going on?

[The4um]

where should I upload my logo??? my forum is at my.forum.xx/forum

[rob01]

what path you should add?

[arabwit]

thes not work

thnx

[Manic Mechanic]

How do I save my image.? The address of my forum. Sorry I have gone brain dead and need help.

[geevest.com]

not work for me using vb.3.8.1

[The4um]

Not work at all

[trickfly]

please fix this mod! it will be so nice to have!

[kartik786]

is it only for images? can you watermark other files too ? like .doc and .pdfs?

[ARB4HOSTING.COM]

Not work at all

[geevest.com]

need help and updated.

[citizenkane]

failure is not in albums, or add. Unable to display pictures, please help!!!

[dxflw]

Works not for me.
My board is 3.8.1

Install

Step 1: import product-watermark.xml[yes]
Step 2: create and upload your own watermark logos. one for top and one for bottom.[yes]
Step 3: put the absolute path of watermark images into options. (/var/www/html/.../watermark.png)[yes]
Step 4 (optional) : if you don't want the attachments watermarked viewing on your own site or some other friend sites (like google image), just put the domains into "Skip Referer" option.[yes]

Not working
1. set the "Days Delay" option to 0[yes]
2. refresh your cache by press Ctrl-F5.[yes]
3. the watermark images should be in PNG format with transparent background.[yes]
4. check the "Safe Mode Temporary Directory" option. the directory should be writable.[yes]
5. only works for PNG, GIF, JPG attachments.[yes]
6. only works if the attachments are stored in the filesystem.[yes]
7. GD library should be installed. [i dont know what is this]

[citizenkane]

man this is the error file does not show !!!!


error :http://www.xxxxx.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=83&d=1236122232

[citizenkane]

Works not for me.
My board is 3.8.1

Install

Step 1: import product-watermark.xml[yes]
Step 2: create and upload your own watermark logos. one for top and one for bottom.[yes]
Step 3: put the absolute path of watermark images into options. (/var/www/html/.../watermark.png)[yes]
Step 4 (optional) : if you don't want the attachments watermarked viewing on your own site or some other friend sites (like google image), just put the domains into "Skip Referer" option.[yes]

Not working
1. set the "Days Delay" option to 0[yes]
2. refresh your cache by press Ctrl-F5.[yes]
3. the watermark images should be in PNG format with transparent background.[yes]
4. check the "Safe Mode Temporary Directory" option. the directory should be writable.[yes]
5. only works for PNG, GIF, JPG attachments.[yes]
6. only works if the attachments are stored in the filesystem.[yes]
7. GD library should be installed. [i dont know what is this]


You've done all that well, but they are not stupid, my friend, we do not need explanation but again I have stated above, the error a different solution, please call thanks

[bayigurita]

works fine, but how to make only the watermark shown without the darker area?

[Magnumutz]

Doesn't show the watermark, weird!

[mindhunter77]

Is there a way to get this to ignore .gif, it seems to want to mess up animated gifs

[dutchbb]

Hello,

It seems the watermark is not added when the image is not very wide (lesser width than watermark?). How can we make it always add the watermarkt please?


Great hack otherwise.

[vithorius]

What a GREAT idea!!!

I still use vB 3.6.x Will this hack work on board?


Thank you!

[kellyandmark04]

AWESOME IDEA!

Unfortunately it doesn't work for me either.

[mindhunter77]

I'm worried about the load this my place on a large forum, anyone notice? Why not just perm apply the watermark at upload, strangly enough, there does not seem to be a mod that does that.

[z0diac]

Installed and WORKING on v3.7.4

Question: what are these options for? :

"Stop hotlinking to full size image"

"Skip traffic from some referers. Separate by commas."

^^ this last one, an attached image wouldn't even show up on another site because the user has to be LOGGED IN in order to view it anyway, right? So I'm not sure how another site could even display an attachment on their site in the first place ( ?? )

Shots of this modin action :
http://forum.icedogfans.com/showthread.php?t=3438

(note - the files in ^^ that url at the top of the page, the text in the bottom-middle of the first set of images was already hardcoded into them). The URL at the bottom RIGHT of each image is what this mod has added.

**ALSO**

For people bulk-downloading images off your site using programs such as BID (Bulk Image Downloader) - the watermark WILL be on the downloaded image. (which is excellent IMHO) Thumbs up on this mod!

[silentdub]

I can't seem to get it working.

I think it has to do with the patch to the .png file.

not sure if I should add the /home in the path or not?

I also tried to put the full http://.........../watermark.png and that didn't work either.

Any ideas?

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

woot! been waiting for this...

REQ: is there a way to make it USERGROUP dependent? (make exceptions).

there are sometimes when its not appropriate for us to watermark (like a signature) or contest. And I want to have an option for some ppl or usergroups to be excluded from the watermark.


great work.

[z0diac]

WARNING with this add-on:

- STOPS YOUR TIMES VIEWED COUNTER from working
.. at least it does this when installed on v3.7.4

[bjhuang]

attachment will not be watermarked if the width of attachment image is smaller then the width of watermark image.

Hello,

It seems the watermark is not added when the image is not very wide (lesser width than watermark?). How can we make it always add the watermarkt please?


Great hack otherwise.

[bjhuang]

my own forum gets 5M+ attachment hits per month. the load increase is minor.

watermarking attachments on upload is not an option because you do not own the image and you do not have the right to put your own mark on it.

I'm worried about the load this my place on a large forum, anyone notice? Why not just perm apply the watermark at upload, strangly enough, there does not seem to be a mod that does that.

[mindhunter77]

watermarking attachments on upload is not an option because you do not own the image and you do not have the right to put your own mark on it.

That's not the case on my forum, anyway...

Any idea why the mod would stop working when using this,

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=207566

[bjhuang]

bug fix:



Code:
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WARNING with this add-on:

- STOPS YOUR TIMES VIEWED COUNTER from working
.. at least it does this when installed on v3.7.4

[z0diac]

^^ I can verify this bug-fix works PERFECTLY :) When you hover over a thumbnail the "times viewed" counter is now updated properly again. Great work !

[silentdub]

It is working for me, but only on some pictures.
some are ok, others are not.

Any idea why?

For example:

http://www.mk1dubz.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1054#post1054

[maxpda]

chinese
Thank you

[xony]

You can automatically include the date?

Thanks.

[silentdub]

Some jpg pics do NOT show the water mark, it appears to be random.

Anyone know why?

[bjhuang]

maybe the width of attachment is smaller than the width of the watermark image.

Some jpg pics do NOT show the water mark, it appears to be random.

Anyone know why?

[z0diac]

Ack! It's watermarking my thumbnails!!

Is there some extra code I can add somewhere so that it won't even CHECK to watermark when displaying threads?

My forum is picture-based (thousands of thumbnails, some posts have hundreds each post) and for the wide thumbnails, this mod is sticking a watermark on them! Aarrrrhh!!

example: http://forum.icedogfans.com/showthread.php?p=47038#post47038

Most of my thumbnails aren't ^^ that wide, I just created that one custom to show what's happening.

Turning this mod OFF while displaying thumbnails would be best as it would decrease # of queries when showing thumbnails and would really increase speed. I'd like to have this mod active ONLY when a user clicks on a thumbnail to display the full size image.

Another way would be to have mod active only when image width is greater than... [enter pixels]

A quick fix would *greatly* be appreciated. 'Will even pay!

[z0diac]

(is this thread still monitored by the author? If so please read ^^ above post. )

[z0diac]

GRRR. Mod uninstalled as it's watermarking wide thumbnails, and this thread seems to be dead...

[t.uzuner]

yes me too same problem. i dont want show thumbnails watermark. please update mod.

[z0diac]

yes me too same problem. i dont want show thumbnails watermark. please update mod.

I do believe this mod has been abandoned. I've been asking for help/comments in this thread for ages and the author is nowhere to be found.

I'm looking into paying a coder to mod it so that the mod won't run unless the image is at least X pixels wide.

[elwachiman]

does not work is wrong no further information please thanks

[Mopar1973Man]

I got it to work and understand how to do it...

You need the absolute path to the warkmark.png file. So this might require contacting your web host and find out what your absolute path is. Relative path will not work! Like if you installed file is at /forum/watermark.png and that's what you typed then its wrong and won't function... Like I said you NEED the ABSOLUTE PATH...

[interfx]

Anyone have this working with VB4? Or anyone considering updating to VB4?

[reimic]

does not work. could somebody update it for 4.0?

[HondaATC]

Anyone have this working with VB4? Or anyone considering updating to VB4?


http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/project.php?issueid=36738

I've got a feature request in to have watermarking added as native to a future version of vbuletin. Feel free to comment on it, Dev's might see/understand the interest in having it.

[kevin2008]

Yes it is a need for protecting works, it must also be compatible with the extensions: png, to lie, tiff, jpg they is most current.

Thank you by advance with all the coders who will want to work well on this project

[dutchbb]

Requests:

- watermarks separate from image, so if changed old images show new watermark

- exclusion for forum IDs

- only add watermark if dimensions are greater than x and smaller than y

- add watermark on images hotlinked in image tags

[Mopar1973Man]

I love to see this mod re-done for the VB4 series...

I've enjoyed it while I was at 3.84... I've also help other Admins install this mod on there site too...

Hopefully the author checks and sees...:D

[FleXy]

show thums - enabled.

dowes not increase attachments views counder for me :-(

[Mopar1973Man]

Ok...

I got this mod to work on vBulletin 4.0.6 it works just fine...

1. The watermark image can be either PNG 8 or a PNG 24.
2. The path to the image has to be a full path.

Then the water mark is added at post time...

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=121197&stc=1&d=1282529515

[sulasno]

what's the dimensions of the watermark ? will it be resize automatically?

[Mopar1973Man]

what's the dimensions of the watermark ? will it be resize automatically?

Watermark image can be any size you wish but be reasonable. As for re-sizing the watermark no it not altered. Also it will not watermark small images (attachments). Also it will not watermark linked (offsite) images.

But just to update the thread...

* No you don't have to modify the script at all works as is.
* Just make sure you get a PNG image for a watermark and upload it to your server.
* Make sure you use a full path to the watermark image in the control panel.
* Yes it watermarks both gallery and the attachments both. (No control of it!)

This mod does work on vB 4.0.6 and doesn't require any editing...

[Frank T]

I tried this with 4.0.6 and am not having much success. Every time it adds a watermark, it also creates a shaded bar across the entire top/bottom. Here's an example. This image only has a completely transparent background and no text whatsoever. If you look at the top and bottom of this image, you can see how the color shades are darker The transparaent image is 400x50 pixels.

[Mopar1973Man]

Normal the way the script was written... Mine does the very same thing but I sure if someone has a bit of PHP experience could change the script to quit that...

[Breakthru]

Confirmed working on 4.0.7

To get rid of that light gray background edit the plugin, Plugin Manager, Watermark Attachments - Display, attachment_display

You have to change the 100 to 127 like below...




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[Mopar1973Man]

Right on I'm going to add that mod to my setup... Thank you! :up:

[jluerken]

Requests:

- watermarks separate from image, so if changed old images show new watermark

- exclusion for forum IDs

- only add watermark if dimensions are greater than x and smaller than y

- add watermark on images hotlinked in image tags

I sign this request, especially to exlude some forums from watermarking would be nice.

[VBUsers]

i installed this but dont know why its not showing. i did everything in the install.

[angeljs]

This mod also broke my highslide attachment viewing, as it has with other users. Same problem even with this mod un-installed. :(

[furnival]

Doesn't work in vb 3.8.2

[RedPoint]

not work on my vb 4.1.2

[Mopar1973Man]

Still working fine in vB 4.1.0 :D

http://forum.mopar1973man.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1538&d=1281643245

Still working fine in vB 3.8.5 :D

http://forum.tractorfarmandfamily.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7664&stc=1&d=1281967539

Still working in vB 3.8.6 :D

http://idahoturbodiesels.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=3409&stc=1&d=1299507364

[Goodfather]

Still working fine in vB 4.1.2

http://razbibriga.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=205&d=1266139985

[indreksi]

Looks like its dont work in vB 4.1.3 :erm:

[8thos]

Interesting. Can't wait to test this out. Does it work with Pictures and Album Gallery?

[Mopar1973Man]

Well gang... vB 4.1.4 or vB 4.1.5 kills the plugin it no longer functions...

Interesting. Can't wait to test this out. Does it work with Pictures and Album Gallery?

No it doesn't work in those areas only attachments...

[JohorBahru]

Hi, may i know who does "Stop hotlinking to full size image" mean for?
isn't the watermark is on the full size image as well?

[Internetcafe]

Still working on 4.1.10 :up:

[Bulent Tekcan]

Not work 4.1.11

[stained]

If you get the path to your watermark files right it definitely works on 4.1.11.

Does anyone know how to move the bottom watermark over to the left? Post #25 gives a tip but changing those numbers changes the colour of the watermark background as far as I can see.

[RyanFabbro]

can someone who has this working screenshot their settings for me i have...

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=142492&stc=1&d=1353818694

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=142493&stc=1&d=1353818694

in those first options when i turn on "Safe Mode Upload Enabled"

i get the following error when i upload a file and yes i have a tmp directory that is writable
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=142494&stc=1&d=1353819047

[RyanFabbro]

idk why or how but is magically started working =)

[fxdigi-cash]

this is what I was looking for..... finally got it.
Thanks a lot. works great without any issues on vb.4.2 pl3

:)