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Hey all,

One of the things that I missed from my transition from Drupal to vBCMS was my Photopost random image block. It's one of the features that my visitors seem to really like as well. After some trial and error, I managed to create a working vBCMS widget that utilizes the "Random Image Anywhere" code submitted by Garrynz on the Photopost site.

Now, I will say that I am not a huge fan of the way that Garrynz's code works (variables are defined in the code rather than looking at the config files), but it's a quick and dirty way to get this work. In no way are your database details visible to anybody, so don't worry - it's more of an aesthetic thing than a security thing.

Anyway, to utilize this widget, follow these steps:

1. Go into your AdminCP, vBulletin CMS, Widgets, and click on "Add New Widget"
2. Create a new widget of type "PHP Direct Execution" and name it what you want. This name gets used in the header of the widget. I chose "Random Image."
3. Paste the following code in, making changes for your specific environment:


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Important Notes:
  • Make sure you make the widget be a "PHP Direct Execution" widget! If you don't, none of this will work!
  • Make sure you enter your database information correctly! Check your photopost config files if you've forgotten it. The correct syntax for the entries should be something like this:
    $host = 'localhost'; (with the entry in apostrophes and a semi-colon at the end)
  • If your Photopost tables don't have the pp_ prefix, you'll need to alter the code to reflect your prefix.
  • Make sure the URL to your gallery is set correctly after the print statement. In my case, since my gallery runs in a subdomain, my own print statement looks something like this:

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  • The output is wrapped in a div that's centered. Feel free to change that to your liking.
  • Again, this will not run out of the box without some customization on your part! But I hope it's fairly straightforward to understand.
  • SEO vs Non-SEO Friendly URL's:
    Photopost lets you use "Spider-Friendly URL's." There's three different options, spider, SEO, and none. I personally use spider on my Photopost site and the code I have above works fine. If you have your URL's set to "none" you'll need to use slightly different code. In that case, use this alternate print statement. (Replace the one in the code above with this, and obviously adjust the paths to match your specific install.)

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You can see this widget in action on my site, http://www.njpinebarrens.com

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Old 01 Feb 2010, 01:58
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Now that I am playing around with it a bit, I see it doesnt always show a picture?
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Old 01 Feb 2010, 02:12
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I have noticed a glitch, I have my random image block above my section menu and now the Header title text "Section" links to my photopost? see here, www.flyfishbc.com
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Old 01 Feb 2010, 03:42
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I have noticed a glitch, I have my random image block above my section menu and now the Header title text "Section" links to my photopost? see here, www.flyfishbc.com
I fixed this by removing this,

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Old 01 Feb 2010, 04:33
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Excellent, thanks for the post. Was looking for a widget like this. The plugin on the Photopost site generates a film strip in the forum and a profile reference. Slightly too much for my taste since there's no config/controls.

Aside from the db prefix and the relative path, I had to tweak href=\"photos/showphoto.php/photo/" to href=\"photos/showphoto.php?photo=" in order for the link to the actual picture to work, but it was up and running within 5 mins or less.
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Originally Posted by Prasutagus View Post
Aside from the db prefix and the relative path, I had to tweak href=\"photos/showphoto.php/photo/" to href=\"photos/showphoto.php?photo=" in order for the link to the actual picture to work, but it was up and running within 5 mins or less.
Excellent, that edit also fixed the issue i reported earlier
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Old 01 Feb 2010, 09:20
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Originally Posted by Magz View Post
Excellent, that edit also fixed the issue i reported earlier
Yeah, the thing is that there seems to be two ways that the URLs for photos seem to be generated (SEO friendly and not.) The vBSEO rewriting the gallery URL's also made it a bit harder to troubleshoot. Then I clicked on your image and saw you had fixed it before I got to you! Glad it's working for you now!
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Old 02 Feb 2010, 01:04
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Originally Posted by Bergler View Post
Now that I am playing around with it a bit, I see it doesnt always show a picture?
So what is happening here is that the script is selecting a valid photo in your photopost database, but the thumbnail and possibly the full size photo don't exist on your server.

Look at post #4 (and the replies) in this thread.
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Old 02 Feb 2010, 20:29
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Is it possible make it show only certain category photos in the gallery instead of selecting from all category in the gallery and showing them?
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Is it possible make it show only certain category photos in the gallery instead of selecting from all category in the gallery and showing them?
Yes. It's a matter of adjusting the SQL query that the script uses to find a picture.

This post in the original authors thread might point you in the right direction.
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Old 10 Feb 2010, 12:13
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Problem fixed!
works ok
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Old 10 Feb 2010, 12:52
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I tried it but the result is jut a time in formation. 10/02/2010. No image. How to solve the problem?
PM me the URL to your site and your code please.
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Old 10 Feb 2010, 22:48
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Entered the code but all I see is "see more photo's in our Gallery"
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Old 10 Feb 2010, 23:30
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Yeah, there's a problem with the code or the path to your gallery. If you send me a copy of your code (with the database info redacted) and a link to your CMS and gallery, I'll take a look.
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Working great now, thanks for the help!
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