Individual Galleries

[ChristopherP]

What about individual galleries with increased upload limits and easy access from clicking on a persons user name i.e. like sending a PM ??

Maybe it would get used more often... i dont know - it would just seem easier to view galleries by user instead of catagories...

 

[Ian]

If you explain it a bit more I'll see what I can do - storage limits aren't a prob as we have 30GB spare capacity. Do you mean we can access a personal gallery from the dropdown menu?

 

[ChristopherP]

Yeah that kind of thing - Similar to what other forums (car and photography) I visit have...

Basically my idea was on every post you see the name of the person above the avatar - on the drop down menu you have when you click it could be a link to an individual gallery, i.e. when you click it you get taken to a gallery of photos/screenshots only by that user.

Or there could be a seperate button on every post maybe next to the warning triangle or something...

What is the current size limit for attachments - if that could be increased to 500-700k that would be superb

Chris

 

[Ian]

Can you post a link to the other forum and I'll see how they are doing it - if it's possible to do then I'll implement it

 

[ChristopherP]

Their forum software is: Invision Power Board v2.1.6 © 2006 IPS, Inc.

If it yells at you and says you need to be logged in, here is a screenshot:

http://www.pug306.net/forum/index.p...ery&cmd=user&user=5917&op=view_album&album=51

 

[WinkingPig]

Yeah but IPB is a vastly more basic system than vBulletin, although somewhere out there i assume there would be a personal gallery addon for vB, it's just finding one that works.

 

[V_R]

Something like Bitbenders Gallery maybe, thats Vbullitin isn't it?


http://www.bitbenderforums.com/photopost/

 

[ChristopherP]

Powered by: PhotoPost PHP vB3 Enhanced


Obviously only look into it if other people think its a good idea too!

I just think it would mean the gallery would be used more...

 

[V_R]

I think it would be kinda cool........if it got used..........But i'd use it.

 

[Ian]

OK, I'll have a hunt around now and see what I can do - I think it is possible to view member galleries with the current one, I just need to figure out how

 

[V_R]

Hope you dont mind me saying, but it would be cool if there was a link to the members gallery in the panel on the left of the post (Where the members details, avatar and post count is.)

 

[ChristopherP]

awesome, glad its not just me

Is there also any way for a member to create their own folder? i.e. for photos from different dates or personalised catagories?

Just a thought...

 

[Ian]

Try clicking on a username now to get the menu, a link should appear - I'm working on adding a few more things now

Edit : I spoke too soon, try in 10 mins

 

[ChristopherP]

Pretty good!! The link appears but its dead... though thats probably how its meant to be for the time being.

I think V_R meant adding something like (though a reduced size)

linking to the users gallery, and having that image displayed on each post.

I know this is probably pushing it but i had another idea - would there be anyway of having a notification like for a new post that alerts all members when a new photo has been added? That would be really awesome as it would attract loads of people, and would enable people to post loads of photos in the gallery and not in a thread but would still get seen by everyone

Chris

 

[Ian]

The link should work ok now I'm still playing with things so the gallery may have a few more features in a moment - I'm quite enjoying this coding, I used to add/tweak/break things on PCR all the time but now that it works I've not added much new. I'll keep this thread updated over the next hour or so as things are added.

I'm not sure about the e-mail notifications, as it would be a massive server strain plus some would find it annoying. It may be possible to "subscribe" though, I'll have a look and see if it is do-able.

 

[ChristopherP]

I didn't mean email notifications, just a way of seeing when you log on - such as the new posts button on the main page, something like a "New Gallery Posts" button perhaps

 

[Ian]

Image upload is unlimited for all users now
Max file size is 2MB for all image types
Max image dimensions are 1024x1024 for JPG's

 

[Ian]

I didn't mean email notifications, just a way of seeing when you log on - such as the new posts button on the main page, something like a "New Gallery Posts" button perhaps

Oh ok I'll have a look and see if it is possible.

 

[ChristopherP]

Image upload is unlimited for all users now
Max file size is 2MB for all image types
Max image dimensions are 1024x1024 for JPG's

Is it possible to upload any image file @2mb or under and have the gallery software automatically show it at 1024, then at its full size when clikced on?

Sorry for all the hundreds of pushy ideas ... just cogs whirring in my head thinking of cool stuff

 

[Ian]

It is possible for me to make it so that each member has their own "directory" with the ability to make sub-directories. However... if this were to happen it would not co-incide with the existing sections. We could have the general categories at the moment (with changes/additions) or a member based section.

The way things stand at the moment we'll have the best of both worlds, as people can view all of a users image (via the profile, and soon to be icon). Plus, they can browse the generic categories and view all images from people.

Any thoughts?