Media Center

[JayBachatero]

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Media Center Mod

Description
This mod will show forum attachments in a centralized location.  The mod is broken up into 3 sections; Music, Videos and Images.  They all check the users permission for the boards that they are allowed to see.  If they can't see a certain board then they can't see the attachment.  Each section has it's own permission.

Features
- Categorize attachments by media type into one location.
- The sections are Music, Movies and Images
- Each section has its own permission for maximum flexibility.
- Users only see attachments for the boards that they have permission to see.
- Uses advance sorting method in queries for maximum speed optimization.
- Stores the ID_ATTACH into cache for query optimization.
- Ability to format and clean names.  TRACK_01.mp3 would become Track 01.mp3.
- Uses thumbnails to show images previews.  If there is no thumb image it gets the default image if the image is smaller than the thumbnail settings.
- Caches the attachments to save bandwidth.

Hidden Features

• Filter attachments by boards.
  
  • You can filter out the results of attachments from specific boards by adding ;mediaboards=ID_OF_BOARDS to the url.  You can add more than one board by separating the id with a comma.
  • http://www.yoursite.com/index.php?action=mediacenter;mediaboards=8,4,5
• Filter attachments by topics.
  
  • You can filter out the results of attachments from specific topics by adding ;mediatopicss=ID_OF_TOPICS to the url.  You can specify a list of topics by separating each one with a comma.
  • http://www.yoursite.com/index.php?action=mediacenter;mediatopic=14130,14532

Copyright
Images used by this mod are copyrighted by m3talc0re.

Legend
! Bug fixes
+ Feature addition

Changelog
12/06/06 - Beta 3
! When sorting make sure to keep all the parameters from the previous page. (MediaCenter.php, MediaCenter.template.php)
! Make sure that the members can see the Media Center button if they are allowed to see atleast one section. (MediaCenter.php)
! $user_info variable was missing from the global scope in RequestFile() function causing the file downloads to fail. (MediaCenter.php)

12/04/06 - Beta 2
+ Added permission for Custom Sections support (MediaCenter.php)
+ Added extra mime type headers to support other sections. (MediaCenter.php)
+ Added support to simplify the addition of extra sections.
+ Added option to only show attachments from a specific board (MediaCenter.php)
! Send only one Content-Type header when downloading an attachment (MediaCenter.php)
! Make sure to check to see if the user is allowed to see the board the attachment is on before downloading. (MediaCenter.php)

12/01/06 - Beta 1
! Having a leading comma in ManagePermissions.php caused PHP to return an error at times.
! Some themes make links too ovious making the easter egg show up so linked ( : ) was removed. (MediaCenter.php, MediaCenter template)

12/01/06
! Initial release

[vbgamer45]

Great mod I am going to be using this one soon. Finally an easy way for people to see all the attachs on the forums without having to search the topics for the attachments.

[JayBachatero]

Umm forgot to document this but there is a hidden feature that you can get the attachments for an array of specific topics.  Just add ;mediatopics=1,165,625.  Each topic is separated by a comma.  If ;mediatopics does work try ;mediatopic.  I will document this tomorrow.

[littlefeather]

Umm forgot to document this but there is a hidden feature that you can get the attachments for an array of specific topics.  Just add ;mediatopics=1,165,625.  Each topic is separated by a comma.  If ;mediatopics does work try ;mediatopic.  I will document this tomorrow.

Will wait for a bit more info on this, but have downloaded, and will play with this one a bit tonight. If this has the capabilities I think it does, this is one awesome mod Jay...

[Panzer-]

looks good, cant wait to install it

[Auxsom]

Why is there a video called "Monkey" in this mod???

Pages: [1]

The : puts a youtube video called monkey?

WHY?

I didn't ask for hidden annoyances 

[WarBirD]

After installing this Mod i have the following when I want to take a look at the permissions in the administration.

Parse error: parse error, unexpected ',', expecting ')' in /path/to/my/website/forums/httpdocs/Sources/ManagePermissions.php on line 1336

That wasn´t before I installed the Mod. Whats that and how can I fix it ?

[WarBirD]

Ok, for some reason the Mod changed that file not entirely correct. It added a "," into line 1336, which was not supposed to be. After I remove that, it worked fine again.

[MartinB]

Installation went to super, but after the call, an error message appears.
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: () in \xampp\htdocs\community\Sources\Load.php(1710) : eval()'d code on line 218

here is cut out of the file

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line 215 --> if ($dont_do_it > $modSettings['autoOptMaxOnline'])
line 216 --> return;
line 217 --> }
line 218 -->
line 219 --> // Handle if things are prefixed with a database name.
line 220 --> if (preg_match('~^`(.+?)`\.(.+?)$~', $db_prefix, $match) != 0)
line 221 --> {
line 222 --> $request = db_query("
line 223 --> SHOW TABLES
line 224 --> FROM `" . strtr($match[1], array('`' => '')) . "`
line 225 --> LIKE '" . str_replace('_', '\_', $match[2]) . "%'", __FILE__, __LINE__);


Sorry for my English

[JayBachatero]

Auxsom - That's supposed to be a hidden easteregg but it seems that some themes make links too damn visible.  I'll remove it though.  Sorry if it annoyed you.

WarBird - It seems that some versions of PHP goes nuts when arrays have a leading ",".  I had similar problem when I was working on the mod site here.  I'll change this later on today.

MartinB - This mod ONLY works with 1.1 RC3 and 1.1 Final.

[keith021773]

Just to make sure..  It won't work on rc2?

[JayBachatero]

No it will not work on RC2.

[keith021773]

Ok.. Thanks.   I still haven't gotten my nerve up yet to upgrade to rc3.   LOL

[fiver]

The mod is broken up into 3 sections; Music, Videos and Images

Hi Jay,

How about one for files or documents? (pdf, doc, xls)

Thanks.

[JayBachatero]

The mod is broken up into 3 sections; Music, Videos and Images

Hi Jay,

How about one for files or documents? (pdf, doc, xls)

Thanks.

Well with some modification it can be done.  Just that this is a Media Center as in music videos and images .  I haven't tried it but you can try adding

Code (MediaCenter.php) Select Expand


'pdf' => array(
'title' => $txt['media_tabs_pdf'],
'sub_template' => 'media',
'fileTypes' => array('pdf'),
'href' => $scripturl . '?action=mediacenter;sa=pdf',
'is_allowed' => $context['can_listen'],
),


Code (MediaCenter.english.php) Select Expand


$txt['media_tabs_pdf'] = 'PDF';


[JayBachatero]

Ok released RC1 and fixed the easter egg issue and the other error on ManagePermissions.php.

[RvG]

jay... on a fresh install smf 1.1:

Installing this package will perform the following actions:
   Type    Action    Description
1.    Execute Code    install.php    
2.    Execute Modification    ./index.php    Test successful
3.    Execute Modification    ./Sources/Subs.php    Test successful
4.    Execute Modification    ./Sources/Who.php    Test successful
5.    Execute Modification    ./Sources/ManagePermissions.php    Test failed
6.    Execute Modification    ./Sources/ModSettings.php    Test successful
7.    Execute Modification    ./Themes/default/index.template.php    Test successful
8.    Execute Modification    ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.english.php    Test successful
9.    Execute Modification    ./Themes/default/languages/ManagePermissions.english.php    Test successful
10.    Execute Modification    ./Themes/default/languages/Errors.english.php    Test successful
11.    Execute Modification    ./Themes/default/languages/Help.english.php    Test successful
12.    Extract File    ./Sources/MediaCenter.php    
13.    Extract File    ./Themes/default/MediaCenter.template.php    
14.    Extract File    ./Themes/default/languages/MediaCenter.english.php    
15.    Extract File    ./Themes/default/images/media_no_thumb.gif    
16.    Extract File    ./Themes/default/images/icons/media_audio.gif    
17.    Extract File    ./Themes/default/images/icons/media_video.gif    
18.    Extract File    ./Themes/default/images/icons/media_image.gif    
19.    Extract File    ./Themes/default/images/icons/media_download.gif

[nitins60]

I think, m talking about v1.1 of this mod, will come soon from this MONKEY?.

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Features:
* support to all type @files (.pdf .zip...)
*  feature of which type files to be shown.

can i expect it soon as Download Center!

[nitins60]

I think, m talking about v1.1 of this mod, will come soon from this MONKEY? :-) .

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Features:
* support to all type @files (.pdf .zip...)
*  feature of which type files to be shown.

can i expect it soon as Download Center!

[JayBachatero]

RvG I'll have to look into it.  Seems that the "error" that I fixed with the commas is not working on some versions. >_</

nitins60 I'll make this mod more modular since its easy to add new categories but I will not make this a download mod.  Its a media center mod.