Picture Gallery

[Ruy Horta]

Friends,

It is a new year, so I am itching to get something new going.

Would you welcome the addition of a Image Gallery option?

vBulleting supports uploading images, but only to a certain extend. I'm looking at a commercial product that integrates with vBulletin, but before buying a licence I need to know if there is a real interest. It would be a shame if such a (albeit limited) investment were to be in vain.

[Andy Fletcher]

I think it's a good idea, though not necessarily vital to the continued existance of the forum. I'm not really into pictures but I'm sure there are many who would find the option useful.

[Etienne]

Great idea Ruy!.....Hope you get enough support.

Etienne.

[Douglas Jr.]

Originally Posted by Ruy Horta

Friends,

It is a new year, so I am itching to get something new going.

Would you welcome the addition of a Image Gallery option?

vBulleting supports uploading images, but only to a certain extend. I'm looking at a commercial product that integrates with vBulletin, but before buying a licence I need to know if there is a real interest. It would be a shame if such a (albeit limited) investment were to be in vain.

The forum members also can host their pictures at http://img181.exs.cx/ . I use this site and it really works fine.

Douglas

[Ruy Horta]

Currently testing a package called vBGallery.

The good part is that I have managed to get the uploading part working, the bad part is that I am encountering some integrating issues.

With a little luck I'll have things running in a couple of weeks.

[Ruy Horta]

Decided to make it a double test.

1. upgrade of vBulletin to next version (3.6.4)
2. inclusion of vbGallery

The test is progressing nicely.

1. No issues, straight upgrade of test forum
2. Some issues with intergration with vBulletin.

As mentioned earlier it looks like the file upload system is great, once we figure out the best settings it will IMHO be a valuable addition to TOCH!

Hopefully the problems I am facing will be solved soon. I have the feeling that I am missing something obvious and minor. Finding it is something else.



Back to testing...

[Ruy Horta]

Update!



I've got the whole thing running as it should...

As I had suspected the problem was minor, but unfortunately not so obvious to find. It was actually unrelated to the new package and hence overlooked.

I'll be tweaking and making notes before committing to production - that is our live board.

Not much voting, but a rainy day and some luck makes up for a lot!

[Ruy Horta]

Open to suggestions on how you would like to have the gallery categorized.

I was thinking in terms of:

• General
  • Luftwaffe & Axis
    • Fighters
    • Bombers
    • Reconnaissance
    • Transport
    • Other
  • Allied & Soviet
    • Fighters
    • Bombers
    • Reconnaissance
    • Transport
    • Other
  • etc etc etc
• Campaign
  • Midway
• Community
  • Duxford 2007
  • Unknown parts

Just an idea, but perhaps you have something better, so please share your thoughts.

[Adam]

Ruy,

sounds good, the only thing would be perhaps - especially with the Luftwaffe - it might become confusing. Do the Jabo Staffeln get posted in the fighter, ground attack, bomber or what? Thus, maybe if the sub-categories are split along the lines of:

Single engined
Multi-engined
Sea
Other

Splitting hairs perhaps but that way aircraft of unknown or mis-identified units aren't wrongly posted in various sub-forums, thereby creating more work for the mods to remove and swap them into their proper forums once identities are known. Also, aircraft that served with frontline units then moved on to a training role, or vice versa don't have to be double posted if the specific date of the photograph is unknown.

[Ruy Horta]

Good suggestions, thanks Adam.

Again, it will be a community tool, so I need your input on this one.

Also, if you know of another site which you think sets an example, please point me in the direction and I'll take a look see.