Noobie Alert: Highslide and phpBB 3.0.7-PL1

[shortmort37]

I've been running a phpBB board for classic cars (http://www.59plymouth.net/59forum) since the days when embedding images was a mod from AcydBurn. I keep hoping for the day when galleries will be incorporated as a standard feature, but I can see that time is well off in the future.

One of the other features of my site is a "showcase" where like-minded owners can display their cars. I've been using JAlbum for this with the Chameleon skin, but it takes a lot of my time - setting up the page, and changing the index page: http://www.59plymouth.net/showcase/SportFury/index.html. But it does support multimedia in addition to pictures.

It would really be sweet if I could move my showcase album content directly into my phpBB forum - but as is, all objects are constrained to display linearly. I've toyed with Nickvergessen's Gallery mod - but, with the exception of an additional buggy mod add-on to display the gallery as a forum, you have to click on the tiny gallery icon to take you to a separate album section. And, even though Highslide is supported, multimedia content is not supported in that framework.

Is there any "trick" I could employ, where I could, say, build a gallery using the Highslide editor, and embed it within a phpBB forum post? Without the Gallery mod, so that 1) I could provide the album as a regular post, and 2) use the multimedia features of Highslide? I have ftp control of my site, and I know how to spell javascript! Well, I tinker a bit, but I'm no javascript programmer. I'm not looking necessarily for a feature I can provide to all of my board members - I'll set up the album and lock it. I'm just looking for a way to help me get my content online faster, and I simply love the Highslide interface.

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Dan

[RoadRash]

Hi Dan,

Maybe you should try the third party phpBB gallery mod listed under Implementations at the frontpage: http://www.highslide.com/#implementations

[shortmort37]

Oh my, Hilde! This looks like it's exactly what I want! Not sure how I missed that...

Well, I've got to play home repairman today. But I'll take this out for a spin tonight.

Thanks for the tip!

Dan

[shortmort37]

Well, I've had some time to play with this, and it looks like it will be very useful. I've posted some questions in the phpBB Mod Forum here:

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... #p12869215

Some of these questions undoubtedly pertain to the Mod, but some may be specific to Highslide - in particular, what would I need to do to get a .wmv attachment to play, and how do I position a comment under an image, instead of on top of it.

Thanks for the tip about this!

Dan

[RoadRash]

Hi Dan,

The highslide.css file seems to be modified by the third-party plugin. A highslide-caption will normally appear below the image.
You can try to remove this part at the top of your highslide.css file:

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.borderless .highslide-caption {
	background: none; 
	color: white;
	border: none;
	font-weight: bolder;
	width: 100%;
	position: absolute;
	bottom: 10px; 
	margin-left: 10px;
}

.wmv movies must be embedded in itÔÇÖs own page. Then you have to open the page with the movie using objectType: 'iframe'.

[shortmort37]

Hi Dan,

The highslide.css file seems to be modified by the third-party plugin. A highslide-caption will normally appear below the image.
You can try to remove this part at the top of your highslide.css file... [snip]

Great! That worked just fine, Hilde.

.wmv movies must be embedded in itÔÇÖs own page. Then you have to open the page with the movie using objectType: 'iframe'.

Um... OK. Is that something I need to define a BBCode for? Can you point me to a reference?

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Dan

[shortmort37]

.wmv movies must be embedded in itÔÇÖs own page. Then you have to open the page with the movie using objectType: 'iframe'.

Um... OK. Is that something I need to define a BBCode for? Can you point me to a reference?

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Dan

Oh! You did - http://www.highslide.com/ref/hs.objectType. Hmm... Well, I am a noobie. Is there a way I can achieve this within the phpBB framework?

Dan

[RoadRash]

Is there a way I can achieve this within the phpBB framework?

I have no idea since IÔÇÖm not familiar with the third-party plugin you are using. You should ask in the forum for the plugin.

[shortmort37]

OK - permit me to switch gears. It's as easy for me to upload videos in flv format, as it is in wmv; and I understand that flv is native to Highslide. So I'd like to ask this question: What BBCode would I have to define to launch Highslide for a flv video from a phpBB forum? Here's an example of how to define BBCode for an inline flv player in phpBB:

http://www.404techsupport.com/2009/09/2 ... in-phpbb3/

The BBCode v(for my forum) is this:

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<embed
src='http://www.59sportfury.net/59forum/flv/player.swf'
width='480'
height='360'
bgcolor='undefined'
allowscriptaccess='always'
allowfullscreen='true'
flashvars='file={URL}'
/>

If instead - I wanted to launch http://www.59sportfury.net/59forum/highslide... - what parameters would I supply? I know it's a phpBB question - but, it's also a Highslide question. I think! isn't it? I'm so confused.

Dan

[RoadRash]

You can open flv movies in Highslide, but you also need a flv player ÔÇô see live example: http://www.roadrash.no/hs-support/examp ... layer.html
Highslide doesnÔÇÖt deal with BBCode, so you need to check with the author/forum for the plugin to find out if the plugin you are using can do this.

[shortmort37]

Hi Dan,

Maybe you should try the third party phpBB gallery mod listed under Implementations at the frontpage: http://www.highslide.com/#implementations

Hilde,

This is an excellent mod - and, I was able to modify it so that I could arrange inline attachments in a gallery style, instead of using an attachbox - this permits me to reorder slides once they have been uploaded:

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... #p12892054

Now I would like to return to the issue of launching .flv files within phpBB using Highslide and the JW FLV Multimedia Player. I'm afraid I'm out of my depth - I can follow recipes quite readily, but I don't know where to start with this. To my point - I am posting this in Highslide's phpBB forum, where I am permitted to upload attachments. If I were to upload a .flv attachment, how would I get it to play in this forum wrapped in a Highslide popup, using JW FLV MP?

Thanks
Dan

[RoadRash]

I am posting this in Highslide's phpBB forum, where I am permitted to upload attachments. If I were to upload a .flv attachment, how would I get it to play in this forum wrapped in a Highslide popup, using JW FLV MP?

You canÔÇÖt get a .flv file to open in a Highslide popup in the Highslide forum since we donÔÇÖt have any Highslide functions added to our forum.
We (Highslide) didnÔÇÖt create the third-party phpBB mod you are using, so you need to contact the author of the plugin about the .flv popups.

[shortmort37]

You canÔÇÖt get a .flv file to open in a Highslide popup in the Highslide forum since we donÔÇÖt have any Highslide functions added to our forum.

Yes, I understand there aren't any Highslide popups in the Highslide forum. What I meant is: What would one have to do to the Highslide forum - what would one have to do to my forum (where Highslide image popups are enabled) - to get .flv's to popup in the JW Player?

I already use the JW Player to play .flv's:

http://www.59plymouth.net/59forum/viewt ... f=5&t=1674

And now, I am using Highslide to display images in a gallery (another of my forums):

http://www.mcweton.net/farmerforum/view ... p=206#p206

We (Highslide) didnÔÇÖt create the third-party phpBB mod you are using, so you need to contact the author of the plugin about the .flv popups.

I know you didn't create it. But the JW Player author isn't going to be able to help me understand how to make it work with Highslide either.

I have Highslide working in a phpBB forum. I have JW Player working in a phpBB forum too. But because I lack the skillset, I was just asking for some advice about how to make them work together.

At any rate, thank you for the help you've provided so far.

Dan

[RoadRash]

But the JW Player author isn't going to be able to help me understand how to make it work with Highslide either.

You need to ask the author of the third-party phpBB Highslide mod ÔÇô not the author of JW Player.
We canÔÇÖt help you with the .flv/JW Player issue in the Highslide forum since we donÔÇÖt know how the phpBB Highslide mod is created and we donÔÇÖt know how it works.

[shortmort37]

Hilde,

It seems to me that I can achieve much of what I want to do with an image gallery, by installing a phpBB bridge to Coppermine, so I'm going to explore that.

I see that there is also an integration with Highslide (at least, with V 1.4 of Coppermine - may work with V1.5, the latest), but this brings up a question. I'm interested in mixing multimedia with images in my gallery. Elsewhere in this thread, you said:

.wmv movies must be embedded in itÔÇÖs own page. Then you have to open the page with the movie using objectType: 'iframe'.

Is that true of movies in general, i.e., could I mix images with flash video in a Coppermine gallery, and would Highslide "arrow" through them, pause on a .flv and play it? (I think this is more of a Highslide question than a Coppermine question, no?)

My other option would be to use EnlargeIt!, which does support galleries of mixed modes - but now that I already have some experience with Highslide (and like it), I would prefer to stay with it. Providing it supports mixed modes, that is.

Thanks
Dan