what is? PhotoPost vBGallery

jjj0923 · December 8th, 2005, 02:21 PM

as referred to on this page.

http://www.vbadvanced.com/

a new product or just photopost pro?

Nuance · December 8th, 2005, 02:27 PM

I have a somewhat similar question-- I know what it is but would like to find out more, and then would like to know when I will be able to purchase this product.

Zachariah · December 8th, 2005, 02:37 PM

PhotoPost has acquired the rights to vBAdvanced Gallery.

Now called: Photopost vBGallery

- The gallery runs on vBulletin forums ver. 3.0x / 3.5x (only)
- There is a compare chart and price in the works.
- Demo site also in the works.

Welcome vBadvanced Gallery Customers.
http://www.photopost.com/forum/showthread.php?t=119665

youradultworld · December 8th, 2005, 03:50 PM

Sounds great. I didn't see my question answered directly, only something about linking licenses together. I previously purchased Photopost Pro and went to go download it again and it says my license expired in November. Blah blah blah.......Can I just pay the $40 to download it in a few days when it's available (if thats the ETA) or will I have to pay a full priced fee?

Hopefully just the $40, then I won't feel so bad since I didn't really use it much in the past year.

Chuck S · December 8th, 2005, 03:52 PM

Photopost Pro is not vBGallery

If you pay the 39.00 renewal fee that will renew your Photopost license. It does not entitle you to get vBGallery. You would need to purchase a vBGallery license for that when it becomes available.

boatdesign · December 15th, 2005, 09:56 PM

Are there any advantages of PhotoPost vBGallery over Photopost Pro? Will any vBGallery features be added to the already excellent Photopost Pro with vBulletin integration which already works great?

ScottW · December 16th, 2005, 03:55 AM

Complete sales information comparing and contrasting the two products will be available at photopost.com soon. The biggest difference is that PhotoPost vBGallery only works with vBulletin - in short, it is a streamlined gallery with fewer features than PhotoPost PHP Pro, that only works with vBulletin.

Edward · March 27th, 2006, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

Photopost Pro is not vBGallery

If you pay the 39.00 renewal fee that will renew your Photopost license. It does not entitle you to get vBGallery. You would need to purchase a vBGallery license for that when it becomes available.

Chuck, I understand about the license renewal, however there was also a post somewhere here, I can't find it now that extended (something) in regards to VBadvanced Gallery if the license holder changed the copyright notice to read Photopost VBgallery (which mine does). Was that (something) a license extension? I'm having a problem with this site recognizing my Vbadvanced Gallery license and linking it to my revewpost license in the members area.

Just a little update when you get the time, thank you. Edward

KW802 · March 27th, 2006, 11:11 AM

Edward,

There was indeed a license extension offered but it was for a 90-day window after vBa Gallery became PP vBGallery and so that deadline has passed.

What kind of problem are you having with the license?

Edward · March 27th, 2006, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KW802

Edward,

There was indeed a license extension offered but it was for a 90-day window after vBa Gallery became PP vBGallery and so that deadline has passed.

What kind of problem are you having with the license?

I'm pretty sure I qualified for the extension provided by the switch.. I had actually downloaded an upgrade to the gallery from here.. However, when I try to link the license for VBgallery to the Revpost license in the member section, I get a "no licence found" for my account. I see the license for the revpost, but not the vbgallery.

Chuck S · March 27th, 2006, 03:17 PM

You would only have qualified for a free members area extention if you upgraded your vbgallery to the new copyright and emailed customer service as the thread suggested within those 90 days to ask for the license extention.

Since those 90 days are up you would not get the free extention for something that has expired over a month ago.

Edward · March 28th, 2006, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

You would only have qualified for a free members area extention if you upgraded your vbgallery to the new copyright and emailed customer service as the thread suggested within those 90 days to ask for the license extention.

Since those 90 days are up you would not get the free extention for something that has expired over a month ago.

Sorry Chuck,
But your message is incorrect, my ORIGINAL purchase of the gallery doesn't expire until 6/09/2006 (as per my purchase from VBadvanced)- I was on this site within the 90 day time-frame, "and" downloaded the updated version of the gallery (the one that has the proper copyright).
Please, check your records - Please fix the ability to link both licenses and have them show in my membership area..
At the very LEAST, I'm still running on my ORIGINAL expiration date... Thanks for your help in advance.

Edward · March 28th, 2006, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

You would only have qualified for a free members area extention if you upgraded your vbgallery to the new copyright and emailed customer service as the thread suggested within those 90 days to ask for the license extention.

Since those 90 days are up you would not get the free extention for something that has expired over a month ago.

BTW Chuck, I not only notified you of my purchase of Vbgallery (and received permission to download it from here in reply to the message about the switch, but I did it via "email" sent on 1/18/2006 . My vbgallery licence has never appeared in the membership area but I do appear as a "verified" member. Your response to my email was to tell me to log on here and then send a message to support, I did, I was allowed to download the new version of VBgallery. Wasn't 1/18/2006 within the 90 days? Please check your email log and help me get both licenses linked here... Vbgallery doesn't expire until June and it should be there even without all this 90 day, you lose stuff.... thanks!

Chuck S · March 28th, 2006, 09:38 AM

I do not think you understand what the offer and the requirements to be able to get the free members area extention and I would suggest that you read this

http://www.photopost.com/forum/showt...51#post1151451

Since you did update your copyright and email customer service within the 90 day window you are not able to get the license extended to June 2007 so your members access would expire June 2006. Asking in a helpdesk thread how to retrieve your members access details would have nothing to do with the offer directly. If you emailed customer service before 2-22-06 with your site url and asking for the license extention then gladly take that up with them but from what I am reading by you that is not the case here.

Now as far as your license linking the link button works fine. I have 5 licenses linked together under my Photopost area. I would suggest if you do not have the correct info to link your vbgallery license to another members area that you enter the email addy on file for your vbgallery license and the system will mail you the access details and you can link it under your reviewpost area. If it says invalid license it is because the info you enter is incorrect. Double check the information you are entering on the link box as it has to be typed correctly.

http://www.photopost.com/auth.html

KW802 · March 28th, 2006, 09:39 AM

Edward,

When you sent an email on 1/18/2006 was it to gain access to the downloads or was it to request the 90 extension after you downloaded the new package and updated the copyright?

Chuck S · March 28th, 2006, 10:02 AM

From what I have read from his post Kevin it was to gain access to download the code.

KW802 · March 28th, 2006, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

From what I have read from his post Kevin it was to gain access to download the code.

Just clarifying to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Chuck S · March 28th, 2006, 10:32 AM

Most definately if he emailed customer service before February 22,2006 specificaly asking for a license extention and gave them his url as noted in the offer he should get the extention.

Edward · March 28th, 2006, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KW802

When you sent an email on 1/18/2006 was it to gain access to the downloads or was it to request the 90 extension after you downloaded the new package and updated the copyright?

Here's the message I sent on the 18th

Quote:

Hello,
Thank you for offering continued support for the VBadvanced Gallery product I purchased less than one year ago. (expires 6/9/2006). I must have missed the email from Vbadvanced that gave me a user and password on your system.
You will find me listed as user Edward, license (removed in this message)
Please allow me access to the Member area on your site.
Edward Stacey, Gwinn Michigan

Additionally, I am interested in the advantages of using the Photopost pro over the VB Gallery - do you offer an upgrade from one to the other? How much?

Thank you for your time, Edward

What I received the next day:

Quote:

Hello,

Your username(s) and password(s) appear below.

Account #1:

Username: Edward
Password: (Deleted for this message)

The PhotoPost members area is located at:
https://www.photopost.com/members/members.pl

The ReviewPost members area is located at:
http://www.reviewpost.com/members/members.pl

Our support forums are located at:
http://www.photopost.com/members/forum

This request was initiated by xx.xx.xxx.xxx. If you didn't request this info, please let us know.

Thanks,

The PhotoPost Team

Now as far as being "offered" anything, I wasn't.. this is where I'm told that its my own fault for not going back and reading old messages and "taking advantage of an offer"... But I ask you to show me in Scotts message:

http://www.photopost.com/forum/showp...10&postcount=1

Where it says I'm supposed to email something to take advantage of any offers. I couldn't find it, even when I'm re-reading it. I don't even see where it says I'm supposed to notify anyone if I did make the change! At this point, I really don't give a rip about "extending" or "free" anything... I merely wanted to get my licenses linked...

I finally did that today... by entering the OLD password originally sent to me.. Your system doesn't take into consideration someone changing their access password (the access name never changed). The clue was when Chuck told me to enter the "addy" as he put it.. The address never changed of course, but the password did... (Heck Chuck, where do you enter the "addy" anyway to link licenses?)

At any rate, if you don't EXTEND my license, thats ok.... if you want to play that hand.. I'll go along with it. I have until JUNE to do anything anyway. Hey, ya think I should spend some more money and just buy another product from photopost?

Chuck S · March 28th, 2006, 11:20 AM

You asked for your login details to download the software and customer service looks like they sent them to you thats for clarifying what I gathered from your last email. Your members area access details for each license never change once we issue them. If you where trying to enter vbadvanced members access into our photopost system I could see linking not working. Glad you sorted the link issue by getting the right details entered.

The President made an offer to all vbgallery customers here giving them a 90 day window to update there license and if they complied by emailing a url asking for a free years access we would grant it

http://www.photopost.com/forum/showthread.php?t=119665

He then posted here that the offer was now over and no longer valid

http://www.photopost.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123556

Sorry you did not participate in the license extention offer but I don't think we have played any hand here.