How Do I Allow One Category To Have No Max Upload Limit?

MikQuattro · February 20th, 2005, 06:39 PM

I would like to have one category which doesn't have any max upload limit, so if a member posts in that particular category, it doesn't count against their max limit. Can anyone help?

rbl · February 20th, 2005, 06:49 PM

Max upload limit? Do you mean a category where the space used by the photos isn't decreased in the user's available space?

MikQuattro · February 20th, 2005, 07:07 PM

Exactly...members can post as many photos as they want in one particular category and it won't affect their available space....

rbl · February 20th, 2005, 08:13 PM

I believe that's not possible without major, and I do mean *major* hack.

mholtum · February 20th, 2005, 09:15 PM

Create a "universal" account and allow access to your members.

KW802 · February 20th, 2005, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikQuattro

I would like to have one category which doesn't have any max upload limit, so if a member posts in that particular category, it doesn't count against their max limit. Can anyone help?

Strangely enough this same issue has popped up for me also but in reverse. I want users to be able to upload as much as they want in all of the generic forums but in the one forum that I specify as "Member's Category" I want the user group limits to kick in. The thought process is that can can upload as much as they want for the 'on-topic' categories but in the Member's Category area they can upload anything they want that is 'off-topic' but only within a specified space limit.

If nobody comes up with anything in a few days bump this thread again and I'll do what I can.

ConqSoft · February 20th, 2005, 09:30 PM

Should be easy to add a flag to the categories where you could turn On/Off if that category counts toward the user's limits or not.

MikQuattro · February 21st, 2005, 03:10 PM

KW802, thanks for your (and everyone else's) reply. I've had a very good look at the code and templates and I'm afraid I won't be able to come up with anything on my own. Any help is appreciated....

Cheers!

February 21st, 2005, 03:29 PM

Look in your forum/includes/functions_gallery_imageedit.php file for:

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

Replace with:

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

Replace X with the catid and that should do the trick.

KW802 · February 21st, 2005, 03:38 PM

Cool. In my case it'd be == X.

rbl · February 21st, 2005, 04:03 PM

Brian, that's not a *major* hack =)
I thought a lot more code was needed to prevent users from circumventing the system by uploading to category X and then moving to other categories or keep Gallery from updating the db when editing the photo, etc.. that kind of things.

MikQuattro · March 8th, 2005, 05:55 PM

Thanks Brian....I appreciate that!

Damian · March 8th, 2005, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KW802

The thought process is that can can upload as much as they want for the 'on-topic' categories but in the Member's Category area they can upload anything they want that is 'off-topic' but only within a specified space limit.

I would like to do this as well. What exactly would I put here:

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

for multiple categories?

Thanks.

March 9th, 2005, 08:53 AM

Replace the code you just posted with this instead:

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

(Replace X, Y, Z with the catids)

Damian · March 10th, 2005, 10:44 PM

Thanks Brian.

headmaster · June 10th, 2005, 03:56 AM

Execue me, i can't find the text above in the newest version of vBa Gallery but i found :

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

and change it to

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

But seem not working...
The user upload image to the category still counting quota..

Please help =D

headmaster · June 11th, 2005, 11:07 AM

*bump *

July 27th, 2005, 05:40 AM

I would like kind of the opposite of this. It would be great if we could limit different sections to different amounts.

MikQuattro · October 25th, 2005, 01:31 AM

Brian (or another clever individual), is this solution useable on vB v3.5?

Also, if I wanted this solution to affect two categories instead of just one, would I just add the other category ID number and seperate them with commas?

Thanx in advance!