How to detect if vbgallery is installed in ACP

Luciano · October 26th, 2009, 01:51 AM

Hi there..
Michael or Chuck.. or anyone else..
I am just writing a facebook style toolbar for my vb, it should also integrate some gallery functions..
but i ran into a problem.
How can I detect if vbgallery is installed when i am in ACP... or on non gallery pages...
Example 1:
I am surfing in blogs or on some forum-pages. I will only have the gallery icons appear if vbgallery is installed.. as I am not in vbgallery i cannot use: THIS_SCRIPT

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Until I found an automatic solution, i have a manual setting in ACP:
I am using vBgallery: YES / NO

I would though like to automate this..

MY QUESTION:
Is there a way.. in the options section of vbulletin, to check if vbgallery is installed?

Thx for any hint

Luc

[edit]
Well for forums and other pages I found a way:

Code:

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still looking for ACP solution...
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Chuck S · October 26th, 2009, 12:01 PM

well you should be able to define the admin the same way it all looks for the same option stuff

Code:

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There is no way I know of except querying the database or checking to see if the gallery arrays exist.

Luciano · October 27th, 2009, 03:55 AM

Thx for your reply, chuck..
But i want to keep it easy.. so what i am doing now... is:
A. for non ACP pages..( public pages) i check if ppg_options is there..
if($ppg_options && is_array($ppg_options))

and for acp i just add an option that says: If you have vbgallery installed then show special gallery options to users.... YES / NO

I was going to hide that option in acp if vbgallery is not installed...
but now, well, its only a dummy option if vbgallery is not installed...

thats ok..

(BTw: its going to be a facebook style tool bar.. on all pages.. with a modal window that handles lots of features with ajax) .. I'll set up a demo as soon as I got something to show...)

Thx again..
Luc

Chuck S · October 27th, 2009, 10:14 AM

Got ya well $ppg_options is valid in the control panel as well is what I was saying.

Luciano · October 28th, 2009, 02:35 AM

YES!!!!!!!! works.. tested in admin_global hook)
Thank you...
i had an error in my plugin...

but.. (just thinking) for performance, shouldnt it be better to not add those settings on non vbgallery pages? I mean not to include them? so that pages having nothing to do with vbgallery.. (all pages where no images are shown) would not even get near ppg_options or something else..
Luc

Chuck S · October 28th, 2009, 07:45 AM

well if your not including them on non vb pages then you need to figure out other ways to figure out if vbgallery is there. remember we use option arrays and define statements to figure out where we are. The easiest way for you to really do something that says vbgallery is installed is add a global_start plugin where you can define vbgallery installed .

Luciano · October 28th, 2009, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

well if your not including them on non vb pages then you need to figure out other ways to figure out if vbgallery is there. remember we use option arrays and define statements to figure out where we are. The easiest way for you to really do something that says vbgallery is installed is add a global_start plugin where you can define vbgallery installed .

yes.. thats what i did... added a plugin to :global_setup_complete
there i do the check for ppg_options.
it seems to work !

thx again..
Luc

Chuck S · October 28th, 2009, 03:01 PM

Well it does not even need to be that complicated. If your vbulletin options array is available on all pages your plugin just needs to be

Code:

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then in any plugin you can use an if clause like so

Code:

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or if its in templates

Code:

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Luciano · October 28th, 2009, 03:38 PM

either I lost you there.. OR we are talking about the same thing ( with different words...

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My actual plugin is:

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

does not matter if true OR yes.. But i haf to add a if clause because I do not know if vbgallery is installed... before checking $ppg_options

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i check if is_array, because i ran into errors..(many many versions ago) where there were problems with $ppg_options not being an array...
(so if that kind of bug appears again.. i'm on the safe side)

Luc

Chuck S · October 28th, 2009, 09:05 PM

We are talking kinda the same thing I was merely saying you really did not have to go checking arrays etc etc. You are the admin you know vbgallery is installed. You would add that line to your site I posted and then could simply use if clauses in php format or template format to add whatever your trying.

Luciano · October 29th, 2009, 01:51 AM

Ohhhh ok-- now i understand...
Yes, you are right. i could do it without checking..

But if for example.. i post the product as hack here,

and a user installs it.., it works..
then for some reason he uninstalls vbgallery... because (for example he switches to photopost pro), he would still get links to vbgallery files and send his users to 404 pages.. thats why i want to do the check..
Luc

Chuck S · October 29th, 2009, 11:24 AM

Got ya!

jjj0923 · November 11th, 2009, 10:48 PM

what does ACP stand for?

Luciano · November 12th, 2009, 12:49 AM

ACP = Admin Control Panel (when you click the Admin link in the footer)
opposed to UCP = User Control Panel ( here its the top left link in the navbar called User CP)

Luc