Upgrading from 4.6 to 4.8.1

Smoothie · August 2nd, 2004, 05:19 PM

A few questions before I move up. I am integrated with IPB 1.3.1

1. Is it a painful process.
2. Does thumbincluder still work with 4.8.1?
3. I have 4 skins on the forums. Will whatever skin the member uses on the forums now display when they visit the gallery?
4. Are there any important issues I should know about before proceeding?

Thanks for any info you can provide.

Chuck S · August 2nd, 2004, 05:56 PM

1. Is it a painful process.

No

2. Does thumbincluder still work with 4.8.1?

Since this is a hack no direct answer. I assume not though since the fields to pull the thumb info in the photos table has not changed. However there are about 10 different versions of that hack flying around.

3. I have 4 skins on the forums. Will whatever skin the member uses on the forums now display when they visit the gallery?

Yes just make sure if your CSS is using gradients and such you correct any relative url's to full urls within the css file itself

We only integrate with CSS set as files also since displaying CSS inline will not work since we do not autoload the Invisionboard header.

4. Are there any important issues I should know about before proceeding

Nope just follow the upgrade instructions

Smoothie · August 2nd, 2004, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by omegatron

We only integrate with CSS set as files also since displaying CSS inline will not work since we do not autoload the Invisionboard header.

I'm not sure what you mean. How does that affect IPB and PP?

Chuck S · August 2nd, 2004, 07:10 PM

Displaying inline is used by VB and IBP as well as phpBB where the CSS is loaded in the head statement. You need select export as file to use files in phpBB and IPB as we do not load headers from the forum

You will see the option in the style to save it as file

Smoothie · August 2nd, 2004, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by omegatron

Displaying inline is used by VB and IBP as well as phpBB where the CSS is loaded in the head statement. You need select export as file to use files in phpBB and IPB as we do not load headers from the forum

You will see the option in the style to save it as file

Oh, so you mean I need to export the stylesheet. Then what?

Chuck S · August 2nd, 2004, 10:19 PM

There is no and then what?

Photopost looks for the ib stylesheet like this

elseif ( $Globals['vbversion'] == "ib2" && $Globals['forumstyle'] == "yes" ) {
$stylesheet = "<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"{$Globals['vbulletin']}/style_images/css_{$User['stylesheet']}.css\" type=\"text/css\" />";
}

Therefore when you export stylesheets they should have copies stored in the style_images directory

Smoothie · August 3rd, 2004, 01:40 AM

Ok, I guess I'm in further need of help. In the admin cp for IPB under style sheets I see Optimize, Download and Edit.

Smoothie · August 3rd, 2004, 02:06 AM

Ok, I just read your reply here: http://www.photopost.com/members/for...d.php?t=109458

And my stylesheets are stored in the cache directory. So, I should be good to go, no?

Smoothie · August 3rd, 2004, 02:18 AM

But, one more question. Do I still need to edit header-inc.php?

On a side note, in the Installation & Upgrades forum I see there is a vB3 Integration FAQ, but none for IPB.

August 3rd, 2004, 10:07 AM

no, the header-inc will not work for IPB

Chuck S · August 3rd, 2004, 10:27 AM

Yes you should be okay so your using the old ib1

Smoothie · August 3rd, 2004, 02:18 PM

As a final clarification before upgrading, using IPb 1.3.1....

1. I need to add full paths in the style sheets for any gradiants.
2. As long as the stylesheets are stored in the IPB cache directory PP will 'look' for those and display my skins properly.
3. No need to edit header-inc file
4. thumbincluder should still work

Thanks for all your help.

Smoothie · August 3rd, 2004, 02:20 PM

Would it be posssible to get a IPB integration FAQ post made by one of the PP staff?

Chuck S · August 3rd, 2004, 02:49 PM

It does not matter what integration you choose as far as gradients are concerned

This is simple comment sense when making html headers css files etc.

If you use a relative path the header or css will only display correctly within the directory it is suppose to work. If your making a header or css that needs to work for an entire site across multiple directories you must use FULL URLS

Smoothie · August 4th, 2004, 02:49 AM

Ok, things are not going very well. I did a test install of the gallery and IPB. The stylesheets are in the cache directory. My paths and settings appear to be correct. I'm not seeing the header or footer being displayed in PP.

Chuck S · August 4th, 2004, 08:07 AM

You expect a header and footer to display? We just say style integration we dont pull the header and footer. You need to make mock ups of those.

Smoothie · August 4th, 2004, 12:26 PM

Well, after using PP for almost 2 years, I would kinda of expect PP to pull the header and footer from IPB. It does with vB, why not IPB?

So, in response to this supposed integration, how would one go about integrating multiple skins? Am I missing something or does PP only allow one skin to be displayed?

Chuck S · August 4th, 2004, 12:33 PM

Why would it. In reality we only make claim of integrating with selected forums user databases. 4.8 brings in stylesheet support for selected forums.

As far as the header include I will let the developer give explanation of how it came about and why VB is only supported

Smoothie · August 4th, 2004, 12:45 PM

After switching to IPB. I was able to get PP to display the skin/style by using header-inc. That's how PP does it with vB. I know because I used vB with PP before.

But, the problem is that if you more than one skin, it won't display. If member A uses skin 1, and member B uses skin 4, when they come to the gallery they only see the skin 2.

So at this point I am asking is there some sort of workaround to fix this?

Michael P · August 4th, 2004, 12:52 PM

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It does with vB, why not IPB?

Because, as far as I know, nobody has asked for it to.