Photopost Pro to vBGallery

[jbade]

No.. I don't see anything.. yet..

Should I be able to before it ends?

EDIT

Wait..
I think I found a type-o in the config..
Trying it again.

[jbade]

Now it went fairly fast.
No errors

The data seams to be there but no images or thumbs.
Checked the folders and don't see the files either.


EDIT...
The direct code to the image doesn't match what photopost used.
So I can't copy the files directly.

[Chuck S]

Well then your paths are wrong I would think if images where not copied over.

Feel free to post a link to your site.

[jbade]

Binderplant IH Gallery
is the vbGallery..

[Chuck S]

yeah that just looks like the path to your photopost directory or vbgallery directory is invalid.

I beleive the script config asks you specifically for a photopost data directory path.

[jbade]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

yeah that just looks like the path to your photopost directory or vbgallery directory is invalid.

I beleive the script config asks you specifically for a photopost data directory path.

The import script was editedit.. The photopost directory was just the root.

// The Path to your PhotoPost folder on your server
$photopostpath = 'c:\abc#$%\binderplanet.com\photopost';

// The Path to your Forums folder on your server
$vbulletinpath = 'c:\abc#$%\binderplanet.com\forums';

// The Path to your vBGallery/files folder on your server (chmod 777)
$galleryfilespath = 'c:\abc#$%\binderplanet.com\gallery\files';

// This will limit the number of items per page that is imported
$per_page = '500';

Can I run it again?

[Chuck S]

You can try running it again also try in your paths using / instead of \

[zachsg]

Is there any way this could be made to work with PRO 7 and vBGallery 3.0? I switched to PRO for a short while after upgrading to vbulletin 4.0 and during that time have had 50 or so images added to the gallery that I'd need to convert over to vBGallery 3..

Thanks!

[dbigras]

Same as Zach.

I tried to run it between Pro 7.0.1 and VBGallery 3 Beta, and it doesn't work, gives me this error:


Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class vB_Bootstrap in /forumpath/includes/class_bootstrap.php on line 19

[Luciano]

Well i got news..
I am betatesting a new importer.. that will be included with vbgallery 3 from beta 3 on..
it works a bit differently
tested it on a site with 100.000+ images and was working...

Why i say it works differently?

because it is much more basic.
it only imports images from photopost categories to existing vbgallery categories.

2 dropdowns.. source cat -> destination cat..

drawback .. its more work if you have many many categories..
advantage.. you can import images from photopost and keep your existing vbgallery images..

and.. there is an undo.. (if you are not satisfied with the import)

see screenshot..

As i said its very basic, imports only big image and comments..
then in vbgallery.. you can regenerate the images.., the thumbnails and (thats new.. resize the originals if needed)
then you have an option to finalize.. i.e. remove all database entries that enable the undo...

I cant release it before beta 3, because it requires 3 or 4 little changes to vbgallery that will be included in beta 3..

but you can see allready a screenshot..

Luc

[dbigras]

WOW! Love it! When do you think it will be available?

[Luciano]

Well cant say.. but it will only run with beta 3 so guess in max 2 weeks..
the problem is.. after importing 80.000 pics into 1 cat.. it reavealed bugs in vbgallery that we are fixing..
(ie filmstrip has to be rewritten and tested)
the old filmstrip loads ALL pics of the cat into 1 array and then selects the needed pics..
thats ok up to 50-60.000 pics but more or as soon as you get a couple of concurrent users you have to disable filmstrip or showimage gives a blank page...

So once that is fixed beta 3 is on rails..

Luc

[dbigras]

Well, I only less than 1,000 images to import.. Maybe it could work already? ;-)

[Luciano]

Originally Posted by dbigras

Well, I only less than 1,000 images to import.. Maybe it could work already? ;-)

no because it uses a couple of functions that have been added in beta 3
(couple of changes in rebuilding thumbs and normal images as well as vbgallery adminfunctions)

[Luciano]

Beta 3, directory do not upload/extras
Luc

[Halfhidden]

I'm using this script version 0.9 beta but cannot import members gallery's.
All that I could do was import the members categories and nothing beneath.
As there are 20,000 images in the members albums to be imported I would like to know how this is done.
I tried the

Import Member Albums from Photopost Pro 7.x to vBGallery 3.x

but that does not work and I cannot see any way to get those all important members albums in to VBgallery from Pro7

[Luciano]

Originally Posted by Halfhidden

I'm using this script version 0.9 beta but cannot import members gallery's.
All that I could do was import the members categories and nothing beneath.
As there are 20,000 images in the members albums to be imported I would like to know how this is done.
I tried the but that does not work and I cannot see any way to get those all important members albums in to VBgallery from Pro7

Well there is a reason it is not implemented yet..
the problem is, there has to be a change in vbgallery (but I must admit, i do not see yet how to do it).

in vbgallery, every member created category (when a member creates a category) is shown in the main dropdown (upload and category jump and admin tools - when you move images for example)
In that case if you have more than a couple of hundred categories the dropdown will get that big, you wouldnt be able to open it...
We are thinking about a solution but priority now is getting gold out..
that will be done afterwards.

[Halfhidden]

So is there no way to migrate members albums from PP7 to Vbgalley?

[Halfhidden]

The VB importer doesn't even attempt to show any of the members albums in the drop down list so it has nothing at all to do with how many members albums we have.
I'm not entirely sure that I understood what you are saying.
Are you saying that I will not be able to import members albums because you want to wait until the gallery goes gold before finishing the script off.
If that is the case then what is the point of this script if it will only import half of a gallery??????

[Luciano]

I was just saying:
1. I wrote this script as a hack in my spare time. It is not part of the official vbgallery release.
2. It does not attempt to show the members albums because I hadn't had the time to look how pp7 handles the member albums. (I never used pp7 and was just looking at the dbase)
All I know is that in vbgallery, the membercategories can be imported easely.
The problem are the named categories created by a user where a user can be admin. There vbgallery does not support to many. IF the user creates categories in which he is admin, and allows other users to upload into them, they are listed in a dropdown in vbgallery. (imagine you having 20000 users, each one having 2 categories and someone wanting to upload in one of these, he would have to choose from 40000 entries in one dropdown)

I dont know if the albums you are referring to are these categories, (as I said I never used pp7, I do not even own a license - as i got vbgallery at a time where you could not have both)

In vbgallery, the user can set permissions to those categories, I would also have to check how to transfer those permissions, how pp7 handles this.

And what I was saying that there is no point in writing a script in my spare time as long as gold is not out, as maybe things might change in vbgallery and I would have to rewrite it. I have a real job in life, and my time is valuable to me.

And I just want to stress that i am NOT member of the photopost staff. I am just a normal user that tries to help others out in his spare time.


Luc

PS: Now if everybody thinks that that script is useless, well in that case i will just delete it.