KW802
08-06-2004, 10:43 AM
vBa CMPS: Smilie Creator v1.0.1
OVERVIEW: This is a conversion of an old VB2 hack (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=50450) by Kars10 to create new smilie faces on the fly. The original version acted as a pop-up box from within a BB code so that the new smilie would be inserted into your forum message posting. A BB code trick posted over at vbulletintemplates.com (http://www.vbulletintemplates.com/mods/showthread.php?t=6671) really eliminates the need of having to do this hack anymore since you can accomplish nearly the same thing without having to do any code changes. I was still interested in this old hack though because there are times I'd like to be able to create a new smilie on the fly either for my own personal usage or for my site. So looking at it as a learning experience my goals were to change the hack to be a more generic approach and make it easy to integrate into a site so making it into a vBadvanced CMPS (http://www.vbadvanced.com) module seemed the obvious answer. The other added benefit of making it into a vBadvanced CMPS module is the fact that it could then be added to a web site without doing any code modifications at all but still being able to, for instance, block access to it from non-registered users.
REQUIREMENTS: You'll need vBulletin 3.x, vBadvanced CMPS, and a server running GD. If you server is not running GD then it will not be able to create the new image. Since the template and PHP are really generic you should be able to easily port it over to non-VB3 sites but no matter what your server has to support GD.
INSTALLATION: Installation is really easy.....
Upload the fps_smilie_creator.php file to your /forums/modules directory (the folder where you keep your CMPS modules). Upload the fps_smilie_creator folder to your /forums/images/smilies folder (the folder where you keep your VB smilies). The resulting path should then be /forums/images/smilies/fps_smilie_creator. Copy & paste the contents of fps_smilie_creator_template.html into a new custom template named adv_portal_fps_smilie_creator (or whatever your prefer). Create a new VBA CMPS page or module. This is really your choice. For my site I liked it better being a seperate page so when I created my page I used the Page Template option. If you add it as a module instead of a new page then do not include the PHP file in the new module, only include the template!
That's it, you're done! If you upload the PHP file to a folder other than your modules directory or if you upload the images to a folder other than ../images/smilies then you'll have to update the template path names.
Have fun!
DEMO: Even saved as a PNG-8 the screen shots are too big to be attached (What kind of demo shot can be shown with a resolution of 280?!) so to see it in action....
Up & running @ Farpoint Station (http://www.farpointstation.org/index.php?page=smilie_creator&styleid=10) | Pic #1 (http://www.farpointstation.org/images/fps/smilie_creator/fps_smilie_creator1.gif) | Pic #2 (http://www.farpointstation.org/images/fps/smilie_creator/fps_smilie_creator2.gif)
UPDATES: Updates & changes....
[2004-08-09] The problem with the right-mouse "Save Picture As..." in Microsoft Internet Explorer, where it would want to save it as a bitmap instead of a PNG, has been fixed. I also tweaked the template a little to no longer need the <div> tags.
REMINDER: To always be informed of updates & changes be sure to click the "Install" button over at the VB.org thread. :cool:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=68062
OVERVIEW: This is a conversion of an old VB2 hack (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=50450) by Kars10 to create new smilie faces on the fly. The original version acted as a pop-up box from within a BB code so that the new smilie would be inserted into your forum message posting. A BB code trick posted over at vbulletintemplates.com (http://www.vbulletintemplates.com/mods/showthread.php?t=6671) really eliminates the need of having to do this hack anymore since you can accomplish nearly the same thing without having to do any code changes. I was still interested in this old hack though because there are times I'd like to be able to create a new smilie on the fly either for my own personal usage or for my site. So looking at it as a learning experience my goals were to change the hack to be a more generic approach and make it easy to integrate into a site so making it into a vBadvanced CMPS (http://www.vbadvanced.com) module seemed the obvious answer. The other added benefit of making it into a vBadvanced CMPS module is the fact that it could then be added to a web site without doing any code modifications at all but still being able to, for instance, block access to it from non-registered users.
REQUIREMENTS: You'll need vBulletin 3.x, vBadvanced CMPS, and a server running GD. If you server is not running GD then it will not be able to create the new image. Since the template and PHP are really generic you should be able to easily port it over to non-VB3 sites but no matter what your server has to support GD.
INSTALLATION: Installation is really easy.....
Upload the fps_smilie_creator.php file to your /forums/modules directory (the folder where you keep your CMPS modules). Upload the fps_smilie_creator folder to your /forums/images/smilies folder (the folder where you keep your VB smilies). The resulting path should then be /forums/images/smilies/fps_smilie_creator. Copy & paste the contents of fps_smilie_creator_template.html into a new custom template named adv_portal_fps_smilie_creator (or whatever your prefer). Create a new VBA CMPS page or module. This is really your choice. For my site I liked it better being a seperate page so when I created my page I used the Page Template option. If you add it as a module instead of a new page then do not include the PHP file in the new module, only include the template!
That's it, you're done! If you upload the PHP file to a folder other than your modules directory or if you upload the images to a folder other than ../images/smilies then you'll have to update the template path names.
Have fun!
DEMO: Even saved as a PNG-8 the screen shots are too big to be attached (What kind of demo shot can be shown with a resolution of 280?!) so to see it in action....
Up & running @ Farpoint Station (http://www.farpointstation.org/index.php?page=smilie_creator&styleid=10) | Pic #1 (http://www.farpointstation.org/images/fps/smilie_creator/fps_smilie_creator1.gif) | Pic #2 (http://www.farpointstation.org/images/fps/smilie_creator/fps_smilie_creator2.gif)
UPDATES: Updates & changes....
[2004-08-09] The problem with the right-mouse "Save Picture As..." in Microsoft Internet Explorer, where it would want to save it as a bitmap instead of a PNG, has been fixed. I also tweaked the template a little to no longer need the <div> tags.
REMINDER: To always be informed of updates & changes be sure to click the "Install" button over at the VB.org thread. :cool:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=68062