Installation Issues & other problems

[chasingame]

Hi,
  I already had phpbb version 2.0.18 installed. I am on the latest version of Coppermine. 1.4.2

Issue #1: 

I am new to this so at the time I installed coppermine, I created a seperate database only to realize that it would not integrate this way.  I really prefer a separate database, thus my question is this:  Is there a mod or a future enhancement that will allow me to integrate the "users" on both systems yet remain in separate databases ?


Issue #2:  I installed coppermine (and I really like it by the way) so that my forum users could upload their photos during discussion.  Is there a way to imbed a url in a forum message (or anywhere for that matter) which directly references the media (ie. .jpg, etc) such that the photo is expanded for view in the surrounding html rather than requiring the viewer to click the url first ?

Thanks.
Anthony

Main Web site:                  www.chasingame.com
Coppermine Photo Gallery:  www.chasingame.com/gallery
forum:                             www.chasingame.com/forum

[Nibbler]

Pickup the latest versions of the bridging files from http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=24357.msg112047#msg112047 Different databases are supported as standard.

You can link to Coppermine pics using standard html and bbcode.

[chasingame]

Nibbler,
  I will look at this bridge stuff... although I may still need some advice on this.  I am extremely new to this.  I do have some questions now:  I already have a coppermine administrative user.  If I bridge to the phpbb users will I use my phpbb admin account to perform admin ?  also, I have two registered users who have uploaded galleries.  They are also forum users but I do not know if their passwords are the same.  In any case, will bridging now create problems with these users administering their personal galleries or when I logi in as administrator with a different user name (administrator for phpbb) ?

Thanks.

Also, can you give me an example of imbedding the image in a forum message?

here is what I tried:  (I surrounded the url with an img tag pairs)

(https://coppermine-gallery.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chasingame.com%2Fgallery%2Fdisplayimage.php%3Fpos%3D-131&hash=bcbacc960f95dd57991b8540f6f4ef4807cafcb1)

Here is the URL:

http://www.chasingame.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-131

Thanks,
Anthony

[Nibbler]

You need to link to the pic itself, not the page it's on.

(https://coppermine-gallery.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chasingame.com%2Fgallery%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F10002%2Fnormal_DSCF0154.JPG&hash=2bf4e119d7da90b0e8c6a8af39f32a9aeffbbeaf)

[chasingame]

You need to link to the pic itself, not the page it's on.

Ok, so where do the users go to get this url and copy it prior to pasting it in the forum message ?

[Nibbler]

Right click on the pic and copy the url. It's different on different browsers. There is a mod posted to make this easier I think.

Any users you had before integration are lost, and any albums or pics associated with them may appear to change ownership. The only fix for that is manually editing the database, bridging should only really be done on a fresh gallery.

[chasingame]

Thanks,
  After clicking the Info button a URL is displayed below the picture.  Is there a way to make this show the true file url rather than a php script url ?

I think I will stick to separate databases rather than screw things up....

[Nibbler]

http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=23620.0

[chasingame]

Many thanks!  I put the mod in you related and it now works just fine.  Is there a possibility this mod may become a feature in future version such that a new config option is available to select IMAGE URL STYLE: "php URL display page" or "Image File URL".  I would think this would be a new configuration line item and an if-else in the code, surely a simple change.  The reason I ask is that I would prefer to go on future releases in a vanilla form and not have to make a long list of hand mods each time...

Thanks again.

Anthony

[Nibbler]

It's unlikely to become a core feature, but it could easily become a plugin. That would avoid any need to edit files.