[3.7.X] Make a forum Gallery from User Albums 1.0.2

INTRO:

This is a crude attempt at making a forum gallery from all the user albums on your vb 3.7.x forum.

I can imagine that there are many other better ways to achieve this, but I think my method is quick and easy enough to be shared with other users on this forum.

It is also my first attempt at a vbulletin hack, so forgive my naivety re all this.

STEPS:

1. Copy the default vbulletin album.php file and rename to (say) gallery.php
2. Open this new file in a text / php editor and follow the instructions found in the attached galleryFromAlbumsMod.txt file.
3. That's it!

DEMO:

• http://www.badminton.ie/forum/gallery.php

HISTORY:

• 02.03.2008: 1.02 - Changed code to make sure only public albums are shown, added clause for guest navigation when paging, and hide username from top navbar.
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• 02.03.2008: 1.01 - Changed code in order to page through all forum public user albums
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• 01.03.2008: 1.00 - Initial basic gallery

NOTES:

• You need to set "Can View Albums" to yes in usergroup permissions. The amount of albums per page is decided by the value in "Albums Per Page" in "User Profile: Album Options" in adminCP options.
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• The amount of albums per page is decided by the value in "Albums Per Page" in "User Profile: Album Options" in adminCP options.
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• User css has an effect on the gallery look. (I have defaulted it to userid 1)

COMING SOON:

• Separate template for the gallery listing, which will enable the username to be displayed beside each respective album.