YouTube Channels

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#75

Re: YouTube Channels - August 05, 2011, 08:27:01 AM

I installed the Youtube Channels module and it works great.

I was wondering if there is a way to add the following:

1. Multiple Youtube accounts - basically, add the capability of a list of Youtube channels that the module either randomly picks or maybe the module goes through the list and starts over.
As an added idea, give the admin the ability to add a user field for Youtube account, so each user can add their account name to their profile, so the Admin can just draw Youtube account names from the field in all of the user's profile for Youtube account names. That might simplify the idea of how the list is generated. Of course, the admin would have the final say as to what names go on the list.
2. Suggest a Username - Add a button or link under the video thumbnail's where users can submit a Youtube channel name. Either send the suggestion as a PM to the admin or just create a separate list of 'suggested' sites that the admin can see and pick from to add to the main list.
3. Add arrows to either side of the thumbnail list - so the user can see more videos from the same user. If they have 20+ videos, and the module only shows the first 8, add the capability to scroll through the Youtube users entire video list.
4. Add a search button - with either the ability to search all of Youtube, or only the current user's videos in the thumbnail list. Maybe bring a new page with the search results.
5. Option to generate the # of thumbnails based on the width of the users screen

I would love to see these features added since I run a website that ties into a community of users on Youtube, and I would love to be able to showcase more then one user's Youtube account at a time, even if it just goes down the user list and rotates the newest 8 videos in the thumbnail list at a time, pauses, then moves on to the next Youtube username and displays their last 8 videos as thumbnails. Maybe add a text above the list displaying the users Youtube account name so people know who's videos they are.

I noticed there hasn't been any activity in the forum on this module since May 17th. I hope there is still developers working on this awesome module.

Thanks!
BSD2000

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#76

Re: YouTube Channels - August 05, 2011, 10:46:01 PM

This module was created by JaZz. He hasn't been around to work on it more or support it either. He seems to be occupied with other things in his life. If you want to create a youtube module please feel free to do so. I would be happy to help anyone understand how to create a module for Dream Portal ofcourse, as I helped JaZz when he had questions on this also. There is also the DP Code Library board that you will find most useful with tons of knowledge on how to create a module, the different types of parameters that can be used for your modules, etc., etc.. But if you have any questions when creating a module, just ask and I'll be happy to answer them. I'm currently too busy at the moment coding Dream Portal 1.1, and we are at a lack of team members to be able to focus on other areas of DP, but we are still recruiting members, for anyone interested, they should check out the Join the Dream Page and submit a request to the join the team in any of the available openings by placing a checkmark in the team they wish to join and contribute in.

Cheers, and all apologies for not being able to help you directly with your youtube feature list at this moment. Perhaps after DP 1.1 has been fully developed and available on the DP.net site, I'll have more time for these small projects.

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#77

Re: YouTube Channels - August 17, 2011, 04:49:46 PM

Can anyone confirm that this module only shows your own uploads and not favourites and playlists?

That would explain how it's only showing those on one of my forums...

Thanks!

The other question would then be if it's possible to show the other two aswell, but perhaps this is best answered by Jazz...

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#78

Re: YouTube Channels - August 17, 2011, 06:20:56 PM

Yep, this is a question for JaZz. I'm currently too busy coding for DP 1.1 to be able to spend anytime researching the possibility of this within this module. Once DP 1.1 is coded, I'll take a look at all of the modules to be sure they work for DP 1.1 (which should), and ask permission from JaZz to update his mods to support more features/options for DP 1.1. Because DP 1.1 completely breaks the DP Module Packages barrier and expands it even further than it is currently in DP 1.0.5. So, I'm sure that Module authors will want to take advantage of this. If not, and they give me permission to do so, I will!!

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#79

Re: YouTube Channels - April 06, 2012, 08:20:38 PM

First post and I'm gonna make it in a seemingly dead post but I think it belongs here. I love this mod my only problem was it shows the same videos on reloads and putting in a word only shows the same 4-8 videos so I kinda change it a bit and thought I'd share. This is a quickie idea I came up with since I'm not up on the DM's coding yet.

Basically you add as many words to the admin sections "Search word" separating them with a commas. Like so:

Then edit the youtubechannels.php file like so:

-[ FIND ]-

Code: [Select]

function youtubechannelsmodule($params)
{
	global $txt;

-[ AFTER ADD ]-

Code: [Select]

$wsearch = explode(",", $params['search']);
	$result = count($wsearch);
	$rand = rand(0, $result);

-[ THEN FIND ]-

Code: [Select]

echo 'executeList : ["'.$params['search'].'"]';

-[ REPLACE WITH ]-

Code: [Select]

echo 'executeList : ["'.$wsearch[$rand].'"]';

All this does is puts the words in a nice little array and randomly chooses one of them to grab the videos from Youtube. Yea it could be written better but it works nicely.

Last Edit: April 06, 2012, 08:25:27 PM by Maven

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