Featured Photos on Homepage

I just did a search and couldn't find a way to put "featured public photos" on the homepage.  I'm surprised - this issue has been around forever.  Does anyone have an approach?  Even with a php block?

Rob

A rabbit hole!

thanks Rob, been looking at this for a while now...

actually i think there is no direct solution for it (its my thought if someone have one please provide it). It requires some code addition in the photos module. If you want i can provide it with steps and a zip with files. First i will do it myself then will provide it here so don't expect a quick solution.

That would be awesome Prashank. 

 As usual, jump right in.

I'm so thankful for coders like u!

2 likes up for this!

sorry, for delay but i was busy with my client. So, here it is, i found a simple way so that would be better.

1. Create a php block with the name "Featured Photos" on homepage  with deanos tools.

2. Add the following code in it

require_once(BX_DIRECTORY_PATH_MODULES . 'boonex/photos/classes/BxPhotosSearch.php');

$this->oSearch = new BxPhotosSearch();

$this->oSearch->aCurrent['restriction']['featured'] = array(

            'field' => 'Featured',

            'value' => '',

            'operator' => '=',

            'paramName' => 'featured'

        );

    $this->oSearch->aConstants['linksTempl']['featured'] = 'browse/featured';

        $aCustom = array(

        'per_page' => '8',

        'menu_bottom_type' => 'featured',

'wrapper_class' => 'result_block'

    );

        $aCode = $this->oSearch->getBrowseBlock(array('featured' => 1, 'allow_view' => $this->aVisible), $aCustom);

    if ($this->oSearch->aCurrent['paginate']['totalNum'] > 0)

return array($aCode['code'], $aCode['menu_top'], $aCode['menu_bottom'], '');

Simple isn't it..:) 

Wow!  - you made short work of that.  I can't wait to try it.  Thanks Prashank! 

 You're welcome

Featured Photos is working!!

Many thanks Prashank!!

You can see it here: www.asia-connect-th.com

Stuart

 none of your photos are showing on your site.

yup its not showing any photo on your site. You can create a new topic if you want.

This worked flawlessly for me and took only minutes to set up.  Thanks again Prashank - you are a champion!

I am glad i could help you guys. cheers.

 Yep, you have to be logged in to see the photos...

I don't know what the problem is, still trying to figure that one out :-(

Stuart

btw your sites images give this error

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'HTMLPurifier_Exception' with message 'Cannot retrieve raw version without specifying %HTML.DefinitionID' in /home/admin/domains/asia-connect-th.com/public_html/plugins/htmlpurifier/HTMLPurifier.standalone.php:1684 Stack trace: #0 /home/admin/domains/asia-connect-th.com/public_html/plugins/htmlpurifier/HTMLPurifier.standalone.php(1623): HTMLPurifier_Config->getDefinition('HTML', true) #1 /home/admin/domains/asia-connect-th.com/public_html/inc/utils.inc.php(595): HTMLPurifier_Config->getHTMLDefinition(true) #2 /home/admin/domains/asia-connect-th.com/public_html/modules/boonex/photos/classes/BxPhotosModule.php(63): clear_xss() #3 /home/admin/domains/asia-connect-th.com/public_html/inc/classes/BxDolRequest.php(98): BxPhotosModule->actionGetImage('thumb') #4 /home/admin/domains/asia-connect-th.com/public_html/inc/classes/BxDolRequest.php(51): BxDolRequest::_perform('thumb', 'df8fb6adbc010d6...') #5 /home/admin/domains/asia-connect-th.com/public_html/modules/boonex/photos/request.php(27): BxDolR in /home/admin/domains/asia-connect-th.com/public_html/plugins/htmlpurifier/HTMLPurifier.standalone.php on line 1684

if it helps :)

That might explain why they are not showing up when not logged in. They do show when logged in.

How do I fix this ? :-)

 I already told you create a new topic for it.

 For Featured Videos on homepage. please read. I searched but couldn't find it. Thanks Prashank25!

 These codes work.

For Featured Videos block on homepage, just change the word "photos" to the word "videos". Replace the words with the same capitalization as featured photos code. Name the block "Featured Videos" instead of "Featured Photos".

Make the code look like this:

require_once(BX_DIRECTORY_PATH_MODULES . 'boonex/videos/classes/BxVideosSearch.php');

$this->oSearch = new BxVideosSearch();

$this->oSearch->aCurrent['restriction']['featured'] = array(

            'field' => 'Featured',

            'value' => '',

            'operator' => '=',

            'paramName' => 'featured'

        );

    $this->oSearch->aConstants['linksTempl']['featured'] = 'browse/featured';

        $aCustom = array(

        'per_page' => '8',

        'menu_bottom_type' => 'featured',

'wrapper_class' => 'result_block'

    );

        $aCode = $this->oSearch->getBrowseBlock(array('featured' => 1, 'allow_view' => $this->aVisible), $aCustom);

    if ($this->oSearch->aCurrent['paginate']['totalNum'] > 0)

return array($aCode['code'], $aCode['menu_top'], $aCode['menu_bottom'], '');

I just added featured videos and featured photos to my homepage and it works fine. Backup your database first. This is for the newbies like me.

Thank you, it works just fine for me. 

It's a great solution. I was looking for this.

But much I care for me to create an extra man/woman in photos featured categories. Is this possible?

I would like also to newly added photos to the "featured photos" were in this block as first and not from the oldest to the newest featured photos added. Is it also possible?

Please advice

Creating categories: Male / Female and Random would be brilliant. Maybe someone will know how to do it?

Sorry for hijacking this topic but....

How do I adjust the filter so it respects the privacy settings?

If a member has their profile set to friends only, their photos should not show up here, or even the regular photos block for that matter, unless I am in their friends list.

Thanks!

This was great and worked first time 

I would like to make it a single picture say 400px x 400px that changes after a time or can be scrolled im trying to add it so that as member upload pictures it will display the latest ones on the home page but as a large picture that can be scrolled

Be great full if anyone can help with this been bang my head over the code and cannot figure it

Thanks In advanced