The latest version of Video Plus will automatically embeds videos from popular video hosting sites onto your website. A thumbnail appears next to articles that submit a supported website. When a user clicks on that thumbnail it pops up an ajax box with an embedded video. The embedded video and thumbnail are automatically inserted into your post by analyzing the url submitted in Submit Step 1. This module makes it SUPER EASY to let your users post videos to your Pligg website. Since users do NOT have to paste in embed code at any point you are making it easier for them, and more secure for your site.

If you are interested in adding additional video hosts to this module please read my second post which details how this module works. As mentioned in that post, not all video hosts are going to be compatible with this module.

Please consider making a donation if you use this module on your website so that we can continue to provide free modules like this one. Our goal is to raise $500 for this module in a years time. You can use the Chipin widget to the left to make a donation. Keep in mind that we could have kept this module as a Pligg Pro shop item and sold it, but we were hoping that donations would cover the cost of developing this module.

Why did I choose Lightview?
Quite simply, it was probably the best option for displaying multimedia content in a lightbox. Most of the other choices were either limited in their features or had the same problem with audio not stopping when you closed the ajax box. There were some other choices that all cost a lot more to run them legimately on your site, but I think that $4 USD is a fair price for something that will enhance your site. I suggest you try it out before buying though just to make sure that it does indeed work and doesn't break your site if you are using other javascript on your web page. This includes websites using the Wistie category dropdown menu on IE6 which requires jQuery.

If you are interested in trying this version out just grab the Video_Plus + Lightview file attached to this thread. I will not be providing any additional documentation than what is currently provided with the module since it is a commercial script that doesn't support me in any way. I suggest that you check out the documentation provided on the Lightview homepage for help. Please remember though that the original author is not responsible for supporting this Pligg module.

Supported Video Hosts:

1. blip.tv
2. cnn.com
3. colbertnation.com
4. collegehumor.com
5. comedycentral.com
6. funnyordie.com
7. guba.com (temporarily not working)
8. icefilms.info
9. keezmovies.com
10. liveleak.com
11. livevideo.com
12. magavideo.com
13. metacafe.com
14. own3d.tv
15. redtube.com
16. reuters.com
17. revver.com
18. spike.com
19. stagevu.com
20. thedailyshow.com
21. thenewsroom.com
22. vbox7.com
23. vids.myspace.com
24. video.google.com
25. vimeo.com
26. veoh.com
27. youare.tv
28. youtube.com

Installation Instructions:

1. Download the .zip attachment
2. Unzip it to your computer.
3. Upload the /modules folder into your Pligg root. This will add 2 Pligg modules to your site, Lightview and Video Plus.
4. Navigate to Admin > Modules and install the Lightview module
5. After installing Lightview install the Video Plus module.
6. From now on when someone submits a url in submit step 1 from a website that this module supports, it will automatically add an image that users can click on that will pop up an embedded video.
7. Mark as Installed to receive an email or private message when an update is released.

Requirements:

Lightview Module version 0.2 or above
This is included with the Video Plus download. Lightview is needed for the video popup javascript effect. If you want you can use another javascript library to popup the videos, but you will need to remove the requirement line from /modules/video_plus/video_plus_install.php and customize the /modules/video_plus/templates/video_plus_index.tpl file so that it fits your alternate javascript style.

Other Notes:

If a thumbnail-supported URL is entered into submit step 1, thumbnails should be automatically be displayed in your template. Youtube offers a total of 4 static images that can be used to insert into your template. We have assigned all 4 images as template variables that you can use in your link_summary.tpl or video_plus_index.tpl files. Below are examples of each of the template tags followed by a brief description.

1. <img src="{$video_thumbnail_large}" /> produces the one and only large 320x240 pixel thumbnail
2. <img src="{$video_thumbnail}" /> produces the first 120x90 pixel thumbnail
3. <img src="{$video_thumbnail_2}" /> produces the second 120x90 pixel thumbnail
4. <img src="{$video_thumbnail_3}" /> produces the third 120x90 pixel thumbnail

Example thumbnails from a Youtube video in the same order as shown above:





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Examples:

You can also take a look at the attached screenshots that demonstrate what an activated video popup looks like and what a story page looks like when a large Youtube thumbnail is displayed.

Changelog:

Version 1.2

• Added Funnyordie.com.
• Removed an extra double-quote ( " ) in the template file.
• The module will now use Lightview instead of jQuery. It seems to be a more popular solution, but please remember to donate to the Lightview author.

Version 1.1

• Added Redtube.com and Keezmovies.com, including screenshot thumbnails.

Version1.0

• Added own3d.tv, including screenshot thumbnails.

Version 0.9

• CNN and Reuters updates. Both services have slightly changed URLs. The video thumbnail will also now only apply to CNN and Reuters video pages, not their normal articles that don't contain any videos.

Version 0.8

• Youtube now autoplays. Added IceFilms.

Version 0.7

• Added video thumbnails for Metacafe and Vimeo. Each site that offers thumbnails handles it in a different way so they don't match the Youtube 3 thumbnail option.

Version 0.6

• Added CNN.com, CBSnews.com and JumpCut.com

Version 0.5 (updated jQuery module too)

• Added Reuters.com, TheNewsRoom.com, ColbertNation.com, ComedyCentral.com and TheDailyShow.com.
• Updated version number
• Added homepage and update url to install script. Please reinstall module to see changes on module admin page.

[esavvy]

Originally Posted by rgsjr

Both work good together for me. You also might want to post this to the Pligg Pro Help Desk for the Facebook Connect Issue.

Thanks. Did you have to tweak anything or did it work on fresh install?

[baboo]

I'm facing some problems with this module. The videos are not working when I click on them, I believe the problem is when the jquery module is enable.

The problem is that I'm using the template the standard and I have subcategories, so if I disable the jquery module the video plus works fine, however, the dropdown menu is not available so the people who visit my site doesn't know or can't select the subcategories.

Does anyone know a way to fix that?

I'm using version 1.2 with Lightview. Pligg is 1.0.3b

[Yankidank]

You cant use the Lightview version with jQuery, the javascript libraries conflict with one another.

[rgsjr]

Originally Posted by esavvy

Thanks. Did you have to tweak anything or did it work on fresh install?

No tweaks needed. Video Plus was installed first and I just followed the instructions provided for the Facebook connect module. What is the URL of your Pligg install?

[baboo]

Originally Posted by Yankidank

You cant use the Lightview version with jQuery, the javascript libraries conflict with one another.

Ok, Yanki but if I disable the jQuery how I going to be able to show the dropdown menu for the subcategories on the standard template?

[Yankidank]

Why not use the jQuery version of the module? It doesn't take much effort to use Winmerge to compare the Lightview version to jQuery to keep it up to date. I would do it, but I'm already supporting a ton of free modules, not to mention Pligg CMS itself.

[baboo]

Hey man, I'm sorry if a question bother you but I'm not a coder and I even didn't know that this software winmerge existed.

I wouldn't have any problems using just the jquery module but it doesn't work with chrome.

I appreciate your effort for keeping running pligg and still making this software free.

The only thing is that the actual version of this module is not compatible with the standard theme if you use subcategories.

I wasn't sure if you knew that or not, I've just wanted to report the bugs and if there was any solution for those problems.

I will try to take a look with winmerge, but I'm not sure if I will be able to do it, if I can I will let you know.

[Yankidank]

Perhaps you could find a solution to use Lightview with jQuery using jQuery noConflict

[baboo]

Thanks Yanki, I will take a look on that.

[vigge_sWe]

Could you please use some open source alternative to lightview? Proprietary code and open source doesn't really go well together... And I don't want to pay €49 to use this plugin...