zenFB Suite Release [news]

June 11, 2010 02:20 | Comments: | Categories:

zenFB Suite

The zenFB suite is a host of social plug-ins based on the Facebook SDK and used for integrating your Zenphoto-based site socially with Facebook. Simple things such as adding a like button, to comment box, recent activity, site recommendations, and more.

Please keep in mind that while the Facebook SDK is stable, it is still in development, so some plug-ins may not be available for use with your Zenphoto gallery.

As there are many plug-ins, with many options, having the suite as a one-4-all plug-in would create quite a bit of overhead and many users may not use all plug-ins. So I will be releasing each plug-in separately.

Current Releases

zenFBLike


zenFBLike adds a simple Facebook "Like Button" to your site via template calls. Place the like button anywhere you'd like, image, albums, pages, news, footer. Has a light and dark theme.

Info, Demo, & Download: Here

 

zenFBComments

zenFBComments adds additional functionality to the Like Button feature. It allows users to add comments and displays them in the comment box on your site, as well as allowing the user to post to their facebook page, directing more traffic to your site! Note: Has only a light theme currently.

Info, Demo, & Download: Here

 

zenFBRecommend

zenFBRecommend adds a Facebook generated "Recommendations" box based on the content of your site. This box has both a light and dark theme, as well as removable header for clean site integration.

Info, Demo, & Download: Here

 

zenFBActivity

zenFBActivity adds a "Recent Activity" box to your site. It can also be a combo box showing recommendations as well. It will populate the box (based on your configured dimensions) with recent activity, and then any space left over will fill with recommendations.

Info, Demo, & Download: Here

 

Upcoming Releases

Live Event: Hosting a live event? Want users to chat with each other, share links, comment on the data you're providing? This will be the plug-in for you.

As more plug-ins receive better development, I will continue to try to bring them to Zenphoto.



zenFBLike v0.1 Release! [news]

June 03, 2010 09:59 | Comments: | Categories:

zenFBLike Plug-in

zenFBLike is the first step to full XFBML integration of Zenphoto.  This plug-in is designed to allow easy installation (via template calls) of the Facebook Like button for your social minded gallery viewers.  It is accomplished by loading Facebook's Javascript SDK allowing parsing of XFBML for social site integration.

 

Changelog

v0.1
Plug-in creation.

  • Adds functionality of Like buttons via template calls.
  • All currently configurable variables for the Like Button are configured in the plug-in settings under admin interface.

Installation

  1. Installation is similar to other plugins.  Uncompress zenFBLike.zip and upload to your root "/plugins" directory, not the "zp-core/plugins" directory.
  2. Login to your administration settings.
  3. Activate plugin from the "plugins" tab.
  4. Set your options from the Options -> Plugins -> zenFBLike
  5. Place the function call on whichever theme page you want to access it by:

<?php if (function_exists('zenFBLike')) { zenFBLike(); } ?>

Support

Support can be reached via the Zenphoto Support forums in the thread listed below, or via the zenFBLike application page listed below.


zenFBLike Application: Linked Here.

Support Thread: Linked Here.

 

Donate

If you enjoy this plugin and find it useful, donate to myself, the Zenphoto developers, or the Zenphoto project!  Open source only survives if you help it!

 

Download

v0.1

http://www.michealluttrull.com/zen/uploaded/zenFBLike-v0.1.zip



zenTwitter v 0.23 release. [news]

June 03, 2010 09:58 | Comments: | Categories:

v0.23

  • Minor code cleanup.
  • Added ability for header to be specified in admin options instead of hardcoded.
  • Verified functionality with zenPhoto 1.3 [5479] build.


My code brain got activated it seems.... [news]

June 03, 2010 09:53 | Comments: | Categories:

So... I've been in the process of re-arranging my websites.  Splitting some domains and turning some alias domains into active domains.  In the process I decided to dust off a few things.

  1. Updated to Zenphoto 1.3.
  2. Verified zenTwitter functionality in the new release.
  3. Cleaned up zenTwitter code and added a minor config change.
  4. Created zenFBLike plug-in.

So, the new releases for zenTwitter and zenFBLike will follow in a sec.  Enjoy!



Excuse the dust.... [news]

May 18, 2010 03:25 | Comments: |

Excuse the dust while I do some work on the site...  I've been very fickle lately and moved my gallery around a few times only to return to the Zenphoto platform.  Out of all the gallery options available, it's the one I like best.  I will work on cleaning up the gallery in my spare time, when I have some!

Thanks for stopping by!