Icy Phoenix

This MOD is deprecated and no longer supported for IP version 1.2.*

Please upgrade your Icy Phoenix to version 1.3.*

Looks nice. Thanks for your work.

Do you think its easy possible to combine that with Full Album Pack.
So that normal pics could be send as eCard?

I think it would be better to migrate the other way and add eCards to FAP.

But then it would have to re-size the images etc, because if it's just going to be an extension of FAP as it is, with a URL to a full-size image and appended message - Then the purpose of the eCards is already lost.

If any eCard application was to be integrated with FAP, I would go for "Maian eCards". It's GPL and handles more than just pics - It would be a lot of work to add it. - I've had Maian working to a point with IP, but it's far too much for my knowledge of PHP and Icy-P

Edit:

Thinking about it some more. I now don't think it's a good idea to combine eCards with anything else because the cards need to be mainly for occasions and maybe some funny things in general.

If anything, I would just like to see Maian bridged with IP because of its superior functions.

It will be interesting to see what MG has to say about it.

OK, thanks for yor answer.

Before saying anything regarding eCards in IP I need to make some tests of this mod and the other proposed.

In the past I wanted to create an eCards plugin for FAP, but there was low interest in that... so I have never coded it.

What FAP misses is at least a link to send the picture link by email, just like the topics have.

The low interest in eCards is probably a good enough reason not to include it in IP. Lord knows, Icy-P is getting heavy enough as it is.

That's why I suggested Maian as a stand alone app with a bridge file, because it does more than just images; and someone else can look after it in much the same way as Coppermine is "Nursed" by others.

Off Topic:

@MG. Speaking of MODS etc, would it not be advantageous to include a $lang_extend_mods file in the next release, so that the core lang files could be left untouched by MODS?

Just a thought.

Lopalong wrote: [View Post]

The low interest in eCards is probably a good enough reason not to include it in IP.

I agree...

But if it would not need so much time to code it, it would be a nice plugin. But only than

Lopalong wrote: [View Post]

@MG. Speaking of MODS etc, would it not be advantageous to include a $lang_extend_mods file in the next release, so that the core lang files could be left untouched by MODS?

Just a thought.

There is no need to add that by default...

Every lang_extend_*.php will be included in Icy Phoenix pages regardless to its name.

Let me make an example to clear things...

Suppose you are creating a mod to say HELLO MG on forum index...

If you don't want to edit any existing lang file, then you can just create a new file called lang_extend_*.php (use what you like instead of *) and add all the vars you need. The name isn't important because all files which begins with lang_extend will be imported by Icy Phoenix and vars used in it will be accessible in templates by adding L_ in front of the var.

So back to the example... once you have created the file you can add a var like this:


If you add the file in the language/lang_english folder then you will be able to use the var wherever you like.

For example in index_body.tpl you can add this:


and you will see the text showing up, regardless if you call the file lang_extend_lopalong, lang_extend_mods or lang_extend_hi_mg (with php extension of course).

Is that clear enough?

Is there someone that is willing to create a new topic to be added in Docs section with these instructions?

First Post updated with the download file.

@ MG,

No what I really meant was to create an empty lang_extend.php file and include as a default file in the next release; so that all mods could add their lang vars to the one file rather than have different lang_extend_this mod, * that_mod etc.

I don't suppose it really matters either way.

Since every lang_extend_*.php file is included by default, I guess there is no need to create a new one for mods... each user is free to customize it any way he likes... avoid wrong replacements and duplications with some mods.