Instructions for using the Random Block

Instructions for installing the Random Block into *nuke, and standalone

standalone
Add the following to your PHP-based pages:

postNuke
Create a Core/PHP block with the following

if (pnModAvailable('your-gallery-name'))
        include("http://your.server/modules.php?op=modload&name=your-gallery-name&file=index&include=block-random.php");
else
        echo ' ';

Change the URL above to match the information for your server (your.server and your-gallery-name).

phpNuke 7
Create a Core/PHP block with the following
include("http://your.server/modules.php?op=modload&name=your-gallery-name&file=index&include=block-random.php");
Change the URL above to match the information for your server (your.server and your-gallery-name).

phpNuke 6
You must modify the themesidebox() function of each theme where you want to use this block. You need to add the following code at the top of the themesidebox() function:

          if (@file_exists($block[content])) {
                  $fp = fopen ($block[content], "r");
                  $block[content] = fread($fp, filesize($block[content]));
                  fclose ($fp);
                  $block[content] = "?>$block[content]<?";
                  $block[content] = eval($block[content]);
          } else if (eregi("^http", $block[content])) {
                  $fp = fopen ($block[content], "r");
                  $block[content] = fread($fp, 65535);
                  fclose ($fp);
          }

Then create an HTML block containing the following url - change the bold text to match the information for your server.

http://your.server/modules.php?op=modload&name=your-gallery-name&file=index&include=block-random.php

phpNuke 5
You must modify the themesidebox() function of each theme where you want to use this block. You need to add the following code at the top of the themesidebox() function:

         if (@file_exists($content)) {
                $fp = fopen ($content, "r");
                $content = fread($fp, filesize($content));
                fclose ($fp);
                $content = "?>$content<?";
                $content = eval($content);
        } else if (eregi("^http", $content)) { 
                $fp = fopen ($content, "r"); 
                $content = fread($fp, 65535); 
                fclose ($fp); 
        }
        

Then create an HTML block containing the following url - change the bold text to match the information for your server.

http://your.server/modules.php?op=modload&name=your-gallery-name&file=index&include=block-random.php

Is the "your-gallery-name" just "gallery" if I didn't change anything? Or is it the name which is displayed on the main gallery page? I used both, but nothing happens. Using both names didn't work out. http://jeffrey.degrijs.com/modules/gallery/block-random.php works

The code I entered in the php block:
if (pnModAvailable('gallery')) include("http://jeffrey.degrijs.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=block-random.php");
else
        echo ' ';

If i goit this right i just ad a sample block and put that code in it and change myserver and gallery name?

Photos should show up?

I get

Random Photos what i named the block.

The content you want in your new block goes here

Any help would be appreciated.

Whether someone tell me, how I can use the random block if I use Mambo?

Yea I have the module on my site, http://www.tommypavlik.polskiserwer.info
but it's not what I've been looking for.
The module has 2 bad sites:
- the first one is that I cannot indicate a patch to all gallery but only to one folder of images.
- the second one when I click on a random image, I don't get the same image in a full size, but I can only set in module configuration a path that can be used when I click a random image.
The bad sites cannot be accepted by me.
I've thought that there is any second method to put a random image block using the file "block-random" that You can find in gallery folder.
Are You sure that it ain't possible to use it?

Tommy

is it possible to resize an image with the existant random block?

or specify an album to pull random images from?

or can I make those feature requests for future tweaks?

(gallery 1.5 / postnuke .76rc4)

Did you get this running?

What are you using? Post nuke or PHPNuke?

Long file names cause the mambo Gallery Random Block module to exceed the column width they are enclosed in. Anyone got any pointers on how to manipulate this to wrap the image text? You can't turn the filename text off either.

Is this something I can add in the parameters section of the module?

or do I need to muck around with CSS?

Any help most appeciated!!!

I was struggling with the info provided here too and I went and look at the "how to" on phpnuke.org and a combination of the two got me working.

I am using nuke 7.5 and gallery 1.4.4. Here's my working code.

<?php
if (eregi("block-RandomGallery.php",$_SERVER[PHP_SELF])) {
Header("Location: index.php");  
die(); 
}

ob_start(); 
include("http://www.servernamehere.com/nuke/modules.php?op=modload&name=gallery-name-here&file=index&include=block-random.php");
$output = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean(); 
$content = $output;


?>

You can see this working at http://www.myworldofwarcraft.com

I have had this working and recently had to deny because of excessive traffic.... I denied the site the ability to redirect to itself apparently...LOL

It has eliminated my max mysql requests problem with postnuke and that is now solved... but now My random block won't work...

is the code not clean? is it getting into a constant loop of some sort?

It had approximately 30k hits from itself with merely 1300 visitors so far... wtf.. what have I done...

Using Postnuke 761
gallery 1.5.1
Pnphpbb2 12g + patches
Ipower Hosting (yeah I know Ipower isn't the best)
www.oceanodunes.org
let me know what you think of the error when inside the gallery or forums... it doesn't error on the index only inside the site... Like here http://oceanodunes.org/beta/index.php?name=Gallery&include=albums.php

I can't find the block-random.php file? Does this come by default with the gallery or do I have to create it?
Any help here is appreciated.

Same problem here, any help someone?

This may help someone. Im running Gallery 1.5.3 and PhpNuke 7.5.

1. Create a file called "block-random.php" in your notepad.
2. Insert the code below:

3. Upload the file to your "blocks" folder at your webserver.
4. Go to the admin panel in phpNuke and create a new block by selecting the "random" file.
5. The random image block should now be working.

Good luck

OK, is there a way to do this with basic PHP? As in, enter Dreamweaver, create a PHP file, write PHP code to display random images. I'm not on PostNuke or anything.