Mambo and G2 embedding

I guess my problem is that you have to be logged on to Mambo to be able to see the Gallery link ...

And when I try to log on to the gallery thru the module I get a userID error ...

I'm not a coder ..
Has anyone any Idea of how I can prohibit the mambo user id to be passed to G2 login module. ......?

Thats a gallery2 embedded issue. G2 constructs the wrong path because it just strips the integration path you set in the options. Because the current url is not the integration path, it fails.
Thats an issue that is known (you can find many threads with this issue), i therefor hope it will be corrected in the next alpha. Until then, you can help yourself by setting the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] to your gallery2 integration path.

Thanks scroogie, you're right.

Adding $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = "/"; in the beggining of the modules/mod_galleryside.php does the trick.

Well, scroogie already wrote, and i've tested it also, it works ok only when embedUri is substring of $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] (or $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] is the root of the site).

It appears easy to correct, just ignore $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] when creating url strings.

There is another (unrelated) issue i discovered. I'm using macedonian localization in mambo (with utf-8 charset), and when the gallery component is loaded the date displayed in mambo is in english.

I added Mecedonian in modules/core/classes/GalleryTranslator.class and set it as default in the galery admin menu, and now it's displayed in macedonian but with ISO-8859-5 instead of utf-8.

I've tried to specify the correct locale in the GalleryTranslator.class, but failed. It should be "mk_MK.utf-8". Looks like this is a general problem with G2 localization.

Still, i think that G2 should not mess with the site locale when called thru Embed functions.

Workaround for this issue is to set the correct locale again at the end of the components/com_gallery2/gallery2.php file in DrBob's component.

For the record, I also tried to append the &Itemid=2 (in my case) to the embedURi string. As a matter of fact, I copy/pasted the links from my site and some links from DrBob's site (where G2 works just fine), and there seems to be no difference, except that mine doesn't show any images.

For the random image:
DrBob/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=x&g2_view=core:ShowItem&g2_itemId=y&g2_GALLERYSID=z
MySite/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=x&g2_view=core:ShowItem&g2_itemId=y&g2_GALLERYSID=z

For a thumbnail:
DrBob/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=x&g2_view=core:ShowItem&g2_itemId=y&g2_GALLERYSID=z
MySite/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=x&g2_view=core:ShowItem&g2_itemId=y&g2_GALLERYSID=z

Any ideas?

I've updated the mambo component and module to reflect that change - and I made a "transparent" matrix theme that looks good when gallery is embedded in mambo. They worked with the nightly from 31 march. Test before using on production sites etc etc

Here they are:

Personal discovery, which might be interesting to the rest of the class:

I had Mambo configured on a subdomain (mambo.mysite.com) and gallery on another (gallery.mysite.com), and I just couldn't get them to work together. Naturally, I had two folders (mambo and gallery) in my public_html folder, and I configured each on its own subdomain. WRONG. Mambo just didn't want to access gallery (which, in hindsight, doesn't seem to be that out of the ordinary, considering that it tried to form URLs like "mambo.mysite.com/gallery/..." which obviously do not exist.

Solution: configured the mambo. subdomain to redirect to www .mysite.com/mambo, and configured Mambo (manually edited the configuration.php) main page as www .mysite.com/mambo. Worked like a charm. Hope that helps.

[edit] I'm not giving the address of my site here because it's not finished yet. Only the software is in place, and I have a load of pictures to upload. When I'll have at least a few shots in the gallery, I'll post the link here so you can have a look.

Like I said, there's nothing there, just the software. I have some 6GB of pics to process before creating the gallery proper. I've temporarily added 4 pics so that you can see the embedding at work. I'm using the latest mambo (4.5.2.1) and a recent G2 nightly (I think the one from 2nd or 3rd of april). I remember now having to upgrade, because the march 31st nightly didn't have the embedPath yet. Valiant, if you're happy with the way it works, you can commit it to CVS. Unfortunately I don't have time to develop it further, but maybe someone else can take over the user integration.

Nice work ShadowX, one comment, one question.

Question: Is this the revised version of DrBob's work or completely different

Comment: Version number for the build(s) would be nice.

I tried testing these out. I get errors when I try to install the module and component into Mambo.

The original module and component at the beginning of this thread installs/uninstalls fine but these give me this error when I try to install them:

Upload component failed:
public_html/media/install_42546e9391a5e/com_gallery2/gallery2.php does not exist!

I think they may have been packed wrong.

The download had folder com_gallery2/gallery2/<files>

I changed it to com_gallery2/<files> and it installed OK. :-?

I also have problem installing the module and component:
Installing module com_gallery or
mod_g2_sidebar I get:
Could not find an XML setup file in the package.

mmmm did that, and still prob. It is looking like this now:
mod_g2_sidebar.zip
drwxr-xr-x 5 steinmag steinmag 170 7 Apr 16:30 module
./module:
-rw-r--r-- 1 steinmag steinmag 3230 4 Apr 17:12 mod_galleryside.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 steinmag steinmag 544 4 Apr 17:12 mod_mostrated.xml

com_gallery2.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 steinmag steinmag 4293 4 Apr 17:12 admin.gallery2.html.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 steinmag steinmag 4075 4 Apr 17:12 admin.gallery2.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 steinmag steinmag 4077 4 Apr 17:12 gallery2.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 steinmag steinmag 3542 4 Apr 17:12 gallery2.xml
drwxr-xr-x 4 steinmag steinmag 136 7 Apr 16:30 images
-rw-r--r-- 1 steinmag steinmag 1237 4 Apr 17:12 toolbar.gallery2.php

Same error messages. Strange....
Using Mambo 4.5.1a Stable and Apache/1.3.33 (Darwin) PHP/5.0.3

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Stein

Funny... I didn't get any errors at all. Maybe upgrading will solve your issues - I use 4.5.2 and a G2 nightly (3 or 4th of April, version 0.9.6). Of course I tested this before publishing it here, wouldn't anyone?

By the way, I've put together a small demo site, with a howto describing what I've done, and the pitfalls I barely escaped from. I'll keep it there for a while - I don't have my contents up and running anyway. You can find it at www.loridani.net . Hope it helps. If you find any bugs, please let me know as well (or post them here).

[update] I just checked the sister thread on the mambo forums: http://forum.mamboserver.com/showthread.php?t=22917&page=2&highlight=gallery+integration . It's been made sticky and it's the first thread on the Custom Development forum (title is "Gallery Menalto team is looking for Mambo developers to help"). Hopefully we'll get someone to help us with the user authentication as well.

[update 2, to keep this small] Stein, don't remove the "modules" dir from the modules component. That's why the modules are not displayed.

[update 3 final, for KAC] I checked in the mambo installation, and indeed the com_gallery2 folder doesn't have a gallery2 subfolder. On the other hand, the zip file from which I installed said component does have one. Most strange, this. In other words, me don't get it. I looked at DrBob's original zipfiles, and they also have the gallery2 subfolder in there (you may also check, they're on the first page of this thread). If you could install from a com_gallery2.zip that contains the gallery2 folder and then check with a file manager the \components\com_gallery2 and \administrator\components\com_gallery2 folders, that might shed some light on the issue. Here's the code from the gallery2.xml:

    <administration>
        <menu link="option=com_gallery">Gallery2</menu>
        <files>
            <filename>admin.gallery2.php</filename>
            <filename>admin.gallery2.html.php</filename>
            <filename>toolbar.gallery2.php</filename>
        </files>
        <images>
            <filename>images/logo-228x67.png</filename>
        </images>
    </administration>

I compared it with a few other components, and it looks just fine to me.

Hmm... maybe it's because I edited and then packed it under Windows? I continue to not get it.

Thanks for your work DrBob, Shadowx and Valiant!

The mod_g2_sidebar.zip has a mod_mostrated.xml that should be named mod_galleryside.xml. This also needs to be changed in CVS.

In DrBob's Mod_g2_sidebar.zip there is a mod_mostrated.zip as well as a mod_mostrated.php and mod_mostrated.xml. Is mod_mostrated part of the gallery release or is that what DrBob used for his template? I don't think its needed!

I also had problems installing the component until I repacked it from the com_gallery2 directory.

Attached is the sidebar module I used and here's what I did to create it:
1. I unpacked ShadowX's mod_g2_sidebar.zip
2. Renamed mod_g2_sidebar/module/mod_mostrated.xml to mod_g2_sidebar/module/mod_galleryside.xml.
3. Made a new zip from that contains /module/mod_galleryside.xml and /module/mod_gallerside.php (from the mod_g2_sidebar dir)

BTW if you want to reinstall the sidebar, make sure you delete the php and xml files as well as the database row in mos_modules.

hi

thx for the info...but i'm still having some problems to embed my gallery to mambo..can someone help me out?

mambo (v4.5.2) and gallery (v1.4.4 p6) is already installed and working fine alone..but now i want to embed my gallery to mambo...

i read ur thread...i downloaded those 2 zipped files and extracted it...then i copied the all files from the "gallery2" folder to my ftp account /public_html/gallery/contrib/mambo/.

then i logged in to mambo as a super administrator...chose "Components-->install/uninstall-->inserted the path (/public_html/gallery/contrib/mambo/gallery2.xml) -->Upload File & Install"

but then i get this message..

**** Upload component - Upload Failed
ERROR: Could not find an XML setup file in the package.

[ Continue ... ]

****Upload component - Failed
Installation file not found:
/home/mydomain/public_html/Mambo/media/install_4256f49778fc8/
[ Continue ... ]

what am i doing wrong? need help..thank you

jimmy

KAC, I hope someone who's familiar with Mambo and this integration can help you. As you see, there's noone really supporting the mambo integration.

- clear all your GALLERYSID cookies of the domain.
- try again to login.

yes i mean clearing the cookies on your pc.
if that didn't help, erm.
empty the folder g2data/sessions/
and try again deleting all GALLERYSID cookies on your pc.
it can't be anything else in standalone G2.

decomike,

I see two things that look wrong to me. Try this:

1) You have: Relative path to G2: /gallery_2
Should be: Relative path to G2: ../gallery_2
or
Should be: Relative path to G2: ./gallery_2

The "." period(s) before "/gallery_2" should be there.

2) You have: Path to mambo: /www
Should be: Path to mambo: /

Nothing after the "/"

Give that a go!

Ok, try the things I listed above with:

embedUri: index.php?option=com_gallery2

Take out the "&Itemd=69"

[kings]Egg, I'm a G2 dev and responsible for the integrations, i.e. I try to help people like you integrating G2 in other applications.
I just took a look at your code and have a couple of "improvements". It's great what you accomplished and you seem to understand the API of G2.

1. You don't use the GalleryEmbed API, (see embed.php in Gallery). It should simplify a lot. i.e. you create a G2 user manually .
That way you miss the mambo user <-> G2 user mapping.
And you if mambo also uses md5 for password hashes, you can set the G2 password directly, without using a random password.
2. And you call fetchusercount on each request which is kind of slow.

see my porposed solution:
http://gallery.menalto.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=25027&start=60#129275
the phpnuke integration uses also this pattern.

It would be great if you could also use the same pattern or tell me if you have a better solution.

KAC, still nothing. Still got nothing, nada, noppes, niets.

Right then.
Here's the latest version, complete with the recommended GalleryEmbed pattern for user logins. Thi s means that (hashed) Mambo passwords are now copied across along with full name and email data, so the user is cloned properly. It also makes the scripts smaller and faster. Thanks valiant! much easier with that method 8)
When I get round to it I'll probably add a CleanUserTables admin function to remove user data when the person has been removed from Mambo. Unless somebody else wants to do it of course!

[kings]Egg, great!
if a couple of you mambo guys have tested the new code, i will commit it to the G2 cvs repository.

[kings]Egg, i have just thought about my small code snippet. acutally, the second GalleryEmbe::init request could just be a GalleryEmbed::checkActiveUser request. it's a little faster... not that important though, because not that more fast.

see http://gallery.menalto.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=posting