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- [HACK]b2media, adding links and images from AWS
1 personman Mar 16, 2005 03:23
3 personman Sep 20, 2005 17:49
I rewrote part of this hack to use cURL to connect to Amazon rather than fopen. My new webhost doesn't allow fopen with urls, so the hack was broken until I changed it. If your webhost doesn't have cURL loaded, it will fall back on fopen.
4 lazarbihms Sep 21, 2005 17:55
personman wrote:
I rewrote part of this hack to use cURL to connect to Amazon rather than fopen. My new webhost doesn't allow fopen with urls, so the hack was broken until I changed it. If your webhost doesn't have cURL loaded, it will fall back on fopen.
This is such an awesome hack. Would it be possible to make a version that could be called as a standalone php page?
5 personman Sep 21, 2005 18:00
Thanks! I'm not sure I understand your question. Do you mean can the backend (where you search for an Amazon item) be called as a standalone page? You can go directly to /admin/b2media.php rather than using the button in the edit area. Or do you mean stand-alone as in separate from b2evolution?
6 lazarbihms Sep 21, 2005 19:03
personman wrote:
Thanks! I'm not sure I understand your question. Do you mean can the backend (where you search for an Amazon item) be called as a standalone page? You can go directly to /admin/b2media.php rather than using the button in the edit area. Or do you mean stand-alone as in separate from b2evolution?
I'm looking for a standalone, that would not require a b2evo. ADD CODE TO POST would just copy to clipboard.
7 personman Sep 21, 2005 20:40
You can download the script that this hack is based on here: [url=http://www.chipdir.nl/amazon/]Jaap's Amazon Scripts[/url].
Or you could make this modification to change the add code to post button to a textarea with the code ready to be copied.
Open b2media.php and find
<form>
<input type="button" name="close" value="<?php echo T_('Add the code to your post !') ?>" class="search" onclick="targetopener('<?php echo "<img src="$imgurl" border="0" alt="" /><br /><a href="$url">".addslashes($pname)."</a> by ".addslashes($d); ?>');self.close()" />
</form>and change it to:
Copy this code to your post:<br />
<textarea rows="6" cols="80"><?php echo "<img src="$imgurl" border="0" alt="$pname" /><br /><a href="$url">$pname</a> by ".addslashes($d); ?></textarea>Then just point your browser directly at b2media.php (or rename it if you want.)
8 lazarbihms Sep 21, 2005 21:15
Ok I've been working on making a standalone version of the b2media script. If you want to see the end result, see [url=http://mrshiney.froppy.com/amazon.php]here[/url]. I'm not 100% happy with it yet (I'm new at this PHP stuff) but it seems to work. ;-)
The script is pretty long to post here. If anyone wants a copy, PM me here and I'll send it.
9 lkahney Nov 11, 2005 18:12
danny,
what happened to the sideblog.txt file in the zip download? why is it no longer included?
btw, the 'Add Media' button works like a charm. very easy to install, works as advertised and will save a ton of time. great plugin. many thanks.
10 personman Nov 11, 2005 18:33
I don't know why I didn't put that in the zip when I was upgrading the script. I pulled the relevant code back out of my skin. This should do the trick, more or less.
11 personman Jan 12, 2006 21:56
I've updated this to be a real plugin for b2evolution 1.7. I editing the first post with more info and a link if you want to try it out.
12 lexagon Jun 04, 2006 18:51
Hello Danny,
trying to dl your file from http://brendoman.com/dev/blogs/plugins/_b2media.plugin.php.txt gives me a no-no-page stating "Please, do not access this page directly."
Trying to be smart and just selecting 'download target as...' on the links context menu also gives me only a text file containg the line "Please, do not access this page directly."
What am I missing? Thank you for your help!
'lex
13 personman Jun 04, 2006 21:56
I fixed that problem. Here's the new url:
14 lexagon Jun 04, 2006 22:35
Hello Danny, thx, could download it without any pains now :)
Can't seem to get it to work tho. :(
2 reasons I can think of:
a) Is it because the /plugins folder (not a subdirectoryof that?) wasn't the correct place to put it?
b) I was under the impression that 0.9.1 (which I run) was "younger" / newer than 1.7 (I've read somewhere here that the numbering isn't consistent) and therefore tried it despite your mentioning that it's no go below ver 1.7.
No chance with 0.9.1? (Please bear with me, since I am rather a freshman to b2evo). :oops:
Thanks for your patience and your help.
Best regards,
'lex
15 lexagon Jun 04, 2006 22:39
uh, where IS that 1.7 anyways? - Highest version I can find at the Downloads page is 1.6 alpha, and on SF there's 0.9.2 on display .. 8|
16 personman Jun 04, 2006 22:50
No, the plugin won't work with 0.9.1, but the first post (everything below the "--------------") is instructions for 0.9.1. Here's the zip file you need for the 0.9.1 version of the hack:
http://www.brendoman.com/images/danny/b2media-both.zip
btw, if you want the very newest developement code, you can find instructions on how to get it [url=http://manual.b2evolution.net/CVS_version]here[/url]. It's not a good idea to use the CVS code unless you know exactly what you're doing.
17 lexagon Jun 05, 2006 15:24
Hey, Danny, thanks for the hint! Works as advertised; great!! :-) Best regards, 'lex
18 dthardy Jun 24, 2006 17:06
I get the following error when I click the "Add Media" button.
Notice: Use of undefined constant lite - assumed 'lite' in C:\Websites\blogs\admin\b2media.php on line 96
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: curl_close() in C:\Websites\blogs\admin\b2media.php on line 311
I can't seem to find an answer. What is the problem and fix. Thank you in advance for your help.
19 regulus Jul 07, 2006 08:56
What happened to the sideblog code? Anybody got it?
20 personman Jul 07, 2006 15:07
I've made that into a plugin, too. I'll try to get it released soon.
21 bryce_i Jul 15, 2006 05:33
I tried installing this on 1.8, but the file 'tools.php' has disappeared. Will this work with 1.8, or is a major rewrite necessary?
22 personman Jul 15, 2006 05:52
I've got it working on my 1.8-beta blog. I just need to clean it up and release it. Coming soon.
23 notkristina Aug 02, 2006 22:13
I'm having the same issue with 1.8. What has become of tools.php? The plugin looks like it's dying to work, because its admin and settings are working perfectly. personman, I'm very much looking forward to your release!
24 hippiemommy Aug 08, 2006 00:08
I'm having the same issue. I can't wait for the update!
25 cslepage Oct 11, 2006 20:21
This looks like a terrific plug in. Any progress reports for 1.8.2?
26 personman Oct 12, 2006 02:32
I just released my youtube, poll and star ratings plugins. Next up is the Amazon plugin. Sorry about the wait.
27 cslepage Oct 12, 2006 03:36
No need to apologize-- I appreciate the work you put into your plugins. Just curious!
28 personman Oct 12, 2006 20:43
The new plugin is [url=http://plugins.b2evolution.net/index.php/2006/10/12/evoamazon]here[/url]. The biggest change is that you can set a different Associates ID for each user.
29 cslepage Oct 18, 2006 04:37
This is great plugin-- thank you!
30 bryce_i Oct 18, 2006 22:04
Thank you for taking the time to update this and post it. I've been waiting for it ever since I caught wind of it.
/off to install
31 cslepage Oct 19, 2006 04:20
Do you know why when the plugin finds a book with multiple authors, it prints only the first author's name?
32 personman Oct 19, 2006 12:49
Yes I know why. It's because I'm an amateur. I just fixed that and uploaded the new zip. It should work the way it's supposed to now. Thanks for catching that.
33 cslepage Oct 21, 2006 06:13
Thank you sir. I proved my amateur status as well by updating the plugin and forgetting to insert my Amazon ID again. :)
34 cslepage Dec 03, 2006 20:25
I upgraded my blog
to 1.91, and it appears the evoAmazon plugin is not working. I can get to the administration area to search, but clicking on the "IMG" button does nothing.
35 cslepage Dec 09, 2006 05:08
Thanks for the update, Danny.
Is it my imagination, or did the "only print one of the authors" bug reappear in this version?
36 personman Dec 09, 2006 08:49
Good catch again. I fixed it and updated the zip file at AstonishMe.co.uk
37 stellamarie Sep 25, 2008 23:17
is this plugin still available?
38 cslepage Jul 16, 2009 11:42
Just received this from Amazon:
You are receiving this email because we have identified you as a user of the Amazon Product Advertising API (previously known as the Amazon Associates Web Service or the Amazon E-Commerce Web Service). If you are not aware that you use the API, that may be because you use it via a third-party script or application that calls the API.
We wanted to let you know that all Product Advertising API developers will be required to authenticate all calls to the Product Advertising API using request signatures by August 15, 2009. Calls to the Product Advertising API that are not signed will not be processed after August 15, 2009.If you are not the developer of the script or application you use that calls the API, or you are unsure how you are using the API, please contact the original developer of the script or application you are using to ensure that your site or application will comply with the signed requests requirement and will continue to work after August 15 2009.
We’d also like to take this opportunity to point out the resources available to help you make this change to your applications:
-The Developer Guide has details on what signed requests are and how to construct signed requests.
-Sample Code for Signed Requests is available in Java, C# and Perl.
-Our technical staff and other customers are available to answer questions on our Community Forums.
-Other resources can be found at the Product Advertising API home page.
Thank you for advertising our products and we look forward to sharing the revenue from these sales.
Sincerely,
The Product Advertising API Team
Great hack... works as advertised.