Based on user requests we have added YouTube search and video submission form auto-fill so users no longer have to leave your site to submit their videos. We were going to wait until we completed some other features such as categories and comments but the search and submit feature is so cool we didn't want anyone to have to wait.
Video Tube is an XOOPS module that provides the ability to manage and view YouTube videos taking advantage of the YouTube video embedding feature. The module provides configurable display formats, user submission interface, admin interface for reviewing and publishing videos, variety of blocks including Random, Most Viewed and Latest, and a Video Help page to assist visitors in making video submissions.
- Video display formats are configurable
- Interface provided for visitor submissions
- Admin interface for reviewing and publishing submissions
- Video thumbnails display Tool Tip submission info
- Number of views recorded for each video
- Random, Most Viewed and Latest blocks provided
- Blocks available in both horizontal and vertical display formats
- Video Help page provided to assist visitors in making submissions
- NEW View By User feature which provides a full list of all video
submitters. All columns provide sort ascending and descending links.
List also provides submitters' statistics.
- NEW Submitter column added in the Admin section when viewing Video Submissions and Published Videos.
- NEW Provide improved page navigation using built-in Pagenav class.
We have most of the defects resolved in the latest version of Video Tube (v1.3). If anymore defects are uncovered they will generate a v1.4 release. Now we are looking to the future and planning the next major release which will be Video Tube v2.0 and it will have several enhancements and new features.
We are still considering the addition of MySpace videos as well. We have developed experimental software to test embedding of MySpace videos. The embedding is not too difficult but acquiring the thumbnails is very complex. To get the thumbnail for a specific video you must request an rss feed containing the video information, parse the xml result and drill through the attributes to get the path and filename of the associated thumbnail.
Update release 1.3
- Fixed bug Video Display Format parameter was initialized to an incorrect
value resulting in no videos appearing on the index page. Now the default will
always come up as 3 column on a new install of the software
- Added PHP_SELF assign in user_features.php
This update contains two bug fixes. The paging routine has been modified for enabling/disabling Next Page link to ensure proper operation when last page appears. The major change is that we removed the $HTTP_GET_VARS segment due to a potential security risk.
Video Tube is an XOOPS module that provides the ability to submit and view YouTube videos taking advantage of the YouTube video embedding feature. Video Tube is an XOOPS module that is part of CVD's KISS modules. KISS stands for Keep It Simple Series. The module provides the ability to manage YouTube videos and display them on your site taking advantage of the video embedding feature available through YouTube.
The module provides configurable display formats, user submission interface, admin interface for reviewing and publishing videos, six different blocks including Random, Most Viewed and Latest, and a Video Help page to assist visitors in making video submissions.
- Video display formats are configurable
- Interface provided for visitor submissions
- Admin interface for reviewing and publishing submissions
- Video thumbnails display Tool Tip submission info
- Number of views recorded for each video
- Random, Most Viewed and Latest blocks provided
- Blocks available in both horizontal and vertical display formats
- Video Help page provided to assist visitors in making submissions
