Moderation Module

Hi all, I have a gallery where users can register, create an album and upload images. I looked for a module that would permit me to preview items before they appeared on the page (for every user), but I found nothing.

I wrote one myself for Gallery 2 (well, very simple I think... I've not completely figured out Gallery 2 coding structure, I used another one as a start) and I would like to share it with the community, but I don't know how... Could you give me some hint?

Sorry if I posted to the wrong Forum, or if the module was alredy developed and I didn't find it, but I'm quite new to Gallery...

Bye

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My Gallery : www.facceitaliane.it

Ok, thank you for your answer.

I attached a small .tar.gz file to this post, it contains the whole subdir of the module: just place it in your modules/ directory and use "install -> activate" from Administration Page.

It's based upon Quotas Module, so you'll easily find some references (as well as some original comments... sorry).

I don't know how Gallery Database/Structure works, so if someone could please help... ;)
By now to use you need to manually create a table in your gallery2 database; table structure follows:

CREATE TABLE `ToApprove` (
`g_id` varchar(11) NOT NULL default '',
`ownerid` varchar(11) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`g_id`)
) TYPE=MyISAM;

HOW THE MODULE WORKS:
It's quite simple: when a user uploads a file, the module removes any permission to view it. Only the admin has this ability. The admin page shows elements in "ToApprove" table and you have to take an action: if approved, permission are restored; otherwise the item is deleted. In either case the element is removed from "ToApprove" table.

Also, if a user removes the last item in his root album, the module hides the album itself (well, I think it... never tested quite well... ;) ).

And what if you want a newly registered user not to show his empty root album (if it has been just created, it would be obviously empty)? My solution was to modify UserAlbumHelper.class in modules/useralbum/ but I'm not sure it was a good solution... Just if you're interested, I removed the ability for the user to edit item permssions and commented out "$viewPermissions..." section to hide the item from public view.
Moderation Module will restore public view permissions on first album's item approve.

The module lacks configuration (e.g.: admin should be able to define his own permissions... etc...)...

Just try it if you are interested and feel free to improve it!

Bye

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My Gallery : www.facceitaliane.it

hi, i update the module for the blackjack release 2.1

Now the plugin function, if there are a problem, contact me :

yes it's marvelous plugin, i will be happy when someone help me to update the module tagg

In the next release it would be great if we can :

- display the name of album where upload picture
- create a template after upload to indicate for user that their picture is pending and after validate by the admin
- get a confirmation by mail when the picture has been validating

Anyone working on or supporting this mod?

Please give your feedback if your done testing, like to know it. Thanks in advance.

I was able to getthis fixed. I replaced this code return array(GalleryStatus::success(), with this

return array(GalleryStatus::success(), I'm not sure of the difference, but I copied this snippet from the dev tutorial. and it worked... maybe just a coincidence.

I fixed this by replacing the offending code with
return array(null, true);

Then after creating the needed table using the sql given earlier in this thread everything was working great.

Have have noticed a bug which needs fixing though.
When I post a picture using the admin account it appears in the album immediately which is correct.
However it is also appearing on the moderate list in the admin pannel, even though it is already showing in the gallery.

I think all admin posts should be displayed without any moderation.

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To allow you to view my comments and ideas in perspective you should know that my gallery has:
No registered users
I add all pictures using the admin account
Guests can only post to an album called public
Once a guest has added a pic they cannot do anything else to it, ie delete
I am testing this mod on my local machine so these changes will not show on my website (for a while)

http://www.kraftwrk.com/gallery2

So that users are aware of their posts not showing until they have been approved I have added the following to
modules\core\templates\ItemAddConfirmation.tpl at line 15, so the original message plus my extra text is displayed.

{if $user.isAdmin == false}
<br />
{g->text one="Your image will need to be approved before it will be publically displayed, this should take around 24 hours."
many="Your images will need to be approved before they will be publically displayed, this should take around 24 hours."
count=$ItemAddConfirmation.count arg1=$ItemAddConfirmation.count}
{/if}

Hmm... now I'm having a bit of trouble. Whenever a user submits a photo, they get this error:

I'm running Gallery 2.1.1 and youpi's version of this for Gallery 2.1.

Line 124 of GalleryPhpVm.class is: return header($string, $replace);

ModerateOption.inc is 117 lines long (no kidding), so I have no idea what the 118 means. I'm pretty new at PHP, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

I've just added a Rewrite rule to module.inc to make it simple to reach the moderation page

    
    /**
     * @see GalleryModule::getRewriteRules
     */
    function getRewriteRules() {
		return array(
		array('comment' => $this->translate('Moderate'),
		      'match' => array('view' => 'moderate.AdminModeration'),
		      'pattern' => 'moderate',
		      'help' => $this->translate('Open Moderation Page to approve or reject new Items uploaded to the Gallery'),
		    ));
    }

but something doesn't work, the commit button is not functional... only if I go to the admin pages directly... where s' my error?

See you!
Lutz

Gallery version = 2.2-svn core 1.1.15
PHP version = 5.1.4 apache2handler
Webserver = Apache/2.2.3 (Win32) DAV/2 PHP/5.1.4 mod_ssl/2.2.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8b
Database = mysql 5.0.22-log,
Theme=PGtheme,
Gallery-URL=http://lf-photodesign.de

should it be 'view' => 'core.SiteAdmin', 'subView' => 'moderate.AdminModeration' ?
(just a guess, i haven't used this module)

Nice

I thought for the sake of simplicity I'd make most of the changes here and upload the bundle for those aren't comfortable editing things themselves. The only change I haven't made to this bundle was the re-write rule and that's because I'm familiar enough with where things go to do it. I've also not added anything to execute the SQL script needed to generate the table. With all the GUI managers for MySQL around, it shouldn't be that hard to do.

DISCLAIMER: I wrote none of this. I take no credit and no responsibility for any of it ;)

Is there a way that I can have:

When approving the images; I want to show the original uploader instead of Admin/founder (me) being the owner?

Also, when approving, is there a way I can select which album I want it to go in instead of approving then moving the image?

Thanks for the help, I'm falling in loave with this

Anyone?

Would be useful to be able to have an email sent to the administrator when there are new images to moderate.
Any idea how this could be implemented?
Thanks

I'm hoping to make the permissions for approved images the same as the default settings for the album they are uploaded to. Or just pre-define permissions:

- "Everyone" can view all sizes, view comments, view ratings,
- "Registered Users" can view all, add comments and add ratings.
- "Owner" has no specific permissions.
- "Admins" have all access.

Can anyone help with how to hack the module to make these permissions possible?

This all great stuff...

Can anyone hack this to do the same trick with comments? Please?

Yes, email when a photo is submited is needed!!

also, i did not relize this at 1st, but this moderates EVERY BOBY! any one know how to mod the script so that users with permissions to an album can upload with out moderation?

also still looking for a way other users can be added as moderators with out being added as site admins.

thanks.

i'm not very comfortable yet editing this script my self. did you already mod it to email the admins when there needs an approval? if so can you reupload that version here?

Was there ever a fix for this

Fatal error: Undefined class name 'gallerystatus' in /mnt/Target01/328594/www.vgrealms.com/web/content/modules/gallery2/modules/moderate/module.inc on line 67

?

Also, is it supposed to show the thumbnail in the Moderate admin section, or just the Pid? All I see is the Pid and the approve and delete check boxes. The module works, but it just seems pointless if you can't see the picture.

I just had to move my whole website to a different server. So I reinstalled gallery to a new DB and went for the Full version this time since it already has things like moderate installed for me. Anyway, now when I try to delete just 1 photo, I get this error

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/******/public_html/modules/mGallery2/gallery2/modules/moderate/module.inc on line 144

but if I delete 2 or more, it works fine. I've tried to reupload the whole moderate module but nothing is working. I've also tried to reup my old version of moderate from my old website and it still does this. Any suggestions?

Hi! I am new to Gallery and to this forum. I did try to install the Moderate module on my Gallery 2.2 web site (by uploading the moderate folder in my modules folder, permissions are 755 everywhere) and while i see the module in the list, clicking "install" does nothing. Do I have to make something else to make it work (changing the database...)? Thank you for your help. I am very impress by the power of Gallery and its modules, I really need this module to be able to use Gallery for a new project.

Attached is an updated but untested new version of moderate module.

• I did some cleanup and fixed a few errors.
• The original code required you to create your own database table and worked only with mysql. Now it uses the G2 database API so the table is created for you and works with all our supported databases.
• The admin view still references imageblock module, so thumbnails only appear in that view if imageblock is active.

Hope this helps..

sorry, I used the new format for schema.tpl that doesn't work with gallery 2.1.x. download the attachment above again, I think I have it using the old style now, so it should work for G2.1.x and 2.2.x.