CheersnGears Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 We use a few custom media tags, the most important of which is the ability to display Adobe PDFs inside a post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevengeFNF Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I have discussed this already in the Pre Release Board, but i can say again this is one of the core features for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersnGears Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 They asked for a list of what we felt was missing. I'm doing my best to provide that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DKiwi Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Agree with topic starter. It's things like this that are making me give switching over to Xenforo more and more thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersnGears Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 So it looks like the media tags do translate over properly during an upgrade... but we still need the ability to post these going forwardI have a PDF embedded in a post as an example here. http://4dot.cheersandgears.com/topic/82725-december-2013-ford-motor-company/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Charles Posted March 2, 2015 Management Share Posted March 2, 2015 You can create custom editor buttons that can put in custom code. Is that what you're after? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersnGears Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 You can create custom editor buttons that can put in custom code. Is that what you're after? It's been so long since I installed that mod, but it sounds like what you suggest could be the fix. Yes, we do use a button in the editor to embed these in posts in 3.4.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersnGears Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 It looks like I did PDF via a custom BBCode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Charles Posted March 2, 2015 Management Share Posted March 2, 2015 Yeah you can create custom buttons. I'm not sure how the PDF one works but you can do a button that wraps custom code around it. So like:<whatever that magic code is>{content}</magic code>And it replaces {content} with what you type in the modal. Works like the code button here does. I am making one to do tip and warning boxes in our documentation. So I will be able to highlight text and it will wrap it in a custom code to make a pretty box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadel Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 You can create custom editor buttons that can put in custom code. Is that what you're after? I need this for youtube videos How do i accomplish adding a custom button to the editor? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikki Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I need this for youtube videos How do i accomplish adding a custom button to the editor? thanks YouTube videos are now automatically embedded - just paste a link to the video and it'll appear in the post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicaSkas Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I would love to see an HTML editor re-enabled in posts that allows me to add and embed Media tags the way I used to, especially for SoundCloud links, Vine links, and Instagram links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikki Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 SoundCloud and Instagram also automatically embed now - no separate tag needed. I suspect embedding Vine would be a pretty easy thing to set up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Charles Posted March 2, 2015 Management Share Posted March 2, 2015 You can also still have a raw HTML editor but of course that's an admin option and one we do not suggest you enable for the general public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 While we support custom editor buttons (which is ideal for something like pdf, where you want to use an iframe or an embed HTML tag to embed it), we also support oembed out of the box. We define several oembed services we support out of the box, but a plugin author could easily add support for others. See \IPS\Text\Parser::oembedServices() (which is intentionally abstracted in the way it is to allow third party developers to extend it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersnGears Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 SoundCloud and Instagram also automatically embed now - no separate tag needed. I suspect embedding Vine would be a pretty easy thing to set up too.So the question remains, is there a way for Admins to set up these embedding settings. It may not be media tags, but the ability for individual admins to create their own is what we are aiming for here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikki Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 So the question remains, is there a way for Admins to set up these embedding settings. It may not be media tags, but the ability for individual admins to create their own is what we are aiming for here.Depending on what it is that needs to be embedded, it would be either a custom editor button, or a simple hook like Brandon described above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevengeFNF Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 While we support custom editor buttons (which is ideal for something like pdf, where you want to use an iframe or an embed HTML tag to embed it), we also support oembed out of the box. We define several oembed services we support out of the box, but a plugin author could easily add support for others. See \IPS\Text\Parser::oembedServices() (which is intentionally abstracted in the way it is to allow third party developers to extend it).Brandon, the difference here is that in 3.4.x everyone with little knowledge, could go to the ACP and create a Media Tag. Creating a plugin is a lot different and not everyone is able to do it.Also a button in CKEditor is different from a Media Tag, because in that case we need to click the button and post in a text box what we want. The Media Tag works like your oembed. We just put the link in the editor and its done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersnGears Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 Brandon, the difference here is that in 3.4.x everyone with little knowledge, could go to the ACP and create a Media Tag. Creating a plugin is a lot different and not everyone is able to do it.Also a button in CKEditor is different from a Media Tag, because in that case we need to click the button and post in a text box what we want. The Media Tag works like your oembed. We just put the link in the editor and its done.Yeah, but there were a lot of media tags hooks created for 3.4.x that were available in the marketplace and for free or super cheap. If you are in need of a media tag for some big existing service like Vine or Vimeo, I'm sure a dev will be along rather quickly to create a plug-in. Even if it isn't a big service, I'm betting that a dev can whip one up fairly quick.I think I'm satisfied enough with this one to mark it as [Found] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevengeFNF Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Yeah, but there were a lot of media tags hooks created for 3.4.x that were available in the marketplace and for free or super cheap. If you are in need of a media tag for some big existing service like Vine or Vimeo, I'm sure a dev will be along rather quickly to create a plug-in. Even if it isn't a big service, I'm betting that a dev can whip one up fairly quick. I think I'm satisfied enough with this one to mark it as [Found] I believe that. I just doubt they will be free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersnGears Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 I believe that. I just doubt they will be free There are lots and lots and lots of free ones for 3.4.7. Worst case scenario if you can't spend the $2 for a media tag that you really want. Download one of the free ones and look at the code to figure out how the author did it, then make your own. I am not a programmer, but even I could hack one of these together in very little time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Brandon, the difference here is that in 3.4.x everyone with little knowledge, could go to the ACP and create a Media Tag. Creating a plugin is a lot different and not everyone is able to do it. Also a button in CKEditor is different from a Media Tag, because in that case we need to click the button and post in a text box what we want. The Media Tag works like your oembed. We just put the link in the editor and its done. The reality is, they required regular expression and knowledge of how the third party service worked, so realistically they required developer intervention anyways for most services. oEmbed is more future-proof and reliable - as third party services change, the updates happen automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricw Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 While we support custom editor buttons (which is ideal for something like pdf, where you want to use an iframe or an embed HTML tag to embed it), we also support oembed out of the box. We define several oembed services we support out of the box, but a plugin author could easily add support for others. See \IPS\Text\Parser::oembedServices() (which is intentionally abstracted in the way it is to allow third party developers to extend it).I read the article, \IPS\Text\Parser::oembedServices(), but will you confirm something for me? This only works if, I am embedding content from within my site. If I try to embed content, from another site, I would need to use a custom button, where I would use an iframe or an embed HTML tag, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 No, this is for any oEmbed services. This is how youtube, twitter, Facebook, and others work. parseEmbeddableMedia() then checks all these services as well as internal URLs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 No, this is for any oEmbed services. This is how youtube, twitter, Facebook, and others work. parseEmbeddableMedia() then checks all these services as well as internal URLs. And how to get work zippy share in V.4? Can't ... except if you are a programming guru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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