MyBB Mods Submissions
Take a look at the Modifications and Plugins page at MyBB Mods. Notice anything? There are now 200 different downloads available for MyBB 1.2, of which around 175 are plugins. Similarly, 68 themes are now available for MyBB 1.2, and that number is steadily increasing. I dare say the current theming contest at MyBB Fans could have something to do with the increasing number of themes cropping up not just at MyBB Mods, but around the MyBB community in general.
Anyway, since the 200 limit has now been reached, I thought I’d share a little something. I moved back home again yesterday after finishing my second year at university. Today, I decided to sit back and make a start on a few improvements planned for MyBB Mods. The first of these improvements is to do with download previews. The current system is very old and has needed updating for sometime now. Currently, authors can link to two URLs to provide previews of their submissions. In order to bring the preview feature up to date, authors will soon be able to submit images with their submissions, which will then be shown automatically on the download information page (thumbnails will be shown in the case of large images). The system will work in a similar way to the MyBB attachment system, in that you’ll be able to upload the attachment and add it to the submission. There will be a limit on the number of images which can be attached to submissions. Although that limit hasn’t yet been decided, it will be more than two, which is all that the current URL based system allows for.
Fancy a screenshot?
I should point out that the values entered into the form in the above screenshot are blank by default, however I placed information into them for the purpose of the screenshot.
The system is a long way from finished and there are several other features I want to create/improve upon before any of them go live. I’ll be working on them over the summer however, with a little bit of enjoying summer too. I’m sure I’ll post some more information soon though.
Bobby Says:
Excellent decision to allow the uploading of images. Might I just add:
- The ability to include those images/thumbnails within the description
- The ability to select some default licences, ie. using a dropdown menu select GPL or Custom, if the user wants to enter there own.
Apart from that, well done!
June 10th, 2007 at 23:49 ·