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Vodpod Video Gallery Module for Drupal

Someone asked for a Drupal version of this video gallery a while back, so I ported it over. This is the first Drupal filter module that I’ve done so I welcome any feedback on how I might improve it. If I did anything in a non-standard way, please let me know.

Consider this a “Beta” version and use it at your own risk!

This module was built and tested on Drupal 5.

Download: vodpod_video_gallery_v_03

Description:

This module is based on Vodpod and creates a video gallery from a Vodpod account. Vodpod is a great tool for collecting videos. You can download a browser toolbar so that all you have to do is click a button when you are viewing a video and it will insert it into your Vodpod account, which will then allow it to appear in your Drupal gallery automatically.

Multiple video galleries within one Drupal site is also supported. You may also specify a tag name in order to limit your gallery to a subset of your vodpod videos.

This module looks best on themes that have a content area that is wider than the video player (425px). It has been tested in Firefox, Safari, IE 7, IE 6, and IE 5. If you find bugs, please let me know and I will try to fix those as soon as possible.

Installation:

1. Copy the vodpod_video_gallery folder to your modules directory.
2. Activate the Vodpod Video Gallery module from your admin modules page.
3. Go to the admin/settings/vodpod_video_gallery page to configure your Vodpod account name.
4. Go to the admin/settings/filters page and add the Vodpod Video Gallery filter to the input format(s) you plan to use. If using the ‘Line break converter’ filter, you will want to reorder your filters so that it comes before the Vodpod Video Gallery filter.
5. Put the text [vodpodgallery] into any page.
   Alternatively, for multiple pods on one drupal site, you can specify the pod name: [vodpodgallery podname]
   You can also specify pod name, number of thumbnails per page, and height of the iframe that holds the thumbnails (in that order): [vodpodgallery podname 16 280]
   You can also specify a tag in order to limit your gallery to a specific subset of videos: [vodpodgallery podname:tagname 16 280] or [vodpodgallery podname:tagname]