Problems With vB Lightbox?

Hi all,

If you are having problems with the lightbox feature not working on your vB installation then try these steps.

To fix the lightbox problem I applied these steps:

1. Switch OFF vBSEO
2. Admin CP -> vBulletin Option -> Message Attachment Options -> Set "Use Image Lightbox" to Yes, Click
3. Admin CP -> Attachments -> Attachment Manager -> Set all the required file types (i.e jpeg, jpg and gif etc) "Thumbs" to YES
4. Admin CP -> Maintenance -> Update Counters -> Rebuild Attachment Thumbnails
5. Test Lightbox is working.
6. Switch ON vBSEO

Following the above steps caused the lightbox feature to work for me so hopefully it will help you also.

Regards

NOJ75

Thank you for sharing the details Jon!

No problem Oleg

wow i tried this and when i switched of vbseo it worked but turned back on it didnt work ..does anyone know any issues ..only thing changed on my forum was i did upgrade to 3.7.5 ? also i paid vbseo to install there product ..

do you use that anti-leech mod from .org? i've seen that cause issues

no i have not i will unistall one mod i did put on not sure if related or not since you reminded me of it .

okay was not the mod i installed called sorkey ...so at a lost right now ..going threw my template to see if it was an update .


do i need a patch or anything going from 3.7.4 to 3.7.5 ?

i went threw template and all the changes are done correctly. It was something when updating from 3.7.4 to 3.7.5 ... i have went ahead and installed 3.7.4 on test machine and it work fine ..and 3.7.5 works fine also ..but if i have vbseo it fails.

okay got it fixed and wanted to post this .... please read this thread and do the above fix. This cured the lightbox issue. here is some of it

this was posted by joe ward and thank you for it ...it should be changed for vbseo 3.7.5 also in the header too for people that have updated to that and it broke some things ..here is the original link ..title should include 3.7.5 like i have mention to makme it easier on people

vBSEO 3.2.0 Users - Patch Required for vBulletin 3.8 Update



vBSEO 3.2.0 Users - Patch Required for vBulletin 3.8 Update
vBulletin 3.8 was released today, and includes a new feature for easier Google AdSense integration. You can read the official announcement here:
vBulletin 3.8.0 Released - vBulletin Community Forum

As vBulletin Team member Mike Sullivan indicated in the announcement, there is a known incompatibility with vBSEO 3.2 and vBulletin 3.8 / 3.7.5.

It's a really simple fix, but it breaks basic functionality throughout the platform, that's why everyone must apply the patch (simply replace vbseo.php from the download location) or do the file edit (for those with coding experience only) described here while upgrading to vB 3.8 or 3.7.5.

Our vBSEO 3.2.5 compatibility update is due out soon. However, after communicating with the team at Jelsoft, we decided to release an immediate patch for vBSEO 3.2 for customers who choose to upgrade to vB3.8/3.7.5 prior to the launch of our full update.

Here is the vBSEO 3.2 patch for vBulletin 3.8/3.7.5 users:
http://www.vbseo.com/attachments/f24...o320-vb375.zip

now i am checking to see if this has cause any issues.

okay i have went threw and check forum and there are no issues at all anymore ..just wanted to thanks joe ward for seeing this was incompatablity issue. I hope this thread helps others .,

This still occurs for me in vb 3.8.3 using vbSEO 3.3.0. The thumbnail shows, but clicking on it for lightbox viewing results in a lightbox that just hangs and eventually redirects to the image.

I'm pretty sure it has to do with this line in vbseo.php:

Code:

vbseo_set_self('attachment.' . VBSEO_VB_EXT . '?attachmentid=' . $atm[1] . (isset($atm[3])?'&thumb=1&stc=1':''))

That function has shown itself to me to be problematic when dealing with query strings in general (it was impossible to sort forum display). Here, by doing some checks, I was able to tell that it strips some important details like SECURITYTOKEN.

I'll see if I can improve this function to preserve the existing query string items when adding the ids to it.

EDIT: Nope. The server is actually receiving a GET request rather than POST. I can't see where or why this would happen.

As the lightbox is more important for my site, I guess I just won't use vbSEO to rewrite the attachment URLs. It's working with that option disabled.

Hello Ted ,

Please try adding .att extension to the end of your attachment rewrites. It looks like your server is trying to serve attachments as static files. If this will not solve the issue please create a support ticket with vBSEO Cp login info.

Adding an extension has no effect. With attachment rewriting on, vbulletin_lightbox.js actually sends a GET request even though the file explicitly calls for POST. Not sure about how it's trying to serve them... Do you mean that storing attachments in the file system may be an issue?

What is your current attachment rewrite settings is set to ?

[attachment_id]/