I'm currently working with UMG and attempting to integrate into profiles and groups.

Current configuration:

• I've created a UMG instance for my main gallery on an accounts tab with "personal gallery" setup
• I've also created an "include module" set for "profile integration" which I have working off the main gallery and is viewable under the AS profile tab.
• I've modified "journaltools.ascx" to create a popup that loads the UMG upload controls and respects security based on the logged in user.

What I want to do next:

• Utilize the default AS image upload control in "journaltools.ascx" for groups. So that when a group page is visited, the standard control is used to upload group photos. Because UMG will not work off of group journal tools security for uploading group photos.
• Then utilize another UMG module set to "profile integration" and attempt to have it load in the groups photo tab with only those group photos. This module would be set to the default AS groups folders locations and attempt to work off of as group id for display.

Has anyone done something similar? Has anyone been successful in either UVG or UMG group integration? I'm suspecting any type of group integration is currently very limited with 3rd party mods.

My key strategy is to make sure the upload controls remain inside "journaltools.ascx" and use UMG/UVG for profiles and groups. I'm trying to move away from the standard AS photos implementation.

Thinking out load: I could add in the default AS image upload control side-by-side with my modified upload control, but that would be very confusing for end-users to see both controls, even with different names. I guess I could also target the page id and hide one control or the other based on group page, summary, or profile. Of course, another hack though to get my desired result. I'll wait for some replies before I move forward on this.

Just on a hunch, I tried copying all of journaltools.ascx into the group journal.ascx and it seems to be working. Now onto getting UMG to work.

@jeff, you continue to be a thought leader when it comes to making AS work. Can you be more specific about this statement? I am not sure what you mean by an accounts tab.

I've created a UMG instance for my main gallery on an accounts tab with "personal gallery" setup

A screen shot or two would go a long way to answering my questions.

I would like to try to emulate what you have done so far and then try to add some value along the way. I did an awful lot of UMG / UVG integration testing but could never get it all pulled together. I finally just took a break from that to focus on other stuff and see if any updates to either AS or the Biz Modules would make this easier. I guess I need to upgrade to the latest versions of UMG / UVG work some more on this.

However, I am still in a little bit of a holding pattern waiting for Will to get the patch for the DNN 6.1.1 jQuery loading issue resolved. It would be nice if he could respond to the requests made for an update on this. I have plenty of other work to keep me busy related to the marketing side of my site launch plan, but would really like to put this one jQuery issue to bed so that I can feel comfortable that my DNN 6.1.1 upgrade is stable enough to move forward with.

I've basically created an account tab that houses other modules for updating (still working on it), such as......

- Direct interface to UMG to allow for photo editing, adding, removing, etc. I make a call to this module in the journaltools.ascx that only works on file upload and loads that module control only inside a dnnModal. From the journal, if any other options are selected in the dnnModal, then the user is directed straight to the module on the account tab. Not ideal but it works without any issues or error (right now).
- I plan to also add Article/Blog management to the accounts tab, and hook in a control in the journaltools.ascx that loads on the dnnModal to do the same thing.
- I also have group management, friend management all on the account tab.
- I also want to make the account tab a location that users can view all their own PA listings and also post to my PA instances from their account rather than having to go to the PA tab itself.

Whenever PA integrates into the AS journal, I hope to also add controls to journaltools for that as well. All my journaltools integration isn't really controls, it's all basically done through url manipulation and the use of what DNN6 already has available.

This has been quite a bit of a learning curve and customization with a lot of damned roadblocks to overcome also. But I want make UI/UX as friendly as possible in the journal instead of my users having to jump all over the place to get something done. I also want to train them in knowing they can go to their account tab to get things done.

- Journal: Basic activity tools
- Account: Power tools
- Profile: Display User activity



Right now I have an issue on postback for the paging controls in UMG whenever it's placed in one of the AS tabs. I've scoured the AM forums and have been doing a lot of testing to get this to work, but I keep getting an error whenever I try to use paging in an AS tab.



I'm still on 6.0.2 because of this and also because I'd seen all the issues reported with 6.1. I can't wait to start working with the new release but there are obvious issues that need resolved first.