Display random images from Gallery2 on a website

AlyxTakla

Joined: 2008-02-19
Posts: 1

Posted: Tue, 2008-02-19 09:56

Hello,

Are there any codes available or is it at all possible to display random images from Gallery2 defined by keywords on another part of my website?

For example, I have an article and I would like random photos from the gallery to display on this article defined by keywords on the photos, so if the article was about Australia, photos tagged with the keyword 'Australia' would randomly rotate where the script was placed in the article (I hope this makes sense!)

Regards,
Alyx

floridave

Joined: 2003-12-22
Posts: 27300

Posted: Tue, 2008-02-19 14:42

You can use the imageblock module and specify a specific album to select from.

Dave
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cascoly

Joined: 2008-02-20
Posts: 21

Posted: Thu, 2008-03-06 22:11

i searched the doc, and it says you need an external imageblock, but i couldnt find any more info on how to actually do this -- i want to do something similar - display random images from a particular album on a webpage

any refs?

http://pix-now.com/main.php

steve

floridave

Joined: 2003-12-22
Posts: 27300

Posted: Thu, 2008-03-06 22:39

install the imageblock module:
http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery2:Modules:imageblock
the admin page of this module has directions for adding a external imageblock on a webpage.

Dave
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sork

Joined: 2008-03-16
Posts: 3

Posted: Sun, 2008-03-16 15:06

Is there a way to do this if it is not a php-page, but a html-page?
I know it is easy to change the page to php, but it is not my own page, and the user is not familiar with code.
The site is generated from a program (iweb) which has the ability to include a piece of html-code, like the code you can copy on youtube or flickr.

Is there a way to convert the rss-feed into html?
What I want is a thumbnail with a random picture from the gallery.

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Sun, 2008-03-16 16:11

Try this.

-s
FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

cascoly

Joined: 2008-02-20
Posts: 21

Posted: Sun, 2008-03-16 19:58

does the link for random images have to be a website that supports php? the admin for imageblock shows this:

<?php @readfile('http://pix-now.com/main.php?g2_view=imageblock.External&g2_blocks=randomImage&g2_show=title'); ?>

i can extract the url and alone it works fine, but when i try to embed it in a webpage, it doesnt find the picture. i can display normal links just fine [eg, the image at the top of http://cascoly.com/maps.asp - i want to have that page display a random picture from the gallery, not this hard coded one.

steve

floridave

Joined: 2003-12-22
Posts: 27300

Posted: Sun, 2008-03-16 20:20

The image block uses php this page: maps.asp, uses active server pages, not the same.
So try suprsidr suggestion.

Dave
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cascoly

Joined: 2008-02-20
Posts: 21

Posted: Sun, 2008-03-16 20:33

ok, thanks - i hadn't thought there'd be any problem including this on asp site, but now see there
s a difference between the direct link, and the random which needs to actually run a process. as might be obvious, php is new to me]

i did check out the slideshow, but it looked like overkill when i just wanted to display one random image each time someone accesses the page. i certainly dont want them to have to download dozens or hjundred thumbnails each time they move from page to page on my site. so, i'll look to see about setting up an ultramini slideshow of 1-3 images.

steve

floridave

Joined: 2003-12-22
Posts: 27300

Posted: Sun, 2008-03-16 20:41

You could try a iframe if you wish

Dave
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sork

Joined: 2008-03-16
Posts: 3

Posted: Sun, 2008-03-16 22:57

To suprsidr:
Thank you very much! It looks nice and works great.

HaroldM

Joined: 2008-01-05
Posts: 7

Posted: Fri, 2008-09-12 14:56

OK so I've got a random image displaying on my page but is there a way for it to show the description for each image? I see the only options are like title, heading, etc. but I was wondering how to display a description I entered for that image. I'm using this for a realty type site and it's displaying random pictures of houses for sale. For each image I enter in a description of like 2BR/2BA and want that displayed. Any way to do this? I thought maybe doing g2_show=summary would work but no luck. That just displays no text at all. I know I could just change the Title and I've done that for now but is there an easier way?

floridave

Joined: 2003-12-22
Posts: 27300

Posted: Fri, 2008-09-12 20:55

Quote:

I thought maybe doing g2_show=summary would work but no luck. That just displays no text at all.

Do you have text in the sunmmary? Copy the description to the summary.

I guess you could edit the imageblock module code to display the description instead of the summary.

Dave
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HaroldM

Joined: 2008-01-05
Posts: 7

Posted: Fri, 2008-09-12 20:57

I ended up putting the description in the Summary and that's working out for me just fine for now. I may look into editing the imageblock module if I have to go that route later on. Thanks for the help though.

lukedan

Joined: 2010-07-27
Posts: 52

Posted: Sat, 2010-08-14 19:58

Is this still working?
I tried with "g2_show=summary" but no results.

-My Gallery-
http://www.seibella.ro/poze

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Sat, 2010-08-14 20:33

mediaBlock has more options

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FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

lukedan

Joined: 2010-07-27
Posts: 52

Posted: Sat, 2010-08-14 21:12

suprsidr wrote:

mediaBlock has more options

-s
FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

Are you sure ?
I'm not seeing summary for UpdatesAlbum.

-My Gallery-
http://www.seibella.ro/poze

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Sat, 2010-08-14 21:32

edit line 505 instead of getTitle($item) use $item->getSummary()

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lukedan

Joined: 2010-07-27
Posts: 52

Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 09:18

Thanks but I need both: Title and summary
Can you help me in editing dynamic albums module? or imageblock module?
I can replace "data" or "owner"

-My Gallery-
http://www.seibella.ro/poze

lukedan

Joined: 2010-07-27
Posts: 52

Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 09:56

+ mediablock is not working for updatesAlbum - I need only albums, not pictures inside albums

-My Gallery-
http://www.seibella.ro/poze

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 12:42

Quote:

Thanks but I need both: Title and summary

Well, wouldn't it make sense to leave the title and add $item->getSummary()?

Quote:

I need only albums, not pictures inside albums

imageblock does the same.

-s
FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

lukedan

Joined: 2010-07-27
Posts: 52

Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 14:15

I put:
<?php @readfile('http://www.seibella.ro/poze/mediaBlock.php?mode=dynamic&g2_view=dynamicalbum.UpdatesAlbum&limit=11&useThumb=1&column=4');?>
on http://www.seibella.ro/test.html
Nothing happened
With
<?php @readfile('http://www.seibella.ro/poze/mediaBlock.php?mode=dynamic&g2_view=dynamicalbum.RandomAlbum&limit=11&useThumb=1&column=4');?>
everything is ok

http://www.seibella.ro/poze/main.php?g2_view=dynamicalbum.UpdatesAlbum
is ok

Any help?

-My Gallery-
http://www.seibella.ro/poze

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 14:27

in http://www.seibella.ro/poze/main.php?g2_view=core.SiteAdmin&g2_subView=dynamicalbum.DynamicAlbumSiteAdmin
make sure all are set to data items only.

working on mysite. http://www.flashyourweb.com/gallery2/mediaBlock.php?mode=dynamic&g2_view=dynamicalbum.UpdatesAlbum&limit=11&useThumb=1&column=4

-s
FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

lukedan

Joined: 2010-07-27
Posts: 52

Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 14:56

I set data items only
Now it brigs me pictures inside last album. It looks you have same situation. I see 3 cats from your '4 Maria" album.
I need only albums like in: http://www.seibella.ro/poze/main.php?g2_view=dynamicalbum.UpdatesAlbum

-My Gallery-
http://www.seibella.ro/poze

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 15:05

I was just thinking about that, I filter albums because they are only a container which may not have a thumb - breaking the script.
On my site the user albums quite often get created and the user does not upload anything hence no thumb.

But you can remove the album check and return to "show albums only"
mediaBlock.php line ~272:

                if (!($childItem->entityType == "GalleryAlbumItem")) {
                    $display .= getDisplay($childItem);
                }

to:

                $display .= getDisplay($childItem);

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FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 15:10

or add a REQUEST variable instead to disable the check so you don't break other dynamic operations by mistake:

                if (isset($_REQUEST['allowAlbums']) || !($childItem->entityType == "GalleryAlbumItem")) {
                    $display .= getDisplay($childItem);
                }

then you would add allowAlbums=true to your url: http://www.seibella.ro/poze/mediaBlock.php?mode=dynamic&g2_view=dynamicalbum.UpdatesAlbum&limit=11&useThumb=1&column=4&allowAlbums=true
only when you need to.

-s
FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

lukedan

Joined: 2010-07-27
Posts: 52

Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 15:31

It works.
Thanks a lot.

-My Gallery-
http://www.seibella.ro/poze

lukedan

Joined: 2010-07-27
Posts: 52

Posted: Mon, 2010-08-16 14:59

Any ideea how to have Description intead of Summary?
I tried "getDescription()" but no results
Thanks

suprsidr wrote:

Quote:

Thanks but I need both: Title and summary

Well, wouldn't it make sense to leave the title and add $item->getSummary()?

Quote:

I need only albums, not pictures inside albums

imageblock does the same.

-s
FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

-My Gallery-
http://www.seibella.ro/poze

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Mon, 2010-08-16 15:07

$item->getDescription()

in my jQuery version, I use the description for the hover tip - pretty cool.

-s
FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

lukedan

Joined: 2010-07-27
Posts: 52

Posted: Mon, 2010-08-23 12:31

Thanks suprsidr a lot.
You may see our result on http://www.seibella.ro/

-My Gallery-
http://www.seibella.ro/poze

lukedan

Joined: 2010-07-27
Posts: 52

Posted: Mon, 2010-08-30 18:30

Any chance to use friendlyurl for link?

-My Gallery-
http://www.seibella.ro/poze

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Mon, 2010-08-30 20:04

in gallery admin -> rewrite, you can setup embedded gallery to rewrite the links in the root of your site same as /poze/

-s
FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

lukedan

Joined: 2010-07-27
Posts: 52

Posted: Tue, 2010-08-31 06:58

Gallery allready use friendly url.
MediaBlock use "http://www.seibella.ro/poze/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26917&g2_serialNumber=4&g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT"
instead of
http://www.seibella.ro/poze/Coafuri-ocazie-mireasa-schimbari-look/10-07-Machiaj-coafura-nunta/

-My Gallery-
http://www.seibella.ro/poze

AlyxTakla Joined: 2008-02-19 Posts: 1	Posted: Tue, 2008-02-19 09:56
	Hello, Are there any codes available or is it at all possible to display random images from Gallery2 defined by keywords on another part of my website? For example, I have an article and I would like random photos from the gallery to display on this article defined by keywords on the photos, so if the article was about Australia, photos tagged with the keyword 'Australia' would randomly rotate where the script was placed in the article (I hope this makes sense!) Regards, Alyx
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floridave Joined: 2003-12-22 Posts: 27300	Posted: Tue, 2008-02-19 14:42
	You can use the imageblock module and specify a specific album to select from. Dave _____________________________________________ Blog & G2 \|\| floridave - Gallery Team

cascoly Joined: 2008-02-20 Posts: 21	Posted: Thu, 2008-03-06 22:11
	i searched the doc, and it says you need an external imageblock, but i couldnt find any more info on how to actually do this -- i want to do something similar - display random images from a particular album on a webpage any refs? http://pix-now.com/main.php steve

floridave Joined: 2003-12-22 Posts: 27300	Posted: Thu, 2008-03-06 22:39
	install the imageblock module: http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery2:Modules:imageblock the admin page of this module has directions for adding a external imageblock on a webpage. Dave _____________________________________________ Blog & G2 \|\| floridave - Gallery Team

sork Joined: 2008-03-16 Posts: 3	Posted: Sun, 2008-03-16 15:06
	Is there a way to do this if it is not a php-page, but a html-page? I know it is easy to change the page to php, but it is not my own page, and the user is not familiar with code. The site is generated from a program (iweb) which has the ability to include a piece of html-code, like the code you can copy on youtube or flickr. Is there a way to convert the rss-feed into html? What I want is a thumbnail with a random picture from the gallery.

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Sun, 2008-03-16 16:11
	Try this. -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

cascoly Joined: 2008-02-20 Posts: 21	Posted: Sun, 2008-03-16 19:58
	does the link for random images have to be a website that supports php? the admin for imageblock shows this: <?php @readfile('http://pix-now.com/main.php?g2_view=imageblock.External&g2_blocks=randomImage&g2_show=title'); ?> i can extract the url and alone it works fine, but when i try to embed it in a webpage, it doesnt find the picture. i can display normal links just fine [eg, the image at the top of http://cascoly.com/maps.asp - i want to have that page display a random picture from the gallery, not this hard coded one. steve

floridave Joined: 2003-12-22 Posts: 27300	Posted: Sun, 2008-03-16 20:20
	The image block uses php this page: maps.asp, uses active server pages, not the same. So try suprsidr suggestion. Dave _____________________________________________ Blog & G2 \|\| floridave - Gallery Team

cascoly Joined: 2008-02-20 Posts: 21	Posted: Sun, 2008-03-16 20:33
	ok, thanks - i hadn't thought there'd be any problem including this on asp site, but now see there s a difference between the direct link, and the random which needs to actually run a process. as might be obvious, php is new to me] i did check out the slideshow, but it looked like overkill when i just wanted to display one random image each time someone accesses the page. i certainly dont want them to have to download dozens or hjundred thumbnails each time they move from page to page on my site. so, i'll look to see about setting up an ultramini slideshow of 1-3 images. steve

floridave Joined: 2003-12-22 Posts: 27300	Posted: Sun, 2008-03-16 20:41
	You could try a iframe if you wish Dave _____________________________________________ Blog & G2 \|\| floridave - Gallery Team

sork Joined: 2008-03-16 Posts: 3	Posted: Sun, 2008-03-16 22:57
	To suprsidr: Thank you very much! It looks nice and works great.

HaroldM Joined: 2008-01-05 Posts: 7	Posted: Fri, 2008-09-12 14:56
	OK so I've got a random image displaying on my page but is there a way for it to show the description for each image? I see the only options are like title, heading, etc. but I was wondering how to display a description I entered for that image. I'm using this for a realty type site and it's displaying random pictures of houses for sale. For each image I enter in a description of like 2BR/2BA and want that displayed. Any way to do this? I thought maybe doing g2_show=summary would work but no luck. That just displays no text at all. I know I could just change the Title and I've done that for now but is there an easier way?

floridave Joined: 2003-12-22 Posts: 27300	Posted: Fri, 2008-09-12 20:55
	Quote: I thought maybe doing g2_show=summary would work but no luck. That just displays no text at all. Do you have text in the sunmmary? Copy the description to the summary. I guess you could edit the imageblock module code to display the description instead of the summary. Dave _____________________________________________ Blog & G2 \|\| floridave - Gallery Team

HaroldM Joined: 2008-01-05 Posts: 7	Posted: Fri, 2008-09-12 20:57
	I ended up putting the description in the Summary and that's working out for me just fine for now. I may look into editing the imageblock module if I have to go that route later on. Thanks for the help though.

lukedan Joined: 2010-07-27 Posts: 52	Posted: Sat, 2010-08-14 19:58
	Is this still working? I tried with "g2_show=summary" but no results. -My Gallery- http://www.seibella.ro/poze

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Sat, 2010-08-14 20:33
	mediaBlock has more options -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

lukedan Joined: 2010-07-27 Posts: 52	Posted: Sat, 2010-08-14 21:12
	suprsidr wrote: mediaBlock has more options -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2 Are you sure ? I'm not seeing summary for UpdatesAlbum. -My Gallery- http://www.seibella.ro/poze

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Sat, 2010-08-14 21:32
	edit line 505 instead of getTitle($item) use $item->getSummary() -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

lukedan Joined: 2010-07-27 Posts: 52	Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 09:18
	Thanks but I need both: Title and summary Can you help me in editing dynamic albums module? or imageblock module? I can replace "data" or "owner" -My Gallery- http://www.seibella.ro/poze

lukedan Joined: 2010-07-27 Posts: 52	Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 09:56
	+ mediablock is not working for updatesAlbum - I need only albums, not pictures inside albums -My Gallery- http://www.seibella.ro/poze

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 12:42
	Quote: Thanks but I need both: Title and summary Well, wouldn't it make sense to leave the title and add $item->getSummary()? Quote: I need only albums, not pictures inside albums imageblock does the same. -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

lukedan Joined: 2010-07-27 Posts: 52	Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 14:15
	I put: <?php @readfile('http://www.seibella.ro/poze/mediaBlock.php?mode=dynamic&g2_view=dynamicalbum.UpdatesAlbum&limit=11&useThumb=1&column=4');?> on http://www.seibella.ro/test.html Nothing happened With <?php @readfile('http://www.seibella.ro/poze/mediaBlock.php?mode=dynamic&g2_view=dynamicalbum.RandomAlbum&limit=11&useThumb=1&column=4');?> everything is ok http://www.seibella.ro/poze/main.php?g2_view=dynamicalbum.UpdatesAlbum is ok Any help? -My Gallery- http://www.seibella.ro/poze

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 14:27
	in http://www.seibella.ro/poze/main.php?g2_view=core.SiteAdmin&g2_subView=dynamicalbum.DynamicAlbumSiteAdmin make sure all are set to data items only. working on mysite. http://www.flashyourweb.com/gallery2/mediaBlock.php?mode=dynamic&g2_view=dynamicalbum.UpdatesAlbum&limit=11&useThumb=1&column=4 -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

lukedan Joined: 2010-07-27 Posts: 52	Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 14:56
	I set data items only Now it brigs me pictures inside last album. It looks you have same situation. I see 3 cats from your '4 Maria" album. I need only albums like in: http://www.seibella.ro/poze/main.php?g2_view=dynamicalbum.UpdatesAlbum -My Gallery- http://www.seibella.ro/poze

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 15:05
	I was just thinking about that, I filter albums because they are only a container which may not have a thumb - breaking the script. On my site the user albums quite often get created and the user does not upload anything hence no thumb. But you can remove the album check and return to "show albums only" mediaBlock.php line ~272: if (!($childItem->entityType == "GalleryAlbumItem")) { $display .= getDisplay($childItem); } to: $display .= getDisplay($childItem); -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 15:10
	or add a REQUEST variable instead to disable the check so you don't break other dynamic operations by mistake: if (isset($_REQUEST['allowAlbums']) \|\| !($childItem->entityType == "GalleryAlbumItem")) { $display .= getDisplay($childItem); } then you would add allowAlbums=true to your url: http://www.seibella.ro/poze/mediaBlock.php?mode=dynamic&g2_view=dynamicalbum.UpdatesAlbum&limit=11&useThumb=1&column=4&allowAlbums=true only when you need to. -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

lukedan Joined: 2010-07-27 Posts: 52	Posted: Sun, 2010-08-15 15:31
	It works. Thanks a lot. -My Gallery- http://www.seibella.ro/poze

lukedan Joined: 2010-07-27 Posts: 52	Posted: Mon, 2010-08-16 14:59
	Any ideea how to have Description intead of Summary? I tried "getDescription()" but no results Thanks suprsidr wrote: Quote: Thanks but I need both: Title and summary Well, wouldn't it make sense to leave the title and add $item->getSummary()? Quote: I need only albums, not pictures inside albums imageblock does the same. -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2 -My Gallery- http://www.seibella.ro/poze

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Mon, 2010-08-16 15:07
	$item->getDescription() in my jQuery version, I use the description for the hover tip - pretty cool. -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

lukedan Joined: 2010-07-27 Posts: 52	Posted: Mon, 2010-08-23 12:31
	Thanks suprsidr a lot. You may see our result on http://www.seibella.ro/ -My Gallery- http://www.seibella.ro/poze

lukedan Joined: 2010-07-27 Posts: 52	Posted: Mon, 2010-08-30 18:30
	Any chance to use friendlyurl for link? -My Gallery- http://www.seibella.ro/poze

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Mon, 2010-08-30 20:04
	in gallery admin -> rewrite, you can setup embedded gallery to rewrite the links in the root of your site same as /poze/ -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

lukedan Joined: 2010-07-27 Posts: 52	Posted: Tue, 2010-08-31 06:58
	Gallery allready use friendly url. MediaBlock use "http://www.seibella.ro/poze/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26917&g2_serialNumber=4&g2_GALLERYSID=TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT" instead of http://www.seibella.ro/poze/Coafuri-ocazie-mireasa-schimbari-look/10-07-Machiaj-coafura-nunta/ -My Gallery- http://www.seibella.ro/poze

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