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Dan Martin
Average Member
USA
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 Posted - 10 July 2002 : 20:55:30
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I've modified my forums to allow anyone "logged in" to send "Popup messages" to other members.
The recepient receives the message next time he loads a page (assuming he/she doesn't block popups  ). It does make for a very interactive site. My users are constantly messaging each other. My small site averages 3000 popups per month.
Sending:
Receiveing:
It's faily simple code, and I could wrap it up into a MOD. But I want to know if enough people use the the Active User's MOD and of those people would enough people would want this MOD.
It's going to require learning how to make those dbs_ files and some work....that I don't have any reason to do if no one wants the MOD (like past MODs I've written  ). And perhaps someone already wrote it....which I cringe when I see someone say that to someone else who spent time writing a MOD.
-Dan
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Anacrusis
Junior Member
USA
219 Posts |
Posted - 10 July 2002 : 21:50:35
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I think it's a good idea, I actually thought of doing it myself using the PM table. I'd love to see the code for this to see how you've done it.
Adam Tommasi
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
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Posted - 10 July 2002 : 22:49:00
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I think this is a good idea IF you allow members to turn the feature off because we all know how annoying pop-ups can be. Another thing to consider is what happens IF 3 or 4 people send a message?? does it reuse the window OR would you have several windows all of a sudden open?
and creating DBS files are easier than you think... I figured it out by looking at other DBS files in a notepad.
http://www.nineinchnailz.com
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Dan Martin
Average Member
USA
528 Posts |
Posted - 10 July 2002 : 23:25:31
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I think this is a good idea IF you allow members to turn the feature off because we all know how annoying pop-ups can be. Another thing to consider is what happens IF 3 or 4 people send a message?? does it reuse the window OR would you have several windows all of a sudden open?
Obviously these issues could be coded.
Popups are annoying simply because of what's in them. They suprisingly are not annoying if the content is something you are interested in (you'll have to trust me on this). I've not had a single complaint by my users in 3 months.
Yes, it will open multiple windows. For me, this has yet to be an issue. I've had 3 at once, but I've never found it to be an annoyance.
Probably the only thing I'm thinking about adding to it is some handling for messages that aren't delivered in a reasonable amount of time. Right now the sender doesn't know if someone blocking popups never received their messages, or if they logged off before they got it...that kind of thing. Looking at the database, there's only about 20 undelivered messages out of 10,000+.
Edited by - Dan Martin on 10 July 2002 23:26:45 |
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HarshReality
Junior Member
USA
128 Posts |
Posted - 10 July 2002 : 23:39:52
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Would love to see this one, lol
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Classicmotorcycling
Development Team Leader
Australia
2085 Posts |
Posted - 11 July 2002 : 00:08:13
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Would not mind a copy myself. Looks quite good.
Cheers,
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Anacrusis
Junior Member
USA
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Posted - 11 July 2002 : 08:03:50
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this sort of system is being used at www.facethejury.com and it works quite good. On that site, users have the option of converting these messages to PM's if they have too many popping up.
I think only one should popup at a time. And each message will tell them how many they have left and give them the option of converting them to PM's.
Adam Tommasi
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Dan Martin
Average Member
USA
528 Posts |
Posted - 11 July 2002 : 11:09:39
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Honestly, I prefer it popping up more than one. I'll release it that way, and leave it up to you guys to change at implementation time.
As far as PMs, I'm not sure I want to create a dependency on another MOD that isn't necessary. Again, this is something that could be done by the implementer. I don't think this MOD should require Private Messages.
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Anacrusis
Junior Member
USA
219 Posts |
Posted - 11 July 2002 : 11:22:56
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yea your right, leave it up to the implementor.
Any idea when you might have this available?
Adam Tommasi
www.inetclubhouse.com |
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Dan Martin
Average Member
USA
528 Posts |
Posted - 11 July 2002 : 11:28:57
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Well, giving it some thought and looking at how easy dbs files are...I'm guessing I could do it in a week or two.
I would be interested in getting help from someone who has some experience developing MODs. Just to perfect before public release. Anyone available?
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HarshReality
Junior Member
USA
128 Posts |
Posted - 11 July 2002 : 19:06:35
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Woohoo will give it a gor just give me and idea of structure and will see what I can do.
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