| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
Astralis
Senior Member
USA
1218 Posts |
 Posted - 24 October 2003 : 16:39:44
|
I don't know if this feature is unique to the referencing forum or if it's in VBulletin, but I really like it and would like to install something like it into Snitz.
The referenced forum is a music forum and it allows the poster to type in the song they were listening to before they post and it's displayed in a section of their post (sort of like in the section of the icons of Snitz, or the name, ranks, and stars section).
I would like to do the same thing but a little bit different.
I would like it to be a dynamic display and change in all the posts when it's changed (sort of like the dynamic signature or the number of posts). Also, it would save all these titles in their profile.
Also, I would like the user to select from a drop-down box what they want to include. So, a user can display what they're listening to at the moment, or the book they are reading, or the movie they last watched, and the list can go on - but I think it's best to limit it to three or four.
Look at the website and scroll down to the quick reply feature and you will see where the user can input the data. Then, look at the messages and you will see where it shows up in the posts (you may need to login but I don't think so):
http://www.radiomute.com/t2160-2.html |
|
|
Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
9335 Posts |
Posted - 24 October 2003 : 16:53:44
|
| it won't show anything or let you get to the posting page without being logged in. But I'm sure what you want is doable with two extra fields in the database for each topic and reply. Use one field to store the "item number" (book, song, movie) and one text field for the "item name" (title of the book, song or movie). |
 |
|
|
dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
5820 Posts |
Posted - 24 October 2003 : 18:01:07
|
Good News and Bad News.
Good News First, it is definately possible. I run a music forum and have integrated a pretty in depth set of controls to allow a person to post what they are listening to AND have it automatically and dynamically displayed by use of an image or a forum tag [winamp]
Bad News, there would be no possible way I could package all of this up because like I said, I really tweaked and hardcoded some things for my users.
Some screenshots:
The graphical version of my winamp dynamic signature can be seen in my Snitz Signature. It uses a combination of a Winamp Component, some XML parsing and .NET with GDI.
A live demo can be viewed here... as you return to this link you will see that the content changes based on what the user is listening to.
http://www.burningsoulsforum.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7637
|
 |
|
|
|
dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
5820 Posts |
Posted - 24 October 2003 : 18:04:55
|
Oh, here is the Winamp Plugin I am using. Based on your scripting knowledge, you may be able to make one yourself:
http://www.oddsock.org/tools/dosomething/
This plugin works with Winamp 2 and 5 (beta). |
|
|
|
|
dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
5820 Posts |
|
| |
Topic |
|
Topic Locked
