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Pat
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 Posted - 17 February 2001 : 19:24:00
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Hey everyone...I just installed Richard Kinser's (I think it was his) Mod that can be found here...
http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4879&FORUM_ID=94&CAT_ID=10&Topic_Title=Message+Icons+Mod+W+HuwR%27s+Version&Forum_Title=Help%3A+MOD+Implementation
...anyway, I was wondering if there was a way to implement an avatar Mod into it. What I was looking for was a Mod in that there is a bar like when selecting a country, and you can scroll through to look for an avatar of your choice. When you select one, it would appear next to the bar, in order to be previewed.
If this isn't possible, is there a way to implement Avatars in a way similar to it?
If all of this is possible, one last thing...is there a way to install a Mod where Admins can select an avatar for a member in which no other member can select...so that it is limited to the selected member and him only (I hope that made sense).
I hope this isn't too much to ask. A HUGE thank you in advance to anyone who can help me in the least bit.
I tried searching but couldn't quite find what I was looking for. Thanks again.
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
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Posted - 17 February 2001 : 20:13:15
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Yes, most of this is possible. I've seen the Avatar Mod for UBB that you are referring to that shows the preview of the Avatar when you select it from the dropdown box. But I've never tried to implement the preview of the avatar in that way. What I've done is just provided a popup window that shows all of the available avatars images.
I've done this 2 ways. First you can hardcode all of the avatar filenames into the forum code. Or if you have access to the FileSystemObject on your server, then I've done it where it will look for files that start with a certain phrase. Member only avatars can be done in a similar way but would need the FileSystemObject for it to work.
I've never released a mod for this, because it's hard to explain exactly what to do and it's just easier for me to do the modifications myself.
One site that I've done this for is here: http://www15.brinkster.com/psykogamer/
Edited by - Richard Kinser on 17 February 2001 20:14:57 |
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Pat
New Member
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Posted - 17 February 2001 : 21:05:44
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Ok...so is it impossible to implement the preview? That would be terrific. If not, what you did at those boards is a nice feature. And also, is it a possibility to implement the cutsomizable to a cirtain member of an avatar?
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
Edited by - Pat on 17 February 2001 21:07:12 |
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
USA
16655 Posts |
Posted - 17 February 2001 : 21:18:21
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| Yes, it's possible to implement the member specific avatars. The preview feature didn't look too hard, just haven't had the time to play around with it. |
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Pat
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Posted - 17 February 2001 : 21:50:53
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Yes, it's possible to implement the member specific avatars. The preview feature didn't look too hard, just haven't had the time to play around with it.
Well, I wouldn't want you to do all that work for me, but if you happen to work on a MOD for those two, and post a link to it; that would be great! Again, thanks for the time.
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Pat
New Member
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Posted - 23 February 2001 : 22:19:36
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Hmmm...it looks like there's somewhat of a demand for a mod like this. Does anyone know how this could be done? Is there any files I can send you to help? Thanks again.
Edited by - Pat on 23 February 2001 22:20:19 |
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Pat
New Member
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Posted - 23 February 2001 : 23:37:40
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I have another question...this may seem like a dumb one, but how can I change the amount of stars that wold be shown when a member reaches a cirtain plateau of posts?
For example : how do I make it so an Admin has just on star instead of 5?
And also...how do I make it so that only an Administrator can post in a cirtain forum?
Thanks again
Edited by - Pat on 23 February 2001 23:42:06 |
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Pat
New Member
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Posted - 24 February 2001 : 12:11:42
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Great!! I was looking through these help forums here and I came accross a link to a site made by a member by the name of "animedj." I took a look a his forum and saw a great avatar mod in there. Does anyone know if he has posted the Zip file to it, and if he's distributing it for others to use?
A code like that is almost exactly what I'm looking for, but would like to have a preview of the avatar pop up right next to the list.
Thanks for reading again, maybe I should wait and let someone else reply...
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
USA
16655 Posts |
Posted - 26 February 2001 : 09:08:07
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Ok, I've been working on the Avatar Mod, it's not done yet, but you can see the Avatar selection part by going here:
http://user.webrc.ca/richard/snitz_forum/default.asp
just click on Register and go past the Policy to see how I have it setup. It uses DHTML (the same exact code that the UBB Avatar hack uses also) that I got from www.dynamicdrive.com.
If you register, and want to see the Admin part, Just e-mail me or post a message on that board and I'll grant you Admin status so you can see the Admin side of it. |
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animedj
Junior Member
USA
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Posted - 26 February 2001 : 13:57:07
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Hello Pat, well ansering your questions, nope, I haven't post the zip and sorry nope, I'm not distributing it at the moment as I it's not completly done because I did it custom to my site, and right now I'm not really sure to work on a release of it as seen that Richard is almost done with his mod .. so for the moment I'll wait till Richard releases his mod as in my case it would take me some time to have a release as my time right now doesn't allow me to do public mod coding... sorry
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Johann Reyes
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Pat
New Member
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Posted - 26 February 2001 : 16:56:01
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Whoa! Richard, I can't believe you did that! That's great...and not only that; it's exactly what I am looking for! I attempted to register, but it gave me an error meeasge. Is there any chance that you would be releasing that code?
Great work!! 
And to animedj, thank you for taking the time to answer me, and I think you have a really nice site there.
Edited by - Pat on 26 February 2001 16:59:07 |
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
USA
16655 Posts |
Posted - 26 February 2001 : 17:51:11
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I'm trying to make it so that editing of existing files is kept to a minimum.
I am also adding some things.
you can now specify the size (either 32x32 or 64x64)
and whether to have a border or not.
I'll look into the error on that site.
you can use: Admin/snitzadmin
to login for now.
I just setup that site, so there is nothing that can get messed up. |
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Pat
New Member
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Posted - 26 February 2001 : 19:21:14
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Ok, this is great! Thanks a lot!
I'd really hate to be pushy, and I really appreciate what you have done, but do you have any estimation of when you may have that available for use?
Thanks again!
Edited by - Pat on 26 February 2001 19:30:55 |
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
USA
16655 Posts |
Posted - 26 February 2001 : 19:30:15
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| should be this week sometime. |
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Pat
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Posted - 26 February 2001 : 19:33:12
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Thanks! This is great.
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Pat
New Member
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Posted - 26 February 2001 : 22:20:47
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I noticed that the forum you have up there isn't the same one as I used. I used one of your forum codes, will it still be able to be implemented properly?
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