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vynsane
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Posted - 16 November 2005 : 11:45:43
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quote: Originally posted by Zuel
Can you explain what you want by:
quote: think about allow/deny upload to categories, individually and global - in case you don't want users to upload to certain categories, or any categories at all...
I think I will have this implemented.
Allow Private Upload - Enables / Disables Private Upload Private Upload - Allows users to upload avatar for themselves only.
Dynamic | Allow Uploading to Category A, B, C, etc - Allows Admins to control if users can upload to particular category. This will help monitor standard images within a set category.
this is exactly what i was thinking. to enable certain categories to be "denied" to users, or all categories, and only allow private upload.
quote: Originally posted by Zuel
I was thinking of implementing Usergroups into this Avatar Mod to help control who can and who cannot upload. Much easier to smaller forums. I don't know how it will effect forums that host as many members as this one. I need input.
you COULD do this, but in case someone doesn't have or want usergroups i think you should just leave a field like the max upload size, to make a minimum amount of posts or something...< |
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Zuel
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Posted - 16 November 2005 : 16:29:42
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quote: quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Zuel
I was thinking of implementing Usergroups into this Avatar Mod to help control who can and who cannot upload. Much easier to smaller forums. I don't know how it will effect forums that host as many members as this one. I need input.
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you COULD do this, but in case someone doesn't have or want usergroups i think you should just leave a field like the max upload size, to make a minimum amount of posts or something...
Yeah but the problem with that way is that there are no features currently that keep track of who uploads what. I can always tell because usually when a user uploads an avatar they will assign it to themselves so that gives it away.
And in the next version when a user uploads, it will automatically assign to them. But there is no counter for me to say something like:
User has 50 posts, he may upload 1 avatar. It seems like more work. I need a system that will work for all users. I'll try to put more thought how to pull this off.< |
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vynsane
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Posted - 19 November 2005 : 10:15:43
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when you update the .zip, can you post a message saying so at the bottom of the topic, too? also, what's new on inc_avatar and pop_profile, so i don't have to guess and mess it up?
also, there are certain things i've done you might want to consider - right now, you have the tables on avatars.asp the default in-forum table color, and the font is the main font color. well, that's a problem, since i have white text for main default color, and the in-forum table color is an off-white here
www.WallCrawlersWeb.com/forum
so i changed the color of the tables to be the "pop-up" table color, by adding
bgcolor=""" & strPopUpTableColor & """
in the <td> declaration of the "unknown file types" ".jpg extensions" and ".gif extensions" tables...
it's just something to consider, that as of late i've noticed a lot of modifications don't - keeping font/table colors together. i know i changed the colors around on the active users mod, and there's even one or two pages that don't work correctly in the original avatar mod, regarding this situation.
if you want to see exactly what i did, here's a text version of the page
www.WallCrawlersWeb.com/avatar_data.txt< |
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Edited by - vynsane on 19 November 2005 10:29:34 |
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Zuel
Average Member
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540 Posts |
Posted - 19 November 2005 : 10:54:18
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quote: Originally posted by vynsane
when you update the .zip, can you post a message saying so at the bottom of the topic, too? also, what's new on inc_avatar and pop_profile, so i don't have to guess and mess it up?
That makes sense.
inc_Avatar.asp - When a user views another user's profile it shows their avatar if enabled in the regular avatar settings. I modified it so it doesn't stretch images anymore. It allows all images under the limit to appear correctly as before it stretched all images to fit the limit. Also fixed the pop_Profile isssue that wrongfully displays the wrong demensions of an avatar when selecting them in your own profile.
pop_Profile - Same as inc_Avatar.asp. I modified the image display to fit as long as it is under the limit.
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also, there are certain things i've done you might want to consider - right now, you have the tables on avatars.asp the default in-forum table color, and the font is the main font color. well, that's a problem, since i have white text for main default color, and the in-forum table color is an off-white here
www.WallCrawlersWeb.com/forum
so i changed the color of the tables to be the "pop-up" table color, by adding
bgcolor=""" & strPopUpTableColor & """
in the <td> declaration of the "unknown file types" ".jpg extensions" and ".gif extensions" tables...
it's just something to consider, that as of late i've noticed a lot of modifications don't - keeping font/table colors together. i know i changed the colors around on the active users mod, and there's even one or two pages that don't work correctly in the original avatar mod, regarding this situation.
if you want to see exactly what i did, here's a text version of the page
www.WallCrawlersWeb.com/avatar_data.txt
I tried to grab all of them. I guess I missed one. I'll test to double check it contures all changes then I'll add it to the zip. Thanks for catching it.
EDIT: Wait... A few lines above that TD I have:
'=== If Start of Table, Create Table Row ===
if i mod 5 = 0 then
StringBuilder.AddString "<tr bgcolor=""" & strAltForumCellColor & """>" & vbCRLF
end if
That should effect all the TD background colors. I was trying to mimic the alternating colors of the forum posts.
In your Font/Table Color Code Configuration I grab these two fields:
First Alternating Cell Color: Second Alternating Cell Color: < |
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Edited by - Zuel on 19 November 2005 11:05:48 |
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vynsane
New Member
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Posted - 19 November 2005 : 19:37:46
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quote:
Originally posted by Zuel
inc_Avatar.asp - When a user views another user's profile it shows their avatar if enabled in the regular avatar settings. I modified it so it doesn't stretch images anymore. It allows all images under the limit to appear correctly as before it stretched all images to fit the limit. Also fixed the pop_Profile isssue that wrongfully displays the wrong demensions of an avatar when selecting them in your own profile.
pop_Profile - Same as inc_Avatar.asp. I modified the image display to fit as long as it is under the limit.
awesome - non-stretch (or "preserve aspect ratio" for vid geeks!) of avatar images is something i've been looking for, too. for some reason i thought it wasn't possible. glad to hear it is!
quote:
Originally posted by Zuel
I tried to grab all of them. I guess I missed one. I'll test to double check it contures all changes then I'll add it to the zip. Thanks for catching it.
EDIT: Wait... A few lines above that TD I have:
'=== If Start of Table, Create Table Row ===
if i mod 5 = 0 then
StringBuilder.AddString "<tr bgcolor=""" & strAltForumCellColor & """>" & vbCRLF
end if
That should effect all the TD background colors. I was trying to mimic the alternating colors of the forum posts.
In your Font/Table Color Code Configuration I grab these two fields:
First Alternating Cell Color: Second Alternating Cell Color:
okay, but if you want to use "in-forum table background color" then you should specify "in-forum font color" - right now, your version uses the in-forum table color and the default font color, which in my version ends up with white font on off-white background. doesn't work. basically:
default font color should go with anything that's against the default background color/image
in-forum font color should go with in-forum table color(s) (pluralized in case of alternating post colors...)
pop-up table color should go with default font color, as you can't specify a different one on admin_config_colors.asp
if any of those rules is broken, when one pushes the envelope with colors, things get messed up...< |
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Edited by - vynsane on 19 November 2005 19:40:27 |
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Zuel
Average Member
USA
540 Posts |
Posted - 20 November 2005 : 10:00:33
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No wonder my forum wasn't effected. Default Font Color and In Forum Font Color are the same values. I was wondering what you were talking about, I took a look at your Spiderman Forum and saw black text and confused it for the default color.
So basically I can keep the alternating colors the same, just change the font color. I'll go ahead and make the changes.
Thanks again!
By the way: This is need to know information, I really had no clue. Is there a handy dandy checklist for this type of information?
EDIT: Zip Updated with the changes.< |
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Edited by - Zuel on 20 November 2005 10:14:13 |
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Zuel
Average Member
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540 Posts |
Posted - 22 November 2005 : 19:06:27
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I am currently implementing the following:
Dynamic File Extentions - Allows Admins to control the file extentions via Admin Avatar Config. Currently it is hardcoded. File types allowed as of now consist of: gif and jpg.
Allow Private Upload - Enables / Disables Private Upload Private Upload - Allows users to upload avatar for themselves only. It will automatically assign to the avatar to themselves and won't display to everyone else.
Dynamic | Allow Uploading to Category A, B, C, etc - Allows Admins to control if users can upload to particular category. This will help monitor standard images within a set category and allow more moderation.
Also please continue to post suggestions, complaints and anything else that comes to mind. I am open and still a learning developer and more then likely I will include your idea. I plan to release one final version after these changes to make it final. Afterwards I will post on SnitzBitz after all bugs have been fixed and I will move on to something else.< |
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MarkJH
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 November 2005 : 20:15:40
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Have nothing to add right now; I think vynsane's suggestions earlier are pretty much what I was thinking.
Just wanted to say that I think this looks really exciting, and from the topic reads, I'd say I'm not the only one who thinks so.
Congrats for everything you've achieved with this so far, it's one of the most anticipated MOD's for a long while!< |
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Zuel
Average Member
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540 Posts |
Posted - 23 November 2005 : 14:04:50
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quote: Originally posted by MarkJH
Have nothing to add right now; I think vynsane's suggestions earlier are pretty much what I was thinking.
Just wanted to say that I think this looks really exciting, and from the topic reads, I'd say I'm not the only one who thinks so.
Congrats for everything you've achieved with this so far, it's one of the most anticipated MOD's for a long while!
Thanks Mark. I can't wait to finish. I'm excited just working on it because before I started this project I didn't fully understand programming on my own. Now I have more experience and I feel more confident in myself. Hopefully I'll be able to more back to the community.
vynsane,
The picture above that you posted, the one with the PHP layout, I will not be able to fully mimic their setup. Uploading will have to appear in a new window since Upload Classes cannot have a Request.Form code anytime before calling the upload method. There is some code to go around it but I have been unsuccessful in the past getting it work. If anything, it will be the last thing I do and I will reattempt.
I am working with Private uploading and I got it working. I need a suggestion though.
Should I create a new folder for everyone who wants to upload a private avatar or keep them all in one folder? As of now I created one folder to put them all in. Admins are the only ones who have access to the private folder section for display/moderation only.< |
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Edited by - Zuel on 23 November 2005 14:05:51 |
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vynsane
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Posted - 23 November 2005 : 18:53:09
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i think one folder only... it might get really crowded otherwise...< |
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Zuel
Average Member
USA
540 Posts |
Posted - 28 November 2005 : 14:29:38
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Dunno what I did but I think I need to start over on the private avatars. On my localhost trying to upload pop up takes about 4-8 seconds to appear which is very abnormal. I might have created a loop and I will need to debug that lil sucker to figure out the problem.
I should finish private avatars within a few days, I have class right after work < |
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Zuel
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Posted - 28 November 2005 : 22:37:50
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I am going to add the ability for Users to delete avatars from profile as well which can be enabled by Admins.
UPDATE: I removed alot of avatars that testers have used while testing on my site. The list is clean now, so happy clicking.< |
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eauxvives
Junior Member
Bhutan
145 Posts |
Posted - 29 November 2005 : 07:09:42
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nice work, i will wait for private avatars because this is something I really need (all avatars are private on my forum).< |
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Zuel
Average Member
USA
540 Posts |
Posted - 30 November 2005 : 18:38:19
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Can I get A YEAH!
On my own! I figured out how to make file extensions dynamic. This part is done. I also finished the part where members can delete their avatar selections so their profile list won't get so cluttered.
Left to complete:
Allow Private Upload - Enables / Disables Private Upload Private Upload - Allows users to upload avatar for themselves only. It will automatically assign to the avatar to themselves and won't display to everyone else.
Dynamic | Allow Uploading to Category A, B, C, etc - Allows Admins to control if users can upload to particular category. This will help monitor standard images within a set category and allow more moderation.
Clean up the Intereface to give members a view of their current avatar along with some other interface tweeks.< |
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vynsane
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Posted - 01 December 2005 : 09:42:53
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YEAH! lol awesome work, looking forward to the other features... keep up the good work!< |
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