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Carefree
Advanced Member
    
Philippines
4217 Posts |
Posted - 01 November 2012 : 09:23:16
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My brain disease causes rapid mood swings (laughing one minute and yelling at people the next) and other symptoms which makes me a REAL PLEASURE (how's that for cynicism/sarcasm?) to live with. Lately I've gone completely blind a couple of times, but each episode only lasted 15-20 minutes. I suspect it'll be permanent soon and that will likely reduce the speed of my mod authoring.... So if anyone has an idea for a mod they want written (or collaborated on), let's hear them before I can't do it any more. |
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AnonJr
Moderator
    
United States
5768 Posts |
Posted - 01 November 2012 : 10:03:04
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Sounds like this guy: http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=70334 could use a scribd.com plugin. I know they have some special embed code, and I suspect a one-off of the YouTube mod (or some similar) could work.
If you're feeling really ambitious, you could look at abstracting out and making the code a little more general purpose so you put in the type of tag, the template for substitution, etc in an admin panel instead of diving into the code every time you want to support a new embed tag. As I said, a bit of an ambitious project. 
Having written a MOD or two myself I know that sometimes the idea is the easiest part.  |
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Webbo
Average Member
  
United Kingdom
982 Posts |
Posted - 03 November 2012 : 02:33:35
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In IP.Board 3.3.4 if you put a link to a video or image it automatically envelopes the link with the relevant codes so that the video or image displays thus taking away the need for the poster to embed the link into the correct code, something that many posters struggle with.
How's that for a challenge 
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golfmann
Junior Member
 
United States
450 Posts |
Posted - 03 November 2012 : 10:14:35
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How about a search the WORKS well? Have it break itself up into search pieces somehow so it doesn't time out!
Load out x number to view then have a "continue search?" scheme of some kind to press on looking if wanted or needed. It could load most relevant 1st or by date or whatever.
The search sucks, always has. The fix helped, but if you don't only search titles you're not gonna get anywhere 99% of the time.
The active topics is nothing to write home about either, frankly. Maybe it's my other mods that keep reloading it or something, but I am not a fan of it the way it is now.  |
Edited by - golfmann on 03 November 2012 10:16:58 |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
    
United Kingdom
20595 Posts |
Posted - 03 November 2012 : 11:03:56
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The search is crap because it uses very generic sql in order support lots of different databases, to improve would require a search page for each different flavour of database. I generally use search2.asp and don't very often have any issues finding stuff.
what exactly sucks about active.asp ? it does 'exactly what it says on the tin' |
MVC .net dev/test site | MVC .net running on Raspberry Pi |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
    
Portugal
26364 Posts |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
    
United Kingdom
20595 Posts |
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golfmann
Junior Member
 
United States
450 Posts |
Posted - 03 November 2012 : 19:24:01
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It seems I get time outs unless I parse a search down and click exact OR use titles only. I HAD search2... maybe I am set up wrong or it ran off.... :)
I wouldn't mind trying to SEARCH and find these pointers. :)
While I'm waiting around.... ;/ |
Edited by - golfmann on 03 November 2012 19:29:18 |
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golfmann
Junior Member
 
United States
450 Posts |
Posted - 03 November 2012 : 19:33:03
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For example:
I just did a search using " adapt search to SQL Server "
I guess I'm not being clear enough for it.... |
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golfmann
Junior Member
 
United States
450 Posts |
Posted - 03 November 2012 : 19:52:33
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I installed ver 7 search into mine and it DOES work better over there.
So put your hair down.... :) |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
    
United Kingdom
20595 Posts |
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Etymon
Advanced Member
    
United States
2395 Posts |
Posted - 05 November 2012 : 05:21:37
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No MOD requests for ya CareFree, just sorry to hear 'bout the condition that's plaguing you. |
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Carefree
Advanced Member
    
Philippines
4217 Posts |
Posted - 08 November 2012 : 14:30:17
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quote: Originally posted by AnonJr
Sounds like this guy: http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=70334 could use a scribd.com plugin. I know they have some special embed code, and I suspect a one-off of the YouTube mod (or some similar) could work.
If you're feeling really ambitious, you could look at abstracting out and making the code a little more general purpose so you put in the type of tag, the template for substitution, etc in an admin panel instead of diving into the code every time you want to support a new embed tag. As I said, a bit of an ambitious project. 
Having written a MOD or two myself I know that sometimes the idea is the easiest part. 
Simply preventing non-members from viewing and downloading a file is easy enough. I did something like that for somebody a while back, making the contents of links non-viewable in a post unless you were signed in. That could easily be adapted to a certain user group or number of posts, etc. I will have to search for it, cannot remember any more details. |
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