Pop Up buddy list/Mood Hack/Picture Upload/User Profile

[ToraTora!]

In three weeks, I will release the mood hacks, and the buddy list hacks, with a few odds and ends and choices of the user profile pages.

There will be more down the line, however, for now, that is the only time frame i can actually feel safe about commenting on. we have run the mood hack now through two fresh installs on two different 2.3 boards without any troubles this far. Brad will offer his opinons when he has the mood hack freshly installed on his server.

I have been given the dubious honor of going through the upload script again, and once that is completed, Brad will decide to whom will recieve that hack. Time frame v.s. complaints against bug ridden hacks is what we are shooting for, and that is why this thread was posted to begin with. Get some feedback, get a few ideas or suggestions, and than go from there.
Since there was not that great of interest, again, we will take those only who replied, and supply from that angle.
One of my biggest complaints was offering hacks to non members, or non vb owners, and having the posted interested members in the hacks as reference, is why the hacks will be exclusive to only those who replied.

Again, three weeks is the goal, or time frame that i am shooting for. The fourth board we are testing the mood hack on will be the ultimate test really...A version of WA's 3.0(not WA's actual site) vb portal setup, that so far looks like there will be no conflicts with the code.

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smithy256
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(kind of a example of why we are releasing to only those who post)

Greetings All:

Ok, this thread is just plain stupid. They make some hacks, post a threads saying "we're going to be releasing them", and then, because all 7,000 members didn't post here and start doing the wave or something, we get "well, we're not going to post them all, there's no interest".

I'm going to go ahead and make the picture upload hack. I'll probably have it done by the end of the week, if not sooner. Don't bother replying saying "yes, yes, I want it, please, please, please". I want it for my board, and when I finish it, I see no reason why I shouldn't just post it here for others to make use of it if they can.

It's a good thing the entire open-source movement doesn't think the way these guys do....

And you are? Did you by chance read all of the posts?

We were wanting to get a feel of what the users wanted.. we tell them what we have and.. maybe get some suggestions on what they want to see.

The upload script was simple... and I don't mind posting it... I mean I created it for myself and because others wanted it to.. or I would have not made up the instructions and everything for installing it.

It is just nice to get some feedback from the people that would want it... I only want to have to post this once.. so getting some feedback on things people would like to see in it or things it will do would be greatly appreciated.

Btw.. I had no say so in posting this thread. I am just commenting because I am helping in makings these hacks.

btw open-source movement? Addons/hacks for a $160 script.. hmm..

Also on that note... I am wondering myself how many good hacks from the php greats.. go unreleased... so where is the movement.. or did I miss the boat? To me is should somewhat be appreciated when anyone releases a hack or wants to get some people's feedback before they release. I mean anyone can make up some stuff totally based on thier own likes and dislikes and just release it and say.. "No I will not add what you want, cause I made it just the way I like it, who cares what you like"

We on the other hand, feel that if we are going to release something, we WANT everyone to have it where they can use it and make it beneficial to them. For example, my upload script, it is for one photo.. but want if you want more... well that can be a feature request, or something that a lot of people would like to see... ok taking in those comments I will add that and release it as that.. instead of making an update.

Sorry if I am or sound like an +++++++... I am knew to programming but I am a verteran to customer support and ALL THE +++++ING that goes along with that.. so if I can eliminate a lot of that... well you have to understand that ... instead of being one sided and hard headed.. (I myself am that too!)

[webhost]

Anyway you guys could come up with something where we could upload
more than 1 attachment in a posting, maybe let the admin set the number of uploads and size?

By the way, I see no problem at all the way you guys have conducted this.

I don't think I mentioned it.. but I have set up Administration and Moderations for this script..

the script as of yet cannot generated more than one photo upload part.. but all you have to do is copy the code (select part of it) and paste it then rename some of the variables so they don't over lap.

and Again... sorry if people think the way we conducted this is stupid/lame/retarded/moronic/dumb... but comments like webhost make up for the lack of respect that others might have.. thanks webhost.

when I get more time (I am at work) I will explain the process of the script and what it does.

Originally posted by ToraTora!
I have been given the dubious honor of going through the upload script again, and once that is completed, Brad will decide to whom will recieve that hack. Time frame v.s. complaints against bug ridden hacks is what we are shooting for, and that is why this thread was posted to begin with.

I am waiting on a response from ToraTora! on how the last install went, and when I hear something back and am sure it is working properly... I will unleash it here. Sad to say that support will be a little slim for the next couple of weeks.. but if you email me or private message me I will surely get back to you with a response.

It will be posted as is, 1 upload form... for now.

Here is some explanation on how it works. For the most part it is stand alone, there is some slight modifications into the member.php file. Mostly for the profle.

I have made it where I have made up a demo template of the getinfo template so that you can use.. or you can just insert the two variables that I outlined in the instructions. There is a installation script that will update the database, then there is an html page (requested over text by Tora) for the modifications and templates.

There is a lot of main variables that can be customized to change the color and feel of the upload script to fit everyone's needs. There is some folder changes that need to be made through the script, I went ahead and commented on everything so that you have a basic grasp of what every single function or if statement is doing so if you do customization it can be easier.

It will take the picture that is selected by the user, it will rename it to whatever your custom naming scheme is, then it will upload the file to a selected folder on the server, and will put the name of the file into the database. I did not want to go the blob route so I thought adding the image to the server would be better. (personal opinion). You can also add a description during upload of the file, or you can change the description at a later time without harming the picture, the user can also delete the picture if they do not want to have one on file with the site.

I have added functions for errors, and I tried to cover every base on that part, to large of file size, height, weight... wrong file type, etc.. right now I have made it for just allowing jpg file format, but you can add gif or whatever, if this is really need then please tell me before I release it so I can add in the commented code for adding that.

See some of these ideas were created by me on what I would like to see in a script, after that I thought about what the uses and usefull ness could be and added in more stuff along those lines. See that is why I want feedback on how I should approach the final beta version so I can release it and make people happy with out a lot more time on my side doing feature changes or additions... I am sure everyone understands.

[snyx]

Originally posted by JohnV
Greetings All:

Ok, this thread is just plain stupid. They make some hacks, post a threads saying "we're going to be releasing them", and then, because all 7,000 members didn't post here and start doing the wave or something, we get "well, we're not going to post them all, there's no interest".

I'm going to go ahead and make the picture upload hack. I'll probably have it done by the end of the week, if not sooner. Don't bother replying saying "yes, yes, I want it, please, please, please". I want it for my board, and when I finish it, I see no reason why I shouldn't just post it here for others to make use of it if they can.

It's a good thing the entire open-source movement doesn't think the way these guys do....

look you little goof, we are nice enough to tell you we have hacks in development for users like you, and then if we feel for any reason we don't want to release them, then thats out choice. Don't complain because you 30 member board isnt going to get a picture upload script! Plus go ahead and make your own, because you have no right to bitch at us until you have somthing to back up bit mouth. Were trying to help users here, least you could do is show some respect.

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we are not hanging hacks over peoples heads here. We just like the simple idea, of giving people what they want rite away, instead of dicking around piece by piece.
The simple fact of the matter is, if we were going based on a popularity contest, we could just go by the number of times each of the screen shots have been looked at now couldnt we?
There is more than enough interest there, BUT, if people do not post any interest to the hacks, than we either keep them as is, and send them to the people that expressed interest, or if people dont reply to the thread, than it looks like.."well...it sounded good..but the hacks look like ****"...this is not a welfare thread.
We just wanted opinions, and suggestions, and somewhat of a amount of replies to determine if the hacks were satisfactory just the way they were, or if they needed something more.

Basically, we either did one hell of a job, and nobody is saying anything but the person who feels we are playing "hang em high"
Or...we did such a **** assed job, that nobody felt compelled to comment on what we worked and tested for weeks on.

By the way...this open source you guys keep talking about is fricken hillarious. 600.00 for a picture gallery?...yeh...lets spread the love shall we? Oh, not to mention a poll script which had a varying cost of....500-1200.00....hmmm..a poll script running for 1200.00....tell you what...if that is open source, than we all got a hell of a deal from vbulletin when they added the polls into the software. They could raise the price of this software to 400.00, and we all could feel better about the fact, we didnt have to pay 500-1,2000 for a "open source" poll script..