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Ask the 8ball · **Released**: 04-29-2002

this is another one of those scriptlets i had collected that i modified to provide a bit of fun for my users but its giving me a bit of a problem, its completely functional, just the response to the question is being parsed to the top of the page rather than under the question

add a template called 8ball
and insert the following

PHP Code:


			
<html>



<head>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">



<!-- Begin

function checkrequired(which) {

var pass=true;

if (document.images) {

for (i=0;i<which.length;i++) {

var tempobj=which.elements[i];

if (tempobj.name.substring(0,8)=="required") {

if (((tempobj.type=="text"||tempobj.type=="textarea")&&

tempobj.value=='')||(tempobj.type.toString().charAt(0)=="s"&&

tempobj.selectedIndex==0)) {

pass=false;

break;

         }

      }

   }

}

if (!pass) {

shortFieldName=tempobj.name.substring(8,30).toUpperCase();

alert("Error you did not post any "+shortFieldName+" , try again.");

return false;

}

else

return true;

}

//  End -->

</script>

<title>$bbtitle - Ask the 8Ball?</title>



$headinclude



</head>



<body>



$header



<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="{contenttablewidth}" {tableinvisibleextra} align="center">



<tr>



        <td width="100%"><img src="{imagesfolder}/vb_bullet.gif" alt="" border="0" align="absmiddle">



        <normalfont><b><a href="index.php?s=$session[sessionhash]">$bbtitle</a> &gt;



       Ask the 8Ball?</b></normalfont></td>



</tr>



</table>



<br>







<table cellpadding="{tableouterborderwidth}" cellspacing="0" border="0" {tableouterextra} width="70%" align="center"><tr><td>







<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"><tr>

      <td> 

        <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

          <tr> 

            <td>

<font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif">

<br><br>

  <b>Ask the magic 8ball a question!</b>

  <br>

  <form onSubmit="return checkrequired(this)" method=post action='8ball.php'>

  <input type=text size=31 name="requiredquestion" value='Your Question'>

  <br>

  <input type=submit value='Ask the Magic 8Ball?'></form><br>

</td>

       

          </tr>

        </table>

        <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0" bgcolor="{tablebordercolor}" width="100%"> 

        <tr>



    <td colspan="5" bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}"><normalfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}"><center><b></b></center></normalfont></td>



  </tr>







  <tr>

<div align="center">



 </div>

$footer

</body>

copy the attached 8ball.php into your forums directory
and then run it ie http://yoursite.com/forums/8ball.php

you can see a working demo here

BigJohnson · #12 05-31-2002, 07:16 PM

I like this hack alot and i have added more than a couple hundred different sayings to this 8 Ball. If someone else can create this hack to work with my 8 ball that i made with photoshop and insert the message inside the ball that would be awesome. That would be cool if there was a fading effect when you clicked the buttons after typing in your question and the page doesnt refresh to see you answer. Right when you click the button the 8 ball will fade to the answer. Is anyone with me on this one and willing to help?

GenSec · #13 07-10-2002, 06:51 PM

You can look at my version here.

BigJohnson · #14 07-11-2002, 02:05 PM

Can you please post your version. That would be great. It looks great. Thanks.

GenSec · #15 07-11-2002, 02:27 PM

Îê. Everything in the txt file.

THANKS Dymo for the nice forum addon!

Boofo · #16 07-11-2002, 04:19 PM

This part is kindof confusing in your text file:

Step 2: Replace in 8ball.php the last section to:

As is this part:

include("./footer.php"); //may be in your case it should be deleted

Can you please explain it a little better to this newbie?

Quote:

Originally posted by GenSec
??. Everything in the txt file.

THANKS Dymo for the nice forum addon!

GenSec · #17 07-11-2002, 04:42 PM

If your forum is just VB page
Replace Dymo

PHP Code:


			
          srand((double) microtime() * 1000000);

          $count = count($answers);

 eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("8ball")."\");");

          echo "You asked:<b> ";

          echo $requiredquestion;

          echo "</b><br><br>and the answer is: <b> " .

$answers[rand(0,$count)];

  }



  ?>

without

PHP Code:


			
include("./footer.php");

It's for those who like me using it on nonVb page and has footer.php file.

BigJohnson · #18 07-11-2002, 06:36 PM

Ya but can the answer go somewhere else besides below the footer. I hate that part.

GenSec · #19 07-12-2002, 05:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BigJohnson
Ya but can the answer go somewhere else besides below the footer. I hate that part.

Why below. I said above and you can see on my page that problem just to move up eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("8ball")."\");");

PHP Code:


			
 <?

 require("./global.php");

if(!$bbuserinfo[userid]) {

  eval("dooutput(\"".show_nopermission()."\");");

} 

 eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("8ball")."\");");

  if (isset($requiredquestion)) {

          $answers = array( "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"blue\">Yes</font>",

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"red\">No</font>",                                                                           

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"blue\">Of Course</font>",

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"red\">Never</font>",

                                  "Maybe",

                                  "Theres a Chance",

                                  "What do you think I am, psychic?",

                                  "Sometimes",

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"blue\">Im quit sure about that!</font>",

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"blue\">Thats probably true</font>", 

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"red\">Hell no..</font>",

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"red\">Dont even think about it....</font>",

                                  "Maby , maby not",

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"blue\">You may count on it</font>",

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"red\">The chanse is quit as big as seeing Jay Leno in a

g-string</font>",

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"red\">I would not even concider it..</font>",

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"blue\">I must say yes...</font>",

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"blue\">Damnd right ...</font>",

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"blue\">Sure thing.</font>.",

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size=\"2\"

color=\"red\">Hahah your kidding right?</font>",

                                         

                                  "<font face=\"MS Sans Serif\" size =\"2\"

color=\"blue\">If you're lucky</font>");

          srand((double) microtime() * 1000000);

          $count = count($answers);

         echo "<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"300\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"><tr><td style=\"BORDER: #000000 1px solid; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: {codefontcolor}; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: {codebackground};\">";

         echo "$bbuserinfo[username]: <b>$requiredquestion</b>";

          echo "</td></tr><tr><TD style='filter:alpha(opacity=10)' onmouseover='nereidFade(this,100,30,5)' onmouseout='nereidFade(this,10,50,5)' background='images/3D.jpg' border=0 HEIGHT='300'  VALIGN='MIDDLE'><center><b>".

$answers[rand(0,$count)];

          echo "</center> </b></td></tr></table>";





  } else {



         echo "<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"300\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"><tr><td style=\"BORDER: #000000 1px solid; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: {codefontcolor}; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: {codebackground};\">";

         echo "$bbuserinfo[username]: <b></b>";

          echo "</td></tr><tr><TD style='filter:alpha(opacity=10)' onmouseover='nereidFade(this,100,30,5)' onmouseout='nereidFade(this,10,50,5)' background='images/3D.jpg' border=0 HEIGHT='300' ALIGN='CENTER' VALIGN='MIDDLE'><b><img src='http://www.2x2online.com/forum/$avatarurl'  border=0>";

          echo "</b></td></tr></table>";

}

  ?>

BigJohnson · #20 07-12-2002, 01:45 PM

Ya thats what i have but the answer is below the footer on my site.

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