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Author:  Grim... [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:28 ]
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I had the idea of putting a turn-off and onable rotating, one line 'news' block at the top of the site.
It could contain news like "one day left on the photo competition" or "Xbox 360 Obscure Night at Monday 10pm" or whatever.

Thoughts?
Author:  Plissken [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:31 ]
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Not 100% convinced, but definitely worth trying.
Author:  ElephantBanjoGnome [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:32 ]
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I'm all for it, handy if you're unsure what the pertinent news of the day is.
Author:  Dudley [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:32 ]
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Or "Comical games 'still a massive twat'"
Author:  LaceSensor [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:34 ]
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Dudley, dont anger him or you'll be the next lynchee.
Author:  chinnyhill10 [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:35 ]
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Dudley wrote:
Or "Comical games 'still a massive twat'"


We could have a CG anger alert. Like the American terror alerts.

A small icon of different colours to indicate the prevailing level of anger.

Oh and naturally the ticker should inform everyone what todays bad smell is.
Author:  Mimi [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:35 ]
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I think it could be handy, especially if, like the signatures/avatars people could choose whether or not it is visible to them - is that a possibility, Grim??? (hehe, see what I did there? I suggest that to be the new forum standard, and use Grim!!! when we are angry or surprised with the big chap :) )

Monkey agrees :munkeh:
Author:  Dr Lave [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:38 ]
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bad ass.
Author:  Grim... [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:40 ]
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Mimi wrote:
I think it could be handy, especially if, like the signatures/avatars people could choose whether or not it is visible to them - is that a possibility, Grim???


Grim... wrote:
turn-off and onable


I will start using bigger writing :)
Author:  ElephantBanjoGnome [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:42 ]
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LaceSensor wrote:
Dudley, dont anger him or you'll be the next lynchee.

Yeah Dudley, I'll tell everyone that you're clearly mafia and I'll be strangely believed yet again, only to find out you're the town rentboy. Filthy, but innocent.

I like the idea of an anger alert level, the trouble is the stress of maintaining it would probably piss me off.
Author:  Mimi [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:44 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Mimi wrote:
I think it could be handy, especially if, like the signatures/avatars people could choose whether or not it is visible to them - is that a possibility, Grim???


Grim... wrote:
turn-off and onable


I will start using bigger writing :)


I did read that, but I wasn't sure if you meant that it would be activated some days and not others, depending on whether there was news, or if it actually meant that some people could choose not to see it, which is why I asked, just to clarify.
Author:  Joans [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:49 ]
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Just set it to "Mafia game update: Angry mob lynches innocent townie" and just leave it to run, it'll always be up to date.
Author:  kalmar [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:54 ]
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That would be ace. Remember the "news headline" thing in Sim City? It could be like that. Except with less Godzilla attacks.
Author:  WTB [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:55 ]
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I like the idea, so long as it's not too intrusive. We definitely don't need it displaying at the top of every page. Just the General Discussion page or something?
Author:  Grim... [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:56 ]
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Mimi wrote:
I did read that, but I wasn't sure if you meant that it would be activated some days and not others, depending on whether there was news, or if it actually meant that some people could choose not to see it, which is why I asked, just to clarify.

I'll let you off, then.
Author:  Grim... [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:57 ]
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jonarob wrote:
We definitely don't need it displaying at the top of every page. Just the General Discussion page or something?

Just the forum pages (ie - not the thread pages).
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:58 ]
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Instead of at the top of the page, what about using a tight FOR loop Javascript invocation that fiddles with status.write() so it ends up in the browser status bar? Also, there's not enough <BLINK> tag, can we fix that too?

I'll get my coat.
Author:  Grim... [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:00 ]
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richardgaywood wrote:
I'll get my coat.

We burnt your coat. Get out.
Author:  Sir Taxalot [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:02 ]
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I like the sound of it - Reminding people about closing games/competitions is probably the most useful aspect of it.

It sounds neat :)
Author:  devilman [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:02 ]
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kalmar wrote:
That would be ace. Remember the "news headline" thing in Sim City? It could be like that. Except with less Godzilla attacks.


Grim... can you arrange for some Godzilla attacks too? It would liven the day up. :)
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:03 ]
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Grim... wrote:
richardgaywood wrote:
I'll get my coat.
We burnt your coat. Get out.
I'm just pondering my next move to this affront. Lynching an innocent townie seems to be the theme of the week, maybe I'll do that.
Author:  Sheepeh [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 15:15 ]
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I support this idea. Bonus points for making it go "bipbipbipbipbipbip" while typing out letter by letter, a la Teleprinter. On ever page. With Des Lynham reading them out.
Author:  chinnyhill10 [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 16:28 ]
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Sheepeh wrote:
With Dickie Davies reading them out.


FTFY.
Author:  sinister agent [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 16:36 ]
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kalmar wrote:
That would be ace. Remember the "news headline" thing in Sim City? It could be like that. Except with less Godzilla attacks.


That one featured a truly classic gag - "Garvey sees own name in news ticker - smiles at irony".

Make it do that, Grim..., with your powers.
Author:  Sheepeh [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 16:36 ]
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Do you *want* Stu to sue you for PIRACY?
Author:  chinnyhill10 [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 16:43 ]
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Sheepeh wrote:
Do you *want* Stu to sue you for PIRACY?


There is np such thing as piracy. The game was just accidently in my tape to tape deck and there was a C90 in the other deck and the cat must have brushed past it and pressed "dub". :attitude:
Author:  CraigGrannell [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 17:50 ]
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richardgaywood wrote:
Instead of at the top of the page, what about using a tight FOR loop Javascript invocation that fiddles with status.write() so it ends up in the browser status bar? Also, there's not enough <BLINK> tag, can we fix that too?

I did a job recently that required tables and font tags and all that nastiness (it was for an email campaign). *shudder* Don't go back, web guys, IT'S NOT SAFE!
Author:  Mr Russell [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 19:08 ]
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This is probably too much to code, but it would be cool if you could click a little icon to delete a news item from the ticker once you'd seen it, or if you weren't interested, for example.
Author:  TheVision [ Fri Jun 13, 2008 20:16 ]
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Nowt wrong with that idea... I like it!!
Author:  CUS [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 0:54 ]
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chinnyhill10 wrote:
The game was just resting in my tape to tape deck

FTF etc.
Author:  MrChris [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 20:52 ]
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Excellentness, Grim.... Only suggestion I would have is can we make the interval slightly slower?
Author:  Grim... [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 20:53 ]
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Slow reader, eh?
Author:  Sheepeh [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 20:55 ]
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Works for me, although I must say I saw the page get taken down then put back up, and still didn't actually notice it. I also love having a coder that isn't just slapping IE code on and expecting everyone else to like it.

Yay for Grim...!
Author:  Grim... [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 20:55 ]
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Now increased to six seconds. If you mouse over it, it will pause.
Better?
Author:  MrChris [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 20:57 ]
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Tops. You are the very epitome of excellent.
Author:  Grim... [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 20:58 ]
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Sheepeh wrote:
Works for me, although I must say I saw the page get taken down then put back up, and still didn't actually notice it.

Er, you probably saw me testing it (live testing FTW), and making a mistake a bit before I made it visable to everybody.

Sheepeh wrote:
Yay for Grim...!

That gets you an addition to the ticker :)

It was actually your signature that gave me the idea.

If anyone wants to add anything, just PM a mod.
Author:  Sheepeh [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 20:58 ]
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I preferred it faster, but I'm well aware that you won't please everyone with it. I don't think many people rest on the front page long enough to see more than the first two items maximum.
Author:  ElephantBanjoGnome [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 21:02 ]
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Awesome, I'd very much like to pinch the code off you that runs this :)
Author:  Grim... [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 22:19 ]
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jQuery and the news-ticker plug-in.
Author:  ElephantBanjoGnome [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 22:29 ]
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jQuery is a good'un, I had a bit of a fiddle with it a while ago. Must pay more attention to these things but my brain is resistant to learning new things.
Author:  Grim... [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 22:30 ]
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I'm a bit good at it. If you are planning on plugging it into your forum though, I must warn you that it's mighty complicated.
Author:  ElephantBanjoGnome [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 22:33 ]
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I recall having to install a mod to my php 2.* forum to get php code to execute on the forum pages at all. I assume php3 has kept that up? The PTS forum eventually had a random rotating pimp pulled from the db :)
Author:  Grim... [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 22:37 ]
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You put PHP in the template pages directly?
Author:  ElephantBanjoGnome [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 22:41 ]
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Yep, it was necessary, I wanted to place the rotating bit in the header without pissing around too much.
Author:  Cras [ Sat Jun 14, 2008 22:44 ]
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It would be nice if it started at a random place, rather than showing the first item every time the page is loaded. Possible?
Author:  Grim... [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:15 ]
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Er... I think so, yeah.
Author:  Grim... [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:25 ]
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There we are.
Author:  CUS [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:00 ]
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I like it, well done. :hat:
Author:  Mimi [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 13:12 ]
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Is there any way of adding news items (because the photography challenge ends in 11 hours and I would put it up if I could) or is it only Grim... or the mods?

Also, it works really well, so well done.
Author:  MrD [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 14:09 ]
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Huzzah for the news ticker!

Seems like we've got all kinds of stickers on BEEX: SWOS stickers, new stickers and more!.
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