Signature

hottstuff911 · #1 03-17-2005, 02:04 AM

can any one tell me the code to make your Signature say that your on a server or if you not on a server it says not on a server please tell me this
code for the Signature.

Kaimetsu · #2 03-17-2005, 02:10 AM

Well, there isn't any official way, but Loriel provides a service for this kind of thing. Just find somebody else who uses it and copy the URL, adapting the relevant sections.

fexii · #3 03-17-2005, 04:53 AM

Here is a guide made by the person who created the script http://ilfirin.org/graal/gadgets/gstatus.rbx . And make sure that in your profile you have "Show online status" checked, or the script won't work.
Or, as Kaimetsu said, just look in a profile and change relevant sections.

As a side note for people who are wondering how this works, and I thought this was pretty ingenious:
the cgi script downloads the public viewprofile.php for that user and scans the file for certain text that would only appear if the player was online. If that text is found then it will return a rendered image (GD tools) that says the player is online, otherwise it will return a rendered image saying the player is not online. it's simple in concept but for somebody who's never seen it before, the script seems pretty ingenious to me. I'll probably design a PHP version of this in the future, just for practice and good measure

And specfically for hotstuff911, heres the code you might consider using
http://ilfirin.org/graal/gadgets/gst...t%20on%20Graal
all in an image tag

Zero Hour · #4 03-17-2005, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by fexii

Loriel stuff

Loriel's version is made in Ruby, but it's still (very) possible to make it in PHP :P. I was going to make one of Fairyland:Europe but MagicalTux wouldn't put the values in the profiles... the only other option I had was to have the script search, potentially, hundreds of pages for the user's account name and then to get the ranking... but that would take a loooooong time (;

Skyld · #5 03-17-2005, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero Hour

Loriel's version is made in Ruby, but it's still (very) possible to make it in PHP :P

I made a version in PHP like it but it optionally checked if they were on the forums too, but I never did actually put it anywhere.

fexii · #6 03-18-2005, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Zero Hour

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Originally Posted by Fexii

Loriel Stuff

Out of curiosity, where did you get this quote? I don't remember ever saying that...

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Originally Posted by Skyld

I made a version in PHP like it but it optionally checked if they were on the forums too, but I never did actually put it anywhere.

Ooo that's neat

I tried but I can't find any server with GD image library installed

Zero Hour · #7 03-18-2005, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by fexii

Out of curiosity, where did you get this quote? I don't remember ever saying that...

I didn't want to quote then entire topic, waste of visual space, so I just gave the general idea of what I was quoting from your post.

fexii · #8 03-18-2005, 09:15 PM

I think you have me mixed up with Kaimetsu. I didn't say anything about Loriel, I just gave the script and an idea of what it does.

Kaimetsu · #9 03-18-2005, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by fexii

I didn't say anything about Loriel, I just gave the script and an idea of what it does.

Well, yeah. But talk about Loriel's script could be referred to as "Loriel stuff".

fexii · #10 03-20-2005, 03:48 AM

ohh it's Loriel's script? I don't know who wrote it, I just looked at the source code and explained it.

fexii · #11 03-23-2005, 08:12 AM

I feel this double-post is relevant. After many pains I made a PHP version of this script

It works in basically the same way, but mine has a transparent background with outlined text. The text changes color based on the message. Also there are more messages that are each clearer if you run into an error with the script. Theoretically the script is faster too, but i don't notice much of a difference.

To configure the script is simple, just use this format

http://www.vwebnet.com/fexii/graalstatus.php/<name>

where you replace <name> with your graal account. Then stick that whole URL in an image tag and it should work from there. If there's any errors let me know.

Also, I probably won't host this script forever, so if anybody is willing to then i'll be glad to hand over the script to another server.

Mitch · #12 03-25-2005, 12:24 AM

Although, he doesn't want to bother saying it you should keep his original quotes seeing as how it is his opinion. It doesn't require you to type anything you can simply click the 'quick quote' button.