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General Discussion => Technology and Development => Web Programming and Design => Topic started by: {AP} on January 25, 2011, 08:55:34 pm

Title: [RFG] Userbar Manager
Post by: {AP} on January 25, 2011, 08:55:34 pm
(http://userbars.removedfromgame.com/images/logo.png) (http://userbars.removedfromgame.com/)
http://userbars.removedfromgame.com/

It's finally here! The beta for the userbar manager I have been working on.
The site is amazingly easy to use and more details can be found on the homepage. I've only tested it on Firefox so I'll need you guys to let me know how it works with other browsers.

So, let me know of any bugs that come up and any comments, suggestions, complaints, etc.

(NOTE: This version replaces the old dynamic userbars page. You can still use the script like normal and all old userbars still work, but the generator and instructions on how to use it are gone.)

Features I'm working on adding now:


Known Bugs:


Fixed bugs:


Updates:
Title: Re: [RFG] Userbar Manager
Post by: Michael_Lee on January 25, 2011, 09:24:19 pm
Very cool!  Trying it now.
Title: Re: [RFG] Userbar Manager
Post by: {AP} on January 26, 2011, 02:20:51 pm
Alrighty, made some headway. Check out the first post.

I fixed custom backgrounds and expanded on them since the code from Dynamic Userbars. You can now use .JPG, and .GIF images too. Note that the option to put the lines on top is gone though. I'll be experimenting on a new process that should allow you to add more effects than that.

Fixed a bug or two since release. Not all fixes shown because they were more of a syntax issue than anything else.

So yeah. Things are improving. Any feedback would be nice. Especially any problems that are coming up. It's good to get them out of the way before I bulk up the system with fancy stuff. =P
Title: Re: [RFG] Userbar Manager
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 26, 2011, 02:27:30 pm
Looks nice, although it doesn't seem to work. I tried making a mini userbar (regular) with custom background http://www.omnimaga.org/images/screenshots/omnimaga.bmp and the userbar gives me 404 not found. I use Opera 11 by the way.

You should also change the copyright to 2010-2011 :P
Title: Re: [RFG] Userbar Manager
Post by: {AP} on January 26, 2011, 02:34:17 pm
Hm... strange. I did it and didn't get the error but I have to mention that .bmp isn't supported yet so it just gave me a black background.
I'll go ahead and see if I can get Opera and see what the problem is.

Also, my ISP is seriously screwing me. It's knocked out my internet for several hours 2 days in a row now and it's been going REALLY slow since last night so I'm like downloading at 30kb/s and pages take forever to load so this will take much more time than normal.
Title: Re: [RFG] Userbar Manager
Post by: Eeems on January 26, 2011, 03:18:46 pm
Just a suggestion, make it so when you bring the textbox with the url into focus that it automatically selects all the text. Here is a jQuery tutorial which I'm sure you can modify to your needs (without using jQuery etc) http://www.codeunit.co.za/2010/05/10/jquery-javascript-how-to-select-all-text-in-a-textbox/
Title: Re: [RFG] Userbar Manager
Post by: shmibs on January 26, 2011, 03:59:45 pm
looking pretty spiffy there, {AP}!
as you can see, i tested it out...
Title: Re: [RFG] Userbar Manager
Post by: Munchor on January 26, 2011, 04:05:28 pm
I tried it out, gotcha an account and I love it.

However, I chose a bar of non-progress type and it stills let me choose percentage, I think.

It's damn good (in the positive way of damn).
Title: Re: [RFG] Userbar Manager
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 27, 2011, 02:47:54 am
Quote from: {AP} on January 26, 2011, 02:34:17 pm
Hm... strange. I did it and didn't get the error but I have to mention that .bmp isn't supported yet so it just gave me a black background.
I'll go ahead and see if I can get Opera and see what the problem is.

Also, my ISP is seriously screwing me. It's knocked out my internet for several hours 2 days in a row now and it's been going REALLY slow since last night so I'm like downloading at 30kb/s and pages take forever to load so this will take much more time than normal.
That sucks, that reminds me mine a few summers ago. X.x Also I tried with gifs and jpgs too.
Title: Re: [RFG] Userbar Manager
Post by: {AP} on January 27, 2011, 06:32:30 pm
Alright, internet problem is fixed but I haven't figured out the problem with Opera just yet. The weird part is that editing a userbar will create the image just fine but when you try to make a new one, the userbar isn't saved. The part that confuses me about that is that creating and editing userbars is the exact same code so the fix may take awhile to figure out.

For now, when you create one, edit it and it will be made for you like normal. (If using Opera)
I'll keep working on it.

*UPDATE: Fixed. Apparently, Opera has a hard time dealing with the way I set up my form for creation and wouldn't properly post information to the next step in the form so I changed the creation form to one exactly like the edit form. It's less pretty, but it works.

Quote from: Scout on January 26, 2011, 04:05:28 pm
However, I chose a bar of non-progress type and it stills let me choose percentage, I think.

That shouldn't be happening really. Double check that and if it's true then let me know what browser you're using.

Quote from: Eeems on January 26, 2011, 03:18:46 pm
Just a suggestion, make it so when you bring the textbox with the url into focus that it automatically selects all the text. Here is a jQuery tutorial which I'm sure you can modify to your needs (without using jQuery etc) http://www.codeunit.co.za/2010/05/10/jquery-javascript-how-to-select-all-text-in-a-textbox/

Nice idea. Just needed to add "onclick="this.select()"" to the textbox. ;P


Well, thanks to Opera being weird about how I coded my form, I managed to make a pretty epic update.

Now the creation and editing form will show a LIVE preview of the userbar while you're working! All changes made in the form will show you what they look like instantly. (Well, almost instantly. Custom backgrounds take a bit longer to load but otherwise very fast.)

Also, managed to fix the caching issue for most browsers. Unfortunately, Opera is having issues accepting the fix so Opera users will still have to refresh the main page after editing their userbar to see the changes.

Let me know if anything else comes up!
Title: Re: [RFG] Userbar Manager
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 30, 2011, 03:11:36 am
Cool I managed to create an userbar successfully in Opera :D

It's basic but I just wanted to test :P

(http://userbars.removedfromgame.com/ub/DJ%20Omnimaga43.png)
Title: Re: [RFG] Userbar Manager
Post by: Eeems on January 31, 2011, 08:19:19 pm
How about adding the option on a regular userbar of where to align the text to?
Title: Re: [RFG] Userbar Manager
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on February 01, 2011, 02:32:47 pm
Btw is it normal that when a project is at 0% progress it doesn't show the progress? Some people put 0% when a project is in the planning stages. ???
Title: Re: [RFG] Userbar Manager
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on June 10, 2014, 02:38:56 am
I don't know if you're still lurking from time to time {AP} or if you had notifications on for this topic (assuming they were not desactivated upon the upgrade), but there seems to be a problem with the userbars: Now the text is pretty much pitch black for most people and impossible to read.

It doesn't appear to happen with every single userbar, though. For example, this progress userbar is fine http://userbars.removedfromgame.com/ub/pimathbrainiac712.png but this message one isn't http://userbars.removedfromgame.com/userbars.php?bg=red&msg=DJ%20Omnimaga%20fan%20:%20Never%20Gonna%20Give%20You%20Up