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January 15, 2004 at 6:08 am #11379Grim ReaperMember
This is just a suggestion, so guys don’t kill me ;). I was thinking to put the AIM Guy, ICQ Flower, and so on for the other messengers somewhere around your member name. I’m saying that if you make 10 posts in the AIM forum then you get one AIM guy around your member name. 50 posts will get you two AIM guys and so on for the other messenger forums. Having the ICQ flower under the AIM guy or whatever order. Yes I know that if that happens then there will be more pointless posts but it’s just a suggestion and that’s mine.
Let the bad idea posts begin. 😀
January 15, 2004 at 7:49 am #85999AtlasParticipantthats cool with me. i like the idea its small and it’ll give BB that unique feel.
January 15, 2004 at 8:04 am #85989Jeff HesterKeymasterHey Grim, thanks for the suggestion. It’s an interesting idea. I may play around with it and see how it looks.
I’m always a little reluctant to add more graphics to the forums, because every image, no matter how small, will slow down the page. I’ll check it out though.
January 15, 2004 at 6:52 pm #86001Dr KimbleParticipantI hope you do try it out Jeff, it sounds like a great idea. Now we will know who is involved with what message systems.
Here is another silly suggestion, if someone posts a lot in the fun forums, put a silly smilie face or something. I realize it adds load time, but it is still a fun idea.
January 15, 2004 at 9:33 pm #85992detn8rParticipantSo you would replace the stars with the IM icons?
I think thats neat…?
January 15, 2004 at 9:53 pm #86000Dr KimbleParticipantI think Grim’s idea was to put AIM guy or whatever logo if you post frequently in a certain thread group. Like I post a lot in AIM so I would have AIM guys, others post a lot im MSN so they would have that bubble guy. I believe Grim wants to have these in supplement to the stars, at least that I show I see it.
January 15, 2004 at 11:57 pm #85998Grim ReaperMemberYou could get rid of the stars or leave them there. Preferrably leaving them there. Dr. Kimble almost has the right thing that I am saying ;). A member could have the AIM guy, ICQ flower, and the other ones all pictured around there name. I’m saying that someone makes 10 posts in the AIM forum they get an AIM guy. That same person makes 10 posts in the ICQ forum then they get a flower added along with the AIM guy. I’m just saying that it would give people an idea on the knowledge of a certain messenger that person has.
January 16, 2004 at 3:33 am #85991detn8rParticipantI don’t see how this would LOOK. Could you mess around in Paint, or Photoshop, and give us an example?
January 16, 2004 at 3:58 am #85997Grim ReaperMemberThe icons could be placed under the number of posts you have. The size of the icons could be the same size as the icons that are on the online satus indicators but without the offline/online part.
January 16, 2004 at 5:39 am #86002Dr KimbleParticipantDr Kimble
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Something like this right? Let’s say I have 50 posts in AIM threads, and 10 in Yahoo, so hence the icons show up under my name. I like the idea 😉
January 16, 2004 at 6:07 am #85996Grim ReaperMemberYes Dr. Kimble that is what I am saying. Not a big detail but have the AIM guy yellow. 😉
January 16, 2004 at 6:26 am #85990detn8rParticipantOr possibly, it say “Most active in (icon) forum”?
Also noticed in profiles that AIM has a boxed “extra” icon… whats up with that?!
January 16, 2004 at 6:39 am #85995Grim ReaperMemberI noticed that just a little while ago before you posted that. It’s a status indicator I do believe but I don’t know why it’s there.
January 16, 2004 at 1:03 pm #85994magistykMemberIt is an online status indicator, a new feature I’m working on implementing into the forums if all goes well. It’s boxed because I haven’t had time to fix it up.
January 16, 2004 at 2:14 pm #85993FrutZleMemberQuote:quote:Originally posted by JeffHey Grim, thanks for the suggestion. It’s an interesting idea. I may play around with it and see how it looks.
I’m always a little reluctant to add more graphics to the forums, because every image, no matter how small, will slow down the page. I’ll check it out though.
You know that if you want to add icons for “x posts in forum so-and-so, x posts in forum so-and-so”, for every view of a topic, all topics made by the members that’ve posted in that topic have to be checked for the right forum_id, then counted and converted to the right amount of icons that go with that forum, right?
I mean, it would add to the loading time, especially if you get to topics where a lot of different members have posted.The icons themselves wouldn’t be much of a problem as they would get cached by the browser and therefore only loaded once every x days, but it would add quite some extra work for the database.
An easier solution would be to add radiobuttons to the messenger fields in the profiles, where people can choose a favorite messenger. Then by quering only one extra database field, you could show an icon for the author’s favorite messenger by their name.
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