A buddy list...

[danmalara]

Hey EMG, maybe having a buddy/friends list would be a good idea. I'm not a web page designer or anything, but if it's possible, a buddy list would be great. Having a way to add friends and easily PM them (instead of going through the member list) would add to the greatness of this already great site!! :lol:

[Folsom_god]

indeed it would be special

[Hatebreeder]

Goes to show how much attention I paid. I didn't even notice there was a PM feature until you mentioned it. :lol:
If I was a bit more sleep deprived I might have started wondering what the Prime Minister button did

[danmalara]

What's a Prime Minister button??

[Folsom_god]

HAhahahahha wow hes being funny but ur an idiot dan so u cant understand

[Hatebreeder]

heh. must be a bleary-eyed sleep-deprived irish thing. PM=Prime Minister. it was corny and stupid BEFORE, now it's well and truly flogged to death.
Oh well...

[Folsom_god]

most americans wouldnt understand prime minister. but im not most americans

[Folsom_god]

EMG MAKE BUDDY LIST

[EMG]

At the moment, not a HIGH priority, once I take care of about 3-4 other projects then I'll see what I can do. If you can find a buddy list piece for PHP Nuke I might move it up on the list.

EMG MAKE BUDDY LIST

[danmalara]

Well, are you going to tell us what the other 3-4 things on your list are, or are you going to make us wait till they have been made???

[sandy82]

Dan, until there is a buddy list, there is another feature you might like. Go to the members list. Click on PM for the first named individual, which I think was a test member-file for the new site. When the PM form opens, there is a button to the right of the already entered addressee. This opens a search engine in a window in the upper-left corner of your screen. You can enter all or part of your friend's name, and the search program will display all hits. Pick the one you want, and his/her name will then appear as addressee in the PM form. Proceed to write your message.

It's much quicker than going through the members list, looking for someone who hasn't posted in one of the forums for a while.

[danmalara]

Dan, until there is a buddy list, there is another feature you might like. Go to the members list. Click on PM for the first named individual, which I think was a test member-file for the new site. When the PM form opens, there is a button to the right of the already entered addressee. This opens a search engine in a window in the upper-left corner of your screen. You can enter all or part of your friend's name, and the search program will display all hits. Pick the one you want, and his/her name will then appear as addressee in the PM form. Proceed to write your message.

It's much quicker than going through the members list, looking for someone who hasn't posted in one of the forums for a while.

Thanks. That solves the PMing problem, but I would like to just have a place where I could see what friends are online. And just having a list of friends makes you feel like you have friends. :lol:

[sandy82]

Thanks. That solves the PMing problem, but I would like to just have a place where I could see what friends are online. And just having a list of friends makes you feel like you have friends. :lol:

How about the list at the bottom of the main Forums page. As of this writing, it says:

"In total there are 6 users online :: 5 Registered, 1 Hidden and 0 Guests."

It then gives the names of the five open users, but not the name of the hidden user. The "hidden user" function is not used very often; so the list on the Forums page should provide the info you want.

[danmalara]

Sandy, your too funny. lol You've solved another problem and it was right under my nose. I was aware of both the things you've helped out with, but I haven't thought of using them. lol Thanks again, but that still leaves one problem. I want a list of friends just to have a list of friends. :lol: . Thanks again Sandy.

[Jack]

I'm not throroughly sure, but I think that the list at the bottom of the forums page isn't all-inclusive. As far as I can tell it only lists the people looking at the forum page(?) or, the person(s) perusing the forums. Could use some clarification on this, if EMG should choose to respond.

[EMG]

you are correct, it only lists the members currently in the forums. A full list of everyong online woud be a tad longer and I actually do like the buddy list idea, I just haven't had time to find one for PHP Nuke or design one myself.

I'm not throroughly sure, but I think that the list at the bottom of the forums page isn't all-inclusive. As far as I can tell it only lists the people looking at the forum page(?) or, the person(s) perusing the forums. Could use some clarification on this, if EMG should choose to respond.

[sandy82]

A full list of everyone online woud be a tad longer and I actually do like the buddy list idea, I just haven't had time to find one for PHP Nuke or design one myself.

Any seemingly sage comments from me on programming would make Judge Roy Bean look honest. Having said that, I plunge ahead.

The Buddy List is probably more complicated since it would involve potential "individual accounts" for each user. But the "everyone online" idea looks straightforward.

-- At log-on, add username to pre-specified "Users Online" list.
-- At log-off, delete username from pre-specified "Users Online" list.

Since the identity of guests is presumably unknown, there's no need to put them on a list used for sending PMs. On the other hand, it causes no harm to list them if it is easier to do so.

[EMG]

Actually, the site already tracks who is online, it has that statistic on the right hand of the page. Building a Buddy list would only require that I search that list for matching names that are stored connected to your account. I'd only have to add 1 table to the database to track that. Still, it would probably take me 2-3 days to build and I only have so much time.

Any seemingly sage comments from me on programming would make Judge Roy Bean look honest. Having said that, I plunge ahead.

The Buddy List is probably more complicated since it would involve potential "individual accounts" for each user. But the "everyone online" idea looks straightforward.

-- At log-on, add username to pre-specified "Users Online" list.
-- At log-off, delete username from pre-specified "Users Online" list.

Since the identity of guests is presumably unknown, there's no need to put them on a list used for sending PMs. On the other hand, it causes no harm to list them if it is easier to do so.

[danmalara]

Actually, the site already tracks who is online, it has that statistic on the right hand of the page. Building a Buddy list would only require that I search that list for matching names that are stored connected to your account. I'd only have to add 1 table to the database to track that. Still, it would probably take me 2-3 days to build and I only have so much time.

I think you mean the left hand side... :)

[deathjdstn]

well its who ever has logged into the forum as even tho everything on this site uses the same database and under the same system the forum is actualy seperate then all of the rest of the site just nuke managed to intergrate it within nuke so after you log into the site and click forums boom your name will show up if you click out of the forms it may take a bit of awhile be it will remove your name.


I been playing with this for the past few days on my site as i been looking for a decent portal system and i think so far this is one of the best nice and simple for the users to understand which is the key

by the way good find EMG if it was not for this site i would of never stumbled on to it.

anyways if i am wrong EMG please correct me but from my understanding is if someone wants they can just get this forums script without getting the whole nuke php as this forums is really another script in itself but was just intergrated.

[EMG]

That is correct, the message system is PHPBB.

anyways if i am wrong EMG please correct me but from my understanding is if someone wants they can just get this forums script without getting the whole nuke php as this forums is really another script in itself but was just intergrated.

[deathjdstn]

i found some buddy list system for php nuke once i get it intergrated to my site and get it running then i will give a copy to EMG and its up to him if he wants to intergrate it on this site or not i tried yesturday but it failed trying to do some debugging and such and find out why its not working right but once i find a solution then i can see if its worth giving out to emg or not. i am looking at other scipts too for both me and EMG to use



A side note tho i am doing this as just a favor to help make this community better as i am not a partner nor offical of this site so please do not mistaken me for such as this project is the site owner(s) i just like to contribute to what i can as at the moment i have no financal means as i am hitting a finacal problem myself but i have other resources to help us grow :)

[deathjdstn]

i got the buddy list system on my site to work i am trying to talk to EMG

and see what we can work out

[deathjdstn]

again i am debugging this buddy list finaly got it working nicely

soon as you log in weather or not your in the forums it tracks you as being online how ever not sure if its a cookie issue or what but it does not update right away when you log off line

for example lets say i have joe as my friend on my list and it he logs online it shows in online right away but when he logs off it will take awhile before it relizes he went off line

it takes 10 mins after a person to log off before it relizes he is offline but soon as he logs online its instant

nothing is perfect but its still a nice buddy list system

[sandy82]

deathjdstn, it sounds like you are doing a super job on debugging the Buddy List. I know everyone here appreciates your efforts!

[deathjdstn]

well like i said its something i was looking for my site but i love the site and the work EMG does on it and i love to help any ways i can

how does EMG say it in his files?

any way. shape or form :)

any ways its debugged i learned the script i got it intergrated with php nuke on my site if EMG has time and such him and i can discuss if its something he wants for this site and if so we both need time to work together and modify files and such to get it intergrated

If you want to see what it looks like pm me i will then direct you to mysite as i do not want to do advertising on here as its not right to do so but keep in mind only features is up on my site no content as i am not ready for content yet still trying to add some features my next project is adding a full chat system on mines.

[danmalara]

Why don't you post your site in your profile. I don't want to have to pm you and I'm curious. Like EMG has the little "WWW" button next to the "PM" button, underneath every post. You should do that unless you have a reason not to, of course.

[deathjdstn]

i found a major issue with the buddy list thing it caused some issues fixing it and we will see what happens i will keep you all informed