Adding a game??

[Rosefriend]

I hope this is in the right place.....

Is it possible to add an online dart board/game, or any game for that matter, to the forum.....sorry if it's a daft question??

Thanks
RF

[ryoung]

Oct 22, 2011 2:58:00 GMT -8 Rosefriend said:

I hope this is in the right place.....

Is it possible to add an online dart board/game, or any game for that matter, to the forum.....sorry if it's a daft question??

Thanks
RF

I am not aware (I could be wrong) where anyone can upload that type of executable program. If you notice, all the code samples, and scripts are client side and javascript.

If you really want to do something like that then may I suggest this.

Probards, is a forum. Very good forum, that does allow us to tweek and change enough to personalize our own forums to a very excellent degree.

If you wanted to have a game, then there are several (freely available at no charge) hosting sites where you could upload and execute such games. You would not have to worry about spending a lot of time supporting it, if you plan just to run these games from there.

Then you can create links, buttons, or something like that to add to your proboards forum. This way your users of your forum can access the game hosted offsite but still have your forum as a starting point. How you want to implement the interface is up to you... pop up window, new window entirely..

You want to try as much as possible to give the impression or illusion that you are dealing with one entity, your forum even though you are hopping them from one site to another.

Just a thought...

[Shrike]

Dec 12, 2011 14:26:53 GMT -8 ryoung said:

Oct 22, 2011 2:58:00 GMT -8 Rosefriend said:

I hope this is in the right place.....

Is it possible to add an online dart board/game, or any game for that matter, to the forum.....sorry if it's a daft question??

Thanks
RF

I am not aware (I could be wrong) where anyone can upload that type of executable program. If you notice, all the code samples, and scripts are client side and javascript.

If you really want to do something like that then may I suggest this.

Probards, is a forum. Very good forum, that does allow us to tweek and change enough to personalize our own forums to a very excellent degree.

If you wanted to have a game, then there are several (freely available at no charge) hosting sites where you could upload and execute such games. You would not have to worry about spending a lot of time supporting it, if you plan just to run these games from there.

Then you can create links, buttons, or something like that to add to your proboards forum. This way your users of your forum can access the game hosted offsite but still have your forum as a starting point. How you want to implement the interface is up to you... pop up window, new window entirely..

You want to try as much as possible to give the impression or illusion that you are dealing with one entity, your forum even though you are hopping them from one site to another.

Just a thought...

....Or just embed a flash object?

Rosefriend: Do you know of the specific game you want to add? If not, a quick search for "embeddable flash games" will give you things like this. You then simply need to put the embed code they give you into the header or footer of the board you want the game in.

[Charles Stover]

You can put an embed code in a header/footer. To put it in a post, that requires a mod, and there are plenty that embed flash games in the code database.

[Rosefriend]

Thanks for all the info - it was just an idea for the dark winter months - someone on the board asked if we could play darts in our virtual pub on the forum itself, so I thought I would ask...

If I have understood all of this then the answer is "No" although there seem to be quite a few embedded flash games that would be possible...

RF

[Former Member]

This is the closest i can find:

Add the following code to your header, where you want it to display.

Please note, it will re-direct you to the site with the actual game but at least its something for now.

<div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.bigfuntown.com/Game-1291.html">Play Dart Game</a><br /><a href="http://www.bigfuntown.com/Game-1291.html"><img src="http://www.bigfuntown.com/Games/1291.jpg" width="150px" /></a><br/><a href="http://www.bigfuntown.com/Game-1291.html">Play Free Game</a></div>

[Rosefriend]

Hey that really is a start - thanks a lot.....

OK the "pub" is on a sub only for members - so I just pop it on the header of that sub??

RF

[Former Member]

If that's the only board you want the game to display on then yes, just that sub-board's header.

[Former Member]

Dec 13, 2011 3:47:56 GMT -8 Rosefriend said:

Hey that really is a start - thanks a lot.....

OK the "pub" is on a sub only for members - so I just pop it on the header of that sub??

RF

You're welcome, and yeah - just in the "pub" sub header should work.

[Rosefriend]

Great - thanks again - I will try it on our test board to make sure I don't make a mess...not sure how, but you never know!!

RF

[Former Member]

Dec 13, 2011 3:56:14 GMT -8 Rosefriend said:

Great - thanks again - I will try it on our test board to make sure I don't make a mess...not sure how, but you never know!!

RF

I just found a darts game which would embed the game on your actual forum. Its a crazy version of darts. Choice is yours

<iframe width="670" height="550" src="http://www.freeonlinegames.com/embed.php?g_id=20597" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

[Rosefriend]

ooooo great - erm right -now you are going to have to take me by the hand and tell me how to put that on the board.....
Does it just goes in the header/footer as a normal code would? I only want it for that one board??

RF

[Former Member]

Dec 13, 2011 4:05:16 GMT -8 Rosefriend said:

ooooo great - erm right -now you are going to have to take me by the hand and tell me how to put that on the board.....
Does it just goes in the header/footer as a normal code would? I only want it for that one board??

RF

Go to your admin panel > headers/footers > choose the correct board from the drop down box > add code to the header > save settings.

[Rosefriend]

I just put the first code on and it opened on another site as I was told but the size was pretty good.

NSW - the embedded code stretches the board badly - it is enormous. I am assuming that I can reduce the "width="670" height="550" " to whatever looks better??

RF

[Former Member]

Dec 13, 2011 4:13:16 GMT -8 Rosefriend said:

I just put the first code on and it opened on another site as I was told but the size was pretty good.

NSW - the embedded code stretches the board badly - it is enormous. I am assuming that I can reduce the "width="670" height="550" " to whatever looks better??

RF

The first link i provided would add an image of a dart board to your board. when clicked, it would re-direct you to the game on another site.

The 2nd link can be resized, but remember to keep the proportions correct. Theres 80 pixel difference between the width and height. Make sure you use smaller figures but keep them 80 pixels different.

Like, its currently set to: 670 by 550. Try:

500 pixels wide by 420 pixels in height.

EDIT: I just tested the new size on my forum, and it did resize but the game lost some on the screen. You can either make the size a bit bigger (remember the 80 pixel difference OR change the following part of the code to yes:

scrolling="no"

change no to yes. That would allow you/members to centre the dart board with scrollbars.