Alters [library support]

[Wormopolis]

I still have to have a postkey in order to store which alter is assumed for the post. a one point I thought of utilizing the space better and storing the entire Alter data in the postkey, but the problem with that is it wouldnt auto-update. if you changed the avatar or signature or anything then it wouldnt be reflected in older posts. though it WOULD have the benefit of leaving something behind in case an alter gets deleted.

a custom page idea would be cool.. but I dont know where I would be able to store the submissions. I cant just send data to PB servers without proper formatting and authority. I was thinking mopre along the lines of a single board where submissions are made. hitting new post/thread puts up the form. they fill it out. staff edits it until its approvable. button is hit. post is moved to a different location for safekeeping. and a notification system of new submissions I could probably do if I used up some space of the alter companion key since its a superuser key already.

the tagging feature would never work with the username stored in the plugin character fields. totally different system it gets data from.


The ONLY reason I went with a vertical display of the alters was to avoid stretching the page. they are in divs themselves in order to keep the name beside them. I can change it to display N number across by putting in a table structure.

[jposemato]

Hey, so far im finding your plugin to be awesome. I had two problems with it however which I was curious if I could go about fixing.

The first problem is my post count setup. My forum already has a "Post Count" which considers a members posts and ranks them with icons based on their posts. I was curious if I could apply that rank to the individual Alters (Its the default rank system found via Admin --> Members --> Ranks. If their were any way to replace the post counter that is just a number with the rank instead that would be awesome! 

The second problem I am not quite sure if it will be a huge issue or not but I would think it would become one. I currently only have one Alter on my forum as I just recently downloaded the plugin however I use it for a roleplaying forum and it would eventually had a huge sum of alters on it. It appears to me that as you make each alter it just keeps dragging down and making a longer and longer page. I was wondering if their were any way to organize it any better so that after you have filled out all of an alters information it could be minimized some how? 

Sorry for any typos- 3:15AM will do that to ya lol

[Wormopolis]

1. is this a second plugin that makes some sort of alteration to the mini-profile?

2. Are you talking about when you are on the plugin settings?

[jposemato]

To the first question, it is not a plugin. In the standard setup of Proboards you have access to a system that tracks post count of normal profiles and gives them a rank (Based on the board owner that is) It originally has a large quantity of colored stars to use for the rank system. I just wanted to see if their was a way to apply that to the mini-profile. In fact, it is the system used on this support board here too. How you have green stars next to your name and I have a single gold star.

and to the second question, yes.

[Wormopolis]

I see. well the ranking system and stars are posted to the page by the system itself. unless you want to recreate all of your rank names and stars settings for regular members and groups, a plugin wouldnt be able to just retrieve that info based on the post count. there isnt a function that returns that info from the servers, which is why I couldnt put it back in, in the first place. I guess I could add it back in, but you are going to have to do the work to fill it all out. and if you have a bunch of different themes, the sets have to be configured for each theme that is different


as for the second question, I have no control over that part of the plugin. that is part of the base code from proboards and NO codes are allowed to run in the admin panel. if you make a suggestion in the support board, however, tim or somebody can explain if it can be done or not as a feature request.

[jposemato]

I don't mind, that would be great thanks! As for the second part, I understand.

Thanks for all the help!

[Ace Of Charts]

I have a question. How does one call Alter styling for putting Alter elements into other places? I'm currently attempting to use Alter avatars in the Last Post column as an extension to this template, but although it has always displayed the alter's name properly (as that has been part of the plugin's coding for forever), I cannot for the life of me get it to display the associated alter's avatar no matter what I put. (I've tried telling it $[Alter_Avatar], I've tried surrounding that or the usual avatar coding with a mini-profile div or span, I've tried using $[Alter_Groupstyles], which only seems able to add the alter's name a second time; nothing seems to work.)

So would you happen to be able to tell me what to put in order to stick a small alter avatar into the Last Post column? It'd be much appreciated.

[Wormopolis]

are you modifying the forum templates to do this?

[Ace Of Charts]

Yes, it's a template mod. I've attempted nothing with the CSS, as I wouldn't know what to do unless specifically told, and I don't like to mess with the CSS unless I have some idea what I'd do with it.

[Wormopolis]

well the templates have no idea the alter plugin exists.. so they wouldnt be replacing anything. its in the plugin itself that the last post name gets changed.

you are looking to redo the last post cell completely like a template change then? I can add that to feature requests

[Ace Of Charts]

Somewhat. This is what I currently have:


<td class="latest last">by $[thread.last_post.created_by] <span="float-right">$[thread.last_post.created_by_user.avatar_quote]</span><br />$[thread.last_post.created_on]</td>


All it really does is add a float-right quote-size avatar to the associated name in the "Last Post" column; it appears, of course, to the right of the name, but still above the date (in other words, it's on the same line as the name). Looks good, in my opinion; the only issue, naturally, is that it doesn't pull the right avatar for alters.

Naturally, it would be awesome if this could be made to work in the Created By column as well (using the same centered position as the existing modification does).

All I really want it to do is use the alter avatar if it was an alter that made the post.

As always, thanks much for listening!

[Wormopolis]

version 1.6.1 being submitted tonight

v1.6.1
fixed avatar height/width screwup
can now use alter on quoted posts
added option for max-across in profile view
added support for alter extension plugin
added something to lastpost/createdby cells to change avatar if present

to do:
quote alters

I havent QUITE got the process for quoting an alter down but I think I am close.

also submitting Alter Extension plugin v1.0.0 tonight.  it allows for more alters to be added, effectively doulbing how may you can have.

[Wormopolis]

1.6.1 accepted

and for everyone that has been dreading updating because they didnt want to lose all their alters.. Tim Camara did the wonderful update that allows you to transfer data.

Alters extension v1.0.0 accepted into library as well

[Wormopolis]

so I apparently caused a bug I didnt discover until moments ago with that last release.

so 1.6.2 submitted to library.

[Boy_Wonder]

Would there be any way that there could be an option to allow specific alters as staff controlled only? Say on SHIELD we have two 'bots' that handle the Chance system and the Origin and Outcome system that are all staff accounts - would there be a way of doing this by Alters