Mini-profile content per post

[Former Member]

Ohhhh, I see. I read my OP and realized what I wanted is a bit different than originally. Let me know if this is possible, please, since I'm not sure:

When they go to the posting page, they see the field name, a text field where they can input a new value, and maybe a drop down box that has their previous values for that field in it (repeated for however many fields there are as inputted in the plugin). So they can either write a brand-new one in or choose one they've made before. In this scenario, the profile would no longer be involved.

If this is not possible, let me know and I'll think of a different scenario that works well, and my apologies for the discrepancies

[Todge]

That's basically the same as you asked for before, but with the extra options included in the posting page, so yup, that should be possible.

The only restrictions I can see is with the amount of storage available in a key.. How many options are you thinking of including in the plugin?

[Former Member]

Probably not too many. I know I need armor, weapons, clothing, and companions. That's 4. If possible to add just a few more for wiggle room in case more come up in the future. Is that doable or too many?

[Todge]

Will a member's settings be thread specific, meaning that the last choices they made should be carried over to the next post in that thread only, so that different threads can have different selections, or should the latest selections be carried over to the next post regardless of thread?

[Former Member]

I'd prefer latest selections to be carried thread to thread. For example, the Clothing field is where they put what their character is wearing in that thread--if they want that outfit again, they don't have to retype it all out, they can just choose a last selection rather than entering it again in the text input area.

So within the same thread, you only have to set it once--then it carries on in every post unless you specifically go in to remove or change it. If you go into a new thread, then you have to enter your selections again and you can do this by either typing it in or choosing from your "history" dropdown. Hopefully that makes sense haha

[Todge]

Do you have any idea how many options you may have?

I ask because I have thought of another restriction. I am thinking of using thread key to keep track of members' last option in said thread, but the problem is that thread keys are shared, so the one key will have to store the options for any member that has posted in that thread.

I can condense the data down, but I'm thinking that with 4 options, I'd still need to use 16 characters per member, that's a total of 250 members per thread before it could start losing data.

[Former Member]

Hmmm.. besides Armor, Clothing, Weapons, Companions, I'm not sure. So I'm gonna say probably 4, 5 if you want to be more comfortable in case I think of something I forgot. I seriously doubt we'd ever get 250 members in a single thread. I can all but guarantee that'll never happen. Since I want to enable this plugin only for roleplay boards, that means you'll probably have an average of 2 posters in one thread. The max number I can personally recall having in a single roleplay thread, which remember this number would be extremely rare and normally much closer to 2, would probably be around 30 which is still quite shy from 250. If I ever get that many members in a single roleplay thread, hell is freezing over and it's okay for me to lose data. xD

[Todge]

LOL.. I doubt there are few, if any, threads even here on support that have 250+ participants, but I thought I'd better mention it.

[Former Member]

Yeah definitely nothing I'm worried about ^^

[Todge]

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This is what I have so far, if you could check it out..

As already mentioned, it uses 3 keys, and the plugin is pretty much complete except for adding the stats to the mini-profile. If you could check the functioning so far and let me know if all is OK.

Assuming it is, could you give me the class of the <div> you will be adding to the mini-profiles to display the data and I'll finish that part too.

[Former Member]

It's looking pretty cool, Todge!

Is there any way to have more room in the options? I'm okay with having less memory per field if it means having more room in that field, since something like Clothing may need more room to cover the various components in the outfit, from shoes to clothes to accessories. I'm not too worried about room right now based on what you've said before, though I suppose I may be incorrect on what you were meaning

Don't forget the group and board exclusions, since those are key to me being able to use it, though I know it's in alpha and may not have gotten to that yet =3

Would you mind adding the finger-pointer cursor when you hover over the fields in the Posting Page rather than the typing-line cursor? It's picky, I know, but if I don't have access to the CSS later I won't be able to change it so I figured I'd ask now instead haha

I've noticed sometimes the drop-down box doesn't appear right when you move over its field, you have to move around and away and come back a few times until it appears. Is there a way to broaden the target zone so it appears more readily or is that just how it is? I can live with it, of course, just a simple inquiry!

I tested it by making a post, going into the same thread with a second post to check if the settings were still there (they were) and then going to a new thread to make a new post and check that the settings carried over in the history but weren't automatically set (success!) So all in all it appears to be working perfectly as intended and I can't thank you enough for how snazzy this is! Your hard work will evermore be a fantastic contribution to my site and that really is something amazing. =)

I don't mind what you want the div class to be, whatever is unique works for me. miniperpost orrr contentperpost orrr whatever. xD Will the area in the posting page where you choose the fields be CSS-customizable or no?

[Todge]

Jun 8, 2014 19:08:38 GMT -8 ₪» ⅀ ƪ Ƒ «₪ said:

It's looking pretty cool, Todge!

Is there any way to have more room in the options? I'm okay with having less memory per field if it means having more room in that field, since something like Clothing may need more room to cover the various components in the outfit, from shoes to clothes to accessories. I'm not too worried about room right now based on what you've said before, though I suppose I may be incorrect on what you were meaning

Do you mean you want more than 10 options, or more than 20 characters per option?

Either is doable, but would obviously reduce the amount of selections yo can have. Right now you can have up to 16 I believe before you risk running out of storage space.

Don't forget the group and board exclusions, since those are key to me being able to use it, though I know it's in alpha and may not have gotten to that yet =3

Ooops.. I had forgotten about that.. Hopefully it's just a matter of moving the code from global to board, though restricting groups may take a little bit of tinkering, though can't you restrict it to certain groups etc in the plugin management page? Click 'Edit' under the permissions tab..

Would you mind adding the finger-pointer cursor when you hover over the fields in the Posting Page rather than the typing-line cursor? It's picky, I know, but if I don't have access to the CSS later I won't be able to change it so I figured I'd ask now instead haha

Not a problem

I've noticed sometimes the drop-down box doesn't appear right when you move over its field, you have to move around and away and come back a few times until it appears. Is there a way to broaden the target zone so it appears more readily or is that just how it is? I can live with it, of course, just a simple inquiry!

The drop-down should appear when you hover over the selection, not the title, and I'm not having any issues at all. What browser are you using?

I tested it by making a post, going into the same thread with a second post to check if the settings were still there (they were) and then going to a new thread to make a new post and check that the settings carried over in the history but weren't automatically set (success!) So all in all it appears to be working perfectly as intended and I can't thank you enough for how snazzy this is! Your hard work will evermore be a fantastic contribution to my site and that really is something amazing. =)

Woohoo

I don't mind what you want the div class to be, whatever is unique works for me. miniperpost orrr contentperpost orrr whatever. xD Will the area in the posting page where you choose the fields be CSS-customizable or no?

OK, I'll make-up a suitable class name for the div, and yes, the plugin is fully CSS style-able. I'll give you all the ids and class names once it's completed.

[Former Member]

I'd prefer to have more than 16 characters optional. If that means reducing the options/history down to 5 or so, I'd be completely fine with that. I don't need too much history (options) because they can always retype if they need to, but I'd definitely like more than the current limit on characters because fitting an entire outfit into it will be very difficult.

I'll check out the "Edit" function to see if it can exclude Groups! =) The write to, not the read, right? Because I want everyone to be able to see the mini-profile content, just not be able to add their own.

Oh ohkay with it cleared up that it hovers over the value, not the title, then it is working fine. ^^

This is coming along perfectly! Thank you so much again for all your effort on this!

[Todge]

Are you talking about the 20 character limit on the options, or the 10 option limit on the selections? I'm confused..

Right now you can have up to 16 selections, each selection has a maximum 10 options, and each option can be up to 20 characters long.

[Former Member]

The characters