Tip of the day plugin

[Noche]

I need a plugin that allows admins to create a "tip of the day" (A bit like the news bar, but I only changes once a day) that can be placed in a sidebar plugin.

I tried the "Bible verse of the day" to see if It fit the criteria and it did but the "comments" part can't be hidden unfortunatly.

I have the "Pseudo-random weather generator" on my site and I would love the "Tip of the day" to work like that!


Any help is appreciated

[Noche]

Trying to bump this for good luck

[Chris]

Oct 20, 2023 3:17:18 GMT -8 Noche said:

I need a plugin that allows admins to create a "tip of the day" (A bit like the news bar, but I only changes once a day) that can be placed in a sidebar plugin.

I tried the "Bible verse of the day" to see if It fit the criteria and it did but the "comments" part can't be hidden unfortunatly.

I have the "Pseudo-random weather generator" on my site and I would love the "Tip of the day" to work like that!


Any help is appreciated

Jun 2, 2023 21:16:37 GMT -8 Chris said:

There are a couple of existing plugins that might fit the bill

1. Condition X - Conditionally Insert HTML/CSS/JS

   by Virgil Sovereign
   
   Support Topic: support.proboards.com/thread/521384/condition-conditionally-insert-html-css
   
   

   This is by far the most versatile of the bunch in terms of date/time related content

   SPOILER: Click to show

   
   I do not have Redux installed, but I recall it having the id of #sidebarr-right and #sidebarr-left for right and left sidebars, respectively, which you can input into the alternate insertion point setting of the Condition X plugin

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   As a bonus you can have it appear in the news feed by adding a script that inserts the tip as a new frame into the newsfeed and hiding the actual tip div.
   
   
   <div id="tip-of-the-day" style="display:none;">
<on date="sun"><div>Hello <me/>, here is your customized tip for Sunday</div></on>
<on date="mon"><div>Hello <me/>, here is your customized tip for Monday</div></on>
<on date="tue"><div>Hello <me/>, here is your customized tip for Tuesday</div></on>
<on date="wed"><div>Hello <me/>, here is your customized tip for Wednesday</div></on>
<on date="thur"><div>Hello <me/>, here is your customized tip for Thursday</div></on>
<on date="fri"><div>Hello <me/>, here is your customized tip for Friday</div></on>
<on date="sat"><div>Hello <me/>, here is your customized tip for Saturday</div></on>
</div>
<script>
   pb.data('news_items')?.push({
       id:String(1+pb.data('news_items').length),
       text: $('#tip-of-the-day').text().replace(/(^[\s\r\n]+|[\s\r\n]+$)/gm, '')
   });
</script>
   

   
   

2. the HTML Injections plugin by Wormopolis  
   

   • the content is reasonably permanent
     
   • you're comfortable with editing templates
     

   
   support topic: support.proboards.com/thread/503700/html-injections-library-support

[Noche]

You are god sent Chris!

The Condition X plugin seems to be the one that gets closest to my request, I do have some questions/issues but I have asked in the official help thread for that specific plugin here. I was hoping it could pick a tip of the day randomly

[Noche]

Do you think you could help me with the issue regarding the plugin?

[Chris]

Dec 10, 2023 12:48:52 GMT -8 Noche said:

Do you think you could help me with the issue regarding the plugin?

Dec 6, 2023 12:43:57 GMT -8 Noche said:

How do I get this to show things at random? in the advanced tab there are a "P: Math.random() < P" but I dont know how to actually use it.

It really depends on how you envision it working when randomized Noche .

A forum URL would probably reveal what a "Pseudo-random weather generator" is, but from what I gather, you desire a plugin that can display a tip that changes every 24 hours and can be placed in a sidebar, both of which are covered by the condition X plugin. The secret sauce however is in the details.

The most straightforward would be to manually jumble the date on each tip once a week within the condition-X plugin (e.g., "Sun" becomes "Fri" and so on), which would not require additional storage to remember what was chosen previously with the settings in the plugin itself being used for that purpose. You could increase the number of tips to however much you wish and use the interval format (<on date="day 2 of 30"> ... </on>) to increase the cycle before it repeats.


A second option would be to introduce a script on the advanced tab of the condition-X plugin that would drop a "cookie" on the user's device to recall the last chosen tip and display that for the rest of the day. If a user switches to another device, they will most likely see a different tip for that day since each device stores the cookie locally. Other users will also see different tips since the tips on their devices will differ, and fights over the official tip for the day will ensue.

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• WHAT>Header

  <div id="tip-of-the-day">
<on date="feb31"><div>Hello <me />, here is your customized tip1 for anyday</div></on>
<on date="feb31"><div>Hello <me />, here is your customized tip2 for anyday</div></on>
<on date="feb31"><div>Hello <me />, here is your customized tip3 for anyday</div></on>
<on date="feb31"><div>Hello <me />, here is your customized tip4 for anyday</div></on>
<on date="feb31"><div>Hello <me />, here is your customized tip5 for anyday</div></on>
<on date="feb31"><div>Hello <me />, here is your customized tip6 for anyday</div></on>
<on date="feb31"><div>Hello <me />, here is your customized tip7 for anyday</div></on>
</div>

  
  

• WHAT>Footer

  <script>
   /* (Optional) push to the news bar */
pb.data('news_items')?.push({
       id:String(1+pb.data('news_items').length),
       text: $("#tip-of-the-day").text().replace(/(^[\s\r\n]+|[\s\r\n]+$)/gm, '')
   });
</script>

  
  

• ADVANCED>Additional conditions

  (()=>{const S = pb.plugin.get( 'vcondx' + $V.INSTANCE['vcondx'] ).settings, h = 'th';if(S[h] && !/^\s*$/.test(S[h])){S[h] = (()=>{ const o = $(S[ 'th' ]).find('on'),t = Math.floor(Math.random() * o.length); return `<div id="tip-of-the-day" data-rand="${t}">${o.eq(t).html().replace(/\<((?:me|my|thread|board|category|the)\w*?)><\/\1\>/g,"<$1/>")}</div>`; })()}return 1;})()

  1. All on one line
  2. No cookie to "remember" is included here, tip changes on each page load

  
  

The third option would be to add a key to the condition-X plugin since it was left in an editable state, then edit the coding to take advantage of the storage offered by the key (not easy, but easier than building a plugin from scratch). All users will then agree on what they see as the tip of the day. 

The fourth would be an entirely new plugin built from the ground up

[Noche]

My co-admin envisioned a plugin that would randomize the content and show a new object everytime the page was refreshed. I am not sure if that is possible with the Condition X, as it seems to be on a daily basis which is not often enough, as she (co-admin) has more than 60 "Tips" apparently. Do you have any suggestions?

[Chris]

• WHAT>Header

  <div id="tip-of-the-day">
<on date="feb31"><div>Hello <me />, here is your customized tip1 for anyday</div></on>
<on date="feb31"><div>Hello <me />, here is your customized tip2 for anyday</div></on>
<on date="feb31"><div>Hello <me />, here is your customized tip3 for anyday</div></on>
<on date="feb31"><div>Hello <me />, here is your customized tip4 for anyday</div></on>
<on date="feb31"><div>Hello <me />, here is your customized tip5 for anyday</div></on>
<on date="feb31"><div>Hello <me />, here is your customized tip6 for anyday</div></on>
<on date="feb31"><div>Hello <me />, here is your customized tip7 for anyday</div></on>
</div>

  
  

• WHAT>Footer

  <script>
   /* (Optional) push to the news bar */
pb.data('news_items')?.push({
       id:String(1+pb.data('news_items').length),
       text: $("#tip-of-the-day").text().replace(/(^[\s\r\n]+|[\s\r\n]+$)/gm, '')
   });
</script>

  
  

• ADVANCED>Additional conditions

  (()=>{const S = pb.plugin.get( 'vcondx' + $V.INSTANCE['vcondx'] ).settings, h = 'th';if(S[h] && !/^\s*$/.test(S[h])){S[h] = (()=>{ const o = $(S[ 'th' ]).find('on'),t = Math.floor(Math.random() * o.length); return `<div id="tip-of-the-day" data-rand="${t}">${o.eq(t).html().replace(/\<((?:me|my|thread|board|category|the)\w*?)><\/\1\>/g,"<$1/>")}</div>`; })()}return 1;})()

  1. All on one line
  2. No cookie to "remember" is included here, tip changes on each page load

  
  

[Noche]

What would the community ever do with out you! thank you, so so much!

[Chris]

de nada
bueno Noche‍s