doddsey_65 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Heres a new concept project i thought of last night while trying to sleep. http://asimpleforum.co.uk/dit basically its a discussion forum stripped of all the unneeded parts. No need to register or login, simply click new discussion at the bottom and start a discussion. or you can take part in a discussion already posted. Simply double click on it to view the content and reply. All discussions are scattered about randomly on the page. The newest ones are more forward than the older ones, and ones posted today will appear orange(y). Clicking on one will bring it to the front so you can see more of it. Clicking shuffle at the bottom will shuffle all discussions randomly. There is no way of stopping spam, nor is there a way to track discussions, these will be added later. So what do you think? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 we need to have authorization... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddsey_65 Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 sorry forgot i protected it during development. The password has been removed. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 its pretty nice but what would be more nicer is that if you make it dragable and make use of more css3/webkit transitions and jquery. the idea is great edit: you should make the discuss it background as bg img Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddsey_65 Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 fair enough, you can now drag the discussions around. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddsey_65 Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 I did make it a bg image but with varying sizes of screen resolution i would require a fixed width site for it to be centered. having it as an image means i can position it centerally whatever the screen width. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 why not just use style? <style> body { background-img: url('templates/default/images/bg.png'); background-size:100%; } </style> Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddsey_65 Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 okay the image is now a background image, and I have incorporated more jquery Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 NICE Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 It looks/functions great, but thinking practically I'm not sure when it would come in useful? Forums are categorised and ordered for a reason. What happens when there's a lot more posts, are older ones hidden? You'd loose out on sites with large user bases if there's only a small window of visibility. I would build on the idea, you have a great little prototype to work with. Perhaps go more in the direction of instant chat, as opposed to message boards though? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddsey_65 Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 ive thought about the viability of this. At the minute it shows the first 100 discussions ordered by the time they were posted. I will be changing this to the first 100 updated discussions. Also old discussions will be added to an archive list so they can still be replied to. Also if the display gets too cluttered and confusing you can click sort to organize the results in a tabular way. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267367 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Also if the display gets too cluttered and confusing you can click sort to organize the results in a tabular way. ive tried that function. cool stuff. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddsey_65 Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 I was thinking of adding some sort of tracking system so you can get quick access to discussions you have commented on. The only way to do this would be with cookies (since there is no login) in a sort of bookmarking for discussions. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 good idea bro Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddsey_65 Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 ive now added the option to bookmark topics. The layout of the list needs some graphical work but the actual function works. When saving a discussion the page is reloaded because a cookie is added. I will be adding the option to delete these bookmarks soon. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Awesome. i admire your coding skills. did you do it all by yourself? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 i realised that the page allows you to change the bg img. one thing you could improve on is to store the user's selection the same as the bookmark for the background image. and also it would be better if you allow users to change the bg img to a link from google. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddsey_65 Posted September 10, 2011 Author Share Posted September 10, 2011 did you do it all by yourself? Yes, it was only a few hours worth of coding. Just really experimenting with different methods. The next update includes a save of background image choice and the option to add a url as the background image. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Nice Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 just a question. how do you learn jquery? as in from where? do you read docs or just keep playing with the functions? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddsey_65 Posted September 10, 2011 Author Share Posted September 10, 2011 I taught myself php a few years ago by reading through code and experimenting, from there javascript isn't that hard. And jQuery is a lot easier. I just read through other peoples code and experiment with different ideas. I'm not the type of person that can read tutorials or books, nor do I do any sort of planning on paper. I jump on the computer and try something. ASF was never planned, I just wrote the code and tried different things. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 woah! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/246726-dit-discuss-it/#findComment-1267783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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