Good evening,
After a few years away from Forumotion, my programming skills have improved by 500%.
One day when I had nothing to do, I decided to see how this great community (Forumotion) was doing, and unfortunately, it's not as I thought it would be. The best ones are gone...
I've always had the idea to create some things that this platform limited (database).
With that in mind, and as I have worked with some interesting systems in my professional life, I decided to have some fun here and share a preview of how some things I've just created are already working.
Who is viewing the topic / Who has already seen this topic:
Widget "Where are you located?"
The funniest thing about these two systems I just created is that they update in real-time without the need to refresh the page. If you are on the page alone, and someone new enters, that person will be added in real-time, and if they leave the topic, they will be removed from the list of current viewers and will only appear in the list of those who have previously visited the topic.
The same goes for the widget; it updates in real-time as users navigate through the forum.
These are two systems that I can say are already working 100% without bugs, but I'm still looking to make some improvements if you have any ideas.
Things I plan to develop:
A widget to see who has viewed a profile, along with the time, like the link below:
A "Total Time Online" widget to show the top ranking of users with the most hours spent on the forum.
Finish here: https://help.forumotion.com/t162916-a-big-step-in-programming-on-forumotion#1143576
An option to "Hide" and "Show Again" a specific forum post, visible only to moderators and the member who hid the post.
The ability to "Mark as Resolved" and "Unmark as Resolved" (since Forumotion only allows marking once, and it can't be undone).
A dedicated chatbox (not the current Forumotion one) as it is too simple. I want to develop something much, much better with many more features.
Among many other things I have in mind.
I look forward to your feedback and suggestions!
PS: For those who might be concerned that due to the update rate, they will encounter the famous "Request Limit" page, that will NEVER happen! The method I'm using doesn't make any extra requests to cause that issue
Best regards,
Ganso
After a few years away from Forumotion, my programming skills have improved by 500%.
One day when I had nothing to do, I decided to see how this great community (Forumotion) was doing, and unfortunately, it's not as I thought it would be. The best ones are gone...
I've always had the idea to create some things that this platform limited (database).
With that in mind, and as I have worked with some interesting systems in my professional life, I decided to have some fun here and share a preview of how some things I've just created are already working.
Who is viewing the topic / Who has already seen this topic:
Widget "Where are you located?"
The funniest thing about these two systems I just created is that they update in real-time without the need to refresh the page. If you are on the page alone, and someone new enters, that person will be added in real-time, and if they leave the topic, they will be removed from the list of current viewers and will only appear in the list of those who have previously visited the topic.
The same goes for the widget; it updates in real-time as users navigate through the forum.
These are two systems that I can say are already working 100% without bugs, but I'm still looking to make some improvements if you have any ideas.
Things I plan to develop:
A widget to see who has viewed a profile, along with the time, like the link below:
- Click:
A "Total Time Online" widget to show the top ranking of users with the most hours spent on the forum.
Finish here: https://help.forumotion.com/t162916-a-big-step-in-programming-on-forumotion#1143576
An option to "Hide" and "Show Again" a specific forum post, visible only to moderators and the member who hid the post.
The ability to "Mark as Resolved" and "Unmark as Resolved" (since Forumotion only allows marking once, and it can't be undone).
A dedicated chatbox (not the current Forumotion one) as it is too simple. I want to develop something much, much better with many more features.
Among many other things I have in mind.
I look forward to your feedback and suggestions!
PS: For those who might be concerned that due to the update rate, they will encounter the famous "Request Limit" page, that will NEVER happen! The method I'm using doesn't make any extra requests to cause that issue
Best regards,
Ganso
Last edited by Ganso on December 8th 2023, 1:32 am; edited 1 time in total