How would you do this?

[TOOL]

i really like the idea for what they have done on the entry page to this site. just wondering what is involved with creating the whole "leave a message for someone"? when i saw that there was this footer contest i thought of something like that but i have no time to experiment at the moment...maybe i can do it for the next footer contest...:whistle:

Metal Shop.com.au (http://www.metalshop.com.au/)

just click the "Leave a message for next scumbbag"

thanks kirupa ppl

[Daveman]

probably transparent png's or gif's and the one that flashes is in flash. and a shout box.. (i think)

[TOOL]

but the message would need to be coded somehow so when the next person comes to the site the new message is there right?

[lava]

it's easy... it's in flash and PHP. You have a text file on the server, and when flash loads it uses LoadVariables() to get whatever the text file says. When you submit a message, it sends the text as a variable to a php script that will write the message to the text file. It's really easy to do.

[TOOL]

ahh ok, coolness...i guess prob too complex for a footer though right?

[lava]

no... it's pretty good for a footer.. you should try it. The only problem I see is with people putting naughty words in it..

[TOOL]

yeah thats a good point, some if statements would fix that though probably

if string = "naughty word" then
{
"naughty word" = ****
}
else
{
same thing i guess
}

thats just a blind stab at what it might be like

[lava]

yup. But just remember, there's about 600 naughty words or phrases..

[TOOL]

what a pain in the arse!! haha :P hmmmmm that would definitely make the code fairly long...i guess bumping up the total size of the footer :-\

[lava]

nah... I doubt it'd go over 15 even with that code... if you do it right.

But do it...

[TOOL]

yeah i will do it...in a few weeks time (maybe 2 months) once exams are all over...


if you do it right.

hehe might take me a while to get it right...dont know anything about php yet and at the moment i wouldnt know how to cut the naughty words out...anyway we'll see what happens...

me :sleep: now

[mdipi]

i think thats cool. and yeah i suppose it would be simple...