Private Messaging
At a complete loss...
I realize this should be the easiest thing in the world.
a table yacs_messages
timestamp (date) sender_id (int) recipient_id (int) read (y/n) (boolean) subject (varchar) message (text)
function to alert users as they surf the site 'you have message' function to allow messaging of user by clicking name.
then all in a 350x350px window
function to list online users function to list all messages function to read messages function to delete messages function to send messages
Heck, I even have something written that does 90% of this, but I have no idea how to convert it into yacs. If i knew how to insert, update, and delete into the db appropriately... maybe i could do this. but anyways... THIS is the single biggest disaster on my site right now, it's the one thing my members want, and until it exists, I really can't expand the membership.
What I'd love to find on THIS site are better examples of proper expansion of the code. where to build a module, what the proper techniques are.
There's tantanlizing bits that make it clear that what i want to do isn't THAT hard, but it's just that... a tantalizing bit. Oooh so difficult! DOH!!!
:)
anyways...
I attached to bits of code so you can see what i'm talking about. It's spaghetti code, but it actually worked. Maybe it'll help understanding what I'm trying to do.
a table yacs_messages
timestamp (date) sender_id (int) recipient_id (int) read (y/n) (boolean) subject (varchar) message (text)
function to alert users as they surf the site 'you have message' function to allow messaging of user by clicking name.
then all in a 350x350px window
function to list online users function to list all messages function to read messages function to delete messages function to send messages
Heck, I even have something written that does 90% of this, but I have no idea how to convert it into yacs. If i knew how to insert, update, and delete into the db appropriately... maybe i could do this. but anyways... THIS is the single biggest disaster on my site right now, it's the one thing my members want, and until it exists, I really can't expand the membership.
What I'd love to find on THIS site are better examples of proper expansion of the code. where to build a module, what the proper techniques are.
There's tantanlizing bits that make it clear that what i want to do isn't THAT hard, but it's just that... a tantalizing bit. Oooh so difficult! DOH!!!
:)
anyways...
I attached to bits of code so you can see what i'm talking about. It's spaghetti code, but it actually worked. Maybe it'll help understanding what I'm trying to do.
Files
 | communicator processor code example 3,819 bytes, 252 downloads Edited by AnsteyER on Mar. 1 2007 Zoom |
| code example: communicator 22,387 bytes, 287 downloads Edited by AnsteyER on Mar. 1 2007 Zoom |
Comments
Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6734 posts |
You are right, this is not so complicated compared to what YACS is doing in other areas. Well, to tantalize a bit more, I have posted a functional description of one-to-one private messaging to the development pipe. Please check it and change it if you wish. This specification will help developers to evaluate and to engage the work. |
| Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6734 posts |
Code has been added to YACS 7.8 to support instant messaging between online people, and this combines PHP - similar to your examples - and AJAX - for surfer alerts. No support for friends/buddies yet. |
AnsteyER 301 posts |
I am going to weep with joy! YES!!! |
| AnsteyER 301 posts |
AnsteyER: when wil this be released? |
| AnsteyER 301 posts |
I was looking at it, adn it'll definitely do the job. however, i think there should be an option that allows the chat window to be a seperate window.. with just a simple banner on the top .. 350px wide, 400px tall or something like that.. so that folks can chat in one window whilst looking at pages in the other. |
| Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6734 posts |
You can start to play seriously with interactive discussions on a separate test server with yacs 7.8beta30. For your information, we had our first successful web party today using the same features, with more than 278 contributions from 6 people in France, Canada, Carribean Sea during 2hours and a half. At the moment I am using tabs in firefox to track several pages at the same time, but you are right to mention that a separate window would be nice for some uses. |
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