Hi,
Alright, some of you may have heard of dynamic images used in forum signatures. Pretty much it is a PHP script that you input as your forum signature, which links to a random image. There is also a way for this image to have changing text, as described here (http://www.trap17.com/index.php/dynamic-image-signature-generator_t33857.html)
What I wanted to do was extend this idea further, and instead of using a static TXT file for the text in the image, as the link above suggests, perhaps I could use a dynamic txt as well. For this, it would probably be necessary to have a sort of "exporter" which would save in this TXT file the titles for the most recent topics in the user's SMF forums. That way you would have a sig that randomly displays the titles for your most recent forum topics. I have no idea how feasible this is, perhaps someone could enlighten me a bit.
EDIT:: Forgot to include a link where it says "described here"
Thanks!
I think its a good idea and if you come up with some sort of code or javescript i am sure it would be used by many :)
Yeah, the hard thing is finding someone with enough patience to work on it.. And it also has its shortcomings, as someone could make a post full with some not-so-desirable remarks, and it would automatically show on your signature.. Though that'd be a matter of having the right community
LOL, by the way, nice site, I did't take your signature for real ;D
I've been thinking about this. I think it would be possible to do this. Unfortunately I'm not a good enough programmer to do it myself. I'm going to ask a few questions to the SMF team and see what info they could give on it. I know Daniel15 has a dynamic-sig program that he's worked on before. So I'll see what he things about it.
I posted on SMF (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=2.0), but no one has showed interest so far :/
I also posted on Joomlahacks (http://www.joomlahacks.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,94/topic,3323.0), and also nothing :(
Ich, any updates?
No word from Daniel yet. Wondering if he actually got my email. I'll see if I can't catch him on MSN.