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Awesomeness xio! And yeah, you should make this into a video tut!!

I can haz it for CustomizeWebs?

Adam: the logical answer would be yes, this is afterall a tutorial.

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I can haz it for CustomizeWebs?

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No, you can't copy it if thats what you were thinking. :P

xiofire says...
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No, you can't copy it if thats what you were thinking. :P

I can haz the pastie?

Lol

[Adam Miner says...
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I can haz the pastie?

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Yes. But copy this tutorial and die!

Adam apparently didn't read the tutorial. *rolls eyes*

Snedeker Designz says...
Adam apparently didn't read the tutorial. *rolls eyes*

I think he should make his own. 9_9

that would be copying the tutorial xD

Code simplified:
http://adamminer.co.cc/beta/subdir/status.php

Thanks, but its not as hands on, and depletes the purpose of the tutorial.

Snedeker Designz says...
Awesomeness xio! And yeah, you should make this into a video tut!!

Thanks. I'll post a video when I get this to submit via ajax. Somehow -_-

is there a way yet to have forum ranks based on how many posts a member has? I know java and i could input the code if it was java but i dont know where. Let me know about the forum ranks. thanks

Hey, this is a pretty cool little trick you've done here.

That said, I noticed you wanna do it through AJAX... I foresee some issues there, because unless you wanna roll your own AJAX functions, you're gonna need to be able to include a library, pushing up the total download of users page, or possibly break compatibility if you have them include something like jQuery when they've already got Prototype.

That said, this problem has been around since the dawn of time, and there are some interesting solutions. I threw together a POC wherein it uses a hidden iframe to submit the status update with Javascript:

http://gist.github.com/183483

The code is in no way perfect - that's a 15 minute 1AM sprint, so bear with me. ;)

That said, it works in Gecko/Webkit/etc. It *should* work in Trident (IE), but I wouldn't be surprised if IE throws some odd issue with it. I made an effort to document it well, but lemme know if there's anything you don't get. There's a few interesting tricks in there, too, the most interesting probably being where we do a check to see if there's a currently logged-in user. Feel free to steal snippets for your own stuff, guys.

I'll end on one final note - though I work for Webs, this code in no way represents Webs. It's not endorsed by Webs in any manner; this is me to you, just throwing out some ideas to help further your goals. If it breaks, cry to me, not Webs. ;)

I was hoping I could somehow submit the data in the background in a post method. I was able to with a chatbox I made a while ago, but with a get method, and PHP.

xiofire says...
I was hoping I could somehow submit the data in the background in a post method. I was able to with a chatbox I made a while ago, but with a get method, and PHP.

Yeah, sadly, I think the closest you'll get with just JS (in this case, without relying on a library) is something tricky like the hidden iframe scenario. The response that's sent back by the page is a little odd, as it's a JS redirect, so you can't do the old "append a new script tag" trick either. :\

Ryan says...
Yeah, sadly, I think the closest you'll get with just JS (in this case, without relying on a library) is something tricky like the hidden iframe scenario. The response that's sent back by the page is a little odd, as it's a JS redirect, so you can't do the old "append a new script tag" trick either. :\

Do you think, by studying the Wiki documentation, I would be able to make some sort of widget?

xiofire says...
Do you think, by studying the Wiki documentation, I would be able to make some sort of widget?

Anything is possible, yeah, but there's really nothing on the Wiki that you'd need for this (at least, nothing to get it working). If you need/want any help/advice, though, you're welcome to contact me at any time.