[BETA] Where's Waldo

[dellsystem]

I set the url to open the points page in the UCP.

I wasn't able to replicate your problem. You shouldn't be able to click Waldo more than once - once you've clicked him, you're taken to another page, so you won't be able to click him again unless he happens to appear on that new page as well. If he does, then you'll get points for both times he showed up. Is that perhaps what's happening for you? If not, could you PM me your website URL and details of a test account? Thanks

[jmjm003]

As it is. Can Waldo only appear in the header section of the board? Or, can he appear anywhere on the page?

[WascallyWabbit]

I set the url to open the points page in the UCP.

I wasn't able to replicate your problem. You shouldn't be able to click Waldo more than once - once you've clicked him, you're taken to another page, so you won't be able to click him again unless he happens to appear on that new page as well. If he does, then you'll get points for both times he showed up. Is that perhaps what's happening for you? If not, could you PM me your website URL and details of a test account? Thanks

I apologize for making you check something that apparently doesn't exist. I have a bad habit of believing people too much when they say something isn't working right. After making my original post, I have been fiddling with it on my test server and I couldn't reproduce the problem myself........So, I guess I need to put a little less faith in bug reports that end up not existing. Again, sorry for the trouble.

[dellsystem]

As it is. Can Waldo only appear in the header section of the board? Or, can he appear anywhere on the page?

He can appear anywhere within a window that you can set within the ACP.
Let's say you set the horizontal maximum at 1000 pixels, and the vertical maximum at 500 pixels. The image can then appear anywhere from the left side of the page to 1000 pixels to the right of that, and from the top of the page to 500 pixels below that.

Take a look at the demo board to see what I mean - http://www.dev.ulmb.com/phpbb/

I apologize for making you check something that apparently doesn't exist. I have a bad habit of believing people too much when they say something isn't working right. After making my original post, I have been fiddling with it on my test server and I couldn't reproduce the problem myself........So, I guess I need to put a little less faith in bug reports that end up not existing. Again, sorry for the trouble.

No worries Please do let me know if you encounter other problems.

[jmjm003]

If I were to make multiple images to use instead of waldo. Would it be possible to use a wildcard and let different images appear at random?

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$waldo_link = "images/myimages/*.png";

[callumacrae]

LOL

This is wonderful, I wish you the best of luck!

~Callum

[sitwi]

Hi, I get a problem when trying to install mine - any ideas? All of my folders are the standard phpBB names, except for the theme I'm using??

Where's Waldo MOD
PHP Version: 5.2.13
DBMS: MySQL 5.0.81-log
phpBB3 Version: 3.0.7-PL1

Adding acp module: Where's Waldo MOD
ERROR: The parent category specified for this module does not exist.

Adding acp module: General configuration
ERROR: The parent category specified for this module does not exist.

Thanks for any help!

[sitwi]

Solved already - I had an out-of-date version of UMIL.

Thanks for a great MOD!

[dellsystem]

If I were to make multiple images to use instead of waldo. Would it be possible to use a wildcard and let different images appear at random?

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$waldo_link = "images/myimages/*.png";

It is indeed possible, only not with a wildcard. For example, if you had 4 different png images, you would:

1. Copy the images you want to use to the directory images/blahblah/. Name them 1.png, 2.png, 3.png and 4.png.
2. In the line before $waldo_link, add:

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   $waldo_number = mt_rand(1,4);

3. Change the $waldo_link line to read:

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   $waldo_link = 'images/blahblah/' . $waldo_number . '.png;

4. Upload functions.php

[darkonia]

First version (0.0.1) complete, first post updated with the download. (For reference: http://dev.ulmb.com/waldo_mod_0.0.1.zip

wonderful, thx for your work

[dezerter_af]

Great modification!

I very much like Wally:)

May more of such modifications with Wally!

[pcmander]

Thanks for this mod...it's great

Hope it will be possible to get point when you click Waldo

[Septre]

wow... I've had such a great idea on how to use this for my RP forum.. THANK YOU!!!

[lemmingtopias]

Hi there.

I am getting this error file when attempting to install:

Where's Waldo MOD
PHP Version: 5.2.17
DBMS: MySQL(i) 5.1.47-community-log
phpBB3 Version: 3.0.8

Adding acp module: Where's Waldo MOD
ERROR: The parent category specified for this module does not exist.

Adding acp module: General configuration
ERROR: The parent category specified for this module does not exist.

I have tried updating to the latest version of UMIL but still the same. Any idea what i could have done wrong?

Thanks


EDIT: Ok I have fixed this. If anyone else gets it, look in the Waldo_mod_install.php for the following line:

// Add category Where's Waldo MOD under the .MODs tab
array('acp', 31, 'Where\'s Waldo MOD'),

Change the "31" to the correct Category ID for the .mods category. (It is 503 for me).

[dellsystem]

Updated to version 0.0.2

Cleaned up some code, incorporated use of language constants and added the ability to configure the image URL and mouseover text.

Direct download link

Status, description, screenshots, etc

If there are any problems installing or upgrading please let me know.

EDIT: Ok I have fixed this. If anyone else gets it, look in the Waldo_mod_install.php for the following line:

// Add category Where's Waldo MOD under the .MODs tab
array('acp', 31, 'Where\'s Waldo MOD'),

Change the "31" to the correct Category ID for the .mods category. (It is 503 for me).

Thanks for the fix, the problem is fixed in the latest release