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O.P. Integrating KSMAS into this board
I've been working a lot on KSMAS as some of you might have noticed.
Although KSMAS is not currently ready to integrate into different user-session evironments, it could be easily done using a custom session converter (well, that's what I think) in order to adopt the website session-environment.

I thought, this would fit here very well, once tested and working.

For those who didn't understand anything, the idea is that being user from this board automatically makes you user from the KSMAS instalation on this board without having to register/login twice.

Obviously, one of the most important things, is the filesize control which I kindof forgot in last versions, but I'm successfully working on it right now.

I'm just wondering if admins would be willing to integrate KSMAS into this board after some performance testing (in order to avoid server-overloading) in the future.

Edit: For those who don't know about KSMAS, it is a script that allows you to have dynamic avatars set easily. In newer versions, you can set up many accounts as admistrator and set up several things (here goes the size-limit, f.i.). As it's multi-user orientated, it would easily integrate into an already existing multi-user environment.

This post was edited on 09-09-2004 at 06:30 PM by KeyStorm.
09-09-2004 06:24 PM
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RE: Integrating KSMAS into this board
I dunno... I've never really looked at KSMAS or its code. :^)

MyBB's "static" avatar feature already uses quite a bit of bandwidth... letting everyone upload sets of images for dynamic avatars would probably be worse... :-/ IMO, it's best for avatars to be on other servers. Does KSMAS support having the script on one server and the images on another? For example, the script I wrote for Choli's avatar...

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/images/member/choli.php

It simply redirects to a random image on usuarios.lycos.es.
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Well, it's not really thought to be able to do that, but it could be implemented. Making KSMAS go optionally (optional for admins) FTP would not be a bad idea, but it'd require some more customization. :P

There could be a solution in the browser cache, but some changeds would have to be done, though (like having a digit in the URL changed for every single image).
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RE: Integrating KSMAS into this board
Not to put KeyStorm down or anything.... (he knows I luv him... :P)

But if WDZ has already a code that support having the script on one server and the images on another...

Isn't easier to implement such code, rather than adding a "strange" code...? :undecided:
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RE: Integrating KSMAS into this board
My code is very simple, and all the URLs are hard-coded. It doesn't allow members to configure their own dynamic avatars. Of course, that feature could be added. And I do prefer using my own scripts... :p
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My code is very simple, and all the URLs are hard-coded. It doesn't allow members to configure their own dynamic avatars. Of course, that feature could be added. And I do prefer using my own scripts... :p


But that's a lotta work (:refuck:).

By now it has taken me like 3500 lines of code.
And I'm sure the script for Choli doesn't have more than... 3?

Well, it's opensoure, it's there, you might take a look at it when you wish. :P
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RE: Integrating KSMAS into this board
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By now it has taken me like 3500 lines of code.
Ridiculous. :refuck:

Does that include the HTML? =p

It's the world's largest (perhaps most bloated? (a)) random avatar script! [Image: banana_flip.gif]

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And I'm sure the script for Choli doesn't have more than... 3?
7. :p

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Well, it's opensoure, it's there, you might take a look at it when you wish.
Yeah, I think I will... when I'm really bored.
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O.P. RE: Integrating KSMAS into this board
(obviously including HTML :dodgy:)

Bloated? Prolly :tongue:

I also think I was really bored when I started with it. But then I got sortof engaged :P

Bleh, was just an idea, never mind. :^)
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RE: Integrating KSMAS into this board
maybe its fact that you put everything into one file for set-up (well since i last looked at it)
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maybe its fact that you put everything into one file for set-up (well since i last looked at it)
I'm afraid that isn't the reason for anything... :-/
I like to keep it as simple as possible. So, there goes the setup script, well, almost like any windows installer. :P
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