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Title: PM Flash
Post by: Farjo on January 21st, 2013, 02:48 AM
I've *eventually* loaded this but cannot get it to work. I've extracted the files and so now I've got /wedge/Plugins/PersonalMessageFlash with 2 files in it (a php and an xml). I sent PMs to my two test users and sent one back, but it looks much the same as my unmodded version i.e. I get a green (1) but no flashing.

Is it set up wrong or have I misunderstood?
Title: Re: PM Flash
Post by: Arantor on January 21st, 2013, 02:50 AM
Is the little envelope not flashing for you? Works fine installed here.
Title: Re: PM Flash
Post by: Farjo on January 21st, 2013, 03:08 AM
No it's not :( I never get PMs so have never seen it :sob:
Title: Re: PM Flash
Post by: Arantor on January 21st, 2013, 03:10 AM
Hmmm. Odd, because it works for me - sounds like something else is conflicted :/
Title: Re: PM Flash
Post by: Farjo on January 21st, 2013, 03:19 AM
I got a PM :eheh: and the little envelope is flashing - quite cute really. I'll try it on the other install as that has no plugins installed so far.
Title: Re: PM Flash
Post by: Arantor on January 21st, 2013, 03:22 AM
The plugin does what it says on the tin :)
Title: Re: PM Flash
Post by: Farjo on January 21st, 2013, 03:25 AM
Oh - you have to switch it on :whistle: Works now :)
Title: Re: PM Flash
Post by: Arantor on January 21st, 2013, 03:28 AM
Yah, plugins don't work until you press the big power button ;)

But isn't that so much nicer than going through a list of files to install?

(and if I can make some headway with the bats-arse code I'm working on, it will be almost as easy to upload in the first place)
Title: Re: PM Flash
Post by: Farjo on January 21st, 2013, 03:48 AM
It is really easy to install plugins. I have a poor memory, so I have to work things out over and over. And every time I work out how to install a plugin I think "It can't be that easy!"

(Do you mean your other thread? Not sure I got the full gist and am sure I cannot give any feedback. "bats-arse code"???)
Title: Re: PM Flash
Post by: Arantor on January 21st, 2013, 03:52 AM
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It is really easy to install plugins. I have a poor memory, so I have to work things out over and over. And every time I work out how to install a plugin I think "It can't be that easy!"
An awful lot of planning went into making sure of that. It's still evolving but basically that's the way it was designed to work.
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(Do you mean your other thread? Not sure I got the full gist and am sure I cannot give any feedback. "bats-arse code"???)
OK, the phrase 'bats-arse' comes from Amiga Format interviewing Sensible Software about 'Wizkid' back in 1992 or 1993 and asking them what made the game so bizarre, and Sensible's reply was to the effect about what prompted them to make a 'bat's arse of a game'. It's weird, messed up completely but once seen... there's no going back.

No, the other thread is setting out how I want to do plugin servers, and as stated I want to keep the plugin server away from the core Wedge server, essentially (then a lot of it boils down to *how* that would work), while the other stuff is what is essentially required to drive a plugin server, including the need for authentication to allow for private plugins. Though there's still a raft of stuff around how checking for updates would work, and perhaps it would be best simply to have one master repo and only check against that, paid or otherwise. Or even just rip the entire thing out and have people do their own checking, I don't know. Lots of thoughts to it.

What I'm working on right now is getting plugins uploaded to the site without the user having to cope with setting permissions. This is more tricky than you might think.
Title: Re: PM Flash
Post by: Nao on January 21st, 2013, 07:17 AM
Bat's arse != rat's arse?

First heard in Red Dwarf 8x01, personally... the Starbug actually went into a rat's ass.
Title: Re: PM Flash
Post by: MultiformeIngegno on January 21st, 2013, 11:18 AM
You bloody nerd -_-
Title: Re: PM Flash
Post by: Arantor on January 21st, 2013, 11:38 AM
Yes, very different. In RD's case it's a play on rat-arsed, an expression here for "drunk".