Mood script for XenForo?

[Dismounted]

Something like this???

If we can find a good spot to put it, yeah. And then it acts like a "pull out tab".

 

[Dismounted]

Another place may be in the bottom right, next to the user title, "floated". The icon itself without background.

 

[Shelley]

Postbit_view. (mockup below)

 

[Cezz]

Postbit_view. (mockup below)

I am not fond of this design, It isn't as balanced as it was...

 

[Dismounted]

Postbit_view. (mockup below)

It's adequate, and looks alright, but I must admit and agree with Ceri May: it doesn't have the same "minimalistic" design that I find characteristic of XenForo. I'm still rather fond of the lone icon expanding into the bar somewhere in the post bit.

 

[Shelley]

I am not fond of this design, It isn't as balanced as it was...

The icon design or placement in the postbit? The actual design is now set in stone though members have access to other mood icons (small variants) that some other person designed or my previous set which consists of around 150 moods. This pack will hopefully be around 300.

I think some good brainstorming here Dismounted will get us closer to a solution.

 

[James]

What about having moods as smilies of some sort with title attributes that appear next to the username?

 

[Dismounted]

To clarify my post: I'm talking about placement, and not your designs.

 

[Shelley]

What about having moods as icons with title attributes that appear next to the username?

Problem with this is that my mood icons are used/distributed for the IPB mood script, SMF, PHP, VB and probably others. I couldn't possibly keep it as an icon. that would alienate other products and people who use my mood icons.

 

[Cezz]

To clarify my post: I'm talking about placement, and not your designs.

I should clarify so am I... I love the icon designs, I really do... I am just curious how we can do a minimalistic design that then expands/pull's out upon interaction.

 

[Shelley]

I should clarify so am I... I love the icon designs, I really do... I am just curious how we can do a minimalistic design that then expands/pull's out upon interaction.

Gotya. Yeah, I personally feel implementing any kind of feature within the postbit to keep it all minimalistic is going to be a tough challenge. I'lleed to think about this one harder, it's a toughy. Perhaps if we can have two options for the postbit view Pullout or full view? much like the type editors basic/advanced? or like the way the thread display options functions and any option change is saved.

Actually ignore that, that wouldn't work on a global scale more for an individual. It would need to be set backend, and not have a option frontend.

 

[Dismounted]

Perhaps if we can have two options for the postbit view Pullout or full view? much like the type editors basic/advanced? or like the way the thread display options functions and any option change is saved.

Obviously we can have both options available. That's no issue, I don't think. It is in fact a good idea to me. But now we have two things to consider: what and where we place objects in "minimalistic mode"; and how do we switch between the two options or states (that is, where do we flick the switch for "full" view).

Edit: Or just have the setting global, like you suggest, which still leaves one "dilemma".

 

[Shelley]

Obviously we can have both options available. That's no issue, I don't think. It is in fact a good idea to me. But now we have two things to consider: what and where we place objects in "minimalistic mode"; and how do we switch between the two options or states (that is, where do we flick the switch for "full" view).

Edit: Or just have the setting global, like you suggest, which still leaves one "dilemma".

I feel as a site owner, they should have the option to be able to set either a. full view b. minimalistic view. This may not go down well with some members on the site this is set on but as a dev you have given the person (admin) the choice what options/states to set.

 

[Paul B]

Presumably this is the kind of thing that would be implemented as a mod and not core functionality?

 

[James]

Presumably this is the kind of thing that would be implemented as a mod and not core functionality?

That's why it's not in the suggestions forum

 

[Shelley]

Presumably this is the kind of thing that would be implemented as a mod and not core functionality?

Yes definetely, I would never expect this to make it into XenForo as a core feature nor would I want it to be.

 

[Dismounted]

Presumably this is the kind of thing that would be implemented as a mod and not core functionality?

I would be a little worried if this kind of functionality made it into the core.

 

[Ahmed]

Yep, agreed.

 

[Dismounted]

Another thought: how about if the mood slides out underneath the "info block" (i.e. avatar/username/title) on mouse over of the "info block"?

The only problem would be the lack of a visual cue to guide the user that something is there. Maybe if I can make it "poke out" just a tiny bit out the bottom?

 

[Cezz]

Another thought: how about if the mood slides out underneath the "info block" (i.e. avatar/username/title) on mouse over of the "info block"?

The only problem would be the lack of a visual cue to guide the user that something is there. Maybe if I can make it "poke out" just a tiny bit out the bottom?

With CSS 3... It would be possible to create something like this... But I am still not sure I like it...