XenMoods 1.1.3

[Dismounted]

I've just be jotting down some suggestions yesterday one of which I can tick off the list. Maybe I can get those suggestions posted at a later date for you to look at and judge whether they are worthy of including into future updates.

The mood in the profile has been moved in 1.0.4, does that tick another one? Changing moods via AJAX (not just the overlay) is 100% working on my development build, fancy animations included - is that another box ticked?

In all seriousness though, it'd be fantastic and I'd be happy to look at your suggestions.

 

[yavuz]

The mood in the profile has been moved in 1.0.4, does that tick another one? Changing moods via AJAX (not just the overlay) is 100% working on my development build, fancy animations included - is that another box ticked?

In all seriousness though, it'd be fantastic and I'd be happy to look at your suggestions.

The only thing which concerns me right now are the template edits. I have this mod marked and watch for updates. I guess when there are enogh template hooks the need for manual modification will be lifeted.

Thank you Dismounted for this lovely mod.

 

[whitetigergrowl]

Could the first post please be updated with any current changes? Right now most of the edits do not exist in the forum shown.

 

[Dismounted]

Could the first post please be updated with any current changes? Right now most of the edits do not exist in the forum shown.

The template edits are current as of 1.0.0 Beta 4 with XenMoods 1.0.4. I will verify these for 1.0.0 Beta 5 shortly.

 

[Shelley]

The only thing which concerns me right now are the template edits. I have this mod marked and watch for updates. I guess when there are enogh template hooks the need for manual modification will be lifeted.

Thank you Dismounted for this lovely mod.

I know the template edits might seem a little too much but really there only need to be two edits that you make on the sidebar and in the message info. I see the other locations as a bonus.

The mood in the profile has been moved in 1.0.4, does that tick another one? Changing moods via AJAX (not just the overlay) is 100% working on my development build, fancy animations included - is that another box ticked?

In all seriousness though, it'd be fantastic and I'd be happy to look at your suggestions.

I've just this second installed the update (1.0.4). Definitely a good update, excellent infact. Making great progress with it Dismounted. I know it may have seemed silly suggesting the new button in the admincp listings but when your developing icons and having to scroll back up becomes a tedious task. For that alone thankyou.

The profile location. It's getting there, but I feel being amongst the posting statistics box isn't where it should be. I dunno, I just feel it looks a little odd in this block amongst all the post data. I just been tinkering around and felt that it would be better placed in the block underneath. Just under "gender" above it if you feel it better fits.

I think a phrase could be also applied for this area "My Mood" to keep consistency just a thought (screenshot Below) so it gives you a better idea on what I'm referring to.

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With regards to the ideas. I'll jot a few more down and get them to you ASAP. As always, thanks again for the consistent updates and more so for implementing these suggestions. A great update this one.

Edit: What would be a nice feature to have is whenever a Person you follow changes their mood you are alerted. Perhaps have the notification alert a different colour for a mood alert if this is somehow welcomed and your liking the idea of implementing such a feature.

Edit: You might be interested in this thread - Template hooks. I'm sure they are taking suggestions on locations.

 

[Dismounted]

I know the template edits might seem a little too much but really there only need to be two edits that you make on the sidebar and in the message info. I see the other locations as a bonus.

If you just want those two locations, only one edit is required - the sidebar one.

I know it may have seemed silly suggesting the new button in the admincp listings but when your developing icons and having to scroll back up becomes a tedious task. For that alone thankyou.

I had to hack around XenForo for that one. There's "<xen:topctrl>" to specify a button in the top-right, but nothing for the bottom.

The profile location. It's getting there, but I feel being amongst the posting statistics box isn't where it should be. I dunno, I just feel it looks a little odd in this block amongst all the post data. I just been tinkering around and felt that it would be better placed in the block underneath. Just under "gender" above it if you feel it better fits.

I would have put it there if that second block appeared in my installation... I figured out that I needed to have some profile information filled out first... Haha.

I think a phrase could be also applied for this area "My Mood" to keep consistency just a thought (screenshot Below) so it gives you a better idea on what I'm referring to.

Definitely, I already have this on my development build - I did it after I branched off the 1.0.4 build though, so it didn't make it in. I've dropped the "my" though, as none of the other properties have that.

You might be interested in this thread - Template hooks. I'm sure they are taking suggestions on locations.

Thanks for the link.

 

[Dismounted]

The template edits are current as of 1.0.0 Beta 4 with XenMoods 1.0.4. I will verify these for 1.0.0 Beta 5 shortly.

And have just verified that the XenMoods 1.0.4 template edit locations on XenForo 1.0.0 Beta 5 do exist and work.

 

[Shelley]

If you just want those two locations, only one edit is required - the sidebar one.

LOL - Yeah I was going to edit my message saying only one edit was needed. Speaking of that, and the fact you've made use of the hook I'll need to somehow remove the hook (never done it before) as I made some edits that broke my customisation i did. Any help with removing the hook for the moods would be appreciated though once I take a closer look I'll eventually figure it out.

As with the hook working on beta 5 confirmed that it does.

With regards to the profile block I suggested, It's not vital that it needs to be there I just feel it fits better. But confirming that no info needs to be entered for it to show.(as shown below). Dunno If i mentioned it dismounted. Awesome job.

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[Dismounted]

Big update this one. That's why its 1.1.0.

• Change moods with AJAX, fancy animations included.
• Publish mood changes into the news feed.
• Revise profile placement.
• Fix profile position margin issue.
• Fix tooltip alignment issue in certain situations.
• Various code improvements.

What you must do is create a thread with a heap of posts by yourself, and then change your mood. It will be worth your while.

What would be a nice feature to have is whenever a Person you follow changes their mood you are alerted. Perhaps have the notification alert a different colour for a mood alert if this is somehow welcomed and your liking the idea of implementing such a feature.

I don't think that would be the best idea, and could get out of hand really quickly (I think you can imagine). The alerts system (I believe) should be used for events that concern yourself only. But (and there is always a but, isn't there? ), what I have done is publish mood changes into the news feed - the "proper" (is that the right word?) way to announce things that happen with other users. You can see the mood changes by the people you follow in "Your News Feed".

Any help with removing the hook for the moods would be appreciated though once I take a closer look I'll eventually figure it out.

Simple one line edit (at least with my way of doing listeners, may not work with other add-ons as each coder does it their own way). The following edit will disable all template hooks by XenMoods (currently only one).

Edit /library/XenMoods/Listener/TemplateHook.php, find (on line 22):

new self($name, $contents, $params, $template);

Replace with:

//new self($name, $contents, $params, $template);

With regards to the profile block I suggested, It's not vital that it needs to be there I just feel it fits better. But confirming that no info needs to be entered for it to show.(as shown below).

Yeah, that's because there's content in there now (the mood). On my development board I didn't enter any profile information and so the entire block disappears from the profile (which it should). And I couldn't put the mood there because I didn't know that space existed...

 

[Paul B]

I get an error when trying to install this.



This is the first time installing.
I've tried dropping the table and reinstalling but I get this every time.

 

[Shelley]

I was going to hold off after reading pauls (Brogans) issue but couldn't help myself. I upgraded to the latest build 1.1.0 without any problems at all.

The new animated effects upon changing the mood was a nice touch. With regards to the other improvements Very nice work indeed. Getting better and better with each update.

No problems whatsoever on this update. Yet again, as always, great work.

Thanks for the info with regards to removing the hook. I'm just going to leave it at this time and remove the alteration I made.

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[yavuz]

I was going to hold off after reading pauls (Brogans) issue but couldn't help myself. I upgraded to the latest build 1.1.0 without any problems at all.

The new animated effects upon changing the mood was a nice touch. With regards to the other improvements Very nice work indeed. Getting better and better with each update.

No problems whatsoever on this update. Yet again, as always, great work.

Thanks for the info with regards to removing the hook. I'm just going to leave it at this time and remove the alteration I made.

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Some of our members have requested this mod in our community forum. I'd like to translate this plugin as well as the graphics if there is a psd avaliable. I'd much appreciate it if that were possible.

 

[Paul B]

Regarding the graphics, would it make sense to/be possible to use a blank image as the background image and overlay a phrase on it?

That might make it a lot easier to translate to different languages.

 

[Shelley]

Some of our members have requested this mod in our community forum. I'd like to translate this plugin as well as the graphics if there is a psd avaliable. I'd much appreciate it if that were possible.

I won't be releasing the Psd which so far are on 4 psds with 6o mood icons (10s of thousanda of layers overall) on each psd. People have sold my work in the past due to me releasing psds it won't be happening again. I'll make necessary language changes after I release the mood icons v2 and when time permits. Sorry.

That said, you can do as brogan suggested.

 

[yavuz]

I won't be releasing the Psd which so far are on 4 psds with 6o mood icons (10s of thousanda of layers overall) on each psd. People have sold my work in the past due to me releasing psds it won't be happening again. I'll make necessary language changes after I release the mood icons v2 and when time permits. Sorry.

That said, you can do as brogan suggested.

I understand the situation. If only people would respect the work and the time spend.

Regarding the graphics, would it make sense to/be possible to use a blank image as the background image and overlay a phrase on it?

That might make it a lot easier to translate to different languages.

That would work but I have no idea how to do that

 

[Anthony Parsons]

When do version 2 mood icons get released, out of curiosity? That is when I will likely upgrade... all in one hit.

 

[yavuz]

Regarding the graphics, would it make sense to/be possible to use a blank image as the background image and overlay a phrase on it?

That might make it a lot easier to translate to different languages.

Is that possible to make or should we wait for the developer to ad this option ?

 

[Paul B]

That would require developer support as he would need to code in a phrase to be used for each mood.
The appropriate css styling would also be required.

I suspect that would be quite a lot of extra work though so Dismounted will probably hate me for even suggesting it

 

[Shelley]

That would require developer support as he would need to code in a phrase to be used for each mood.
The appropriate css styling would also be required.

I suspect that would be quite a lot of extra work though so Dismounted will probably hate me for even suggesting it

The problem with this though is that (I can only speak for the icons I designed) is even though the base icon is a set size, The icons on the base (smilies/icons) vary so there may be clashing with regards to width/length issues to the point that (i'm betting on some icons) the text will overlap.

Depends on the languages of course. it could pose more problems than it actually cures.

edit: unless you want to go with a pure css base solution which I hope doesn't happen. I shouldn't have even mentioned it.

 

[Shelley]

When do version 2 mood icons get released, out of curiosity? That is when I will likely upgrade... all in one hit.

Sorry Anthony I overlooked your reply.

I'm looking at releasing them when xenforo goes gold giving me enough time to design as many moods as possible. The more I design and add, the less I have to include in add-on packs that will follow after I release them the main mood icon v2 pack.