Mac Forums Widget?

PowerBookG4 · PowerBookG4 #1 (**permalink**)

06-10-2005, 08:43 PM

Alot of other forums are coming up with thier own widgets so that people with tiger can check the latest post with out signing on to the site. Is there a possibility for any body on this forum who knows how to program in creating one for us if they have free time or a group of people who would like to work on it. I am willing to test it and offer suggestions but not really a talented person when it comes to writing code but working on getting better at that for the future.

iMe · iMe #2 (**permalink**)

06-10-2005, 09:03 PM

I was looking in Macrumors.com in the section, "What does your dashboard look like" and I thought someone with a powerbook had a mac-forums widget. I'll check again.

PowerBookG4 · PowerBookG4 #3 (**permalink**)

06-10-2005, 09:50 PM

ok sounds good..

rs2sensen · rs2sensen #4 (**permalink**)

06-12-2005, 01:28 AM

If I knew how to program, I would. But sadly, I don't. Maybe some other awesome forum poster will do it, or take the code from another forum's and modify it to work for mac-forums...

Kokopelli · Kokopelli #5 (**permalink**)

06-12-2005, 09:10 AM

<EDIT> OK there is an RSS feed. If making a widget out of that will do I would consider it. It is important to note though I should not be your first choice. I know html, css, and javascript but I am not a UI designer. Someone with web design and graphics experience could do a much better job than me.

Leaving my initial ramblings below...
</EDIT>

There is not an RSS feed in the forums as near as I can tell which complicates things significantly. You could use the "latest threads" on the front page I suppose. Alternatively you could authenticate and gut the get new display. Neither of these are going to yield very good results though since the whole widget is still basically just a cascading style sheet and some JavaScript.

Do not take this as an intent to write the widget by the way. Right now I try hard to find things to do in my spare time that does not involve coding, not the reverse. (I do code in my spare time but I am trying to cut back.)

If an RSS feed is made available though or some other XML format I might consider it. At that stage the widget actually is fairly trivial. There are others here who are more capable than I at web design though, which is what is really required.

P.S. For Widgets I would not worry about a lack of programming experience. Widget design often does not really involve "programming," just a bit of html and javascript. You can use cocoa, but most widgets of this nature don't need it.

Murlyn · Murlyn #6 (**permalink**)

06-12-2005, 01:47 PM

Actually I was going to do this when I upgraded to tiger, but if someone else does it first.. great! it'll save me time

The RSS feed is here:

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/external.php?type=rss2

sarahsboy18 · sarahsboy18 #7 (**permalink**)

06-12-2005, 09:15 PM

Coding it was easy enough... just gotta skin it now... I'll post soon

PowerBookG4 · PowerBookG4 #8 (**permalink**)

06-12-2005, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by sarahsboy18

Coding it was easy enough... just gotta skin it now... I'll post soon

You are aweome!!!!

iWhat · iWhat #9 (**permalink**)

06-12-2005, 09:37 PM

Everyone should make one, and then decide on an offical one.

PowerBookG4 · PowerBookG4 #10 (**permalink**)

06-12-2005, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by iWhat

Everyone should make one, and then decide on an offical one.

I would but I don't know how, I wouldn't mind designing one and somebody using my design for a skin, just a little busy right now, finals are coming and I have alot of them this year.. finally next year I will be a senior!

iNAP · iNAP #11 (**permalink**)

06-12-2005, 10:21 PM

is there one yet? if so where can we get it?

sarahsboy18 · sarahsboy18 #12 (**permalink**)

06-12-2005, 10:25 PM

Here it is ladies and gents.... I just did it real basic.... nothing special... but it gets the job done.

iNAP · iNAP #13 (**permalink**)

06-12-2005, 10:30 PM

here its first preview

Tel · Tel #14 (**permalink**)

06-12-2005, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarahsboy18

Here it is ladies and gents.... I just did it real basic.... nothing special... but it gets the job done.

Looks nice, works well too. Good job, thanks mate :headphone

Benjamindaines · Benjamindaines #15 (**permalink**)

06-12-2005, 10:32 PM

you know we all love you sarahsboy18 dont you?

Kokopelli #5 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	06-12-2005, 09:10 AM <EDIT> OK there is an RSS feed. If making a widget out of that will do I would consider it. It is important to note though I should not be your first choice. I know html, css, and javascript but I am not a UI designer. Someone with web design and graphics experience could do a much better job than me. Leaving my initial ramblings below... </EDIT> There is not an RSS feed in the forums as near as I can tell which complicates things significantly. You could use the "latest threads" on the front page I suppose. Alternatively you could authenticate and gut the get new display. Neither of these are going to yield very good results though since the whole widget is still basically just a cascading style sheet and some JavaScript. Do not take this as an intent to write the widget by the way. Right now I try hard to find things to do in my spare time that does not involve coding, not the reverse. (I do code in my spare time but I am trying to cut back.) If an RSS feed is made available though or some other XML format I might consider it. At that stage the widget actually is fairly trivial. There are others here who are more capable than I at web design though, which is what is really required. P.S. For Widgets I would not worry about a lack of programming experience. Widget design often does not really involve "programming," just a bit of html and javascript. You can use cocoa, but most widgets of this nature don't need it. Last edited by Kokopelli; 06-12-2005 at 09:18 AM.
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Murlyn #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,906 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	06-12-2005, 01:47 PM Actually I was going to do this when I upgraded to tiger, but if someone else does it first.. great! it'll save me time The RSS feed is here: http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/external.php?type=rss2 ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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sarahsboy18 #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 30, 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 1,069 Mac Specs: Mac Pro, 8-Core 2.8Ghz, 10GB RAM, 2x1TB HDDs, iPod U2 Edition	06-12-2005, 09:15 PM Coding it was easy enough... just gotta skin it now... I'll post soon "If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable." -Mitch Hedberg
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iNAP #11 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 20, 2005 Posts: 1,802	06-12-2005, 10:21 PM is there one yet? if so where can we get it? www.idadgraphics.com I started using PS from finding this forum and all the help I have gotten here thru the years is immeasurable thank you MacForums and all it's members
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PowerBookG4 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 08, 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 6,190 Mac Specs: Mac Pro 8x3.0ghz 12gb ram 8800GT , MBP 2.16 2GB Ram 17 inch.	06-10-2005, 08:43 PM Alot of other forums are coming up with thier own widgets so that people with tiger can check the latest post with out signing on to the site. Is there a possibility for any body on this forum who knows how to program in creating one for us if they have free time or a group of people who would like to work on it. I am willing to test it and offer suggestions but not really a talented person when it comes to writing code but working on getting better at that for the future.
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iMe #2 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	06-10-2005, 09:03 PM I was looking in Macrumors.com in the section, "What does your dashboard look like" and I thought someone with a powerbook had a mac-forums widget. I'll check again.
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rs2sensen #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 20, 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,416 Mac Specs: 1.67 Ghz 17" PB w/1 GB Ram; 400 MHz PM G4, 366Mhz iBook Firewire, Nano 4GB Black	06-12-2005, 01:28 AM If I knew how to program, I would. But sadly, I don't. Maybe some other awesome forum poster will do it, or take the code from another forum's and modify it to work for mac-forums...
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iWhat #9 (permalink)
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Benjamindaines #15 (permalink)
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