This thread continues discussion from /forum-replies.cfm?t=951940&p=53.

About the Whirlpool Plus script that runs via the Greasemonkey plugin available for Firefox browser.

okay i got most of my WP Grey theme done. just some odds and ends to fix up. still may take a while

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edit: ignore the text glitch on the footer. its just a screenshot glitch with the scrolling

After getting rid of the wide bars on either side I went back to the brown and blue theme and it's starting to grow on me. Good effort with the grey, although it's not to my taste. (But that's what I said about the brown initially. Hmm...)

Charles Brown writes...

Good effort with the grey, although it's not to my taste.

its just my test theme really. my image editing skills arent all that good, so i just greyscaled the lot hehe. so now i know how to go about with the editing... it just takes alot of time to match everything. finding which sections to edit was the longest bit. i could even make other custom themes if anyone wants a theme done. just take a screenie and plaster the image with the preferred colour codes to the areas u want them. errrr i should get this one completed first i think

Looking good! :)

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?Bro?té J. writes...

Erwin seems correct. Is this what you mean or am I missing something?

I wish that's how mine looked!

The setting only seems to change the size of a direct whim not the whimbox from the userpage.

Here's a screenie:
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ShruÐe writes...

The setting only seems to change the size of a direct whim not the whimbox from the userpage.
Strange, it works fine for me as well.

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Hey Yansky - just a heads-up for you that I'm seeing a Staw Wars trooper as your avatar, not the orly owl that is in your post, if you were changing avatars and all that.

:)

Did I mention how much I appreciate your work :-D

Cheers.

Hello all from New York! :D Posting this from a free wifi spot.

Will try to keep in touch. :)

Erwin writes...

Hello all from New York!

But your profile says you are from Melbourne. :-)

Have a good trip, and keep your head down. I'm sure all of us here want to see you come back safe and sound.

Cheers, Mate! :-)

Erwin writes...

Hello all

Couldn't help himself :)

Has anyone noticed the new avatars have stopped displaying?

goodbyepolar.com/wpavatars/avatar.css seems to be entirely empty.

brendan. writes...

Has anyone noticed the new avatars have stopped displaying?

goodbyepolar.com/wpavatars/avatar.­ css seems to be entirely empty.

I'm updating the avatar system to show animated gifs by preference. Everyones avatars are still stored in the database, so they haven't been lost or anything.

On the Discussion forum page, is there any way to move the "Companies" and "Connections" forums above "Mobile"? i.e. Place "Mobile" at the bottom where it used to be.

Yansky writes...

I'm updating the avatar system to show animated gifs by preference.

Oh no.. must you? I *hate* animated avatars with a passion - right up there with netscape's <blink /> ;)

brendan. writes...

Oh no.. must you? I *hate* animated avatars with a passion - right up there with netscape's <blink /> ;)

By preference, I mean you will be able to enable/disable the animated gifs.

Viper6 writes...

On the Discussion forum page, is there any way to move the "Companies" and "Connections" forums above "Mobile"? i.e. Place "Mobile" at the bottom where it used to be.

userscripts.org/scripts/show/9947

Also, Johnny Bravo has updated some of his scripts: userscripts.org/users/67/scripts

Yansky writes...

userscripts.org/scripts/show/9947

Champion! Thank you so much :)

Now all we need is the 'mark' button next to each post to manually mark exactly where you have read up to in a thread, then I will be entirely satisfied :)

It was in the previous WLR version.

Viper6 writes...

Now all we need is the 'mark' button next to each post to manually mark exactly where you have read up to in a thread, then I will be entirely satisfied :)

I don't understand why you would need that. The script should do that automatically.

Yansky writes...

I don't understand why you would need that. The script should do that automatically.

How does the script know exactly which post you have read up to?

Viper6 writes...

How does the script know exactly which post you have read up to?

It gets the window.pageYOffset & window.innerHeight and then adds them, which gives the lowest pixel that has been viewed on the page. It then checks the position of each post anchor on the page and assigns the last anchor that is less than (window.pageYOffset + window.innerHeight) as the post you are up to. If you scroll down, the (window.pageYOffset + window.innerHeight) is adjusted so that if you scroll up, you still get the lowest anchor you read up to.

Yansky writes...

It gets the

How do you get back to the post you read up to though?

Simon K writes...

How do you get back to the post you read up to though?

Is it not working for you?

BTW, JB has updated his WhirlPosting Plus script: userscripts.org/scripts/show/25926

Mr Yansky Sir.

How goes the banging of spanners on the CSS/ Avatar server?

Anyine else having this problem, the edit in place keeps on throwing a server error?

I am using it in conjunction with Tromac's/MeatSack WLR

Yansky your WIKI/New thread script also isn't working for me. I had it working then it just borked and no longer gives Whirlcode buttons in WIKI's and New Threads.

Yansky writes...

I don't understand why you would need that. The script should do that automatically.

I would like it back to. Yes it should "mark" the last post automatically but sometimes, especially in the news area, i will read half way down the page and then stop for some reason.

What i used to do was mark where i was up to and then when i returned to the page it'll automatically go to the stop mid-way that i was up to.

Hey what happened to the alternative user avatar system? I'm not getting them at the moment and the upload form i found in the wp+ wiki entry is giving a 404.

Edit: Woops sorry didn't read page 1 of the thread for some reason :(

DedDerek writes...

Hey what happened to the alternative user avatar system?

Yansky is fiddling with it.

After lots of fiddling, found a colour-set i'm happy with:

#DCDFEF
#F5AA53
#E0D6CA

(This is with the option of "only colour end square" enabled)

Very cool, first time i have used it and its sweet!

Thanks

love it thanks!

Anyone else getting this under "Membership" ?

undefined-undefined-225,420
registered members14,175 undefined
undefined-undefined-225,420
registered members14,175 undefined
undefined-undefined-225,420
registered members14,175 undefined
undefined-undefined-225,420
registered members14,175 undefined

I have:

Membership
225,420 registered members
14,178 visited in past 24 hrs
541 members are online now
2117 guests are visiting

Charles Brown writes...

I have:

Well something has broke mine. It was the Oz time script.

My colour set - style flipped with WP Blue.

#faffd6
#faffd6
#c3d6e9

Erwin writes...

Hello all from New York!
go away MON..!
enjoy your stroll in 42nd Street...

because when you come back...
there's more work for you..!
:D :D :D

I've been using this script without too many issues for while, but for some reason now I'm getting 'noNew error' every time I change page in Whirlpool. I've deleted my cookies but the error persists. I recall seeing mention of this error previously, but now for the life of me I can't find it. Anyone able to point me in the direction of a fix??

Thanks!!

malts writes...

Anyone able to point me in the direction of a fix??

If you are running the latest script it sounds like you may not have uninstalled the old script which suffered this bug before updating.

Id recommend starting fresh

Uninstall your WLR script and any related scripts (or disable the related scripts)

Delete the lastRead0 and wlrSettings cookies - Instructions are here /forum-replies.cfm?t=951940&p=46#r903

Reinstall the script whirlpool.net.au/wiki/?tag=wlr_beta

Many thanks skiitz - appears to have fixed the problem.

OK. So who broke what now (and I swear it wasn't me....I think).
In this forum I can see avatars perfeclty.

A little while ago I posted in the hardware forum and..no avatars. Checked back here..avatars are fine :(

Is it just me ( in which case I shall resume headbanging with a brick) or are others seeing the same phenomenon?

edit: uninstalled and reintalled Whirl+ to no effect.

Do you see my Av?

Only half the Avs are working at the moment.

Yansky is fiddling with them.

Perhaps that hardware thread had no users with Av's?

Yes I see yours but not mine.

If Yansky is fiddling (all praise be upon him) then there is hope that it was nothing stupid I did.

I shall contemplate my navel for a couple of hours and just wait.

Ta!

devoid001 writes...

I shall contemplate my navel for a couple of hours and just wait.

You could be waiting for a while. They stopped working on Wednesday. Yansky hasn't really updated on any ETA/ progress.

brendan. writes...

They stopped working on Wednesday

But mine were fine this morning. Now suddenly...nada.

devoid001 writes...

But mine were fine this morning.

Browser cache will hold them until they expire. If you hit <ctrl> <f5> on Wednesday evening they would have been missing then, too. :)

Ok. Good theory. I booted across to (ptuh!) Vista64 (ptuh!) and could see everybody else's avatar but mine.

Tried to reload mine. Went to avatar link on whirl+ page and it returned '404'.

Should it be thus? (due to 'fiddling')

devoid001 writes...

Should it be thus? (due to 'fiddling')

Yes.

Modern browsers cache images. They are periodically purged and that is why there may be random avatar disappearance, as cached pages expire.

OK. Given that I can see most other avatars I shall go outside, shake my fist at the sky and cry:

Why me O lord! I didn't vote for little Johnny at the last election.I don't barrack for Collingwood or the Rabbitos. I do not drive an SUV! Why me?

Oh my god suddenly my whole world has crumbled! I didn't do any of that stuff either!

Oh why Lord etc... etc

madsul writes...

Oh why Lord etc... etc

Welcome to... 'THE DAMNED' (or just plain unlucky)

What is the size the avatars need to be?

Arkadia writes...

What is the size the avatars need to be?

80 x 80

Should be working now. Do a hard refresh (CTRL+F5) to reload the avatar CSS file. Animated avatars are not included by default. If you wish to include them, put @import url(http://goodbyepolar.com/wpavatars/animatedavatar.css);" in the CSS text box on the Whirlpool Plus settings page .

I should also mention that there are two changes to the avatar page. There's a box to tick if your avatar is animated and you now have to copy the herring link of your post, rather than the post anchor.

Yansky writes...

There they all are :) WOOHOO TO YANSKY!

Yansky writes...

Should be working now.

I grok in fulness. Truly, you are our overlord!

(I'm a happy camper again)

Yansky writes...

Should be working now.

Good job, thanks again Yansky

:)

Yansky, my digital avatar dude walks slower what gives ? something to do with the css import ?

edit: never mind, it was firebug. had to completely disable it. darn thing

Life Begins.. writes...

walks slower

I can't see yours. Or any animated avatars and I've put @import "http://goodbyepolar.com/wpavatars­ /animatedavatar.css" into the css box.

Am I missing something else?

?Bro?té J. writes...

I can't see yours. Or any animated avatars and I've put @import "http://goodbyepolar.com/wpavatars­ ­ /animatedavatar.css" into the css box.

Am I missing something else?

Sorry, that should have been @import url(http://goodbyepolar.com/wpavatars/animatedavatar.css);

Yansky writes...

If you wish to include them, put @import "http://goodbyepolar.com/wpavatars­ ­ /animatedavatar.css" in the CSS text box on the Whirlpool Plus settings page .

You may want to simply add an on/off switch to WLR+ for that.

?Bro?té J. writes...

Am I missing something else?

I had to add it to the script itself to make it work. Around line 743.

edit: scratch that, above syntax works fine.

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Edit: Bloody hell. Just noticed my avatars were dead so I uninstalled Greasemonkey, did the whole routine again and now I cannot see anyone's avatars. Edit in place, wlr, etc work, just not the avatars. Any ideas?

Yansky writes...

that should have been

Beauty. Cheers mate. :J

Also now if you leave the css in while the avatar option is switched off, the animated ones still show up. Just an observation.

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Replacing my old animated gif with a new jpg that looks 'nothing' like me ; )

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Congratulations and thanks to all the Whirlpoolians for all their hard work in developing the script. Brilliant work!!

Yansky writes...

Sorry, that should have been @import url(goodbyepolar.com/wpavata...ima­ tedavatar.css);

how do u get that line to show the whole link as text only ? when i try to post a link it gets abbreviated coz of its length. i tried using quotes....

Life Begins.. writes...

how do u get that line to show the whole link as text only ? when i try to post a link it gets abbreviated coz of its length. i tried using quotes....

Just put in an arbitrary whirlcode so it doesn't get broken up.
@import url(http://goodbyepolar.com/w[**]pavatars/animatedavatar.css);

I think a word is broken up if it's longer than 30 characters or something.

ok cheers

Completist Syndrome writes...

Brilliant work!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D
'nuff said...

i concur..!

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goodbyepolar.com/cgi-bin/process_form.py

Sorry, I have had a couple of drinks - HERRING link?

Anyways, have done so, don't see it yet....

im releasing my WP Grey theme, now renamed to Greyscale. its not quite 100% finished but it will do for now

to use it, insert the following into ur custom css box and remove the asterix at the end of 'http'
edit: and remove the gap from between a u. stoopid gaps :|

@import url(http*://members.optusnet.com.a­ ­ u/whirlpoolian/greyscale/css/core.css);­ ­

if u wish to make ur own theme, simply download my css file and edit it to ur hearts content. to simplify the effort, all sections are labelled. most of it is self explanatory. i used UltraEdit for its code layout colouring and ease of use. i also used FireBug and Edit CSS aka CSS Mate extensions for firefox, which allows inline (live) editing. if u wanna do live editing with either of those extensions, i recommend to set the theme to default coz of all the overrides (!important), otherwise u may not see any or all of the inline changes

something to note is the location of the image files needed. u can download the original whirlpool ones or grab my edited ones which can be found here. so dont forget to edit the file location structure

all criticism is welcome :D

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Thank you :)

Ryback writes...

Anyways, have done so, don't see it yet....

Animated avatars are not included by default. If you wish to include them, put @import url(http://goodbyepolar.com/wpavatars/animatedavatar.css);" in the CSS text box on the Whirlpool Plus settings page .

I'm sure Erwin will make it into an easier option when he gets back.

Erwin, what happened to the link radio button?

Click here ...

Tromac's has it.

Yanksy the standalone edit in place script keeps on throwing a Server tiomeout error.

Hide Deleted/Removed Threads in forum view not working anyone?

Muad'Dib writes...

Yanksy the standalone edit in place script keeps on throwing a Server tiomeout error.

The updated version shouldn't (both WP+ and the standalone one).

JB has updated his WhirlPosting Plus script. He's added a neat "Quick Preview" option that shows you what your post will look like without having to go to the preview page. userscripts.org/scripts/show/25926

i just came across a bug or glitch. i couldnt click any q-quote or anchor from the last post in a thread. after making a post, it all works again

Yansky writes...

JB has updated his WhirlPosting Plus script. He's added a neat "Quick Preview" option that shows you what your post will look like without having to go to the preview page

good stuff. thanks JB :)

oh ya... it would be good if 'edit in place' would stop disabling links and urls

Life Begins.. writes...

it would be good if 'edit in place' would stop disabling links and urls

It doesn't seem to do that for me. Which post was it?

Yansky writes...

Which post was it?

hang on im testing

dammit. i will let u know when it happens again :|

If I qq to more than 2 or 3 people in one post, my qq page fills up and disappears off the bottom of the page so I can no longer add to it. When this happens, the Post Reply box at the bottom also disappears. I can get it back briefly,if I change the page I am looking at and don't add any more text.
Maybe I should not try to qq to more than 2 people?

Life Begins.. writes...

i just came across a bug or glitch. i couldnt click any q-quote or anchor from the last post in a thread. after making a post, it all works again

this is still happening. it occurs when im in the hardware forum (dont know if any other forums). i tried refreshing multiple times but it doesnt fix it. im not sure but i think it only happens when the last post quotes me

Ryback writes...

HERRING link?
Anyways, have done so, don't see it yet....

Anyone confirm if, when posting a new avatar, it is the herring or the anchor link that is used?

Arkadia writes...

Anyone confirm if, when posting a new avatar, it is the herring or the anchor link that is used?

The anchor link.

According to

goodbyepolar.com/cgi-bin/avatar.py

its the Herring link now...

blurredvision writes...

its the Herring link now...

Hmm.. ok it was the anchor link when I did mine but for some reason it's been changed! :S

Yansky writes...

The updated version shouldn't (both WP+ and the standalone one).

The standalone version still gets a server timeout.

Now when I access this thread it always takes me to the second page.

Green §lime writes...

ok it was the anchor link when I did mine but for some reason it's been changed!

Yeah I just happened to see the change get mentioned as I went to post my avatar link...just good timing :)

another glitch that im noticing...

rarely, entering a visited thread shows no wlr colours at all. refresh to fix. happening atleast once every 1 or 2 days

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sorry for double post... stuffed the herring up...

ok ive submitted the link at it said the avatar has been uploaded...

anything else I should be doing? not coming up yet above my name :S

MuZZbuZZ writes...

anything else I should be doing? not coming up yet above my name

no. i can see it. try pressing ctrl + F5 for a hard refresh

MuZZbuZZ writes...

anything else I should be doing? not coming up yet above my name :S

Do a hard refresh of the page (CTRL+F5).

MuZZbuZZ writes...

anything else I should be doing? not coming up yet above my name

Have you put the relevant text in in the custom CSS box on the WLR settings page?
See here /forum-replies.cfm?t=970...416536#r15416536

whirlpool.net.au/wiki/?tag=whirlpool_plus

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I've updated the wlr entry with more info about the avatars.

removed to keep install links in the thread to a minimum

ahhhh I did the import thing and it works sweet!

GIGGITY GIGGITY!

perhaps you should put that whirlcode on the wiki so other ppl dont annoy u about it.

thanks again guys :)

What does "Mark" do? and once it is "Mark" can it be unmarked?

Can someone explain why I keep clicking on this thread and I am always taken to page two, rather than the page I last read?

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Thanks!

Found a (minor) bug :-(

In the users online window, the floating menu appears in the centre of the screen. (My quick nav setting is 'right of menu')

Let me know if you want a screengrab.

Daz

danonb writes...

In the users online window, the floating menu appears in the centre of the screen. (My quick nav setting is 'right of menu')

I think you will find that that is simply due to the users online page using the old design.

It used to do the same thing on the herring page before it was updated

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woohoo, got it to work :)

Yansky writes...

I don't understand why you would need that. The script should do that automatically.

Sometimes i just flick through the unread posts to see if someone has quoted me and then use "Mark" to keep track of what i've actually read.

Muad'Dib writes...

What does "Mark" do? and once it is "Mark" can it be unmarked?

WP+ doesn't have "Mark". On WLR it marks where you are up to on the page. If you mark a reply on the top of a page (even if you have flicked through the whole thread) the thread will register as having unread posts.

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The delete/remove/hide deleted threads options doesn't seem to work for me.

Did I miss a beat?

Is this a known issue?

Cheers WTW

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WTW writes...

The delete/remove/hide deleted threads options doesn't seem to work for me.

Not working here either.

Many many thanks to Tom Stalls for doing such a good job putting me onto greasemonkey and helping me with hints and links
and thanks also to all those involved in setting up the scripts and keeping things going

skiitz writes...

New version of WLR available here

#Added option to enable/disable animated avatars

After installing you can remove the text you added to the Custom CSS box.

Thanks skiitz for updating the script while I've been on holidays! :)

I'm typing this while in Ottawa, Canada - have been travelling over the past week from New York, to Boston, to Quebec, to Montreal, and now in Ottawa - will go to Toronto tomorrow, and head south then towards Washington DC back to New York. :D Will still be away for another 2 weeks.

For some reason I can't seem to be able to click on skiitz's link, otherwise I would update the WP+ script - right now in my hotel room I have connected to a free wifi hotspot that has an amazing upload capacity - I just uploaded 100 Mb of video in 10 seconds or so - surprised the heck out of me!

Anyway, look forward to returning soon. :) Keep up the good work all!

Erwin writes...

I'm typing this while in Ottawa, Canada
you should be running around naked under the Northern Sun...
and stay away from your laptop...
or maybe smell a lot of tulips around the corner..!

WPPlus can wait..! :D :D :D

The Darkknight writes...

Many many thanks to
THIS should be DIRECTED MORE to ---
MeatSack
Yansky
Johnny Bravo
(other dudes i will try to recall when it comes to me)
Erwin
skiitz
and the rest of Whirlpoolholics who WANTS more out of this..!

:D :D :D

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I've noticed other peoples Avatars only work if you arrive at the thread, from the forum directory.

If for instance you click on my profile and click on one of the threads I have posted in from there, you won't see my Av.

Or is it just me?

On that note... would it be cool to have your Av showing on your profile page?
Obviously only other GM scripters would see it.

ShruÐe writes...

click on my profile and click on one of the threads I have posted in from there, you won't see my Av.

Seems fine to me. Tested with my own profile page as well and no problems.

ShruÐe writes...

If for instance you click on my profile and click on one of the threads I have posted in from there, you won't see my Av.

Just did that, and I see your avatar in all your posts. I didn't see FatDogs av till I did a Cn F5.