samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
Hello All! I've just written a script that you may feel free to use. Its a CCN New Post notifier. It shows the most recent CCN posts (like the front page), refreshes itself every minute and then beeps if it finds a change. God Bless! ------------------ |
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HanClinto Administrator Posts: 1828 From: Indiana Registered: 10-11-2004 |
Wow! Great job, Sam! Just the thing I need to feed my addiction. *beep* Edit PS: Ooooh -- it just beeped for my reply to you. It's a very pleasant beep -- I think I like this tool. [This message has been edited by HanClinto (edited August 24, 2007).] |
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jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
whoa, man that scared me! clint posted and i got a loud "BEEEEP" in my ear. great job though ------------------ |
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samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
quote: At least it curbs the obsession to endlessly check for a new message only to find none there yet.. not that I do that. ------------------ |
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HanClinto Administrator Posts: 1828 From: Indiana Registered: 10-11-2004 |
quote: I have no idea what you're talking about.  *beep* |
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Mene-Mene Member Posts: 1398 From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Registered: 10-23-2006 |
me check boards? *Beep* Ah, must type faster! Wait, it doesn't seem to be working for me. ------------------ [This message has been edited by Mene-Mene (edited August 24, 2007).] |
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Mack Administrator Posts: 2779 From: Registered: 01-20-2001 |
Very cool ------------------ |
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Ereon Member Posts: 1018 From: Ohio, United States Registered: 04-12-2005 |
"Test test..." *BEEP* "COOL!" ------------------ |
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samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
Just fixed a bug if CCN takes too long to respond the script could time out and not refresh.
quote: What exactly mene.. the page or the beep? ------------------ |
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TallBill Member Posts: 298 From: St. Louis, MO Registered: 11-22-2002 |
quote: Sam, Has your site been defaced, or is your homepage supposed to say what it says? ------------------ "...prayer itself is an art which only the Holy Ghost can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer. Pray for prayer---pray till you can pray; pray to be helped to pray, and give not up praying because you cannot pray, for it is when you think you cannot pray that you are most praying. Sometimes when you have no sort of comfort in your supplications, it is then that your heart---all broken and cast down---is really wrestling and truly prevailing with the Most High." |
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samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
quote: You mean tgj.us? Thats a very old domain I used to have ages ago... actually to see my real website you've got to throw in the www's, but even that site is super old! That was last updated on our one year anniversary. We're coming up on our fourth. ------------------ |
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Calin Member Posts: 358 From: Moldova Registered: 12-04-2006 |
quote: Can you explain that to hard headed as well? (I understand what 'CCN New Post notifier' stands for it's just I don't like to install stuff I don't understand how it works) thx ------------------ |
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jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
Calin: it's just a webpage that refreshes itself and beeps when something changes. no need to install anything ------------------ |
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samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
quote: lol My webhost scans the ccn homepage and takes a sha1 hash of it storing in a session variable. There is a meta refresh tag that reloads the web page every 60 secs which compares the new hash with the stored one. It beeps (plays an mp3 as a BGSOUND tag) if they are different. Its quite safe.. all html. God Bless! ------------------ |
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jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
note to people who use the notifier and gmail (at least with firefox), if there is an update it seems to hijack your cursor in the embedded google chat. just click on the tab with the notifier to clear it up but it caught me off guard at first. could be just me though... ------------------ |
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SSquared Member Posts: 654 From: Pacific Northwest Registered: 03-22-2005 |
Nice job! Thanks! I was having the refresh timeout problem for a bit. Thanks for fixing it already. This might be neat to see the code in the Showcase area. |
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Calin Member Posts: 358 From: Moldova Registered: 12-04-2006 |
quote: oh, ok, thanks! ------------------ |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
interesting concept. let me just-- DING. *giggles* ------------------ |
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Calin Member Posts: 358 From: Moldova Registered: 12-04-2006 |
mind if I try it too =] [EDIT] [EDIT#2] ------------------ [This message has been edited by Calin (edited August 24, 2007).] |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
wow, I'm not sure if I'm ready for this. Kinda like parking the AA meetings right next to Moe's bar. ------------------ |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
Nice. Even if I never hear the beep I will still use the links. /me posts this so that he can hear the beep. ------------------ "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
Ah, very clever. Thanks for sharing, Sam. ------------------ |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
Hmm. No sound in Konqueror and the FF wants to download a plugin. Oh well, no sound for me (I don't use and don't want to have to use FF for just this page) just the really handy updating page. ------------------ "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
Yeah, for me it actually opens gxine. Stupid for them to call it a gxine "browser plugin" when all it does is open the app. ------------------ |
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samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
Thanks for the comments everyone. I've rewritten the non-IE section to use a flash swf. Does this help the problem with gmail interruptions and linux guys? I believe linux has a flash plugin for the browsers right? Please let me know back, Thanks! Sam ------------------ |
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HanClinto Administrator Posts: 1828 From: Indiana Registered: 10-11-2004 |
I wonder if you'd want to create a separate page that always "dings" on reload just so that people can test their browsers ? (or perhaps just if they pass a "?ding=1" at the end of the URL or something) Edit: BTW, from this new post, I can tell you that the new beep works great on FF for Windows [This message has been edited by HanClinto (edited August 24, 2007).] |
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samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
Great idea! ------------------ |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
Excellent, many respects to be paid upon your departure. :P ------------------ |
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HanClinto Administrator Posts: 1828 From: Indiana Registered: 10-11-2004 |
Is there a way to flash the title bar in case I have sound turned off? (similar to how Gmail flashes on a new incoming chat) Looks like it might be able to be done with something like:
[This message has been edited by HanClinto (edited August 24, 2007).] [This message has been edited by HanClinto (edited August 24, 2007).] |
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evdude Member Posts: 135 From: Earth Orbit Registered: 03-14-2007 |
*BEEP* Nice!!! ------------------ "trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your way's, acknowledge him and he will direct your path" proverbs 3:5-6 |
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samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
I don't think you can do that with a browser window.. but you can look down and see if the title has changed. If anyone knows if its possible to do this, i'll be happy to implement it. ------------------ |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
I believe its possible, at least in firefox. When using gmail's chat thing, the gmail tab flashes when I have a new message. ------------------ |
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leet hacker Member Posts: 118 From: Hobbiton, Shire, Middle-Earth Registered: 07-30-2007 |
dude that is cool!! i will keep it open, like, all the time that i'm on CCN. p.s. do any of you think my sig is too long? ------------------ "By the way, what does BTW mean?" - IRC message This post Copyright © 2007 leet hacker. All rights reserved. No part of this post may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including quoting, without the express written consent of the author. [This message has been edited by leet hacker (edited August 24, 2007).] |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
Yep, very much too long. ------------------ |
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samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
Ok, I've dug around and can't find out how google does it.. but I've managed to make the title flash with ####'s I've also added a ?silent option that can be activated by using this link And I'll 2nd it leet.. your sig is too long ------------------ |
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evdude Member Posts: 135 From: Earth Orbit Registered: 03-14-2007 |
Its long, but worth reading though! ------------------ "trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your way's, acknowledge him and he will direct your path" proverbs 3:5-6 [This message has been edited by evdude (edited August 24, 2007).] |
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Calin Member Posts: 358 From: Moldova Registered: 12-04-2006 |
Would a silent version be to much to ask for? BTW it does flash ------------------ [This message has been edited by Calin (edited August 24, 2007).] [This message has been edited by Calin (edited August 24, 2007).] |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
He did a silent version. (Scroll up to see :P or just append ?Silent to the url) Sam, the ##### was a good idea. Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4 ------------------ |
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Calin Member Posts: 358 From: Moldova Registered: 12-04-2006 |
Nice ------------------ |
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samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
I just had a thought that the flashing might bug some people. So here are the links... Beeping and Flashing God Bless!
Check out my CCN SpeedGame 2 Blog [This message has been edited by samw3 (edited August 24, 2007).] |
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evdude Member Posts: 135 From: Earth Orbit Registered: 03-14-2007 |
doesn't the silent/no flash thing defeat the purpose? ------------------ "trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your way's, acknowledge him and he will direct your path" proverbs 3:5-6 |
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samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
Well you can still see the name in the title change even if silent and no flash. ------------------ |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
No, it auto-refreshes and changes the title still. You can look at it and know that something has changed, whereas normally you would compulsively f5 the home page or something... I mean... not me or anything. ------------------ |
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evdude Member Posts: 135 From: Earth Orbit Registered: 03-14-2007 |
oh, I see! ...and I didn't compulsively F5 the home page, I thoughtfully refreshed it. ------------------ "trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your way's, acknowledge him and he will direct your path" proverbs 3:5-6 [This message has been edited by evdude (edited August 24, 2007).] |
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kenman Member Posts: 518 From: Janesville WI Registered: 08-31-2006 |
Interesting @waits for beep ------------------ If you ain't in the forums, you in the againstums :) |
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HeardTheWord Member Posts: 224 From: Des Moines, IA Registered: 08-16-2004 |
Very neat idea! I'll have to keep this open in a tab all the time now... | |
MastaLlama Member Posts: 671 From: Houston, TX USA Registered: 08-10-2005 |
hey Sam, very nice! | |
Super Angel Steve Member Posts: 212 From: Staten Island,Ny Registered: 05-10-2006 |
Awesome Dude. ------------------ |
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Mene-Mene Member Posts: 1398 From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Registered: 10-23-2006 |
I found my problem, I was using Safari, now in FF, it works! Weee! That's awesome, no more checking every .2 seconds. (That's 200 millisecs for you illiterates) ------------------ |
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samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
Well, the CCN Notifier is one week old. Now that you've had a chance to use it a bit... Have you found any bugs/annoyances? Any feature requests? God Bless! ------------------ |
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evdude Member Posts: 135 From: Earth Orbit Registered: 03-14-2007 |
*BEEP* Happy 1 week anniversary thingy!!! ------------------ "trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your way's, acknowledge him and he will direct your path" proverbs 3:5-6 [This message has been edited by evdude (edited August 31, 2007).] |
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MastaLlama Member Posts: 671 From: Houston, TX USA Registered: 08-10-2005 |
feature request: - different beep options: this is more about volume than different sounds but it could work both ways. I find that if I'm listening to music the beep is a good level but when I'm not or on the phone, the beep is too much for me. Just a thought |
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samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
The notifier now has a volume level. (see the bottom) ------------------ |
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MastaLlama Member Posts: 671 From: Houston, TX USA Registered: 08-10-2005 |
Dude, the volume thing is sweet! Thanks for a quick feature add!  |
