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   codered
   Hax0r at L4rge

   How many people would be interested in adding a moblog "plug-in" or "widget" to the front page of Rayd.org. Simply put, this would give authorized users the ability to send pictures taken from their mobile phones (w/ comments) directly to rayd.org. It would give us the ability to post funny or interesting things that we see while we are out-and-about (i.e. co-workers doing stupid things, funny billboards, etc.)

   Let me now if your interested or not, or if you might have any enhancement requests around this idea.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   darkphetus
   I put sensual in nonconsensual

   it sounds interesting, esp since my phone can now take pictures.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Ardentfrost
   Cooler than Tim

   Sounds cool, though I'm not sure how that would work unless we did it by email and not all phones support email. Wouldn't we have to pay a service to give our server a text-capable number?

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Ciara
   Goddess

   Cool! I am all about taking pictures with my phone.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Lewnatick
   Coder

   Come on guys... You all use WordPress (granted, you don't all keep your install current) and you can make posts via e-mail with WordPress. To find out how to do just that, read this article: http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_by_Email

   And if you want to post pictures from a mobile source, just use www.Flickr.com.

   I am all about writing plugins and such for WordPress, but there is no need when tools are already available. As a side note, I believe the WordPress team is working on more active moblog support for a future release.

   As for the Rayd main page, it is nothing more than what already exists in your WordPress blogs. The main page utilizes direct database calls to work its magic. So update your blog via the methods I mentioned and the main page will reflect it.

   Also, to clarify: The Rayd main page does not use a WordPress back-end. It is all fully custom PHP code (written by me) and CSS code (written by the Hutchins). So any "enhancements" would need to at least be discussed with the code writers.

   

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   darkphetus
   I put sensual in nonconsensual

   i dont want to sign up with flickr just to be able to moblog. one less site to manage the better.

   i think what Taylor is referring to is a custom "section" of the mainpage to show moblog pictures the members take. it doesn't have to be extensive, just something simple to show a row of recent pics and a method to comment on them.

   at least, that was my take on it.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Lewnatick
   Coder

   Fair enough Tim.

   Taylor, would you care to further elaborate on your original thoughts regarding Rayd moblogging?

   Posted 2 years ago #
8. 

   codered
   Hax0r at L4rge

   Here:

   

   Posted 2 years ago #
9. 

   Lewnatick
   Coder

   I see what you're saying Taylor. This just reminds me of the web-cam phase, which lasted all of 6 months...

   Posted 2 years ago #
10. 

    Ardentfrost
    Cooler than Tim

    It could be integrated into the main feed on the front page. Then they would pop up as people used it, but if people didn't it'd just fade away.

    Posted 2 years ago #
11. 

    Lewnatick
    Coder

    So at least 4 of the 6 Rayd members want the mobile photo uploading / main display feature to be pursued?

    Posted 2 years ago #
12. 

    codered
    Hax0r at L4rge

    I like Josh's idea of it "fading away" if it isn't used. I'm not sure if it would look too good being integrated into the main feed.

    I suggest a compromise: Make the widgit itself "fade away" if not used for a week or two.

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    Ardentfrost
    Cooler than Tim

    Don't think it'd look good in the main feed? I think it would I just don't know where else to put it so that it's noticeable.

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    darkphetus
    I put sensual in nonconsensual

    add a row of pictures on the bottom, such as you would see on this site here. there shouldn't be anything wrong with lengthening the page, and it allows people who don't want to view it to never see it if they dont want to.

    it just becomes a nice addition to the bottom area of the site.

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    Ardentfrost
    Cooler than Tim

    That doesn't adhere to good interface design. You shouldn't have stuff that isn't easily accessible. Scrolling down on a website to get to new content falls into that category. We could put it at the top, but I think it'd look weird up there. Maybe not though

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    darkphetus
    I put sensual in nonconsensual

    wtf "good interface design"??? it's just gonna be something cool to add to the site, and expanding the page down makes perfect sense.

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    Lewnatick
    Coder

    I cannot help but laugh at the irony here. Earlier in this thread Tim mentioned he didn't want to sign up for Flickr just to post pictures on the site. Then, later on, Tim offers an example site of what he wants that uses Flickr for its content.

    Make up your minds, people.

    Posted 2 years ago #
18. 

    codered
    Hax0r at L4rge

    Guys, we don't need flickr. This couldn't be more simple:

    1) Create an email account with an obscure user name (i.e. raydp1cp0st3r31337@rayd.org) This will be the mailbox in which users send images.

    2) Create a database that will hold both the comment and image (in raw format).

    3) Write a script that checks the mailbox for new messages (you should be able to use the built-in mail command within Linux).

    4) Extract the subject (the comment) and the attachment/image.

    5) Check the attachment to make sure it is a valid image.

    6) Dump the comment and image into the database.

    7) Add the script into the server's crontab.

    Add a module to the rayd main page with a database query to pull the last X number of pictures out of the database.

    I'll be in Scottsdale for the next few days. I'll see if I can come up with a conceptual design during whatever downtime I have.

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    darkphetus
    I put sensual in nonconsensual

    "Make up your minds, people."

    just because someone created a flickr wordpress plugin to do the same thing we want to do in no way means I want to use Flickr. ESPECIALLY since the mainpage is not wordpress, the plugin wouldn't work there, and whatever we do would have to be custom coded.

    Joe, I thought you would have been able to understand where I was coming from, rather than getting confused at my choice of example.

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    Ardentfrost
    Cooler than Tim

    it'd be just as easy to make a new wordpress, set us all up on it to post by email, use some moblog plugin that's already been created, then just pull the info out and put it somewhere on the front page.

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    Lewnatick
    Coder

    I'm with you Tim. And Josh, that sounds like a stellar idea. Especially since I would able to query the tables from that new wordpress and produce a much faster page loading time (as compared to a parse of a RSS feed).

    Posted 2 years ago #

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