Project Snow

[NanoSector]

Ah, I just tested in IE, and that's it. I apologize for that issue...I'll talk with Scotty about it.

No problem, at least you could provide users with a great mod

[busterone]

If I had more time, I would look into it myself and give you a solution - As I'm going to need one for the next version anywho.

However, right now I am working on a fairly large project with Scotty for an upcoming mod!

I went the way of a short term simple solution that is working very well on 2 different sites. One RC3 and one RC4.

I simply copied the snowstorm.js to the scripts folder for the theme I wanted snow in, then edited the theme's index.template.php by adding this code.

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// forum snow
   echo '
   <script type="text/javascript" src="', $settings['theme_url'], '/scripts/snowstorm.js" type="text/javascript">
    </script>'; right before the bit-

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// Output any remaining HTML headers. (from mods, maybe?)

I had to forgo all the admin controls, but editing the js file directly is sufficient enough for what I needed for this season.
I look forward to the next version for next year though. 

[sharks]

The next version is coming next year?! That's a really long wait for a bug-fix release...

Hopefully they can do it sooner. There's still time before Christmas.

[busterone]

No, I did not mean that it would be a year before it is updated. 
What I meant was I do not need the update for this season, what I have is sufficient, but will look at it again next year.   

[Matthew K.]

I am releasing a minor bugfix tonight hopefully.

Not sure when the next version with new features will he released, although we have started development on two new projects that will take us a while.

[smitch6]

I will say another modification that might be useful
to allow what pages you want the snow to show on

for me i'd like it just on the main page of the forum
as some of my members have complained about it because they couldn't read the posts

i thought it was great though and gets you in the spirit of Christmas

well done chaps a great mod

[Matthew K.]

Well, to be honest...there are quite a few options that could be made. The settings page could be at least double what it is now.

And in reality, this is a quite small mod. - Snow.

Beyond theme control, and bugfixes - I'm not sure how much is left to do with this mod.

[sharks]

I will say another modification that might be useful
to allow what pages you want the snow to show on

for me i'd like it just on the main page of the forum
as some of my members have complained about it because they couldn't read the posts

i thought it was great though and gets you in the spirit of Christmas

well done chaps a great mod

+1
Also, we should have an additional option in all members' profile, such that if a member finds all the snow annoying then he/she can disable it in his/her profile individually, without affecting all the other members. That's very important, as an admin, i certainly do not want to impose a new feature on my members without having the option to disable it for those who want their screen to stay clear of snow.

[Matthew K.]

* Labradoodle-360 thinks that is a great idea...which is why he added it for 1.1 Check "Profile" > "Look and Layout"

I will say another modification that might be useful
to allow what pages you want the snow to show on

for me i'd like it just on the main page of the forum
as some of my members have complained about it because they couldn't read the posts

i thought it was great though and gets you in the spirit of Christmas

well done chaps a great mod

+1
Also, we should have an additional option in all members' profile, such that if a member finds all the snow annoying then he/she can disable it in his/her profile individually, without affecting all the other members. That's very important, as an admin, i certainly do not want to impose a new feature on my members.

[tass]

hi everyone,

thanks for the mod! really good job!

Could anyone please tell me how can I increase the time that the snow melts down? Default is 5 seconds, I like to change that to 15 secs.

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance

[sharks]

But Labradoodle-360, i do not see the option to disable this mod in the look and layout section.

[Matthew K.]

it's a dropdown called "Disable Project Snow".

But Labradoodle-360, i do not see the option to disable this mod in the look and layout section.

[sharks]

OK, found it. BTW, it's not a drop-down, just a check-box.

[Matthew K.]

Really? Some of the XML must have gotten messed up, my latest revision had it as a dropdown

[sharks]

Here is a screen-shot:


I think the check-box is much better, as it's easier in this case. A drop-down menu isn't very appropriate, as you basically have only 2 options: on or off.
If you have a 3rd or more options, then a drop-down menu would have been better to take less space on the page.

[Matthew K.]

Could be different in 1.1 and thanks for your opinion, but mine is different

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I installed this manually on RC3.

[akbora]

That's wonderful thanks you for this mod. it works well on RC3.

[hcfwesker]

I'm really confused, because when i check the 1.1.11 parser, it shows the same edits as before all these updates were added.  No profile/admin/etc.. template edits or nothing show in the package parser.

Where am i suppose to download the updated snow mod from?  Cause the zips on the mod page don't seem updated according to the package parser.

i'm smf 1.1.11 & SMF 2.0 RC4

[Matthew K.]

You should see "Project_Snow_1.1.zip" check that and click Parse Edits for your version of SMF.