Scratch

MathWizz wrote:

I really don't think they'd have a problem with it. The only people that would install the script are the people that WANT to see everyone's post counts. (I'd personally like to see veggieman's    )

Ok, then, I'll get started on it.
Don't expect me to finish any time soon, though.

bobbybee wrote:

The counts could easily be spoofed, though 

Good point, but I'll try it anyway.

Well, actually, if I programmed that, it would really slow down your browser (i.e. 25 XHRs per page).

Also, I'm still not sure if the ST would be ok with it.

veggieman001 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

Well, actually, if I programmed that, it would really slow down your browser (i.e. 25 XHRs per page).

Also, I'm still not sure if the ST would be ok with it.

Could you perhaps write a PHP script that logs in and gets the post count? I started trying and then I realised that I didn't know like any PHP.

I'm pretty good at PHP, but not so good at JS.
As for that idea, that would be incredibly slow, and requires the password of the user. That would definitely get me banned. Mine would just store the post count on a database or something, but it comes from the extension, not logging in and getting it.

veggieman001 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

Could you perhaps write a PHP script that logs in and gets the post count? I started trying and then I realised that I didn't know like any PHP.

I'm pretty good at PHP, but not so good at JS.
As for that idea, that would be incredibly slow, and requires the password of the user. That would definitely get me banned. Mine would just store the post count on a database or something, but it comes from the extension, not logging in and getting it.

Why would it be slow?

Well, for every request, it has to go through several pages. Also, it is very hard for a cURL bot to get through, as I tried this once in the past.

What I was trying to do is make a little post count image in my sig (like LS97 used to have).
So, what it did was it logged in, went to the forums, and looked up my post count.

However, due to <meta> redirects, I couldn't get it working. It is also kind of slow because it has to visit (I think) 3 pages before it gets the info you need.

veggieman001 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

What I was trying to do is make a little post count image in my sig (like LS97 used to have).
So, what it did was it logged in, went to the forums, and looked up my post count.

However, due to <meta> redirects, I couldn't get it working. It is also kind of slow because it has to visit (I think) 3 pages before it gets the info you need.

Ah yeah, that's pretty much what I was trying to do. I ran into the meta redirects too :'(

However, I could try writing a tool that bypasses those redirects...
Warning: idea approaching

jvvg wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

What I was trying to do is make a little post count image in my sig (like LS97 used to have).
So, what it did was it logged in, went to the forums, and looked up my post count.

However, due to <meta> redirects, I couldn't get it working. It is also kind of slow because it has to visit (I think) 3 pages before it gets the info you need.

Ah yeah, that's pretty much what I was trying to do. I ran into the meta redirects too :'(

However, I could try writing a tool that bypasses those redirects...
Warning: idea approaching

!!! do it man

MathWizz wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

Well, if one wanted to do it, how would one go about doing it, theoretically?

EDIT: I'll start it...

Yay! I'm pretty sure the Scratch Team is okay with this, because of how someone (I forget the username) made the img tag enabler.

jvvg wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

However, I could try writing a tool that bypasses those redirects...
Warning: idea approaching

!!! do it man

I can try. However, I'm on vacation and it will take a while.

Ah, okay.

jvvg wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

I can try. However, I'm on vacation and it will take a while.

Ah, okay.

However, I'm still worried that the ST will be mad.

Nah... They won't be.

chanmanpartyman wrote:

MathWizz wrote:

jvvg wrote:

However, I'm still worried that the ST will be mad.

Nah... They won't be.

Yeah, it'll be just like the antidote.

Yup!