Suggested features for Banner Controller:
1. Built-in banner rotator - no need to add any script to make banners rotate.
2. Upload button to upload banners & a list of uploaded banners displayed on admin control panel.
3. Able to display different sets of rotating banners in different parts of
the board. Example:
Top Header: banner1 & banner2
Forum3: banner3, banner4 & banner5
Forum7: banner6 & banner7
Forum15: banner8, banner & banner10
Footer: banner11 & banner12
4. Able to make banners appear before or after the first post in each thread in the specific forum.
5. External / Internal link.
Hello,
i will comment inside your own quoted post :
(01-12-2010 02:17 PM)abcx Wrote: [ -> ]Suggested features for Banner Controller:
1. Built-in banner rotator - no need to add any script to make banners rotate.
Interesting feature, but when you say "rotating" do you mean changing the banner each time it will be displayed sequentially or randomly? Or do you mean always changing in the same page or slowly appearing in a rotational pixel displacements?
2. Upload button to upload banners & a list of uploaded banners displayed on admin control panel.
This will need a specific page for the banners in the AdminCP not as simple as having only regular settings to manage.
3. Able to display different sets of rotating banners in different parts of
the board. Example:
Top Header: banner1 & banner2
Forum3: banner3, banner4 & banner5
Forum7: banner6 & banner7
Forum15: banner8, banner & banner10
Footer: banner11 & banner12
This will be a little more complex to do, creating dynamic assignments for dynamicly created banners would need a special approach to ease the process for administrators. Probably by creating a new table for the banners and their assignments.
4. Able to make banners appear before or after the first post in each tread in the specific forum.
Would this be also specific for each individual forum or for all?
5. External / Internal link.
No problems here...
Hi exdiogene,
Interesting feature, but when you say "rotating" do you mean changing the banner each time it will be displayed sequentially or randomly? Or do you mean always changing in the same page or slowly appearing in a rotational pixel displacements?
It will change from one banner to another at preset interval.
Would this be also specific for each individual forum or for all?
Appear before / after the first post & also after every X posts or before / after the last post if there are more than X posts in the thread for all forums but different forums will have different sets of banners.
Regards,
Ben
As a last question, do you need text or graphics in those banners?
You must understand that there is three ways to achieve this, one using javascript, another one using animated gif images and the last one using an autorefreshed iframe. Each method having its own advantages and disavantages.
Ok, i wrote this project in my ToDo list, i will post here when it will be completed.
Thank you for this interesting request!
(01-12-2010 09:40 PM)exdiogene Wrote: [ -> ]As a last question, do you need text or graphics in those banners?
Graphics & photos.