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FamiTracker
As you could see from the title, im making this app for all the main browers. First i'll be making it for Chrome, then Firefox, Opera, Safari , then finally Internet Explorer. Now, i'm no genius when it comes to making this stuff. So in a short term, I'm stupid and need Coding help.
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[quote=Glitch_King]well, alot of things actually. I'm new to the programming stuff and I basically don't know what to use and how to code it... [/quote]
If you don't know what it needs to do, I can't advise you on what you should use to code it.
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[quote=Patashu]If you don't know what it needs to do, I can't advise you on what you should use to code it.[/quote] i guess im not the one for this project then...
Glitch_King; you need to set a particular goal that this project's supposed to achieve. If this is a notifier application/extension, then the goal is most likely to notify users of new updates to FamiTracker (& I doubt that includes betas since JSR doesn't post them on the official Downloads section).
Now that this is settled, you need to understand the underlying technologies that can be used to achieve this. Basically, your idea about using an extension is all about giving a web browser the ability to communicate with this site's server; it's "calling home" to see if there's a new download package in the list. When it sees that there is, I suppose a notification pop-up will appear, telling users to download a new version.
In my opinion, it's more difficult to do something like this as an extension than it is to integrate it as part of a forum package like Forum Senaculum. If you can obtain the latest source code package for this forum (which, unfortunately, isn't available anymore unless someone still has a copy,) you could reprogram it to sense the presence of the Download folder & send a report to all members if a new file is added.
For starters, if you decide to use my idea about Forum Senaculum (or use any other forum software package like phpBB or whatever,) you'll definitely need to learn PHP programming for websites & servers. Mind you, there are many ways of doing this.
How does this sound? If only I could find the file senaculum_v0.6.5.zip somewhere.
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Do you know what would be even more practical? Having Famitracker automatically (and optionally) check for updates when you run it.
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[quote=TechEmporium]If this is a notifier application/extension, then the goal is most likely to notify users of new updates to FamiTracker (& I doubt that includes betas since JSR doesn't post them on the official Downloads section).[/quote] Well, it's just a regular forum/private message notifier. [b]For example[/b], [color=red]User1 posts thread, then [color=blue]User2 comments on the thread. If [color=red]User1 has the Famitracker message notifier, he would hear a little jingle and the number of replies would show in the corner of his browser. When [color=red]User1 clicks on the Icon [which would be the famitracker logo] he would go to the replies page on the famitracker site.
[quote=TechEmporium]For starters, if you decide to use my idea about Forum Senaculum (or use any other forum software package like phpBB or whatever,) you'll definitely need to learn PHP programming for websites & servers. Mind you, there are many ways of doing this.
[/quote] So, could I use C++ for this?
C/C++ are typically used for actual applications that reside on a user's hard drive. In the case of integrating this into a forum, the answer is no. But if you want to integrate this into FamiTracker itself, the answer is a definite yes.
As for extensions, different extensions can be programmed in different languages. Your best bet, though, would be what jrlepage mentioned; embed the ability right into FamiTracker.
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[quote=]But if you want to integrate this into FamiTracker itself, the answer is a definite yes.[/quote] Then it's [url=http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs/167866_o.gif]time to start workin' the notifier onto the tracker itself!
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