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Ryan M
May Member 2008

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Indecent Act said :
Hevilmystic said :
I like it how it is. Titles are always the same colour as whatever is above the name, and the clan names are always the same colour as what is below the name.

It matches perfectly.


That's exactly my thinking too. Keep it simple and uniform and you cant go wrong imo.

Okay, now I see. Slipped my mind that some titles appear under the RSN. Not sure what I was thinking. Also, I'm sure you've noticed that some clan names are outrageously long and would benefit from using spacing (like the clan Mod Lee is in).

It appears to display 18 characters out of the 19 it the clan name. I don't know how well it would be to break up names like that, but I thought it was interesting.

As for retrieving post counts, outside of scrapping, you'd probably have to get in touch with Mod Allstar or Mod Boko to see if you can find a solution if one can be achieved. Just thinking aloud.

In relation to the above and noting that you are looking for better ways of getting information, here is a snippet from 13 June on APIs within Fansite Staff:
Mod Boko said :
We are going to be looking at APIs, including retrieving more statistics on usage and developing an understanding of how it is being used, with an eye to shaping future development and building more appropriate tools.

I figured you would find it interesting (and as it isn't a Fansite specific issue, I believe it's fine to post here for now).

18-Sep-2014 15:43:30 - Last edited on 18-Sep-2014 15:46:04 by Ryan M

Indecent Act

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Thanks Ryan M, I recently got access to the fansites forum. I haven't posted there yet.

But I hadn't seen that post, so that's good news.

I have found a few api's from digging around. I found a really nice one that returns 50 palyers stats in a jsnon object, but I'm stuck with one little thing with it and from what I can tell there is no information about it anywhere. As you can imagine for a hiscores site, an api like that has lots of potential.

I was surprised to see absolutely zero resources for fansites. Particularly with api's. Maybe I expected too much, that's kind of why I haven't posted there yet.  I'd rather offer or contribute something before asking for things. Things seem to move slowly in there, and atm that suits me quite well :)

18-Sep-2014 16:01:30 - Last edited on 18-Sep-2014 16:03:23 by Indecent Act

Amaethwr
Aug Member 2008

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Indecent Act said :
I really appreciate you letting me know how it went. I can now recommend it to others if the issue comes up again.

Oh btw I just did an update Version 3.1.4.2.
Np :) And I like the little clan bit, looks good.
Selective Completionist

18-Sep-2014 16:14:48

Blasty
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I tried breaking the clan name, but if it gets broken the wrong way then it gets split up in weird places making the clan name harder to understand.

An alternative is ellipsis:

.clanTitle {
max-width: 110px !important;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
overflow: hidden;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}

Edit: Margin auto didn't work the way I expected :S :O

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Blasty
the Blue
:.­­­
Blasty
// @BlastytheBlue // Blasty#5167
| Co-owner of Mine Nation

18-Sep-2014 16:16:42 - Last edited on 18-Sep-2014 16:18:09 by Blasty

Ryan M
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Cool. I'm sure you can figure it out. :D

There used to be a lot more information prior to last November's archiving and removal of the old Fansite Staff forum. But that's then and this is now. Not much is being done on the forums as it's intended for email conversations (such as ranking system) and in the past the main use of the forums was to alert other sites of database hacks or event proceedings.

I don't imagine that forum to change in speed ever with less than 100 people having access to it and even fewer posting to it. :P

18-Sep-2014 16:27:20

Indecent Act

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I'm not sure about the clan names, the max length is 20 characters.

If they are (cant remeber now I need to check) 17-18 characters or longer and contain a space they get a new line inserted at the first occurrence of a space.

Notice my clan name gets split and Amaethwr's doesn't. The both look okay to me.

Long clan names that begin with 'The' or 'A' will look like...
­­
The
Master Farmers
­­


I haven't put much thought into it. I need to see some bad looking ones and then I can write some logic to handle them. But I think most 20 characters clan names will fit within the space even if not broken up.

18-Sep-2014 16:38:45

Indecent Act

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Ryan M said :
There used to be a lot more information prior to last November's archiving and removal of the old Fansite Staff forum


Aww shame I missed out. I've been in contact with fansites@jagex for a few years now. Mod Zach was who I used to communicate with, but I haven't seen him around for a long time.

During the last year or so I have had no success getting a reply from them, I have sent a number of emails and only recently got a reply from Mod MattHe. 24 hours after his reply I had access to the forum. So that was pretty good.

Apparently they are reviewing my site, but tbh there isn't much to review. That side of the fansite thing doesn't interest me. I don't have a forum, I'm not getting one. I just use my site for me, it just so happens a small amount of other people use it too.

Imo I think they should be more interested in RS Linkify than my site. RS Linkify has the potential do allot more good (or harm) than my site, and I will be doing a bit with social media in regard to Linkify. Basically if they want review something it should be this!

18-Sep-2014 16:58:07

Hevilmystic
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-pokes Indy-

May I be poked in-game when you are not busy?!

Edit: I just realised... The RS Linkify Avatar gallery is over a year old... My god that went by fast.

Also, if something would happen to the avatar gallery file, is it saved on your website at all? I have a local copy at least.
Unslain Bosses - Clan

18-Sep-2014 17:56:20 - Last edited on 18-Sep-2014 18:03:38 by Hevilmystic

Amaethwr
Aug Member 2008

Amaethwr

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Indecent Act said :
The
Master Farmers
7 of us with master capes now, 4 of which are 200m. :P

Been keeping an eye out for clan names with spaces that don't look great . I guess its subjective though.

This one stood out to me as the worst, and its not even that bad really.. Maybe because its four words all on one line.

http://puu.sh/bEnKM.png
Selective Completionist

18-Sep-2014 20:39:45

Hevilmystic
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Clans have just entirely broken for me. Don't work on any thread.

My Version Info...


RS-Linkify Version: 3.1.4.3
Chrome Version: 37.0.2062.120
Compiled for: Win32
Language: en-GB
OS: Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64
Blood Caffeine Level: 76% Caffeine, 24% Blood. (Need just one more cup.)


Edit: Never mind, they're back... Seems to be a little temperamental.
Unslain Bosses - Clan

18-Sep-2014 20:46:17 - Last edited on 18-Sep-2014 21:26:59 by Hevilmystic

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