Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.

'War Stories'


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Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.

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Am-Chau Yarkona - Mar 07, 2003 1:14:49 pm PST #3400 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

'Unmark' link on the actual post page, instead of 'Marked'. Now on the requests list, Cindy.


John H - Mar 08, 2003 2:57:01 pm PST #3401 of 10000

I think I asked my last question too subtly.

Can Jon or ita tell me what a threadsuck form submission would look like, transformed into a clickable URL?

This is so that it can be downloaded directly to disk rather than having to load a megabyte-sized web page into the browser window, then save it. Which sometimes crashes my browser and locks up my computer for a long time.


Jon B. - Mar 08, 2003 4:38:24 pm PST #3402 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

ita would have to answer that one, John. In my spec, all the parameters were in the URL but she did some PHP magic to hide them. I don't know PHP well enough to know how you'd do what you're asking.

I think that the direct download thing is a good idea, though.


John H - Mar 08, 2003 4:53:57 pm PST #3403 of 10000

In my spec, all the parameters were in the URL but she did some PHP magic to hide them.

I think what she did was change the form's method from "get" to "post", for the record.

Any form can be reverse-engineered quite easily -- it's how I wrote that autobrowser which we used to stress-test the board -- you just find the name and value pairs in the fields and make them into a query string.

<form action="something.php">
<input type="text" name="firstname">
<input type="text" name="secondname">
</form>

just becomes

something.php?firstname=John&secondname=H

when filled out and submitted. If the method is GET, then you see it. If the method is POST, you don't.

However it may just be that the script will not accept a GET-type request, only a POST.


§ ita § - Mar 08, 2003 4:56:50 pm PST #3404 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

it may just be that the script will not accept a GET-type request, only a POST.

Yup. This version of PHP refers to GET and POST variables separately, and I'm only checking for the one.


John H - Mar 08, 2003 5:05:55 pm PST #3405 of 10000

So, could I ask for that to be changed sometime when you have a moment?


§ ita § - Mar 08, 2003 5:50:49 pm PST #3406 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'd rather add a feature that changes the mime type so you're prompted to download. Would that be okay?


John H - Mar 08, 2003 8:17:37 pm PST #3407 of 10000

I'd rather add a feature that changes the mime type so you're prompted to download. Would that be okay?

Kisk-ass! I mean yeah. That way we could choose that option from a checkbox too.

My way you'd have to submit the form, then have it give you a page with the GET URL on it, then click on the GET URL with the right combination of keys/other mouse buttons for your system.

I found some PHP code on Google Groups a while ago which promised to achieve the "prompt to download" effect on all browsers -- it apparently wasn't as easy as one might think.


Liese S. - Mar 08, 2003 8:21:52 pm PST #3408 of 10000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

That sounds good, ita. Just voicing agreement with that change.


jengod - Mar 09, 2003 11:15:28 am PST #3409 of 10000

Hey all. There was some talk back in the day about having one of those little title bar icons. I just made one for my personal site, so while I was at it made a couple for Buffistas.org.

[link] [link]

The hex code for the red might not match the rest of the site. I tried to do the fade, but my PhotoShop skills are nil. Also, in 16x16, it's kinda hard to see that sort of detail. I vote for the black one myself.

Instructions on how to add to the site: [link]

(It's just one line of code. And I have yet to figure out how the 32x32 fit in, but I'm sure the Buffista hive mind understands it all.)