CASAA | IT & Technical

[Þornbjörg]

Hmm... I could probably whip something up.

Would it be bad if it required apache, php5+, gd, and mod_rewrite?

[Webby]

Hmm... I could probably whip something up.

Would it be bad if it required apache, php5+, gd, and mod_rewrite?

ROFL - send me the source and I'll have my guys make a Dos 4.0 version - just in case

[Webby]

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[MrKai]

Hmm... I could probably whip something up.

Would it be bad if it required apache, php5+, gd, and mod_rewrite?

...what else ya gonna use, man?

-K

[mtndude]

...what else ya gonna use, man?

-K

peeks and pokes... duh

[Þornbjörg]

Well, here was my thought... I'll write the code tomorrow.

Have the 'generator' take their start date, cost per cigarette, cost per equivalent in ecigarettes, and startup price and generate a link such as:
domain.tld/signature/MTI1NDYyMTYwMC0wLjI3NS0wLjAwMjUtNjU=.png

Now, take mod_rewrite and rewrite that url to:
domain.tld/signature/generate.php?v=MTI1NDYyMTYwMC0wLjI3NS0wLjAwMjUtNjU =

Once you have that, if you can't tell, it's a base64_encoded string.. decoding it should give you the string 1254621600-0.275-0.0025-65

Now, match against it to set your variables up, and generate the image.

This would save needing to make a bunch of png files (which are really just php files with a custom file handler) to generate the signatures.

Make sense?

Like I said, I'll write something tomorrow, complete with graphics.

[Webby]

Well, here was my thought... I'll write the code tomorrow.

Have the 'generator' take their start date, cost per cigarette, cost per equivalent in ecigarettes, and startup price and generate a link such as:
domain.tld/signature/MTI1NDYyMTYwMC0wLjI3NS0wLjAwMjUtNjU=.png

Now, take mod_rewrite and rewrite that url to:
domain.tld/signature/generate.php?v=MTI1NDYyMTYwMC0wLjI3NS0wLjAwMjUtNjU =

Once you have that, if you can't tell, it's a base64_encoded string.. decoding it should give you the string 1254621600-0.275-0.0025-65

Now, match against it to set your variables up, and generate the image.

This would save needing to make a bunch of png files (which are really just php files with a custom file handler) to generate the signatures.

Make sense?

Like I said, I'll write something tomorrow, complete with graphics.

Sure! IT sounds like you can obviously write the code and front end so the algorithm shouldn't hard to come up with. Do you have somewhere to host it? As long as it generates cut and paste code for the end user (maybe with the CASAA logo?) I think it's a great idea!

People LOVE things that give stickiness to a site. Wallpaper, screensavers, apps and widgets are staples of a a site's online campaign.

[MrKai]

peeks and pokes... duh

I lol's at this then realized it was very sad that I no only got this reference, but that SYS 49152 immediately jumped into my brain.

Off to grab some Geritol now...

-K

[mtndude]

lol.. I knew I was running the risk of just sounding like a jibbering idiot.

good lord, the patience I had as a teenager with a VIC-20

[Webby]

lol.. I knew I was running the risk of just sounding like a jibbering idiot.

good lord, the patience I had as a teenager with a VIC-20

I'm going to go sit in the dark and play pong for awhile...

...your lamp is growing weaker...

...your lamp is out...

...you are about to be eaten by a grue...

DAMN YOU ZORK!!!