Demented Kitty Misc

This is a quick and dirty php and css progress bar. Technically, the code could be used as a progress meter for almost anything (rebuilding a car, stock kept in a pantry, whatever). Consider this code freeware and use it as you wish.

1. Right-click this file (it's plain text, so no virus worries) and save it to your documents folder or desktop.



2. Make a few edits.

   • Change the text in quotes after book_title from "My NaNoWriMo" to "The Title of Your Book". Be sure the quotes, equal sign, and semicolon remain. Edit only the text between quotes.
   • Change the zero after book_current_wordcount to match your NaNoWriMo book's current word count. Update that number as often as you like. Remember that, unlike the book title variable, the number after book_current_wordcount does not require quotes. The semicolon must remain though.

   • Optional

     • Change the word meter's border in the style section. The color code is just below the CSS comment: Change border color here
     • Change the color of the word meter itself in the style section as well. The color code is just below the CSS comment: Change progress bar color here



3. Put the code on your web site. That can be done in several ways. The most common are:

   • Copy+paste your modified code (with the name of your book, etc.) into a spot on your blog's sidebar. Add a header if you like.
   • Save the code as book_progress_1.php (or a similar name), upload the file to your server in the same place as your other template files, and include book_progress_1.php in your sidebar:

The Coppermine Photo Gallery includes a tool to tie the database tables of user accounts to those of several other pieces of software. Ideally, one could add a Coppermine gallery to almost any existing web site running Invision Power Board, Mambo, phpBB, punBB, et-cetera but share user accounts. Each person would have just one user name and password. The Coppermine developers call it bridging. It is hardly a new concept but one that the folks behind Coppermine obviously support.

Unfortunately, the push-button bridging scripts included with Coppermine don't always work work custom installations. I had to tweak the tables quite a bit to have things working smoothly for a recent project.

The forum is a customized phpBB2 installation.

• Formatting plugins
• gwBBcode from the great guys at gwShack
• Quite a bit of effective, custom anti-spam code
• Custom logo

The photo gallery contains all the same features with the addition of sharing user accounts with the phpBB2 installation.