Gossamer Forum
Quote Reply
Personal Page Plug-in
Presentation :
This plug-in provides GLinks v3.x and LinksSQL v2.1.x administrators with the ability to allow their users to create their own personal page. It logically requires users to be authenticated and has the option of allowing users to create a mini presentation/introduction about themselves. The users can choose between different fonts, colours and overall CSS stylesheets to further personalize their page.

The page is based upon the idea of providing Links globals with personalized characteristics as well as the ability to change the display order of globals on the page and whether or not to activate the globals.


Image of Personal Page
In order 1) Welcome Message 2) User Introduction 3) Last Links 4) Last reviews 5) My Last Opinions 6) My Last Links


Personalized Globals
Users can choose to display, or not to display, globals that can be added to the ‘Personal Page’ via the admin panel. The globals have specific values that can then be modified by users in their ‘Personal Page’ preferences. For example “My last posted reviews” can be coded to allow for users to decide how many of the last reviews they posted to display (ex. 5,10,15,20). This global will only display the users reviews.
It is also possible to have “Last posted reviews” display 5,10,15 or 20 of the last posted reviews regardless of the poster.
Depending on the type site you run, it can also include other globals to display completely different content that can be user-specific or just generally site specific. Should I say the limit is your imagination? :)

Each global can be positioned in a different place on the page. Depending on the layout, this could be the first, second or third one after each other or even first line left, first line right, second line left, second line right, etc.

Personalized Colours
Users can choose (technically via a simple font style sheet) what colour the fonts in the page are. Variations will allow for defining the colour of the fonts and hyperlinks, hover and visited status…

Personalized page layout
Via stylesheets, it is possible to not only define the colour of the images, background and text, but also the positioning of elements on the page. The first advantage is that while playing on the versatility offered by stylesheets, users get the real impression that they control the visual aspect of the page. The second advantage is that site owners can limit the amount of visual damage users can do. Giving too much control and too many options often means the pages look like a Christmas tree with so many different font colours and images. Using stylesheets means it’s possible to retain a certain amount of pre-configured harmony on the page.


Image of Personal Page preferences.
In order : 1) personalized welcome message. 2) Whether to activate globals or not, position on page of globals and number of links to be displayed by the global. 3) Colours of Fonts to be used on the personal page.
4) Image to be displayed in page header. 5) Overall CSS stylesheet to be used and hence colour of page and images displayed. 6) Whether to make page publicly available. 7) Save button.


Publicly Available Personal Page
Users can choose to have the pages publicly available or not by the click of a button. The mod_rewrite system means you could, for a user called jag, provide a personal url for their personal page that looks like this: http://www.mywebiste.com/personalpage/jag

Personal Introduction
Users can add a personal introduction about themselves, including both text and images. A user could add their photo and a text introducing themselves. As an option, administrators can have a validation system added that will allow them to review text and or text submitted in the same manner that review and link additions are handled by default. This allows site owners to make sure that illicit content isn’t published on their site without their knowledge.


Image of Introduction Page Creator.
In order, Name: 1) Change name that appears 2) Change Photo with image of present image used 3) Change introduction texts 4) Save / Cancel buttons


Personal Introduction : Contact Me option
By using Andy’s Contact Page plug-in you can have a personalized contact form that people can access by clicking on a button from your personal page.


Image of Contact Form.
In order 1) To: (with the name of the person) 2) Name of sender 3) Sender’s Email 4) Confirm Sender’s Email 5) Message



User options :
- Change which globals are displayed and the order in which they are displayed.
- Change text colour and page layout
- Add a personal introduction with text and or images
- Decide whether the page is publicly available with personal URL
- Option to add a link to a personal contact page (where their email isn’t displayed)


Admin options :
- Add globals and decide which values in the global can be personalized
- Through CSS code, define which colours and images can be changed
- With the additional user profile validation plug-in you can decide whether or not to publish a users introduction or modifications to their introductions

Requirements :
Gossamer Links 3.0.x (has also been tested with Links SQL 2.1+)
The user profile validation plug-in can be used in conjunction with Gossamer Community.

Price :
Personal Page Plug-in: 350 US dollars.
Personal Page Plug-in with admin validation: 500 US dollars.
Adding Personal Contact Page/Form: Contact Plug-in required ($25 from UltraNerds).

Support
Support for the Personal Page Plug-in and its optional admin validation addition is provided by Gossamer Threads.
Support for the Personal Contact Plug-In is provided as stated on the web site by Andy from UltraNerds.


Please don't hesitate to ask questions if there is anything you don't understand.
PS : As you can see from the screenshots the plug-in is completely customizable for other languages.

Thanks,
John
Significant Media
Subject Author Views Date
Thread Personal Page Plug-in Jag 13070 Oct 25, 2005, 11:48 PM
Thread Re: [Jag] Personal Page Plug-in
erichcyber 12910 Oct 28, 2005, 5:46 AM
Thread Re: [erichcyber] Personal Page Plug-in
Jag 12891 Nov 2, 2005, 7:49 AM
Thread Re: [Jag] Personal Page Plug-in
Hargreaves 12857 Nov 2, 2005, 9:33 AM
Thread Re: [Hargreaves] Personal Page Plug-in
Jag 12897 Nov 3, 2005, 1:25 AM
Thread Re: [Jag] Personal Page Plug-in
aus_dave 12855 Nov 3, 2005, 3:17 PM
Thread Re: [aus_dave] Personal Page Plug-in
Jag 12824 Nov 3, 2005, 3:46 PM
Thread Re: [Jag] Personal Page Plug-in
aus_dave 12839 Nov 3, 2005, 3:50 PM
Post Re: [aus_dave] Personal Page Plug-in
Jag 12773 Nov 10, 2005, 8:12 AM
Post Re: [Jag] Personal Page Plug-in
erichcyber 12847 Nov 3, 2005, 4:26 AM
Thread Re: [Jag] Personal Page Plug-in
KevM 12460 Aug 2, 2006, 5:54 AM
Thread Re: [KevM] Personal Page Plug-in
Jag 12492 Aug 2, 2006, 6:58 AM
Thread Re: [Jag] Personal Page Plug-in
jdgamble 12454 Aug 5, 2006, 11:02 PM
Thread Re: [jdgamble] Personal Page Plug-in
Jag 12408 Aug 6, 2006, 2:19 PM
Thread Re: [Jag] Personal Page Plug-in
jdgamble 12397 Aug 6, 2006, 2:39 PM
Thread Re: [jdgamble] Personal Page Plug-in
Jag 12384 Aug 6, 2006, 3:14 PM
Thread Re: [Jag] Personal Page Plug-in
jdgamble 12367 Aug 6, 2006, 6:17 PM
Thread Re: [jdgamble] Personal Page Plug-in
Jag 12367 Aug 6, 2006, 7:04 PM
Thread Re: [Jag] Personal Page Plug-in
jdgamble 12360 Aug 6, 2006, 8:33 PM
Thread Re: [jdgamble] Personal Page Plug-in
Jag 12354 Aug 7, 2006, 7:03 AM
Thread Re: [Jag] Personal Page Plug-in
jdgamble 12341 Aug 7, 2006, 9:59 AM
Post Re: [jdgamble] Personal Page Plug-in
Jag 12370 Aug 10, 2006, 8:38 AM
Thread Re: [Jag] Personal Page Plug-in
katabd 12409 Aug 6, 2006, 2:08 PM
Post Re: [katabd] Personal Page Plug-in
Jag 12405 Aug 6, 2006, 2:28 PM