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URL giver?

Folsom Carter
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Join date: 16 Jun 2007
Posts: 55
04-25-2008 04:57
Hello all, I'm starting an SL magazine/blog and I'm looking for a simple url giver (preferably modifyable so I can make it look like a magazine kiosk). I've done some searching and shopping around and found lots of notecard givers, etc but have not had as much luck with url givers (that will send visitors to my website), although I've seen them in use in various spots.

Can anyone recommend a store or scriptor who sells these? Or is this something that even a scripting-challenged individual like myself should be able to create on my own?

(I know this might be more of an "items wanted" post, but folks here have been very helpful in the past so I thought I'd giv it a shot).
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Phil Deakins
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Join date: 17 Jan 2007
Posts: 9,537
04-25-2008 05:09
If I'm not mistaken, there's no such thing as a URL giver, because a URL isn't an item like a notecard or landmark. You could put the URL on a notecard and give that, or you could have the kiosk 'say' the URL into chat.
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Winter Ventura
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Join date: 18 Jul 2006
Posts: 2,579
04-25-2008 05:26
Phil, you're mistaken. :D

CODE

string text = "Click to get the \"Cool SL\" Viewer for Second Life. Nicholaz, RestrainedLife and more, all rolled into one! Available in Standard and Windlight!";

string url = "http://sldev.free.fr/";

default
{

touch_start(integer numdetected)
{
llTriggerSound("8eae9c2b-3caa-477c-964d-c3752c23eddb", 1); //standard click sound
llLoadURL(llDetectedKey(0), text, url);
}

}


I highly reccommend that URL givers, and in fact all "givers" should make a noise when clicked.. The reason is, it gives a "continuity" to the thing the user clicked, making them realise that "yes, clicking that DID do something".... and helps them realize that the blue dialog that pops up a second later was something they "asked for".. If more touch givers made a little sound, I suspect there'd be less customers accidentally muting shop owners.
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Phil Deakins
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04-25-2008 06:24
So it's not a URL giver as such - it's a URL opener.
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Conifer Dada
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Join date: 6 Oct 2006
Posts: 3,716
04-25-2008 08:29
You can put a webpage onto a prim as a texture now, if it's on your land, through about land / media options - but I think it just does a single webpage. You'd have to subdivide your land and enter a different url for each plot if you want to show multiple webpages!
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Jumpman Lane
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Join date: 7 May 2007
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04-25-2008 08:47
From: Folsom Carter
Hello all, I'm starting an SL magazine/blog and I'm looking for a simple url giver (preferably modifyable so I can make it look like a magazine kiosk). I've done some searching and shopping around and found lots of notecard givers, etc but have not had as much luck with url givers (that will send visitors to my website), although I've seen them in use in various spots.

Can anyone recommend a store or scriptor who sells these? Or is this something that even a scripting-challenged individual like myself should be able to create on my own?

(I know this might be more of an "items wanted" post, but folks here have been very helpful in the past so I thought I'd giv it a shot).

had the same question a year ago when i started my mag.
im sendin ya what they sent me in world
yadni's
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Nika Talaj
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04-25-2008 09:06
From: Jumpman Lane
had the same question a year ago when i started my mag.
im sendin ya what they sent me in world
yadni's
*happy dance*

Jumpy's beginning to answer questions and help people!

*hands him a cookie*

:D
Davin Romano
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Join date: 21 Mar 2008
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04-25-2008 09:19
NICE!!! thank you too! that was very simple and helpful!

*thows a pie
Jumpman Lane
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04-25-2008 11:01
From: Davin Romano
NICE!!! thank you too! that was very simple and helpful!

*thows a pie

flush urself turdball :p
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Jumpman Lane
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04-25-2008 11:02
From: Nika Talaj
*happy dance*

Jumpy's beginning to answer questions and help people!

*hands him a cookie*

:D

im a humanitarian :p
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Folsom Carter
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Join date: 16 Jun 2007
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04-28-2008 15:16
Thanks again, Jumpman! Worked out perfectly. And if I ever decide to do a straight magazine, i'll let you know :)
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Folsom Carter
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04-29-2008 08:32
From: Folsom Carter
Thanks again, Jumpman! Worked out perfectly. And if I ever decide to do a straight magazine, i'll let you know :)

cool no worries, i cant pose in ur current one though lmao, good luck with it
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