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Fish Skute

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Join date: 25 Jan 2009

Posts: 1

04-28-2009 14:34

Hi,

I'm curious if it is possible to create a virtual chalkboard or white-board where folks can post viewable comments (rather than attaching notecards). I'd like these comment to be visible to other users. The project itself involves commenting on artworks....I envision the chalkboard being a sort of publicly viewable message board where dialog can take place.

Is this or something like it possible? Really difficult? Etc?

Thanks in advance....Fish

Rolig Loon

Not as dumb as I look

Join date: 22 Mar 2007

Posts: 2,482

04-28-2009 14:47

There are several available on the market. Try SLExchange or visit the ICT Library on Info Island (Sorry, I don't have a slurl handy, but it's easy to find Info Island with a Map search. The ICT Library is in the NW corner of the the sim.)

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Johan Laurasia

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Join date: 31 Oct 2006

Posts: 1,394

04-28-2009 14:47

I've seen stuff like that where you chat on a certain channel such as:

/1 This is my message

... and it's displayed on a board using XYText. XYText is a freely available open source system for displaying (up to) 10 characters on a prim. It's pretty easy to use, and works great. Look in the script library in the wiki for the XYText scripts.

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DoteDote Edison

Thinks Too Much

Join date: 6 Jun 2004

Posts: 790

04-28-2009 16:09

XyText is fairly limited for something like this. You'll likely be limited to only a few comments visible at a time. However, you could probably get away with showing comments in a (non-scrolling) ticker format. If you ever watched ESPN's Thursday Night College Football the previous two seasons, a ticker at the top showed viewer comments throughout the games. You could do the same with your art... show the art, and have the comments cycle underneath. New comments join the cue.

A more modern option is to use a webpage to serve the comments. Visitors click to leave a comment, and your script posts the comment to a webpage. The specially formatted webpage is display on a prim for all to see.

Pedro McMillan

SLOODLE Developer

Join date: 28 Jul 2007

Posts: 231

04-29-2009 05:26

Fish's idea is somewhat similar to a concept Jeremy Kemp (SL: Jeremy Kabumpo) proposed in the SLOODLE project. It was a suggested way of integrating a discussion forum into SL, where you'd attach a yellow sticky note (like a "PostIt"

to a specific location in SL, and it would represent a discussion on the website. The sticky note would change to indicate the number of replies and the age of the post. Click the note, and view the discussion in your web-browser. I know it's not quite what you're describing, but good for encouraging discussion.

You check out the original discussion here (you can use guest login to view it):

http://www.sloodle.org/moodle/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=2275#p6729

If we ever implement this, it will be designed for a Moodle forum... however, it will all be open source (GPL), so other folks would be welcome to modify it to work with other forums.

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Fish Skute Registered User Join date: 25 Jan 2009 Posts: 1	04-28-2009 14:34 Hi, I'm curious if it is possible to create a virtual chalkboard or white-board where folks can post viewable comments (rather than attaching notecards). I'd like these comment to be visible to other users. The project itself involves commenting on artworks....I envision the chalkboard being a sort of publicly viewable message board where dialog can take place. Is this or something like it possible? Really difficult? Etc? Thanks in advance....Fish
Rolig Loon Not as dumb as I look Join date: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2,482	04-28-2009 14:47 There are several available on the market. Try SLExchange or visit the ICT Library on Info Island (Sorry, I don't have a slurl handy, but it's easy to find Info Island with a Map search. The ICT Library is in the NW corner of the the sim.) _____________________ It's hard to tell gender from names around here but if you care, Rolig = she. And I exist only in SL, so don't ask.... Look for my work in XStreetSL at
Johan Laurasia Fully Rezzed Join date: 31 Oct 2006 Posts: 1,394	04-28-2009 14:47 I've seen stuff like that where you chat on a certain channel such as: /1 This is my message ... and it's displayed on a board using XYText. XYText is a freely available open source system for displaying (up to) 10 characters on a prim. It's pretty easy to use, and works great. Look in the script library in the wiki for the XYText scripts. _____________________ My tutes http://www.youtube.com/johanlaurasia
DoteDote Edison Thinks Too Much Join date: 6 Jun 2004 Posts: 790	04-28-2009 16:09 XyText is fairly limited for something like this. You'll likely be limited to only a few comments visible at a time. However, you could probably get away with showing comments in a (non-scrolling) ticker format. If you ever watched ESPN's Thursday Night College Football the previous two seasons, a ticker at the top showed viewer comments throughout the games. You could do the same with your art... show the art, and have the comments cycle underneath. New comments join the cue. A more modern option is to use a webpage to serve the comments. Visitors click to leave a comment, and your script posts the comment to a webpage. The specially formatted webpage is display on a prim for all to see.
Pedro McMillan SLOODLE Developer Join date: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 231	04-29-2009 05:26 Fish's idea is somewhat similar to a concept Jeremy Kemp (SL: Jeremy Kabumpo) proposed in the SLOODLE project. It was a suggested way of integrating a discussion forum into SL, where you'd attach a yellow sticky note (like a "PostIt" to a specific location in SL, and it would represent a discussion on the website. The sticky note would change to indicate the number of replies and the age of the post. Click the note, and view the discussion in your web-browser. I know it's not quite what you're describing, but good for encouraging discussion. You check out the original discussion here (you can use guest login to view it): http://www.sloodle.org/moodle/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=2275#p6729 If we ever implement this, it will be designed for a Moodle forum... however, it will all be open source (GPL), so other folks would be welcome to modify it to work with other forums.

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