Easy Mod Linking!! Thread

Tired of having to find mods via there mod id? I certainly know I am. Which is why I coded in a nifty new little feature. (it shall get even niftyer shortly) but until then read the full story here: Moddb.com

Basically now you can go Moddb.com

For example, to find one of cheapies quake mods, instead of looking it up if you knwo the name is cheaphack for example then you just go

Moddb.com and it should locate it

Some other examples

Moddb.com
Moddb.com
Moddb.com

Sweet eh?

- Edited By INtense! On Tue 25th, Feb 2003 @ 3:59:12pm

Nice very well done!

Okay, now imagine this: When you go to a forum page, moddb checks through and creates links for all recognised mentions of mods! So if I type:

Blah blah blah blah counterstrike blah

Then moddb would automatically 'counterstrike' a link to Counter-Strike's profile!

Ok, now while what you mention there is a great idea Seien, and to be honest it would not be impossible to code what happens if there were two mods with similar names, like counter-strike and counter-striking. I think you would be pretty pissed if it linked to the wrong place.

Good feature

As for SA's idea, although it wouldnt work perfectly itd be pretty awesome even if buggy.

Yeah true. But at the same time...wouldn't someone who was talking about counterstriking write it as such, and someone who was referring to counterstrike spell it that way [or as CS]?

They are two different terms, wouldn't it still work?

who is gonna typ blah cs?

leave it as is.

I want this on my site a box (search) that they can type the mod name or cs for example and it loads moddb.com (my idea is better) lol

what's this SDK then?

i dunno?

SA idea is c00l, u can use it like the smilies, give an option to mod leaders to choose a short name for their mod that will be used as a smile, when u type that, you have the word linked, and the same if you write the exact full name of the mod.

INtense! wrote:

For example, to find one of cheapies quake mods, instead of looking it up if you knwo the name is cheaphack for example then you just go

Moddb.com

Sweet eh?

He sdk thang is the mod page editor INtense went on about before, where they change teh colours.

i thought it may be along those lines...

*me pitches tent outside modDB door.

I'm waiting here until we get it!

/me cuts in line with my tent!

Ok, I suppose I better explain the SDK since seien and a few others have asked about it...

Basically it is a kit for web developers who show mods on there site for example. Like say your site is gamespy and you list all these modifications right? Now chasing up details for them all would be a damn pain. So what you do is basically borrow such information from the modDB.

You will have 100% control over the look of a mods profile from the commenting system to the mods name. All the SDK shall provide is detailed help on how to utilise this system on both the modDB and your websites side. It will also provide certain images you are free to use or edit, which should prove handy.

The real beauty of this system is that it will work into this find mod feature. Like it would be a pain to have to go Modtemplate.moddb.com to show the counter strike mod, as for every single mod you wanted to display you would have to know the mods ID. Instead you can go Moddb.com and it shall display the counter-strike mod, using the gamespy template. Therefore they could easily incorpoarte such a system into there entire website.

This SDK will be limited to authorised affiliates only, and it shall be extremely powerful The only catch is you will have to include a link to moddb.com no adds and any images in your template won't be stored on the modDB server but on your own server to prevent bandwidth from shooting up

Any further questions please ask. Otherwise a alpha demo for anyone interested will hopefully be available!

Can I have a crack at the alpha when it's available? The more people who understand it on release the better, I think...

Thoughts on this:

• So, the full SDK is for mod sites, so they can 'tap in' to modDB and access all the vast array of info?
• Would it be possible to release a cut down Mod Site SDK to spare mods the trouble of trying to keep multiple data sources in sync? I.e. mod sites can access modDB's info for their mod, and their mod only?
• If GameSpy want a copy be very careful, they'll try take the site out from under you.

hmmm, hes right there, Gamespy would probably tell all there hosted sites to use their template on modDB.

Anyway, sweet idea

Nah I was just using gamespy as an example, and it will only be available to those authorised, and crediting the modDB is ESSENTIAL be that only a minor link at the bottom of the page, saying 'Content courtesy of modDB' for example.

To show you how sites will use it, I will explain how this one site 'xsgamers' shall be using this system. You see they run a server query website. Like people can see who is playing on any game server in the world, regardless of mod etc.. now where the modDB comes in, is for this site to provide details on every single mod played around it be damn near impossible.

Hence they will just go Moddb.com and voila they will have all the info they need to show, and it will be formatted in there conventions not the modDB. I hope this explains it all

And presently the system is not really aims at allowing mods to customise their profile layouts, only sites wishing to tap into the modDB data. And rest assured only approved sites will be allowed such content, to ensure that modDB remains the definative mod resource

All bases covered then, get to coding? How long will it take or is it virtually done?

Well i could get it done in a day, but I just recieved an urgent (paid) coding job so it has taken front seat. Having said that, the template system is virtually complete, just need to code the modDB backend now

he gets paid so we take the back seat *sniff*

Than Im paying him next

and blue wants this hint hint!

eh?

u payin him for what?

Can't understand too much complicated