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Announcing comprehensive LBP.me integration!

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After lots of hard work between Aya042 and myself, we're proud to announce complete LBP.me integration with LBPCentral! What does this mean, exactly? We're now capable of pulling down data from LBP.me, which means 100% LIVE level listings! Heart count, ratings, plays, and more are all dynamically grabbed from LBP.me and displayed on our end. Simply head to the Level Showcase and post a level like you would normally - you'll be presented with a new form that'll automatically take care of the rest. Here's what it looks like in a Level Showcase thread:

http://content.screencast.com/users/ConfusedCartman/folders/Jing/media/f0ffaa54-245c-4028-a5ec-0653478d0600/2010-12-30_2248.png

As mentioned, all of that data is pulled dynamically - everything from the level badge to the PSN to the description is all taken from LBP.me, so if anything about your level changes, those changes will be instantly reflected here. Cool, huh?

How does this work?
Well, we're not giving away code, but suffice to say that any level posted from here on out will contain a bit of BB Code similar to this: http://lbp.me/v/41rnb

comphermc Edit: If it's not working, ensure that you are not using capitalization in the code. It should be all lower-case. Fix'd

Obviously, it doesn't show up in your post publicly - only when you edit it. But we scan for it on our end, and when we see it, we grab it and use it to collect data about your level. It only works in the first post of any thread in the Level Showcase and Cool Levels for now, so don't try adding that BB Code anywhere else - it won't show up!

What if I remove that bit of BB Code?
We won't be able to show any data about your level, simply because we don't have your level's URL anymore. Now, we could save the URL on our end, so that removing it doesn't remove the live statistics, but we believe user control is number 1 - if you really want to remove it from your level, we're not stopping you.

Okay, so I just posted a level, and I don't see any statistics. What's up?
Two things could be wrong:

- One: you haven't refreshed the page. Due to technical limitations we can't grab data until the second page load on any posted level, so whoever posts that level won't see any data initially. Refresh the page to see it. On the upside, it only happens to whoever posts the level, and it only happens once - nobody else will experience the problem, so you don't have to worry about people visiting your thread and seeing no info. If you see it, they'll see it - promise!

- Two: you gave us a bad Level ID! Try appending the ID you used to the end of "http://lbp.me/v/" - if it gives a 404, that was the problem! Only way to be 100% sure - always copy and paste!

I've got older levels I want to apply this to - is that possible?
Of course! It's super easy. There's an LBP.me button in the advanced editor now that will take any LBP.me level link and wrap it in the appropriate tags for you, but if you want to do it the hard way, it's actually not hard at all. Just take your LBP.me level link, wrap it in tags, and stick that block of code anywhere in your level post (the bottom is probably the best place for it). We'll do the rest!

We've been working on this off and on for quite a while now, and we can't wait to see how useful it is to all of you. Let us know what you think! 		2010-12-31 07:00:00

Author:
ConfusedCartman
Posts: 3729

Very awesome new site feature. Thanks a bunch, CC and Aya!

To see it in action, I retroactively added it to my Aperture Laboratories level in my signature. Very cool!

2010-12-31 07:01:00

Author:
comphermc
Posts: 5338

Yeah... really amazing guys... nice feature... so good to have you on the healthier-side of infirm!2010-12-31 07:10:00

Author:
Gravel
Posts: 1308

Great work guys!
That's coooooooooooooooooool!
Great way to end the year and start the new one!		2010-12-31 07:10:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

Awesome feature! This is one of the reasons I adore lbpcentral.com. Thanks for the hard work and brain power guys!2010-12-31 07:11:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983

Wow, this is so great! I can't wait to create new levels and post them on this site 2010-12-31 07:13:00

Author:
Spider-Jew
Posts: 1090

Just incase Tom talked to me and make sure you have checks on the feed to not kill the site ill post a little section of the email.


We can't guarantee that they'll be available all the time (as the site has just launched we need to ensure the servers are not overloaded, as this will directly affect the lbp online game experience, so potentially widgets, feeds etc could be shut down to reduce server load.

I suggest that if you are building a web app using the feeds, cache them in your DB first, then output them however you like for your own purposes 		2010-12-31 07:14:00

Author:
fodawim
Posts: 363

:O Awesome! i've been waiting to see this done, and I know it will help many new creators get recognised, too bad I don't make levels :/2010-12-31 07:17:00

Author:
Merc
Posts: 2135

To see it in action, I retroactively added it to my Aperture Laboratories level in my signature. Very cool!
Very cool indeed.
How do we edit that in ourselves to our own levels?		2010-12-31 07:20:00

Author:
midnight_heist
Posts: 2513

Just incase Tom talked to me and make sure you have checks on the feed to not kill the site ill post a little section of the email.
Don't worry - we've got all sorts of things in place to ensure that the only time data doesn't display is when the user chooses to remove their level link. In all other cases, the goal is to preserve data and update it as often as is reasonable.


Very cool indeed.
How do we edit that in ourselves to our own levels?

Check the first post - I've got a section for that. 		2010-12-31 07:20:00

Author:
ConfusedCartman
Posts: 3729

Just updated my level thread. 2010-12-31 07:24:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

sounds like we need a celebration for the COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT and their from now on use of this system to categorize everything...I'm sure this will make things SO MUCH EASIER for them now too

kudos all around		2010-12-31 07:30:00

Author:
Shadowcrazy
Posts: 3365

Amazing addition! This is pretty cool.

http://lbp.me/v/tj72ge		2010-12-31 07:32:00

Author:
Night Angel
Posts: 1214

Check the first post - I've got a section for that.

Sorry CC but you made it look harder than it is in that post.
You guys should edit your first post and before everything you should past this code
insert LBP.me URL OF YOUR LEVEL here
Just that 		2010-12-31 07:49:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

Oh cool thanks guys! What a great new feature, il be sure to update my level threads 2010-12-31 07:59:00

Author:
Fenderjt
Posts: 1969

I tried but it looks like I failed.
Link is correct + I refreshed the page.
level link (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=25120-Ratchet-amp-Clank-Up-Your-Arsenal-quot-Deja-Q-quot-%28-images%29)
Any ideas?		2010-12-31 08:00:00

Author:
midnight_heist
Posts: 2513

Very very cool feature!! I just checked out Comphermc's updated level thread and it looks awesome!! Thank u CC and Aya!! I can't wait 2 give it a try 2010-12-31 08:27:00

Author:
Brixx101
Posts: 277

Thank you very much, this is extremely handy!
Also, I think that I speak in the name of all the spotlighters if I say that right now, I feel like having some babies with both CC and Aya.		2010-12-31 09:05:00

Author:
Keldur
Posts: 628

That's a very cool new feature for the site. It'll really bring the Level Showcase bang up to date. Getting live level stats will be great for all users of the showcase, even non-creators like me. Great work! 2010-12-31 09:20:00

Author:
shropshirelass
Posts: 1455

This is awesome stuff! Thanks guys!2010-12-31 09:24:00

Author:
Rhys125
Posts: 841

I tried but it looks like I failed.
Link is correct + I refreshed the page.
level link (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=25120-Ratchet-amp-Clank-Up-Your-Arsenal-quot-Deja-Q-quot-%28-images%29)
Any ideas?

Yeah, I know exactly what the problem is - it's the "-" in the ID. It's on the list of bugs to fix come tomorrow, once Aya's woken up (aside from gamebreakers, we work together on code changes). Thanks for reporting it.

Also, for everyone else: check to ensure your LBP.me data is public. If it's not, we can't (as in, won't) use it. Because anyone can put anyone's level in a level post, we have to respect privacy settings.		2010-12-31 09:29:00

Author:
ConfusedCartman
Posts: 3729

you know what the BEST part is? in the community spotlight you can watch the numbers fly up as people are playing the levels while you're there checking out the spotlight...sounds very fun 2010-12-31 10:19:00

Author:
Shadowcrazy
Posts: 3365

This is very very cool - Just tried it, and it works! Nice work guys!
Just out of curiosity - it updates automatically every time there's a play or any activity - right? So no need to refresh?		2010-12-31 10:26:00

Author:
standby250
Posts: 1113

Sounds awesome! There is less to worry about showcasing levels now.2010-12-31 10:31:00

Author:
Mick'o'Mania
Posts: 83

Will it not be easyer to use the LittleBigPlanet Widgets (http://lbp.me/widget_wizard) when they up and working?

<script type="text/javascript">
var lbp_lang = 'en';
var lbp_scriptHost = 'lbp.me';
var lbp_widget_settings = {theme:'default'};
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://i.lbp.me/widgets/link_magician/js/loader.js"></script>		2010-12-31 10:42:00

Author:
jump_button
Posts: 1014

Will it not be easyer to use the LittleBigPlanet Widgets (http://lbp.me/widget_wizard) when they up and working?

<script type="text/javascript">
var lbp_lang = 'en';
var lbp_scriptHost = 'lbp.me';
var lbp_widget_settings = {theme:'default'};
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://i.lbp.me/widgets/link_magician/js/loader.js"></script>

One thing at a time Jump

So Glad this has been implemented, Viva la Revolution!		2010-12-31 11:10:00

Author:
Kern
Posts: 5078

Ohhh, awesome! Wait, there are more things to come? I do hope one of them involves eatable cake! 2010-12-31 11:54:00

Author:
moonwire
Posts: 1627

Very very cool feature guys!

Thanks to CC and Aya for creating this! 		2010-12-31 12:10:00

Author:
Plasmavore
Posts: 1913

Wow, this is awesome. Life has suddenly become so much easier!

Huge thanks CC and Aya! Your hard work is appreciated.		2010-12-31 12:22:00

Author:
Nuclearfish
Posts: 927

I think this is a great idea!!! I just went and tried it with two of my levels, and they didn't work. I'm probably doing something wrong, but I'm not sure what. I'm going to put both the links and the actual code here, so you mod type people can check out this post and see what's going on if you want.

Here's the actual code, one of the levels has a - at the end of it, one doesn't:

http://lbp.me/v/0b6z-

http://lbp.me/v/qw7t3w

And here are the links to the levels in question:

http://lbp.me/v/qw7t3w

http://lbp.me/v/0b6z-

Like I said, I'm probably doing something wrong, lol, but I double checked the links and refreshed the page and I'm getting nothing.

Anyway, this is such an awesome site feature, though, guys, I love it! ^__^		2010-12-31 13:05:00

Author:
xkappax
Posts: 2569

It's a great job, thank you very much for this addition guys!! 2010-12-31 13:19:00

Author:
psyntens
Posts: 562

This site is just lightyears ahead of the rest. I applaud all the effort put in by Cartman , Aya and whoever else makes this site what it is.2010-12-31 13:21:00

Author:
KQuinn94Z
Posts: 1758

Oh, that looks handy
thanks! for your hard work ^^		2010-12-31 13:24:00

Author:
Mugsig
Posts: 85

Wow that was fast, but imo bbcode could have easier name


This site is just lightyears ahead of the rest. I applaud all the effort put in by Cartman , Aya and whoever else makes this site what it is.

You don't know much about Internet sites then XD such integrtions are very common now since lot of services sites got APIs


Will it not be easyer to use the LittleBigPlanet Widgets when they up and working?

Yep, but this way it will allow to integrate LBP.me even ferther then that		2010-12-31 13:25:00

Author:
Shadowriver
Posts: 3991

This is really cool, guys. 2010-12-31 13:35:00

Author:
Linque
Posts: 607

wow this is incredible this is taking LBPC to the next level and plus now we can see all of our date!

Thanks CC and aye this new feature in awesome 		2010-12-31 13:54:00

Author:
Arnald23
Posts: 1843

Cool! I'm gonna go update my level threads. 2010-12-31 14:12:00

Author:
Leather-Monkey
Posts: 2266

Hopefully this will mean more people will put more thought into their level descriptions now 2010-12-31 14:23:00

Author:
Asbestos101
Posts: 1114

Wow ill get noticed by hte community now!....Just got to post some levels2010-12-31 14:45:00

Author:
Sim725
Posts: 247

Excellent! I was wondering if you guys would do something like this, good job! 2010-12-31 15:04:00

Author:
Mr_T-Shirt
Posts: 1477

I love you guys. This is what makes this place great: dedicated people always getting out of their way to make new interesting features and keep the community interesting. Seriously guys, thanks alot!2010-12-31 15:15:00

Author:
RangerZero
Posts: 3901

It only works in the first post of any thread in the Level Showcase and Cool Levels for now, so don't try adding that BB Code anywhere else - it won't show up!

I don't think many people saw this line. In addition, it will only look for the first instance of the [lbpmelevelurl] tags in the first post, given it's in the right forum.

What does this mean?

It won't currently work for things like the Community Spotlight. For one, the Community Spotlight is not in the Level Showcase or Cool Levels forums. Two, it would only pull data for the first level listed, and the code for the other levels would be ignored.

Well, that's dumb, why would you do that?

There are a couple of reasons. Pulling the data multiple times in a single post is not exactly easy on the servers. In addition, we have to make sure that the code only works in the first post, else people can easily spam their levels all over the place with a very simple code. I came up with these same concerns independent from CC, and we agree it's the best course of action.

But... the spotlight?

Just because what we have in place does not cater to what the spotlight does, does not mean that it won't change over time. For now, my best suggestion for spotlight integration is find other ways to integrate lbp.me into the spotlight. Level badges can still be copied, in place of user screenshots, for example. In fact, if you find that every level in the spotlight has the lbp.me loadout, you can take a screenshot of that on their individual threads and embed the image manually. If one or two are missing, ask a moderator to give you a hand. We might be able to edit it into their post for them.

That said, I'm sure we can work something else out in the future, like allowing special permissions for the Official News Forum.		2010-12-31 15:21:00

Author:
comphermc
Posts: 5338

Well it's been said a bunch already but thanks guys. This community is great. Im still in love with lbpc. This site makes lbp 67% better.2010-12-31 15:50:00

Author:
Lockstitch
Posts: 415

Just so everyone is aware, the code appears to be case sensitive. This means that [lbpmelevelurl] will work, but [LBPMELEVELURL] will not. I'm sure this is an oversight, so if it's not working, that's probably why.

In the Advanced Edit screen, there is a new icon, which looks like this: http://www.lbpcentral.com/images/lbpme.png

Currently, it spits out the the all-CAPS version of the code. Just change the case and it will work. I need to bug CC about fixing that.

2010-12-31 16:05:00

Author:
comphermc
Posts: 5338

Currently, it spits out the the all-CAPS version of the code. Just change the case and it will work. I need to bug CC about fixing that.


OOOOOOOooooooh... I was wondering what the heck was going on a few minutes ago. lol


Cool feature! Thanks guys! 		2010-12-31 16:21:00

Author:
jwwphotos
Posts: 11383

Cool!!!



Thanks CC and Aya, this'll make a massive change to our community! And the spotlights! This is a revolutionary improvement to the site!		2010-12-31 16:22:00

Author:
mutant_red_peas
Posts: 516

Oh boy, PS3rs gloriously flaunting something. Not like we see that everyday.

This is a pretty cool feature and I'll be sure to utilize it as I begin creating in LBP2. I have a bit of a problem with the tone of "we're not giving out code", but I guess I'll let this one slide without a rant. ;-)		2010-12-31 16:30:00

Author:
Voltergeist
Posts: 1702

Works great! Thanks so much for making this happen!2010-12-31 18:05:00

Author:
RoharDragontamer
Posts: 397

I tried but it looks like I failed.
Link is correct + I refreshed the page.
level link (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=25120-Ratchet-amp-Clank-Up-Your-Arsenal-quot-Deja-Q-quot-%28-images%29)
Any ideas?


Yeah, I know exactly what the problem is - it's the "-" in the ID.

Actually, it's nothing to do with that. It's lbp.me returning illegal HTML when your level title contains a double-quote. Tsk.

Now fixed.



Just out of curiosity - it updates automatically every time there's a play or any activity - right? So no need to refresh?

There's currently no way in lbp.me to receive notifications when your stats change, nor can we really hammer lbp.me every few seconds as that would create too much load on their server. The data is grabbed once when you load the page in LBPC, so to update it, you'll have to refresh.



Just so everyone is aware, the code appears to be case sensitive. This means that [lbpmelevelurl] will work, but [LBPMELEVELURL] will not. I'm sure this is an oversight, so if it's not working, that's probably why.

Fixed. 		2010-12-31 18:17:00

Author:
Aya042
Posts: 2870

Why does it have to be 'lbpmelevelurl'? Very long, and the more time passes, the more it would be a hassle to change it.

That's my only complaint, not much of a big deal. Great work with this! I almost feel like making a level for the first time in months just to try it 		2010-12-31 18:27:00

Author:
Incinerator22
Posts: 3251

Great feature guys. Muchos kudos.

As for use with the spotlight, this integration feature is unsuitable as it can only be used once per page ... 10 of these on one spotlight page being accessed by half of LBPC would drain the LBP.me server of all life.

To be honest, the current spotlight setup looks similar to the lbpmelevelurl setup anyway, with the added bonus that we can add links to the level badge, the title and to the end of the description. Any other tags that we could use in the spotlight could be copied out by quoting the spotlight post anyway, so any special permissions/code is out of the question.

It's a shame, but it's still a good feature for elsewhere on the site. 		2010-12-31 18:35:00

Author:
Holguin86
Posts: 875

Thanks Adrian!


Why does it have to be 'lbpmelevelurl'? Very long, and the more time passes, the more it would be a hassle to change it.

That's my only complaint, not much of a big deal. Great work with this! I almost feel like making a level for the first time in months just to try it
Aside from the fact that it makes sense when you see it, it's to make sure that people don't rely on their memory in the case of adding it to existing levels. The last thing we want is reports of it "not working" just to find out someone misspelled it - if we make it long, less people will try to write it down from memory and more will rely on the editor button/copy-paste.


Great feature guys. Muchos kudos.

As for use with the spotlight, this integration feature is unsuitable as it can only be used once per page ... 10 of these on one spotlight page being accessed by half of LBPC would drain the LBP.me server of all life.

To be honest, the current spotlight setup looks similar to the lbpmelevelurl setup anyway, with the added bonus that we can add links to the level badge, the title and to the end of the description. Any other tags that we could use in the spotlight could be copied out by quoting the spotlight post anyway, so any special permissions/code is out of the question.

It's a shame, but it's still a good feature for elsewhere on the site.
This is explicitly not designed for the spotlight. Live stats is not really what the Spotlight's been about - plus, if Spotlighters tried to use this, if a Creator pulled down their level from LBP.me, it would be gone from the Spotlight listing as well. If we wanted to do something cool for Spotlighters (and we do), we'd have to look at it from a totally different angle. 		2010-12-31 18:55:00

Author:
ConfusedCartman
Posts: 3729

It's not working for me, as seen here: My spIECL's thread (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=33044-spIECL-(sack-portable-Incendairy-Explosive-Cartrige-Launcher)&highlight=spIECL)

Er, help? XD

It should display at the top... the code is inserted just below the first line of text, and is in lowercase.		2010-12-31 19:06:00

Author:
Fishrock123
Posts: 1578

It's not working for me, as seen here: My spIECL's thread (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=33044-spIECL-(sack-portable-Incendairy-Explosive-Cartrige-Launcher)&highlight=spIECL)

Er, help? XD

It should display at the top... the code is inserted just below the first line of text, and is in lowercase.
We're looking at it now. I'll let you know what we work out. Thanks for the heads-up! (note: case-sensitivity is gone, now - it doesn't have to be lower case anymore!)

EDIT: You're trying to put a level in the Object Showcase? You're a madman! Conditionals tweaked, Object Showcase should work now. 		2010-12-31 19:22:00

Author:
ConfusedCartman
Posts: 3729

Very usefull. Great job guys.2010-12-31 19:54:00

Author:
TehUberZac
Posts: 587

Aight cool, working for me now, thanks guys.
Shame that LBP (in game) hasn't fixed the skewed level icons yet! ;_;		2010-12-31 19:56:00

Author:
midnight_heist
Posts: 2513

This is a cool feature; good job!
I'm happy that there will be more stuff coming in the future.		2010-12-31 22:24:00

Author:
Stoicrow
Posts: 276

nicah this is realy interesting 2010-12-31 22:25:00

Author:
TOXIC_KILLA_
Posts: 147

Awesome sauce guys! This site now owns all fan-sites ever! 2010-12-31 22:38:00

Author:
CyberSora
Posts: 5551

you ooze brain power, its like you have a dyson, randomly in your oesophagus AND YES I JUST SPELT IT RIGHT :O, anyways verry handy work2011-01-01 00:00:00

Author:
user creationater
Posts: 18

that sounds like a fantastic feature, can't wait to see it thoroughly used around the site! Nice work!2011-01-01 01:40:00

Author:
Duffluc
Posts: 402

Wow, this is a whole new start to the LBPCentral community! It really kicks of 2011! Happy New Year! 2011-01-01 03:14:00

Author:
LWBear2
Posts: 332

I just tried it with my new level (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=42573) *hint hint* *coughplayitnowcough* *nudge nudge* and I have to say that this feature is awesome Thank you CC2011-01-01 04:26:00

Author:
napero7
Posts: 1653

You're really getting the most out of the happy panda Sackperson image, aren't you?

Anyway, I can see it up there now. I'll add it to my levels right after this 		2011-01-01 13:31:00

Author:
kirbyman62
Posts: 1893

Very nice, it's this kind of material that will really push the popularity of this site. Panda sackboy approves!

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/1071/sackpanda.png		2011-01-01 15:37:00

Author:
Unknown User

Wow, I just saw the new additions that CC is working on... Awesome!

You guys are going to love this!		2011-01-01 15:47:00

Author:
comphermc
Posts: 5338

Wow, I just saw the new additions that CC is working on... Awesome!

You guys are going to love this!

How can it possibly get any better ~~sob~~. It feels like I just found an awesome present under the tree I had missed on Christmas morning.		2011-01-01 16:20:00

Author:
KILLA_TODDZILLA
Posts: 653

Wow, I just saw the new additions that CC is working on... Awesome!

You guys are going to love this!

Actually, we only did it to appeal to your ego.

Maybe I should add a special case...

if ($username === 'comphermc&apos $hearts -= 5000;

2011-01-01 16:21:00

Author:
Aya042
Posts: 2870

Uh oh, you're going to show player statistics from lbp.me? Oh no, then everyone will see how few people love me!

But seriously, I just tested this. Very cool, but I had a slight problem. I edited an old post and initially placed the lbpmelevelurl tag at the top, but I didn't like it there. But when I re-edited and put the tag at the bottom, the page didn't update, even with refreshing. The level stats just stay at the top. Do I need to give it some time maybe?		2011-01-01 18:28:00

Author:
Rogar
Posts: 2284

Uh oh, you're going to show player statistics from lbp.me? Oh no, then everyone will see how few people love me!

Ah, but perhaps when they see you have fewer hearts than you deserve, they might give you another one. Similarly, when they see comph has way more than he deserves, they might take one away.



But when I re-edited and put the tag at the bottom, the page didn't update, even with refreshing. The level stats just stay at the top. Do I need to give it some time maybe?

The level info always goes at the top of the post, regardless of where you put the tag. I guess it could be changed to allow it to be put anywhere in the post, but I think consistency of layout amongst Showcase posts is probably a good thing, particulary when the Spotlight Crew come through to queue up all the levels.

Bear in mind, you don't have to use it, if you'd prefer to lay out your post in a different way.		2011-01-01 18:40:00

Author:
Aya042
Posts: 2870

Ah, it's more of a meta-tag then, I misunderstood that. I suppose for Level Showcases you're right. Since I don't have any actualy proper levels yet I had to make do with an Object Showcase. But to be honest, I wouldn't really want a lbp.me level stats block in my object showcase anyway, I just wanted to see it work. So uhm... case closed. 2011-01-01 19:47:00

Author:
Rogar
Posts: 2284

Awesome awesome news. This, coupled with the queueing system, could be the start of a type of web integration that isn't usually seen on consoles and set the groundwork for many games to come. Well done folks.2011-01-01 22:26:00

Author:
shotgun_69
Posts: 157

Mwahahaa this fails to LBL's lbp.me thing!

You just put in the link, NO bb codes, and a fancy window shows up.


LBL - BETTER! 		2011-01-02 05:09:00

Author:
sackbot14
Posts: 59

Mwahahaa this fails to LBL's lbp.me thing!

You just put in the link, NO bb codes, and a fancy window shows up.


LBL - BETTER!
Then why are you here? :kz:		2011-01-02 05:18:00

Author:
warlord_evil
Posts: 4193

we could argue so much about how LBL doesn't have the spoiler tags that here you can NAME...and also how here you can upload an avatar that's big and LBPC resizes it for me while LBL forces me to make an avatar to it's specifics...but in the end we're not here to say which site is better

just that this feature is awesome and the part 2 that shows our hearts and levels (which LBL doesn't have btw ...but yeah not here to talk about which is better)

anyways hope there's a part 3 to these goodies 		2011-01-02 05:30:00

Author:
Shadowcrazy
Posts: 3365

In the end...we all love and appreciate the same game, so why fight?

:kz:		2011-01-02 05:35:00

Author:
warlord_evil
Posts: 4193

Epic addition CC, Aya!
Lots of kudo's for you guys.		2011-01-03 16:02:00

Author:
Luos_83
Posts: 2136

I realize this has been in the pipe long before I even joined the site, but I like to think I am all important and stuff. This is exactly what I proposed two weeks ago (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=41944-Level-Showcase-posting-form-should-have-a-LBP.me-URL-field).

Big thanks.		2011-01-04 15:00:00

Author:
Antikris
Posts: 1340

...Similarly, when they see comph has way more hearts than he deserves, they might take one away.

Couldn't agree more! One? make it one thousand!
2011-01-04 15:43:00

Author:
javi haguse
Posts: 744

Very cool guys!2011-01-05 00:59:00

Author:
Rusty_118
Posts: 17

Not working for me... Anyone know why? (don't) see Examples below.

wqt8d8

wqbvxw


http://lbp.me/v/wqbvxw

http://lbp.me/v/wqbvxw


Doesn't work if I type it manually, use the autopopulate from the showcase template, use the button in the advanced editor....		2011-01-21 21:36:00

Author:
rtm223
Posts: 6497

Not working for me... Anyone know why?

Seems to work, looking at your thread (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=44566-Penguin-Turf-War-DEMO-LBP2-Advert-Level). The LBP server was fubar'd a few minutes ago, which may have affected the ability to scrape it from lbp.me.



(don't) see Examples below.

It only works for first posts of threads in Level Showcase, Cool Levels, or Object Showcase.		2011-01-21 22:10:00

Author:
Aya042
Posts: 2870

Right, makes a bit more sense now.... though I can think of many many reasons why it would be useful to have in other places as well, tutorials, blogs, projects....

Though fair enough if you want to limit it to those places, but having it display nothing doesn't make me think it's invalid BBCode for that area of the forum - typically invalid BBCode either tells you it's not permitted for that area or it displays the rawcode... Displaying nothing looks broked. Just saying.


Admittedly, that that info exists in the OP of this thread should have given it away 		2011-01-21 22:15:00

Author:
rtm223
Posts: 6497

Right, makes a bit more sense now.... though I can think of many many reasons why it would be useful to have in other places as well, tutorials, blogs, projects....

Yeah. I forgot what the rationale was for doing it that way. Might just have been technical limitations of vBulletin. Plus we don't want to put too much load on lbp.me, in case they decide to block us.		2011-01-21 22:28:00

Author:
Aya042
Posts: 2870

Yeah. I forgot what the rationale was for doing it that way. Might just have been technical limitations of vBulletin. Plus we don't want to put too much load on lbp.me, in case they decide to block us.

I would like to request you to look into this, as I can see the benefits of extending it to places such as tutorials to be large. 		2011-01-21 22:38:00

Author:
Fishrock123
Posts: 1578

Yeah. I forgot what the rationale was for doing it that way. Might just have been technical limitations of vBulletin. Plus we don't want to put too much load on lbp.me, in case they decide to block us.

Probably 'cause you didn't want people spamming their level stats everywhere Most of the places I've mentioned it's not advertising that you are doing, just a fancier link - in a tutorial, a text link is functionally as useful really.		2011-01-21 22:48:00

Author:
rtm223
Posts: 6497

I would like to request you to look into this, as I can see the benefits of extending it to places such as tutorials to be large.

Extending it to cover the OP of threads in other forums is fairly easy.		2011-01-21 22:49:00

Author:
Aya042
Posts: 2870

It depends on the direction everyone wants it extended to. Initially, we only wanted a few select areas, so we could limit the number of bugs we'd have to deal with. Depending on where you guys want that info shown, we could potentially put it in many more places. As Aya said, extending it to other forums is very easy, provided you limit it to the OP of a thread. The problem arises when you want two or more displayed on the same page - something we don't support, due to initial limitations in vBulletin itself. It's probably possible to get it working so that you could display as many levels as you wanted on a single page without issues, but we'd have to completely revamp the way certain things are handled. Even then, I'm not 100% sure it can be done. It'd be tough, to say the least.

EDIT: Now that I've thought about it and spoken with Adrian, I think multiple levels per page would be a bad thing. Too easy to abuse. We'll limit it to one level per page (in the OP only) and just provide a BB Code template you can use if you *really* want to mimic the layout. It'll be the same template the Spotlight Crew will be using for their threads.

Also, it's worth mentioning that we now support cinematic levels (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=42520-LBPCentral-Logo-%28this-is-a-test-ignore%21%29). All types of levels are fully supported now - including Mm Picked levels that already have a predefined type. So mixtures of Vs & Mm Pick and Cinematic & Mm Pick will work fine as well. And this is all recursive - so if your level is a cinematic level, you'll see this change reflected next time you load the page.		2011-01-22 00:20:00

Author:
ConfusedCartman
Posts: 3729

glad to hear the FILM creators that will arise from LBP2's release will be well accommodated. can't wait to see what more LBPC will be in the future 2011-01-22 01:44:00

Author:
Shadowcrazy
Posts: 3365


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