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Just a simple "Hello", "Thanks", or chat! Back to BA1's profile...

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Glad to have you back! ๐Ÿ˜„

Electric
BA1
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Thank you Roco - whew! Close call, lol!

Electric
BA1
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I'm familiar with that feature and I have it switched off. It's redundant and outdated - for the time and effort of going to the email, signing in and sorting through, it's simply easier to just come here and look around (even without signing in).
What I'm talking about is a notification that goes directly to the smartphone itself - a signal/sound with a beam-in icon.
That way (for example) you hear a "beep" (or what ever assigned tone) and an icon about this Shout Message.
"BA1 has just shouted you."
Click on the banner and poof, here you are.

Something like that anyway.

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Sorry for the slow response! This actually should already be in place, unless something has gone wrong.

https://help-qa.com/account/settings

The first two sections under General Account Settings should be turned on for you to get emails when things happen on posts that you're subscribed to.

It would be neat to be able to follow other users so you get notifications when they add new posts, but that part doesn't exist yet.

Electric
BA1
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Was wondering....
You Tube connects directly with my phone due to Google. Hence, any person I am subscribed to who uploads a video, sends me a signal...
Can we have the same?
If say someone makes a remark on our Post or a Post that we left a remark on?
(Hope I haven't explained it too badly)

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Anytime! Sorry I can't be of more help, but I hope you start to feel better. I know times are a bit crazy right now. :)

Electric
BA1
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Putting it in a nutshell" you're right.

I'll just assume the onslaught of paranoia in my old age - ha!

Thanks for letting me rant.

Peace.

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Electric
BA1
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Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Electric
BA1
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Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Electric
BA1
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Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Hey Big Al! So sorry- Life has been absolutely wild. Still- don't know how I missed this because I usually check in anonymously to see if I missed any shouts. ๐Ÿ˜„

The JPEG was the original formatting from the site that I could find- I let it just be as it is! I'm not against an update to HelpBot, but do think he should have minimal animation and flashiness. ๐Ÿ˜‰

I'll turn my notifications back on here for shouts so I can actually see these. ๐Ÿ˜…

Electric
BA1
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So, I did a final draft of Helpbot as an animated GIF.
Guess that all I'll say about it. Hope you drop in for a visit soon (of course, I don't think you've missed much around here- lol!)
Later gade'r

Electric
BA1
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So....I went to the github open source site and found the Help-bot Avatar.
It 256X256 pixels and it also seems to be a JPEG (which seems strange because most interactive images are usually GIF or PNG's).
Anyway, I've been back at my computer after a year of being away and I decided to redraft the Help-bot image with the hopes that if you like it, you would use it in place of old image.
Not to worry, he's still square and largely the same.

The trouble is, the image hosting site I use, has folded shop - (Tiny Pic is down! Grab it fast! Lol!)

So, if you text me at 1-907-414-9533, I will send a copy directly to you, with no expectation.

Thank you for considering in either case.

Electric
BA1
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So....a sad little bird landed on my window and mentioned you.
I wish to extend you my regards for the loss of your K9 friend.
Also, to pay things forward, Big Willie has recently suffered the loss of his best friend, too.
****Shit really sucks when your dog dies, I'll never forget mine (and a few others that were special).
Well....maybe in Heaven, one day....

Electric
BA1
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Yeah - all good in the neighborhood. It was a strange experience, like a haunted house, lol!

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Sorry for the delay- but the dead notices should be fixed now. ๐Ÿ™‚
Let me know if that's not the case.

Hope all is well!

Electric
BA1
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Haha! Well....one of them cowboys went Brokeback on my mountain. Inholy trinity, indeed! Lol!๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
Seriously, glad you knew what was happening. It affected the main icon on my desktop - I couldn't get in.

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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I fat-fingered some cowboy code and didn't verify. Basically 3 cardinal sins all wrapped in one. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Electric
BA1
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Lol! I was wondering why the door was slapping my ***ass!

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Should be fixed now. Sorry about that. ๐Ÿ˜…

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Glad to hear it! ๐Ÿ˜„

Electric
BA1
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What a day seems to do.
I'm over it.
All is good in the land of peaches and cream.โ˜บ

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Electric
BA1
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It's funny Rockster...
No one reported my replies (to my knowledge) because everyone assumes to know the size of underwear they wear - but okay...I'll digress.

In my first reply I provided an "example" to the situation and she didn't like that because it was 'disagreeable.' Her suggestion that I revise my screen name to something revolting wasn't an insult?
Just sayin'.....
But again, I digress....

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Electric
BA1
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Perhaps limited to those who are verified members only. Maybe used in conjunction with each members Friend List?

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Hm. Itโ€™s doable for sure.
My biggest hold up would be โ€œprivacyโ€. Not sure how many users would be stoked knowing that all of the pages they are on are visible to any onlooker.

Electric
BA1
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Sorry' I should have been more specific.
In all cases I'm speaking about which pages they're visiting.

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Care to elaborate? Do you mean which pages theyโ€™re visiting? Or a physical geolocation?

Electric
BA1
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So my thought/idea/question goes to this effect -

Is it possible to make a "member tracker?"

For example: let's say you're reading a Post or visiting a Shout Box. I see that you are On Line (green light) - is there some sort of algorithm that can tell me where you are at if I hover the cursor over the green light or other given icon?

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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Itโ€™s not much of a place. ๐Ÿ˜‚
Very rarely used and mostly just by people yelling st the world.

Electric
BA1
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Nevermind - found it. I just needed to put on my glasses! Lol! Thanks!

Electric
BA1
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Hey, Rock!
I guess I'm slow on the draw - is the Chat Room no longer a feature here at Help??

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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The hour glass is based on the actual day you created your account. The โ€œ1 year agoโ€ for how long you signed up is just based on time like โ€œ217,728,000 seconds agoโ€ is one year. So not quite exact. Doesnโ€™t account for month offsets, leap days, etc etc.

Electric
BA1
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?
Then, what formula determines the hour glass?

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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๐Ÿ˜„

Looked into it a bit more, and the part that calculates when you joined (1 year, 5 days ago) is a different calculation than the one that gives you the hour glass. ๐Ÿ˜…

Electric
BA1
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Of course, more times than not, I look in the mirror and *****bitch about how the march of time has moved me to my 5th decade bit then -

- I belly ache about not having "senior status" icons....

Sometimes, I can't figure myself out, but like anything, just wait a while and you'll get it. Lol!

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Should be coming out any day now!
I forgot what the qualifications for it were.
I thought it was just one year... Maybe a caching thing?

Electric
BA1
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I'm feeling a little left out....
Where's my "Long Term User" icon (hourglass?)

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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๐Ÿ˜ฑ
I've been so busy I completely spaced it. I'm leaving until Monday, but I grabbed a bunch of screenshots.

Hopefully these give you everything you need. ๐Ÿ˜„

https://github.com/Rockster160/helpernow/issues...

Let me know if there are any particular pages that I missed. I won't be able to get them until Monday, but I'll get them for you once I get back.

Electric
BA1
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I'm still willing to make a promotional video of Help-QA (for You Tube), if you're still willing to send me full page screenshots.....?

Roccoflip
Rockster160
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You're welcome. ๐Ÿ˜„

Electric
BA1
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Roccoflip
Rockster160
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๐Ÿ˜ฑ I could have sworn I responded to you. Must have been all in my head. ๐Ÿ˜…

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Electric
BA1
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Roccoflip
Rockster160
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๐Ÿ˜‚ Perfect! Iโ€™m sure theyโ€™ll get along swell!

Electric
BA1
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Thanks!
(I think I may have found HelpBot a girlfriend)....

http://flavorwire.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/t...

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