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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The Noisebridge Reverse Engineering Bar (aka The ReBar) is a batch of web pages hosted on [[Pony]] that displays information through [[ | The Noisebridge Reverse Engineering Bar (aka The ReBar) is a batch of web pages hosted on [[Pony]] that displays information through [[Donkey]]. The setup is currently sitting on the Apple store table in the kitchen (which is where the name came from). It's more or less like a giant Chumby. | ||
==Widget System== | ==Widget System== | ||
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Footer widgets are currently implemented. To add your widget, simply create a page in /var/www/rebar/footer-widgets directory and the script will automatically pull it in. For examples, see the existing files. They are currently displayed in order, so name your files appropriately. If you want to exclude your file (while troubleshooting for example) preface the filename with _ (underscore) and it will ignore it. | Footer widgets are currently implemented. To add your widget, simply create a page in /var/www/rebar/footer-widgets directory and the script will automatically pull it in. For examples, see the existing files. They are currently displayed in order, so name your files appropriately. If you want to exclude your file (while troubleshooting for example) preface the filename with _ (underscore) and it will ignore it. | ||
You are responsible for handling your own CSS and formatting in your file | You are responsible for handling your own CSS and formatting in your file. | ||
If you would like to write something for the ReBar, please contact [[User:Rubin110|Rubin110]] or [[User:edrabbit|edrabbit]]. | If you would like to write something for the ReBar, please contact [[User:Rubin110|Rubin110]] or [[User:edrabbit|edrabbit]]. | ||
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* Pick 8 user names randomly off of the wiki and print them on the screen, by [[User:edrabbit|edrabbit]]. | * Pick 8 user names randomly off of the wiki and print them on the screen, by [[User:edrabbit|edrabbit]]. | ||
* nbtwitter.php - Grabs the most current @noisebridge status. Currently exceeds Twitter's API limits so we need to cache this. Feel free to improve, by [[User:edrabbit|edrabbit]] | * nbtwitter.php - Grabs the most current @noisebridge status. Currently exceeds Twitter's API limits so we need to cache this. Feel free to improve, by [[User:edrabbit|edrabbit]] | ||
===Ideas for Widgets=== | ===Ideas for Widgets=== | ||
* Currently playing song | |||
* Currently playing song | |||
* List of upcoming events, scraped off of the wiki | * List of upcoming events, scraped off of the wiki | ||
* Weather forecast | |||
* Bart times (I think Steen said he was on top of this) | |||
* MUNI times | |||
* Random photos from our Flickr pool | * Random photos from our Flickr pool | ||
* Fortune | |||
* Current emails from the announce list | * Current emails from the announce list | ||
* Some sort of ticker with interesting information that no one will care about | * Some sort of ticker with interesting information that no one will care about | ||
* The current date and time | * The current date and time | ||
* Dump of http://search.twitter.com/search?q=noisebridge | * Dump of http://search.twitter.com/search?q=noisebridge | ||
* Display checkins from Brightkite and Foursquare | * Display checkins from Brightkite and Foursquare | ||
* Newest posts from planet Noisebridge | * Newest posts from planet Noisebridge | ||
* SVN checkins to pony | * SVN checkins to pony |