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middleton
Storytelling Module

  • 2007/3/19 20:18

  • middleton

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Back when my site was perl-based, I was using a storytelling script, where members could start stories or collaborate on existing stories. Each member could edit any of their submissions; each new submission (if part of an existing story) was added as a chapter, and a table of contents was generated.

I haven't yet found a XOOPS module that does this, nor have I found an existing module that I could modify into a storytelling module.

So I thought I'd see if any of you can suggest a module that could (easily?) be modified to suit my needs.


Thanks,
Brad
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middleton
Re: Storytelling Module

  • 2007/3/19 22:16

  • middleton

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I did find a copy of the last known version of the "Storyline" module from 2002:

Storyline v1.5

It installs fine in XOOPS 2.0.16 however it doesn't work as far as the functions go (create categories, stories, etc.). I don't know enough about how XOOPS works in order to 'upgrade' this module to work with the current version.
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davidl2
Re: Storytelling Module

  • 2007/3/19 22:20

  • davidl2

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The trouble is, the developer dropped support for the stand-alone Storyline - although I believe a couple of people may have carried on with this in its free-standing form.

www.tthfanfic.com uses a more up-to-date version of the script, but I don't know if they'd make it available.

You may be better looking at one of the other XOOPS content modules - and seeing if they can be adapted to something suitable... I would suspect perhaps "SmartSection" or "Article" may be the closest - although the templates etc would need a bit of work....
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davidl2
Re: Storytelling Module

  • 2007/3/19 22:26

  • davidl2

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A fairly recent updated version of Storyline can be found here:

http://www.geocities.com/cab_moore/storyline.html

In an earlier thread about Storyline - the stand-alone script efiction was mentioned as one worth connecting with XOOPS - I don't believe this was done, but you can find eFiction here:
http://www.efiction.org/
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middleton
Re: Storytelling Module

  • 2007/3/20 4:02

  • middleton

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Thanks for the info, I actually had read up on the past posts too. Too bad it the development was dropped.

I have installed efiction and am trying it out. It looks to be more than I could ever want as far as fan fiction capabilities go. The only thing is, it isn't integrated into Xoops, so users will have to register separately.

Not the best solution, but I guess it's a small price to pay for an extensive storytelling script.
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davidl2
Re: Storytelling Module

  • 2007/3/20 8:57

  • davidl2

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I'm sure it should be possible to create a bridge between the two systems... now if eFiction supported LDAP - that would be easy enough...
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middleton
Re: Storytelling Module

  • 2007/3/20 15:49

  • middleton

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Whoa you lost me there.

Not sure about the LDAP thing (a search in their forums didn't bring up anything) however I know that someone created a 'bridge' to use eFiction in conjunction with the Coppermine image gallery.

But that's as far as my little brain will take me...
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davidl2
Re: Storytelling Module

  • 2007/3/20 15:58

  • davidl2

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Sorry - I went off in a tangent there

LDAP is a method of sharing information across different systems - ie you could allow XOOPS to use a forum that is not a native module, but allows LDAP logins.

(I think I'm correct in this - but I'm not 100% sure )

Yes, it seems they don't use this feature - but who knows... perhaps someone will be able to hack some way of sharing user details across the two systems....?

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