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Hi

What is the best way to ask for extensions to the LOTRO support? There are some instances and Bosses missing. I'd be happy to help document them, but want to do it in the most useful way possible.

Hm, well the best way for extensions is to create them ;)

For a better basic support you need 3 files:

[b]1) plugins/bosssuite/games/LOTRO/bzone.php[/b]

This file contains an array with zone and boss ids. Those ids have to be unique within the whole game, should be all lowercases and should not contain to funky special chars because they are used as filenames later on. The structure of the array should be self explanatory, if not, just ask again.

[b]2) plugins/bosssuite/games/LOTRO/lang/LANGUAGE/lang_bossbase.php[/b]

Again this file should be self explanatory, within you assign a long and a short name for each zone/boss.

[b]3) plugins/bosssuite/games/LOTRO/linklist.php[/b]

This file might look confusing, but it's also quite easy. It handles the mapping from the internal ids used within the bosssuite and assigned in the bzone array to external ids used on fansites.

There are to arrays:
1) The sources array

$sources = array(
'allakhazam' => array('name' => 'Alakhazam', 'idlist' => 'default', 'baseurl' => 'http://lotro.allakhazam.com/db/bestiary.html?lotrmob='),
);


It contains a list of fansites with their name, the link url and the assigned link-id list whereas the link-id list is specified in the next array.

2) the link-id array:

$idlist['default'] = array(
/******Miscellaneous bosses*****/
'ferndur' => '6109',
'bogbereth' => '12397',
);

It just maps the internal id to the link id which will be appended to the url specified in the sources array. You might change the default mapping or add your own.

Simple :]

I was hoping for a nice easy text format :)

I don't have much php experience, but I'll give it a try anyway. Is there a way I can send the files back to the author or should I just be creating my own local versions?

Hi

I think I've done it, but I did have a question over the links.

Can I edit the section that defines the base link:

$sources = array(
'allakhazam' => array('name' => 'Alakhazam', 'idlist' => 'default', 'baseurl' => 'http://lotro.allakhazam.com/db/bestiary.html?lotrmob='),
);

to say something like:

$sources = array(
'lotro-wiki' => array('name' => 'LOTRO Wiki', 'idlist' => 'default', 'baseurl' => 'http://www.lotro-wiki.com/index.php/'),
);

and pass in

'bogbereth' => 'bogbereth',

in the detailed section. The issue being that Allakhazam doesn't seem to have any of the LOTRO bosses listed. I can't seem to see where this link is used to be able to test it.

Yes, you can either change the existing entries or just add new ones like:


$sources = array(
'allakhazam' => array('name' => 'Alakhazam', 'idlist' => 'default', 'baseurl' => 'http://lotro.allakhazam.com/db/bestiary.html?lotrmob='),
'lotro-wiki' => array('name' => 'LOTRO Wiki', 'idlist' => 'wiki', 'baseurl' => 'http://www.lotro-wiki.com/index.php/'),
);


And then add a new idlist like:

$idlist['wiki'] = array(
/******Miscellaneous bosses*****/
'ferndur' => 'ferndur',
'bogbereth' => 'bogbereth',
);


Whatever you prefer.

ps: If you want me to add it to the BossSuite package (I'd appreciate that) you could either post the files here in [ code ] Tags or send them to me via pm/e-mail. And please tell me, whether and by what name/nickname you want to be mentioned in the credits.

Great. I am testing now and will let you have the stuff when I am happy it is OK. Where are the links invoked from? I can't seem to see anywhere where there is a external url displayed so that I can test them.

Go to the settings page, then choose the bosscounter/bossprogress tab. There should be link settings and you should be able to select your lotro-wiki entry. After pressing the save button bosscounter/bossprogress should link to lotrowiki :)

Thanks, got it now. I have sent you a PM with the files attached

Maybe you could give some feedback as a php starter whether it was easy to add those lotro stuff, or whether the istructions could be more detailed, because I want to add it to the usage page someday.

I certainly found it pretty easy to update the files and the instructions quite straightforward to follow.

I realised after the event that the linklist.php seems a little odd as it allows me to define multiple sources but only one entry per item which means that both sources would have to have the same extension to the url which seems unlikely. I may have missed the possibility to extend each item in the array of course.

Many thanks for the advice and responsiveness