[Web4lib] Using DOM scripting to show/hide Meebo widget based onlogin status

[David Kane]

LibaryH3lp sounds v. interesting.
Am investigating.

David.

2009/10/7 Kozlowski,Brendon <bkozlowski at sals.edu>

> Rather than trying to go through the difficult process of detecting when
> the staff member is offline for off-hours (as that seems to be the concern),
> why not simply hide it based on your normal operating hours?  Although not
> as efficient, it would be easier to implement and something you could do
> "now" while trying to find the actual answer.
>
> The problem with detecting the Meebo widget's online/offline state is that
> it does so via AJAX as it is, so even it won't know until after the page has
> loaded.  You'd have to detect not only if it's offline, but when it's
> completed its network status checking for that account, then make changes -
> depending on how it's done, possibly causing "screen flicker".
>
> That being said, I'm sorry to say that I don't know the answer to your
> question, and as someone else mentioned, I will soon be implementing
> LibraryH3lp and bypassing the Meebo-for-library's webpages fad altogether.
>  Good luck!
>
>
>
> Brendon Kozlowski
> Web Administrator
> Saratoga Springs Public Library
> 49 Henry Street
> Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
> [518] 584-7860 x217
>
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> Subject: [Web4lib] Using DOM scripting to show/hide Meebo widget based
> onlogin status
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>
>
> Good morning,
>
>
>
> We are considering adding the Meebo widget to the pages of our library
> website.  We are concerned, however, about off-hours time when a
> librarian is not logged on.  I'd like to perform some DOM scripting such
> that if a librarian is not logged on, we hide the widget.  Does anyone
> know if the Meebo widget exposes the login status?   Has anyone done
> this?
>
>
>
> Thank ever so much,
>
> Thom W. Cox
> Technical Project Manager
> Tisch Library
> Tufts University
> Medford, MA
>
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