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PHP Script For Terror Alert Level
I was browsing over at the MovableType Forums and I came across this thread where a guy wanted to link his stylesheet to the output of the Terrorism Alert Plugin. The idea was that his site would have a different skin for each alert level, updated by the plugin on every rebuild.
He was helped to do this by the usual astonishingly bright and creative crew over there.
But, it got me to thinking, what if some poor soul was dependent upon MY stylesheets to know how terrorized to be??? I mean, I only post irregularly, and what if the terror alert went up to red in between postings, and my reader didn't realize he was supposed to be scared to death!
Or what if the alert level went down between rebuilds, and the poor reader didn't know he could relax about teror attacks and start being scared witless by SARS and the economy!
Nope. That would never do. So, the only answer was to cook up a PHP version of the terror alert script, so that my site will be up to date ... even if something happens to me. Remember, "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get you!"
That's a demo in the upper right corner of this entry, and there's another bit of terror business using this script in the left sidebar.
So read on, to see yet another demo and to get the script (this script is a stand-alone - you do not need the plugin):
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singlerep 06 Apr, 2003 05:43 AM |
I can’t get this to work. I keep getting “Warning: stat failed for alert.dat (errno=2 - No such file or directory) in ~home/index.php on line 17” Sorry to be dumb but can you help me? |
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Oscar 06 Apr, 2003 08:49 AM  |
Hi, I answered your question over on the forums, but in case you’re checking here first, I think you probably didn’t add the file “alert.dat” to your directory. Just upload a blank text file and set the permissions to 777. Then try the script again. If that doesn’t work, just let me know |
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@feckless 19 Apr, 2003 02:10 AM |
had to come by & say thanks for this - i had quite a bit of fun with it. installed the real thing first, then one thing led to another & now people can come & set their own terror level (& my colors are much prettier so, thanks again. |
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Oscar 19 Apr, 2003 07:48 AM |
Cool! What a beautiful blog you have! The whole reason I throw together these little scripts is the pleasure in seeing what people like you can do with them. |
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t35t5 20 Apr, 2003 10:41 AM |
oijojlo |
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Rori 20 Jan, 2004 03:28 AM |
Yeah, I am breaking my own rule and commenting on an old entry, but this had me ROTFL! |
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Oscar 20 Jan, 2004 08:36 PM |
I’ll take comments anywhere I can get ‘em Rori, and I’m glad you enjoyed my little excursion into the world of the “wars on things.” |
department of gratuitous php
fun with terror alerts. & why not?
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