Boomerang Karma Action

[Wormopolis]

browsers tested: IE, FF and Chrome
placement: global footer

when clicking exalt or smite, the normal action is to take you to the person's profile and leave you there. this code will put up a message (editable) and ask if you want to go back to where you just were.


<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
//  boomerang karma action
//  v1.1
//  by Wormopolis - www.wormocodes.com
//  do not repost - keep header intact

var exaltMessage="$USER appreciates the love you have given them.  Go back to where you were?";
var smiteMessage="$USER is a bit more sad for your actions.  Go back to where you were?";

if (pb_action.match(/(display|viewprofile|search2)/)) {
 for (td=document.getElementsByTagName('td'), tt=0; tt<td.length; tt++) {
   if (td[tt].width=='20%' && td[tt].className.match(/windowbg/) && td[tt].vAlign=='top' && td[tt].getElementsByTagName('b')[0] && td[tt].getElementsByTagName('b')[0].innerHTML.match(/action=viewprofile/)) {
     var dispName= (td[tt].getElementsByTagName('b')[0].firstChild.innerText ? td[tt].getElementsByTagName('b')[0].firstChild.innerText : td[tt].getElementsByTagName('b')[0].firstChild.textContent);
     var boomerangStuff='';
     var postCellStuff=td[tt].nextSibling;
     if (pb_action!='viewprofile') {
       for (lnk=postCellStuff.getElementsByTagName('a'), ll=0; ll<lnk.length; ll++) {
         if (lnk[ll].innerHTML.match(/link to post/i) && lnk[ll].href.match(/action=gotopost&(.*)$/)) {
           boomerangStuff=RegExp.$1;
           break;
         }
       }
       for (lnk2=td[tt].getElementsByTagName('a'), ll=0; ll<lnk2.length; ll++) {
         if (lnk2[ll].href.match(/action=karma/)) {
           lnk2[ll].href += '&' + escape(dispName) + '&' + boomerangStuff;
           if (lnk2[ll].addEventListener) {
             lnk2[ll].addEventListener('click',function() {saveBoomerang(this.href);},true);
           } else {
             lnk2[ll].onclick=function() {saveBoomerang(this.href);};
           }
         }
       }
     }
   }
 }
 if (document.cookie.match(/boomerang=(.*)(;|$)/)) {
   var recoveredStuff=RegExp.$1.split('&');
   var dt=new Date();
   dt.setFullYear(dt.getFullYear()-5);
   document.cookie='boomerang=gone; expires='+dt;
   var karmatype=recoveredStuff.shift();
   var recDispName=unescape(recoveredStuff.shift());
   recoveredStuff=recoveredStuff.join('&');
   var putMessage=(karmatype=='1' ? exaltMessage : smiteMessage);
   putMessage=putMessage.replace('$USER',recDispName);
   if(confirm(putMessage)) location.href='/index.cgi?action=gotopost&'+recoveredStuff;
 }
}

function saveBoomerang(addedStuff) {
 var dt=new Date();
 dt.setMinutes(dt.getMinutes()+5);
 document.cookie='boomerang='+addedStuff.split('type=')[1]+';';
}

// -->
</script>


[Streamstrider]

I can try this on Reality Shift to see how it goes.

EDIT: Tested it for me, and it seems to work. Gonna PM everyone and ask them to try it out, just to see if the browsers act differently.

[Streamstrider]

So far, members have found it working on Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Google Chrome. No info on other browsers at the moment. However, it might be worth mentioning that it only works when a person is redirected from a thread, and not a PM or other such location.

[Wormopolis]

yeah that was sorta on purpose. PMs dont really have something embedded in them that I can go back to. and profile views.. well you were already there to begin with.

[Streamstrider]

Exactly. I had tons of people just exalt from the profile or from the PM, and I was like *facepalm*.

[Wormopolis]

I MIGHT be able to use the location for PMs, but I have to sit down and see if it would work.

Profile views dont have a boomerang, but I might be able to make them pop up the message still

[Streamstrider]

I don't think it'd be necessary. I know I wouldn't want it, except MAYBE the OPTION of having it for PMs. Otherwise, having the pop-up appear just every time you exalt someone from the profile page is probably just going to get bothersome. xD