offline vs. online

by JP on Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:51 pm

I have been using Xlobby for some time. There is one thing that I don't have a clue how to code and I was hoping someone here might be able to direct me if it is even possible. I would simply like to know if there is a way to have Xlobby display from the cover art pages which dvds are offline and which are online.

If it could simply just display a line of text above each cover art saying "offline" or "online" that would be perfect. Is there a way to do this?

by **Colby** on Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:26 pm

Is there a way to do this?

Not without some work. How many online / off line movies are we talking about?

by JP on Fri Oct 15, 2004 1:43 am

About 50 online and about 250 offline. Having something automated would be best so I could take backups of my current offline dvds and they would simply show up as online in xlobby.

by **Colby** on Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:35 am

Having something automated would be best

I agree, but I dont know how to do this now. But you can do it manually.

You can edit the 50 online movies in the edit database by adding an additional online tags .(with "online" in the text area) then on your movie page add a text box with category>movies>online as the display. Then those 50 tagged online movies will show up with this custom tag. I dont think that it will mess upon refresh of a database, however it will be a chore to setup intially.

by **tatatoothy** on Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:54 am

JP, have you had any luck with this?

by JP on Sun Nov 07, 2004 1:59 am

tatatoothy wrote:JP, have you had any luck with this?

I have made some progress but I am still waiting to hear if some of the feature requests I asked for may be adopted. It will make my life quite a bit easier if they can be added. See here for specifics:

http://www.xlobby.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2211