WaitingForClass.com

[quaffapint]

My first foray into the flash game site world, entering with Waiting for Class.

The tagline is...Twiddle your mouse, not your thumbs!

Just started and still lots (and, boy oh boy), lots of games to upload and sql statements to insert  .

Thanks for the great script, it's fun to mess around with...Look forward to checking out everyone else's site...

[Merries]

I like the name and slogan you came up with, the site looks very nice and clean, good job!

[NuWeb.co.uk]

lol.. good Slogan!


Also Nice Design.

[quaffapint]

Hey, thanks for the compliments, guys    I've always liked taglines, I came up with the Mambo CMS one, 'Power in Simplicity'.  Someday I hope to string all those together and churn out the not so great American novel...  

I've been busy working on a more automated way to mass get games onto the site.  I've got it down to a few step process,

• Point to a directory of swf files and it grabs thumbs of all of them and creates a csv of the filenames
• FTP the swf's and pics to the site (I'm working on automating this)
• Import the information into an Excel template of SQL Inserts
• Copy and paste Insert's into phpmyadmin window on host

There's probably a way to streamline it even more and I'll work on figuring that out.  My host blocks copy commands and the like, so this method seems to work well for me anyway.  I hit a hundred or so this morning in this manner.  I only wish I had more time at home 

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by and check out the site.  I look forward to hacking it up some more as soon as I get it a little more populated.

Matt

[jbw]

• Point to a directory of swf files and it grabs thumbs of all of them and creates a csv of the filenames

Do you mean to say you  have found a way to automate the making of thumbnails?

[quaffapint]

• Point to a directory of swf files and it grabs thumbs of all of them and creates a csv of the filenames

Do you mean to say you  have found a way to automate the making of thumbnails?

Yes - Using a series of tools, such as IrfanView and the AutoIt automation scripting language along with a standalone flash player.

Basically, you point the script to a directory where your swf files are, it then loops through each .swf file, opens it up in the flash player, waits 8 seconds (or so for credits to go by, etc), Irfan grabs a screenshot and opens itself, then the script prefils the save location and name using the current filename it's working on, closes Irfan and the Flash player and on to the next file it goes.  When it's done the loop, it calls Irfan one last time to do a batch conversion to shrink all the screens to a better size (this can be done earlier, but the batch at the end was simply easier).

So, in the end you point the script to the directory and run it and out comes a bunch of uploadable screenshots, and a file for importing into my Excel SQL Insert template.

There's probably a program that does it all in one, but a few hours of coding and it works well enough on my two machines anyway, and I was really getting tired of all that manual screenshot stuff  .

-Matt

[dorkstuff]

Hi,

will you be able to make me a layout similar to yours with different colors for 30 dollars? =]

thanks.. im too busy working on

http://www.dorkstuff.com/index_new.php and my friend need one for his site..

[NuWeb.co.uk]

quaffapint
Nice one.. Great process.

[quaffapint]

Hi,

will you be able to make me a layout similar to yours with different colors for 30 dollars? =]

thanks.. im too busy working on

http://www.dorkstuff.com/index_new.php and my friend need one for his site..

You've been PMd

-Matt

[quaffapint]

quaffapint
Nice one.. Great process.

Hey, thanks.  It may not be the slickest, but it works well enough.

Now, if I could just come up with a way to automate in the descriptions (working on that one now).

-Matt

[RF1]

Nice design, Looks Great!