userstatus-v0i1

# Blosxom Plugin: userstatus
# Author(s): Mike Mason <mike@mikemason.ca>
# Version: 0.1
# Documentation: See the bottom of this file or type: perldoc userstatus

package userstatus;

# --- Configurable variables ---

# Name of file in data directory where links to other blogs resides
$status_datafile = "userstatus.list";

$currently_class = "status1";
$status_class = "status2";

# ------------------------------

$status;

sub start {
	return 1;
}

sub head {
	local $_;

	$status = generatestatus();
	return 1;
}

sub generatestatus {
	open(IN, "$blosxom::datadir/$status_datafile") or die "userstatus couldn't open status file '$blosxom::datadir/$status_datafile': $!";
	my $username = <IN>;
	chomp $username;
	my @statuses;
	my $status_count = 0;
	while(my $line = <IN>) {
		chomp $line;
		push @statuses, $line;
		$status_count++;
	}
	my $picked_status = "configuring userstatus";
	if($status_count > 0) {
		$picked_status = $statuses[int(rand($status_count))];
	}
	return "<p class=\"$currently_class\">$username is currently&#8230;</p><p class=\"$status_class\">$picked_status</p>";
}


1;

__END__

=head1 NAME

Blosxom Plugin: userstatus

=head1 SYNOPSIS

Provides a $userstatus::status variable which will display a status message
about what the blog author is currently getting up to.

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This plugin will provide a variable you can use ($userstatus::status) which
contains a brief status message about what the blog author is currently doing.
Multiple statuses can be defined, in which case the plugin will select a
random one for each page.

=head1 CONFIGURATION

There are three user-configurable variables to customize the operation of
userstatus.  These are as follows:

=item B<$status_datafile>: Configures the name of the file in your data
directory from which status information is read. The first line of the file
should be the blogger's name, and all other lines individual statuses.

=item B<$currently_class>: CSS class to use for the first "Mike is currently..."
paragraph.

=item B<$status_class>: CSS class for the paragraph containing the actual
status message.

=head1 VERSION

0.1

=head1 AUTHOR

Mike Mason <mike@mikemason.ca>, http://mikemason.ca

=head1 SEE ALSO

Blosxom Home/Docs/Licensing: http://www.blosxom.com/

Blosxom Plugin Docs: http://www.blosxom.com/documentation/developers/

=head1 BUGS

There are certain to be some.  If you find any, let the author know.

=head1 LICENSE 

Copyright 2003, Mike Mason

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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