Exploration System

[Kyttias]

This thread was made for an earlier version of Mysidia and pages are not rendered in the same way anymore.

I know that in 1.3.4 that for each page there are two: one to hold complex code, and one to render the page. It's helpful to bounce to a second file for complex code, especially when forms are involved. I don't actually know how to get around having two files, even though one is fundamentally going to be blank if it's useless to you.

Perhaps you can glean from my example:

I have map.php, and it contains merely this blank class (and the contents from blank.php work just as well, to base an example off of):

PHP Code:

<?php

class MapController extends AppController{}

?>

And in the view folder, I have mapview.php:

PHP Code:

<?php
class MapView extends View{
    
    public function index(){
        $document = $this->document;    
        $document->setTitle("Novul World Map");    
        $document->add(new Comment("<img name='NovuMap' src='http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/308/9/d/map_small_by_kyttias-d85blb1.png' usemap='#M_NovuMap' style='border: 1px solid #ccc;'>"));
        $document->add(new Comment('<map name="M_NovuMap">
                <area alt="woods" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="224,39,246,70,215,130,174,135,153,115,157,88" />
                <area alt="harbor" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="152,127,195,158,206,199,207,229,187,252,161,266,129,268,91,236,84,199,104,172,135,150" />
                <area alt="maple thicket" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="78,259,143,289,140,314,143,335,128,358,91,376,51,347,43,300" />
                <area alt="bay" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="150,330,183,346,227,327,230,276,205,241,173,267,149,282" />
                <area alt="hills" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="219,244,263,214,304,221,335,264,286,309,240,310,236,274" />
                <area alt="jungle" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="224,335,252,390,311,422,377,438,408,354,371,312,306,312,239,319" />
                <area alt="marsh" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="249,399,276,423,256,485,225,489,138,478,84,426,102,403,120,395,118,382,136,363,188,395,226,403" />
                <area alt="mangroves" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="319,438,296,467,302,492,425,493,427,465,415,441" />
                <area alt="kelp forest" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="423,433,437,470,459,491,496,490,527,475,530,438,515,407,483,412,438,419" />
                <area alt="plateau" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="430,362,473,406,507,391,519,378,525,343,502,295,466,292,433,303" />
                <area alt="mountains" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="361,199,396,199,413,205,426,225,453,247,475,259,490,288,448,291,428,308,365,299,337,279,341,251,320,217" />
                <area alt="farmland" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="546,261,560,289,624,295,684,282,715,222,654,196" />
                <area alt="beach" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="580,73,577,107,603,137,632,160,673,168,693,166,680,130,638,121,616,87" />
                <area alt="plains" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="553,28,511,61,441,73,384,29,402,9,500,3" />
                <area alt="desert" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="540,75,423,94,411,141,430,202,487,235,563,238,608,204,593,142" />
                <area alt="volcano" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="304,107,361,130,370,166,352,195,316,205,283,195,256,180,263,121" />
                <area alt="brambles" title="" href="#" shape="poly" coords="279,11,266,49,279,90,315,102,369,99,406,61,385,38,342,8" />
            </map>
        '));

    } #end index
} #end MapView
?>

My page contains an image map (there's a couple of handy generators for this, here's one). I don't have links associated with the locations yet, but you get the idea?

While this is not an exploration system in the sense that the original post has, I hope it explains how pages are rendered a little better? I'm trying to write up some vague documentation based on things I've learned about Mysidia, you can find that here.

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edit: And to imitate exactly what the original post has, try this--

explore.php:

PHP Code:

<?php

class ExploreController extends AppController{}

?>

view/exploreview.php:

PHP Code:

<?php
class ExploreView extends View{
    
    public function index(){
        $document = $this->document;        

        $document->setTitle("Exploring *Location*");
        $document->add(new Comment("<div style='text-align:left;'>You have decided to take some of your pets exploring down in the park. It's a beautiful day and you'd just love an adventure right about now...</div><br /><br><iframe src='http://yoursite.com/explore/0.html' frameborder='0' height='400' width='700'></iframe>"));

    } #end index
} #end ExploreView
?>

I can't particularly help you with the rest of it.