[sldev] Replacing the login screen

[Harold Brown]

It should just be part of the XML data we can already get.


On 7/28/07, Dzonatas <dzonatas at dzonux.net> wrote:
>
> Could always use the script kiddy method and get the status from this
> page: http://secondlife.com/status/
>
> Harold Brown wrote:
>
>  Everything on the front page but the Grid status can be pulled using the
> XML data feeds.
>
> An example is here:
>
> http://www.rpgstats.com/opensl/login/
>
> The grid status is not a live status on that page....
>
>
> On 7/28/07, Dale Glass <dale at daleglass.net> wrote:
> >
> > I was thinking that to complete the transition from "LL Official Viewer"
> > to "Dale's Viewer", I probably should replace the login page, that is:
> > http://secondlife.com/app/login/
> >
> > That's straightforward enough in principle, except for one thing: I'd
> > still like to display most of the same info on it.
> >
> > The blog is easy enough, just use RSS.
> >
> > But I'd like the other info as well. At the very least, the grid status
> > seems like a very good thing to have, and the "online now" number is
> > helpful as well.
> >
> > The "want to learn more" box would be also nice, although not vital to
> > have, as I imagine LL puts there things they consider important for
> > people to know, and I wouldn't like my users to miss that.
> >
> > The new page of course could have more things on it, so if people have
> > ideas for what to add to it, I'd appreciate it. Something that'll
> > probably go there is my blog/news. Additional things could be things
> > like economical statistics, current L$/USD conversion ratio, graphs,
> > etc.
> >
> > So, is there any convenient place where I can obtain this information? I
> > could just parse the remarkably suited for the purpose original page,
> > but that could suddenly fail should LL change the design, and feels
> > rather unelegant.
> >
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