DDO Server Status Widget

[Cedwin]

DDO Server Status Script Instructions



View it in action: www.ddostuff.com

You can also add this widget to your iGoogle.

To add this widget to your website, add the following script tag wherever you want it to appear.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.ddostuff.com/status.ashx"></script>

I've also allowed for complete customization by looking for a css querystring, which will prevent the widget from sending over the default CSS.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.ddostuff.com/status.ashx?css=0"></script>

Or if you only want to override one or two of the classes, you can simply put a style tag after the script tag, like in this example, which replaces the server up icon with your own.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.ddostuff.com/status.ashx"></script>
<style type="text/css">
.ddoServerUp {
   background-image: url(yourserverupicon.jpg);
}
</style>

Here are the available CSS classes that can be modified.

.ddoContainer{
   border:1px solid white;
   margin:0 auto;
   width:175px;
   background-color:#000000;
   font-family:Verdana;
}
.ddoStatusTitle{
   font-size:14px;
   font-weight:bold;
   background-color:#7B1515;
   padding:5px;
   text-align:center;
   color:#FFFFFF;
}
.ddoServerListItem{
   padding:5px;
   width:125px;
   margin-left:20px;
   background-repeat:no-repeat;
   background-position:right center;
   font-weight:bold;
   font-size:12px;
}
.ddoServerUp{
   background-image:url(images/up.jpg);
   color:#FFFFFF;
}
.ddoServerDown{
   background-image:url(images/down.jpg);
   color:#FF0000;
}
.ddoFooter{
   font-size:8px;
   color:Yellow;
   padding:3px;
   text-align:center;
}

This is what the HTML looks like with CSS classes, showing one server up and one server down.

<div class="ddoContainer">
   <div class="ddoStatusTitle">DDO Server Status</div>

   <div class="ddoServerListItem ddoServerUp">Khyber</div>
   <div class="ddoServerListItem ddoServerDown">Orien</div>

   <div class="ddoFooter">Update: [TimeStamp]</div>
</div>

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

*edit: I've started working on a Windows Sidebar Gadget as well.

*edit: Thanks to Oberon for the great ideas.

[soupertc]

very nice.

[oberon131313]

I like it

[oberon131313]

check your PMs

[Cedwin]

Originally Posted by oberon131313

check your PMs

Thanks oberon, I had to shrink the icons down a bit to fit the smaller version. I think the red and green up/down arrows are a more visible way to see the server status (probably just the developer in me), but I really like the DDO-esque icons.



I think I'm going to stick with the Verdana font, since just about everything on the DDO site uses it.

*edit: no Orien isn't down, I just wanted to see how it looked.

*edit #2: I think I might just make the icons the background image of the ddoServerListItem class, aligned to the right. That way you can use your own images if you don't like the default.

[Cedwin]

Current HTML with CSS classes, showing Khyber Up, and Orien Down.

<div class="ddoContainer">
   <div class="ddoStatusTitle">DDO Server Status</div>

   <div class="ddoServerListItem ddoServerUp">Khyber</div>
   <div class="ddoServerListItem ddoServerDown">Orien</div>

   <div class="ddoFooter">Update: [TimeStamp]</div>
</div>

*edit: Updated the OP

[oberon131313]

No worries man, I thought you might have to resize them to fit, and I like the idea of setting it through .css. It looks great!

[Cedwin]

Got some good testing in this morning. Now lets bring the rest of the servers down. lol.

[Zenako]

Originally Posted by Cedwin

Got some good testing in this morning. Now lets bring the rest of the servers down. lol.

How Sad, but alas also true....

Nice work on this...

[Cedwin]

Depending on the demand, I could add in a time offset variable.

something like /url/to/widget.ashx?gmt=-2

Since the refresh time listed is always in EST time.

Or, I could add some javascript that will pull the current time from the user's browser. I think that may be the more elegant solution.

[moorewr]

Looking great!

[Lorien_the_First_One]

They need to put this on the DDO site

[Cedwin]

Originally Posted by Lorien_the_First_One

They need to put this on the DDO site

I'm surprised they haven't made their own yet. It's just a simple XML query to the 7 servers. I'm just using a try/catch block, if it loads the XML and reads the variables then it's up. When the server is down the XML is either blank, or redirects to sitedown.turbine.com.

The other method I haven't had a chance to test yet, is when they remove the public billing roles from the "allowed billing roles" entry in the XML. That means that it's down to the public, but up for internal testing.

[binnsr]

well.. I wrote a simple cgi script that shows status .. Unfortunately, my public hosting location doesn't allow cgi execution, so I'll have to figure something out to work around that..



I just checked the <world_full>false</world_full> field to see if they were open. What are you using for status, Cedwin?

edit: or just use yours when you release it next week

[Cedwin]

Originally Posted by binnsr

well.. I wrote a simple cgi script that shows status .. Unfortunately, my public hosting location doesn't allow cgi execution, so I'll have to figure something out to work around that..



I just checked the <world_full>false</world_full> field to see if they were open. What are you using for status, Cedwin?

edit: or just use yours when you release it next week

The world_full flag is a good flag to look for. If it isn't there, then chances are the server is down. If they have redirects going to sitedown.turbine.com, then that flag won't be there. If it is there, it means the server is up. It will return true or false, so you can use either a server up icon, or a server full icon. An alternate way that they bring the servers down is by removing the public allowed billing roles, which means they can login, but we can't.

Or just use mine.

[Mockduck]

When this is ready, I need a newb guide to embedding it in an html box on my web site...I want to add it to the "sidebar", but so far it isn't showing up.

[hebularks]

would love to have a igoogle box with it ...

[Cedwin]

Originally Posted by Mockduck

When this is ready, I need a newb guide to embedding it in an html box on my web site...I want to add it to the "sidebar", but so far it isn't showing up.

All you'll need to do is add the script tag, once I go live with it. I could give out the URL now, but I haven't had a chance to test it when the servers are down for maintenance. Isn't that usually on Monday or Tuesday morning?

[oberon131313]

Originally Posted by Cedwin

All you'll need to do is add the script tag, once I go live with it. I could give out the URL now, but I haven't had a chance to test it when the servers are down for maintenance. Isn't that usually on Monday or Tuesday morning?

yes, but it's an emergency maintenance from the threads earlier.

[Cedwin]

Originally Posted by oberon131313

yes, but it's an emergency maintenance from the threads earlier.

Ah ok. They used to bring the servers down once a week for maintenance. I guess they aren't doing that anymore?