# How would you do this?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-do-this/20511
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 9, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-do-this/20511 "2003-05-09T12:18:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@TOOL](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TOOL)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-do-this/20511/1 "2003-05-09T12:18:00Z")
i really like the idea for what they have done on the entry page to this site. just wondering what is involved with creating the whole “leave a message for someone”? when i saw that there was this footer contest i thought of something like that but i have no time to experiment at the moment…maybe i can do it for the next footer contest…:whistle:
[Metal Shop.com.au](http://www.metalshop.com.au/)
just click the “Leave a message for next scumbbag”
thanks kirupa ppl
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-do-this/20511/2 "2003-05-09T12:31:23Z")
probably transparent png’s or gif’s and the one that flashes is in flash. and a shout box… (i think)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-do-this/20511/3 "2003-05-09T12:34:35Z")
but the message would need to be coded somehow so when the next person comes to the site the new message is there right?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-do-this/20511/4 "2003-05-09T13:09:35Z")
it’s easy… it’s in flash and PHP. You have a text file on the server, and when flash loads it uses LoadVariables() to get whatever the text file says. When you submit a message, it sends the text as a variable to a php script that will write the message to the text file. It’s really easy to do.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-do-this/20511/5 "2003-05-09T13:21:20Z")
ahh ok, coolness…i guess prob too complex for a footer though right?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-do-this/20511/6 "2003-05-09T13:24:10Z")
no… it’s pretty good for a footer… you should try it. The only problem I see is with people putting naughty words in it…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-do-this/20511/7 "2003-05-09T13:30:35Z")
yeah thats a good point, some if statements would fix that though probably
if string = “naughty word” then
{
“naughty word” = \*\*\*\*
}
else
{
same thing i guess
}
thats just a blind stab at what it might be like
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-do-this/20511/8 "2003-05-09T13:32:58Z")
yup. But just remember, there’s about 600 naughty words or phrases…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-do-this/20511/9 "2003-05-09T13:36:45Z")
what a pain in the arse!! haha 😛 hmmmmm that would definitely make the code fairly long…i guess bumping up the total size of the footer :-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-do-this/20511/10 "2003-05-09T14:35:21Z")
nah… I doubt it’d go over 15 even with that code… if you do it right.
But do it…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-do-this/20511/11 "2003-05-10T14:26:14Z")
yeah i will do it…in a few weeks time (maybe 2 months) once exams are all over…
> if you do it right.
hehe might take me a while to get it right…dont know anything about php yet and at the moment i wouldnt know how to cut the naughty words out…anyway we’ll see what happens…
me :sleep: now
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-do-this/20511/12 "2003-05-10T14:57:09Z")
i think thats cool. and yeah i suppose it would be simple…