Add web counter function to core2 styles

[rydra_wong]

Title:
Add web counter function to core2 styles

Area:
styles

Summary:
Some core1 styles have an option to enter the HTML for an external webcounter and have it displayed in the journal sidebar. This option also allows the display of other pieces of HMTL, such as word meters. This function should be available in core2 styles as well.

Description:
Core1 styles (at least some of them) have the following customization option:

"If you have an external web counter, you can enter the HTML for it here. Your counter will appear under the navigation links in your journal's sidebar."

It turns out that this can be used to display a word meter, e.g. the Language Is A Virus word meter. This is extremely useful for people doing NaNoWriMo or other creative writing projects.

(It's very possible that the counter function can be used for other interesting things too, but that's the particular one I've found.)

I am code-illiterate, but people who are not have advised me that a) it should be possible to custom-code it into core2 styles, and b) that I should make this suggestion in case there's interest in incorporating it into the codebase and making it available for all core2 styles.

Basically, it's a nifty little piece of functionality with some unexpected uses, and it'd be nice to have it more widely available.

Poll #5604 Add web counter function to core2 styles

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 37

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Should be implemented as-is.
22 (59.5%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
1 (2.7%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
14 (37.8%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

Whoops

[rydra_wong]

I found out after submitting this suggestion that this can already be done using the Custom Text module in core2 styles.

I figured the suggestion would be deleted from the queue because it's a function that already exists, but apparently not.

So, er, can I withdraw it?

Re: Whoops

[denise]

I figured that you meant for it to be a separate function, not just the custom text function! But yeah, sure, if you want I can remove it :)

Re: Whoops

[rydra_wong]

Well, IMHO it's pointless to add it as a separate function if you can already do it with an existing function.

But it does seem like many people don't know that this is something you can do with the custom text, so maybe this is an issue of raising awareness of the existing niftyness.

Re: Whoops

[matgb]

I'd actually like the option of a separate module for text and similar anyway, I've hacked text into my profile and will do more, others I know have massive amounts of sidebar gubbins, splitting it up would be useful.

Re: Whoops

[ariestess]

+1

ITAWTC

Re: Whoops

[delladea]

+1

Re: Whoops

[marahmarie]

+1

Re: Whoops

[denise]

and, two years later, someone in bugzilla pointed out again that the custom text function could be used for this, so i just went ahead and resolved the bug by adding faq 262 to document that people could stick their counter/whatever into custom text (as long as it doesn't use javascript!)