WordPress MU

Are there any WPmu plugins/widgets that provide an animated blog update notification?

I'm looking for something that would sit in a user's sidebar and show an animation when a blog they have subscribed to has been updated

any ideas?

kind regards

Have you reviewed the Plugins page and taken a look for yourself?

http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins

Gotta admit that it really sounds like your expecting to be handheld with some of these questions. Running WPMu means you have some ability to run a site on your own and use the tools in front of you.

Thanks for the update drmike

Yes, I have looked, I've been scouring for weeks!

I've already got pretty much all the plugins "I can eat" for now. However, this one eludes me

I've actually taken some time and done a fair bit of research

For instance, I've looked at/installed/uninstalled/debugged/fixed many plugins already and now my head is starting to hurt!

I don't post unless I'm really really stuck!

There comes a point though after weeks of scouring when you have to say "let me see if someone from the forums can help.."

Thanks again though...

Hmmm... Let me see if I'm "getting" this right.

Something where a user can "subscribe" to a blog on the network, and then listing those blogs that have been updated since their last visit?

Hmm... Can't say I've seen something like that for MU. However, I can't say it wouldn't be a handy gadget to have on a picnic.

Not impossible, but it would have to be coded. But, it would be doable.

First there would need to be something stored that lists the blogs the user is subscribed to. Then, bounce that off the last updated field in the blogs table.

Hmmm... Uh oh, now I'm curious.

Apalco,

i may have something similar to what you want but i need more info on what your looking for. you want a plugin that would send a notification to another blog on your site when someone has been updated? like an animation?

if thats the case, you can use one of feedpress's widgets. or you can hard code something into the sidebar.

i've been trying to use javasccript in a widget for a while, but its a no go - and no one's responded to my plea for help. i've looked at the kses.php and i've looked at the plugins that allow inline PHP - but my coding mojo is weak. maybe you can get it to work. maybe look at kses.php and get it to allow some javascript, then create widgets (uneditable by the user) to create tickers. i've had some success with scripts from Dynamic Drive too.

lemme know if i'm too far off base. hit up dynamic drive under RSS/XML. some of that code could prolly do what you want.

Hmmm, I hadn't looked at it like that.

Perhaps if that is the case, the correct verbiage for this would be "animated recent site-wide post list" or something instead.

If that's the case, and it's displayed on the main blog/site powered by MU, using a special page template works wonders and doesn't get filtered by kses either.

Something that would be really nice (for some people, depending on tastes) would be a shoutbox like ticker with the most recent posts. :)