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Topic: Bitval - Monitor the bitcoin exchangerate live - page 2. (Read 8583 times)

newbie
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Dorphern-

I love it.     Here are a few suggestions.  Please accept them in the spirit intended, or feel free to ignore them.

1.  Consider changing your TITLE tag to be the current USD value, as opposed to Bitval.  Or maybe the current USD value then Bitval.  Example:  {title}17.9984 USD - Bitval {/title}.   And update this with each change.  That way my tab will have the current value in it, while I'm in another tab (in Firefox).

2.  Move your footer down a bit - your Bitcoin donation number is colliding with your history column (in Firefox)

3.  For a memorable name, if you would like a free redirect from myB.TC, let me know, and tell me what shortname to use.  Perhaps myB.TC/current or myB.TC/value.  Of course, you could always buy a domain name from godaddy as well.


Thanks a bunch for your ideas! I've implemented the 1'st one (great idea), and as far as I can see I've fixed the second as well.

For the third I'm not quite sure if it's a much better way to do it than what i'm already doing. But thanks for your proposal :-)
I will soon buy a domain for the website, after that it should be no problem.
sr. member
Activity: 266
Merit: 250
Dorphern-

I love it.     Here are a few suggestions.  Please accept them in the spirit intended, or feel free to ignore them.

1.  Consider changing your TITLE tag to be the current USD value, as opposed to Bitval.  Or maybe the current USD value then Bitval.  Example:  {title}17.9984 USD - Bitval {/title}.   And update this with each change.  That way my tab will have the current value in it, while I'm in another tab (in Firefox).

2.  Move your footer down a bit - your Bitcoin donation number is colliding with your history column (in Firefox)

3.  For a memorable name, if you would like a free redirect from myB.TC, let me know, and tell me what shortname to use.  Perhaps myB.TC/current or myB.TC/value.  Of course, you could always buy a domain name from godaddy as well.
newbie
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I've removed the bitcoin conversion for now (Only USD), it caused some problems (no idea why). I will fix it with another system tomorrow. sorry for the inconvenience!
newbie
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somethings not working:
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Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.google.com/ig/calculator?hl=en&q=1USD=?EUR) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable in /var/www/dorphern.dk/bitval/converter.php on line 11


Thank you, I'm aware of this problem, I think it is my host that is responsible for this error, I will look into it.
member
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somethings not working:
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Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.google.com/ig/calculator?hl=en&q=1USD=?EUR) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable in /var/www/dorphern.dk/bitval/converter.php on line 11
newbie
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So I made a 3rd update to bitval, a sound notification, it is off by default btw ;-)
When ever the price of a bitcoin changes it will make a noise to notify you of the price change.
newbie
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@bittrader Thank you! :-)

@Sukrim See the funny thing is that I have no clue ;-) I use the same as google, as they have an api for conversionrates, between currencies.
legendary
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Which rate do you use to convert USD to EUR and how often is this rate updated? Wink
jr. member
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This has become very cool.
newbie
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UPDATE!

There now is a live graph that displays the last 24 hours of the bitcoin value in USD :-)
newbie
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I have now been working on the script for some time, and have successfully created a fallback ajax script, that enables the script in FF and other major browsers as well (FF, Safari and Chrome tested).
legendary
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You are WRONG!
The FF error console says: "WebSocket is not defined".
its because websockets don't work in FF, only in chrome i think...
You can find it here: http://bitval.dorphern.dk/

FEDT! er du dansk?

haha ja, det er jeg! :-) Troede sku ikke der var mange andre danskere herinde !
der er nogle stykker... ik så mange, se her: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=5633.0
newbie
Activity: 21
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The FF error console says: "WebSocket is not defined".
its because websockets don't work in FF, only in chrome i think...
You can find it here: http://bitval.dorphern.dk/

FEDT! er du dansk?

haha ja, det er jeg! :-) Troede sku ikke der var mange andre danskere herinde !
newbie
Activity: 21
Merit: 0
Cool.

A couple thoughts:
-It works for me in Chrome, but not in FF4 (it just shows "--"). The FF error console says: "WebSocket is not defined".
-It would be nicer if it had an easier to remember URL.

Thanks alot.
Hmm, yeah FF doesn't support websockets at the time being, but I will make a fallback, or find another way to get this working :-)
For the URL being, yeah, i agree, but for now it has to be this way. I but in a near future I will must certainly register a domain.

legendary
Activity: 1050
Merit: 1000
You are WRONG!
The FF error console says: "WebSocket is not defined".
its because websockets don't work in FF, only in chrome i think...
You can find it here: http://bitval.dorphern.dk/

FEDT! er du dansk?
jr. member
Activity: 42
Merit: 1
Cool.

A couple thoughts:
-It works for me in Chrome, but not in FF4 (it just shows "--"). The FF error console says: "WebSocket is not defined".
-It would be nicer if it had an easier to remember URL.
newbie
Activity: 21
Merit: 0
Hi bitcoinlovers!

I've developed this service, that monitors the bitcoin buy value. Right now it only takes the value from mtgox, but in the future it will monitor other bitcoin trading sites as well.

I know this thing exists already but I thought I wanted to make it a little bit more simple to look at, and more sleek.

You can find it here: http://bitval.dorphern.dk/
And the API here: http://bitval.dorphern.dk/api

I would love ideas and constructive criticism Smiley
oh yeah, one more thing: Tested in Chrome, FireFox and Safari.

/Dorphern

UPDATE: Ajax fallback for browsers that does not support websockets.
UPDATE: Live graph, of the last 24 hours.
UPDATE: Notification sound everytime the price changes
UPDATE: bitval.info now redirects you to bitval :-)
UPDATE: An API has been added to bitval.
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