Dooodls for everyone!

Published by babyCreative on September 20th, 2009 in Open-source, plugins, Wordpress. 53 Comments Tagged with , , , , , , , ,

Wordpress logo A few days ago I presented the Dooodle application I built. You guys created some cool doodles and I totally love it!

But it’s still an independent application hacked into WordPress using basic widget.  That means I can’t just share the code so you can use it too on your website (since you’ll have to set up a database, fill in config files, etc… Boring stuff). So yesterday I decided to compact this into a handy WordPress plugin.
And this is what I did: I give you Dooodl!

[UPDATE] Mark asked me to share the source of the Dooodl Creator App, so I did ;) Feel free to send me links to your own creator. I might add different creators to the plugin, and let you choose in the WP-admin which one you’d like your visitors to use :)

Plugin page: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dooodl
Direct download: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/dooodl.zip
Dooodl Creator source (Flash Builder Beta): [download id="4" format="1"]

If you install it, feel free to drop me a line. Feel free to post the url to your blog as well. I’d be happy to see who’s using it and what people are drawing :-)

(And yes: If you find any bugs, do post them as comment underneath ;-) )

Have fun!

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Mark @ 9:56 am - September 21st, 2009

NICE! Great job! Is it possible to have the flash source of the doodle-creator too, to create my own doodle-app?

Ronny @ 10:04 am - September 21st, 2009

Sure! I should let you know the code’s a mess though :p
Will edit this post in a minute ;)

Ronny @ 10:20 am - September 21st, 2009

Added the Dooodl Creator source :-) Happy coding!

oorch @ 3:31 pm - September 21st, 2009

Doodle is now LIVE on my site oorch.com ;)

Mark @ 4:46 pm - September 21st, 2009

Cool shit :D If I have time I’d like to create a mini generative art doodle app thing.

Ronny @ 4:57 pm - September 21st, 2009

@Oorch: Cool! I sent you some happiness ;)

@Mark: I was expecting that! Looking forward to seeing it in action!

sane @ 10:19 pm - September 23rd, 2009

this plugin is great!
but, on my page for some reason, after drawing, the doodle is not submitted to my webspace or to the database.
maybe you got a hint for me
thx in advance

Ronny @ 10:49 pm - September 23rd, 2009

Which version of the plugin is installed? Since when? Can you give me a link to the blog?

sane @ 12:34 am - September 24th, 2009

http://xiron.de/wordpress/

at the moment this is just a first test blog. thank you for your help ;D

Laura @ 6:12 pm - September 24th, 2009

I think I have the same problem. My doodle just never saves. I left it up there, made coffee, came back and it was still trying to save my doodle. I like this idea. Hope to get it working. I just uploaded version 8. See there is a 9 already. Will give it a try.

Ronny @ 11:56 pm - September 25th, 2009

Hey Sane and Laura.
I just noticed there’s a Dooodl plugin topic on the wordpress site. That’s what reminded me you guys were reporting serious issues. I thought those were fixed with the 1.0.9 update, but apparently I’m confusing some people.

Let me ask you guys a few questions: Do you use the standard WP-folder-setup? Or did you move your wp-content folder? Or is the wp-admin folder not in the default place? (I haven’t taken those kinds of changes into account (yet) so do let me know if you changed something)

Did the plugin EVER work? yes? Which version was the last one you installed and worked?

Did you see any error messages? Which ones? Did you see any error_logs? Which ones?

How did you install the plugin? Did you upload the files to the server yourself? Or did you you the plugin manager to add a new plugin (so wordpress downloaded the zip, and installed the plugin)

Printer @ 8:55 pm - October 8th, 2009

This is really great ! I love it.. its fun. It works good here. I’m testing it on my new domain were I want to migrate to. Some possible feature options could be to delete some images manualy bij the admin maybe.. or some sort of admin management options for the images (email verification optional or admin aproval or something )… To manage obscene drawings or whatever. But hey.. its already good. Thanks!

Ronny @ 8:59 pm - October 8th, 2009

It’s coming ;) Slow but surely ;)

Printer @ 7:34 pm - October 9th, 2009

Great :)

erica @ 5:15 am - October 12th, 2009

Hi! the widget is cool. I am having an issue though… Ive added the shadowbox js and when the images come up it goes to 404 error . Can you help with this. Site is searleart.com

Ronny @ 7:48 am - October 13th, 2009

Hi Erica, I just went to check out your site, and the plugin seems to be working pretty good. Let me know if you still experience problems :)

Calinh @ 11:26 pm - October 18th, 2009

hello dooodl is so nice but it doesn’t work it on my website ! i don’t understand ! i can”t save my pictures !!! :(

Omer Rosenbaum @ 12:26 pm - November 7th, 2009

Hi
I uploaded the plugin and got an error massage saying there is a missing header. Know something about it?

Ina @ 1:00 pm - November 7th, 2009

Hi Ronny,

I have a problem with the doodle archive, because it’s not showing the created doodle’s but just grey blocks. Any idea what could be wrong?

Ina @ 1:47 pm - November 7th, 2009

Hi Ronny, my doodle archive is showing grey blocks instead of the doodles my visitors created. How can I fix this?

Ronny @ 4:29 pm - November 10th, 2009

@Omer: I haven’t heard of the problem yet. You uploaded the plugin using FTP, i guess? You didn’t install it using the WP plugin installer? You might wanna give that a try.

@Ina: I’ve found the error. I’m updating the plugin asap. No worries. Great site you’ve got there btw. I love Matthew Perry!

Omer Rosenbaum @ 5:31 pm - November 10th, 2009

Works like magic.
Thanks!

Ronny @ 5:36 pm - November 10th, 2009

Thx Omer!
@Ina: I updated the plugin. It should be reflected online sometime soon. (1.0.11)

Brian @ 7:54 am - December 2nd, 2009

WordPress 2.8.6 appears to have an issue with 1.0.12 – It throws a javascript error in IE, but doesn’t seen to cause any major problems…The error is “Object Expected”, referencing “jQuery(window).ready(testForAutoload);”..I know that is pretty generic though…

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Tammy @ 10:01 pm - February 12th, 2010

Hi Ronny,

Thanks for this great plugin!
One question: Is it possible to change the way the doodles are displayed? By clicking on the link I get a full-screen window, but I like it the way the doodles on your page show up.

Ronny @ 6:01 pm - February 13th, 2010

You’re completely right! I should really take the time to add options where you’re allowed to choose different kinds of settings for the different aspects of the plugin. This is another great suggestion! Will take this with me for future development ;)

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martin @ 11:10 pm - March 29th, 2010

Hi
I installed your great fun tool :-)
little question: is there a way to delete an unwanted dooodl? if yes, can someone tell me how? thanks for answering to my mail.
thanks
martin

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AB @ 1:00 pm - April 10th, 2010

Hi,
I can’t seem to get Dooodl to work on miy site. It shows with an error in the image part and it takes up tons of space in the sidebar below it. Can you help me?

Ronny @ 1:11 pm - April 10th, 2010

Hi AB,

Could you check (using an ftp client) if the following file is where this URL states it should be?
http://billedguiden.dk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/doodls/1.jpg
Is it possible that you haven’t got an ‘uploads’ folder in that place?

The other thing I noticed is that your site/server doesn’t recognize ‘index.php’, ‘index.html’ as default pages in a folder.
For example:
http://billedguiden.dk/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/dooodl/creator/
should be
http://billedguiden.dk/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/dooodl/creator/index.php

and

http://billedguiden.dk/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/dooodl/s/
should be
http://billedguiden.dk/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/dooodl/s/index.php

I think the error you’re getting is due to the above.

Mike @ 12:27 am - April 23rd, 2010

Hi! Is there a way to let people VOTE / RATE doodles?

Ronny @ 12:30 am - April 23rd, 2010

I’m actively planning on implementing that feature ;)
If you have other requests/suggestions, feel free to post them! I’m more than happy with any kind of feedback I can get ;-)

Björn @ 5:15 pm - June 11th, 2010

Hi Ronny!
Thanks for this awesome plugin.
It takes some time to get it running, but I solved the problem.
If you have “wp-touch” running as a plugin in wordpress, it won’t work.
I deactivated the wp-touch plugin and cleaned my .htaccess file & bammmm its working.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

Thanks again.

Björn

Ronny @ 5:22 pm - June 11th, 2010

Hm, I’d say it’s because of your .htaccess… Did you have some special rules?
(The reason I’m suggesting this is because I have WP-touch running myself ;) )

Björn @ 6:09 pm - June 11th, 2010

I’ll show you, what I’ve deleted in the .htaccess file:
php_value include_path ‘xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx.xx/xxxx/wp-content/plugins/wptouch’ — NOW THE .htaccess looks like the one wordpress created.
That’s all I did! I hope it helped.

Björn

Ronny @ 2:55 pm - June 13th, 2010

Weird. I just checked my .htaccess file, and there’s no such line in it. Would you know why that line is in there? (Maybe your WP-touch version?)

Ina @ 12:10 am - June 14th, 2010

Hi Ronny,
Is it possible to have two doodle plugins on different parts of one site? Or is there too much code involved to accomplish that?
Thanks
Ina

Elkana @ 11:13 pm - July 13th, 2010

Good evening! For the website http://www.radio-exstream.nl I’m using your Doodle plugin. But when I insert the widget the whole layout is f*cked up (sorry for the bad word :P ) Under the widget the page splits so that the rest of the sidebar is on the left side and its a big mess :( How can I get it right? ‘Cause I like the Doodle-i-doo a lot!

Greetings from Holland

Schalk Joubert @ 10:00 pm - August 8th, 2010

Hi
Love the plugin and looking forward to future updates – so many things one can do!
How can i delete certain doodles / images which i feel is not appropriate?
many thanks

Schalk Joubert @ 10:40 pm - August 8th, 2010

I looked in the plugin folder, and there is no jpgs saved besides the default one.
Also I’d like to change the text in my widget, to tell people what type of doodle they should try to draw.
many thanks

Ronny @ 3:07 am - August 9th, 2010

Hi Schalk!
The saved doodles are in the wp-content/uploads/ folder ;) You’ll know where to look from there ;)

I really should find some time to implement some features.
I’ve got a serious line up of features planned. I just need to find some time to implement them.

I’m glad you like it so far!

Matt Crosbie @ 3:34 am - October 1st, 2010

My doodles dissappeared all of a sudden. None in gallery view and none in doodle folder. What can I do and how can I prevent in the future?

Mette @ 10:14 pm - October 25th, 2010

Have the same problem as Sane and Laura.

My doodle just never saves.

Do you use the standard WP-folder-setup? YES
Did the plugin EVER work? NO
Did you see any error messages? NO?
How did you install the plugin? Did you upload the files to the server yourself? Or did you you the plugin manager to add a new plugin (so wordpress downloaded the zip, and installed the plugin) BOTH

Did you ever come up with a solution to this problem?

guyus24 @ 6:03 am - November 1st, 2010

Hi, really nice application you have there, i was wondering when there would be another version come out. please email me

AB @ 12:20 pm - December 8th, 2010

Hi Ronny
Thanks for the feedback. It’s been a whil but now I was interested in getting the Dooodl to work again after leaving it be.

I checked the folders you mentioned in the last reply to me, and it seems like I have the all and that I have an uploads folder in the place you menion.

I still can’t get it to work?

Can you help me?

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