jpreardon · October 13, 2022 07:03 · Mar 31, 2016 · Mar 31, 2016 · Dec 11, 2015 · Dec 11, 2015
diff --git a/outboard.txt b/outboard.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Poor man's in/out board
+# Simple in/out board
 # Format: Name | Status | Optional comment (keep it short, keep it clean)
 # Possible statuses are "In", "Out", "WAH" for work at home, "Offsite" and "Vacation"
 
 Mr. Baxter | In
 Mr. Dobisch | Vacation | Back next week
 Mr. Kirkeby | Out | In tomorrow
 Ms. Kubelik | In
-Mr. Sheldrake | Offsite | Offsite meeting
+Mr. Sheldrake | Offsite | Offsite meeting
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@
 
 ## Description
 
-This is a (very) poor man's in/out board widget for dashing. No pretty interface for updating one's status, absolutely no authentication and a barely passable widget design. But, it works.
+This is a simple in/out board widget for dashing. No pretty interface for updating one's status, absolutely no authentication and a barely passable widget design. But, it works.
 
 Users update a simple text file (see outboard.txt example in this gist) with their status. A handful of common statuses are included, more or less might be needed for particular situation.
 
 If you have any questions or problems, leave a comment on [this post](http://jpreardon.com/2014/10/18/simple-inout-board-dashing/).
 
 **Updates**
 
+2016-03-31: No functional changes. Only updates to the readme and the addition of some comments explaining how to change the icons on the widget.
+
 2015-12-10: Minor improvements to make the widget less fragile. It now handles imperfect lines in the text input file and the statuses are no longer case sensitive. It will also work with docs from Google Drive, so long as the files can be downloaded directly (not using the web viewer).
 
 ## Usage

diff --git a/outboard.rb b/outboard.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
         givenstatus = person[1].strip.force_encoding('UTF-8')
 
         # Convert the person's status to a cute icon, default to "out"
+
+        # These are Font Awesome icons, the icons used below can be swapped for
+        # any of the ones defined by the font-awsome.css. View all the available
+        # icons here: http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/3.2.1/icons/
+
         # Be totally insensitive, to case
         case givenstatus.downcase
         when 'wah'

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Users update a simple text file (see outboard.txt example in this gist) with the
 
 If you have any questions or problems, leave a comment on [this post](http://jpreardon.com/2014/10/18/simple-inout-board-dashing/).
 
-### Updates
+**Updates**
 
-2015-12-10: Minor improvements to make the widget less fragile. It now handles imperfect lines in the text input file and the statuses are no longer case sensitive. It will also work with docs from Google Drive, so long as the files can be downloaded directly (not using the web viewer). 
+2015-12-10: Minor improvements to make the widget less fragile. It now handles imperfect lines in the text input file and the statuses are no longer case sensitive. It will also work with docs from Google Drive, so long as the files can be downloaded directly (not using the web viewer).
 
 ## Usage
 

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@
 
 ## Description
 
-This is a (very) poor man's in/out board widget for dashing. No pretty interface for updating one's status, absolutly no authentication and a barely passable widget design. But, it works.
+This is a (very) poor man's in/out board widget for dashing. No pretty interface for updating one's status, absolutely no authentication and a barely passable widget design. But, it works.
 
 Users update a simple text file (see outboard.txt example in this gist) with their status. A handful of common statuses are included, more or less might be needed for particular situation.
 
 If you have any questions or problems, leave a comment on [this post](http://jpreardon.com/2014/10/18/simple-inout-board-dashing/).
 
+### Updates
+
+2015-12-10: Minor improvements to make the widget less fragile. It now handles imperfect lines in the text input file and the statuses are no longer case sensitive. It will also work with docs from Google Drive, so long as the files can be downloaded directly (not using the web viewer). 
+
 ## Usage
 
 Install from this gist by running
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ Or, if you'd rather install manually, create a '/widgets/outboard' directory and
 
 - `outboard.html`
 - `outboard.coffee`
-- `outboard.scss` 
+- `outboard.scss`
 
 Also, copy the `outboard.rb` file in your `/jobs` folder.
 
@@ -32,9 +36,9 @@ To include the widget in a dashboard, add the following snippet to the dashboard
 
 ## Settings
 
-You'll need to have a text file which is accessable to both the Dashing server and the users that will be updating it. Dropbox and Google Drive both work well for this. You can use the 'outboard.txt' included in this gist as an example, but you can name it whatever you wish. 
+You'll need to have a text file which is accessible to both the Dashing server and the users that will be updating it. Dropbox and Google Drive both work well for this. You can use the 'outboard.txt' included in this gist as an example, but you can name it whatever you wish.
 Add the path to that text file to your 'config.ru' file. It should be within the configure block.
 
     set :outboard_file, 'http://example.com/path/to/your/outboard.txt'
-    
-The in/out wiget is updated every minute. If this is too aggressive for your needs, you can update the frequency in the outboard.rb job file.
+
+The in/out widget is updated every minute. If this is too aggressive for your needs, you can update the frequency in the outboard.rb job file.
diff --git a/outboard.rb b/outboard.rb
@@ -17,25 +17,27 @@
 
     people.each do |line|
       # Ignore comments and blank lines
-      unless line.match(/^\s*(#|$)/)
+      # also ensure there's at least one delimiter and data
+      if !line.match(/^\s*(#|$)/) && line.match(/.\|./)
 
         # Split the line into an array and populate variables
         person = line.split('|')
         name = person[0].strip.force_encoding('UTF-8')
         givenstatus = person[1].strip.force_encoding('UTF-8')
 
-        # Figure out what the person's status is, default to "out"
-        case givenstatus
-        when 'WAH'
+        # Convert the person's status to a cute icon, default to "out"
+        # Be totally insensitive, to case
+        case givenstatus.downcase
+        when 'wah'
           icon = 'icon-home'
           status = 'in'
-        when 'Vacation'
+        when 'vacation'
           icon = 'icon-plane'
           status = 'out'
-        when 'In'
+        when 'in'
           icon = 'icon-star'
           status = 'in'
-        when "Offsite"
+        when "offsite"
           icon = 'icon-glass'
           status = 'in'
         else
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@
           comment = person[2].force_encoding('UTF-8')
         end
 
-        # Push the status into the
+        # Push the status into the array
         values.push({ :name => name, :status => status, :comment => comment, :icon => icon })
       end
     end
@@ -60,4 +62,4 @@
   rescue => err
     puts "outboard.rb: #{err}"
   end
-end
+end
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Also, copy the `outboard.rb` file in your `/jobs` folder.
 To include the widget in a dashboard, add the following snippet to the dashboard layout file:
 
     <li data-row="1" data-col="1" data-sizex="1" data-sizey="1">
-      <div data-id="outboard" data-view="Outboard"></div>
+      <div data-id="outboard" data-view="Outboard" data-title="Who's Where"></div>
     </li>
 
 ## Settings

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ To include the widget in a dashboard, add the following snippet to the dashboard
 
 ## Settings
 
-You'll need to have a text file which is accessable to both the Dashing server and the users that will be updating it. Dropbox works well for this. You can use the 'outboard.txt' included in this gist as an example, but you can name it whatever you wish. 
+You'll need to have a text file which is accessable to both the Dashing server and the users that will be updating it. Dropbox and Google Drive both work well for this. You can use the 'outboard.txt' included in this gist as an example, but you can name it whatever you wish. 
 Add the path to that text file to your 'config.ru' file. It should be within the configure block.
 
     set :outboard_file, 'http://example.com/path/to/your/outboard.txt'

diff --git a/outboard.rb b/outboard.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
   begin
     # Fetch the file
     uri = URI(settings.outboard_file)
-    # Put the file contents into an array
-    people = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri).body.split(/\n/)
+    # Put the file contents into an array, force encoding and delete is here to support Google Drive files
+    people = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri).body.force_encoding('UTF-8').encode('UTF-8').delete("^\u{0000}-\u{007F}").split(/\n|\r\n/)
 
     # Create an array to hold the values we are sending back to the widget
     values = Array.new

diff --git a/outboard.rb b/outboard.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     # Send to dashboard
     send_event('outboard', :values => values)
   rescue NoMethodError => err
-    puts "outboard.rb: Can not find outboard.txt file, check your config.ru file"
+    puts "outboard.rb: Something's wrong with the text input file. Check your text file and make sure it's referenced in your config.ru file"
   rescue => err
     puts "outboard.rb: #{err}"
   end

diff --git a/outboard.rb b/outboard.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
     people.sort!
 
     people.each do |line|
-      # Ignore comment and blank lines
-      if line[0] != '#' && !line.empty?
+      # Ignore comments and blank lines
+      unless line.match(/^\s*(#|$)/)
 
         # Split the line into an array and populate variables
         person = line.split('|')

diff --git a/outboard.rb b/outboard.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@
 
     # Send to dashboard
     send_event('outboard', :values => values)
+  rescue NoMethodError => err
+    puts "outboard.rb: Can not find outboard.txt file, check your config.ru file"
   rescue => err
-    puts "Exception: #{err}"
+    puts "outboard.rb: #{err}"
   end
 end
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ This is a (very) poor man's in/out board widget for dashing. No pretty interface
 
 Users update a simple text file (see outboard.txt example in this gist) with their status. A handful of common statuses are included, more or less might be needed for particular situation.
 
+If you have any questions or problems, leave a comment on [this post](http://jpreardon.com/2014/10/18/simple-inout-board-dashing/).
+
 ## Usage
 
 Install from this gist by running

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ Install from this gist by running
 
     dashing install d84a933bfa6e861bcfe8
 
-- or -
-
-Install manually by creating a '/widgets/outboard' directory and copying the following files into it:
+Or, if you'd rather install manually, create a '/widgets/outboard' directory and copy the following files into it:
 
 - `outboard.html`
 - `outboard.coffee`
@@ -36,4 +34,5 @@ You'll need to have a text file which is accessable to both the Dashing server a
 Add the path to that text file to your 'config.ru' file. It should be within the configure block.
 
     set :outboard_file, 'http://example.com/path/to/your/outboard.txt'
-
+
+The in/out wiget is updated every minute. If this is too aggressive for your needs, you can update the frequency in the outboard.rb job file.
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -1,9 +1,39 @@
-# Simple In/Out Board for Dashing
+## Preview
+
+![](http://jpreardon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/in-out-board-screenshot-251x300.png)
+
+## Description
 
 This is a (very) poor man's in/out board widget for dashing. No pretty interface for updating one's status, absolutly no authentication and a barely passable widget design. But, it works.
 
-<img src="http://jpreardon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/in-out-board-screenshot-251x300.png">
+Users update a simple text file (see outboard.txt example in this gist) with their status. A handful of common statuses are included, more or less might be needed for particular situation.
+
+## Usage
+
+Install from this gist by running
+
+    dashing install d84a933bfa6e861bcfe8
+
+- or -
+
+Install manually by creating a '/widgets/outboard' directory and copying the following files into it:
+
+- `outboard.html`
+- `outboard.coffee`
+- `outboard.scss` 
+
+Also, copy the `outboard.rb` file in your `/jobs` folder.
+
+To include the widget in a dashboard, add the following snippet to the dashboard layout file:
+
+    <li data-row="1" data-col="1" data-sizex="1" data-sizey="1">
+      <div data-id="outboard" data-view="Outboard"></div>
+    </li>
+
+## Settings
+
+You'll need to have a text file which is accessable to both the Dashing server and the users that will be updating it. Dropbox works well for this. You can use the 'outboard.txt' included in this gist as an example, but you can name it whatever you wish. 
+Add the path to that text file to your 'config.ru' file. It should be within the configure block.
 
-## Installation Instructions
+    set :outboard_file, 'http://example.com/path/to/your/outboard.txt'
 
-  dashing install d84a933bfa6e861bcfe8
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # Simple In/Out Board for Dashing
 
-This is a (very) poor man's in/out board widget for dashing. No pretty interface for updating one's status, absolutly no authentication and a bearly passable widget. But, it works.
+This is a (very) poor man's in/out board widget for dashing. No pretty interface for updating one's status, absolutly no authentication and a barely passable widget design. But, it works.
 
 <img src="http://jpreardon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/in-out-board-screenshot-251x300.png">
 
-Requirements and instructions to come...
+## Installation Instructions
+
+  dashing install d84a933bfa6e861bcfe8
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Poor Man's In/Out Board for Dashing
+# Simple In/Out Board for Dashing
 
 This is a (very) poor man's in/out board widget for dashing. No pretty interface for updating one's status, absolutly no authentication and a bearly passable widget. But, it works.
 

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 This is a (very) poor man's in/out board widget for dashing. No pretty interface for updating one's status, absolutly no authentication and a bearly passable widget. But, it works.
 
-<img src="http://jpreardon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/in-out-board-screenshot.png">
+<img src="http://jpreardon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/in-out-board-screenshot-251x300.png">
 
 Requirements and instructions to come...
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 
 This is a (very) poor man's in/out board widget for dashing. No pretty interface for updating one's status, absolutly no authentication and a bearly passable widget. But, it works.
 
+<img src="http://jpreardon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/in-out-board-screenshot.png">
+
 Requirements and instructions to come...
diff --git a/outboard.txt b/outboard.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 # Format: Name | Status | Optional comment (keep it short, keep it clean)
 # Possible statuses are "In", "Out", "WAH" for work at home, "Offsite" and "Vacation"
 
-Ms. Example | Out | Back tomorrow
-Mr. Roboto | In
+Mr. Baxter | In
+Mr. Dobisch | Vacation | Back next week
+Mr. Kirkeby | Out | In tomorrow
+Ms. Kubelik | In
+Mr. Sheldrake | Offsite | Offsite meeting
diff --git a/outboard.txt b/outboard.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Poor man's in/out board
+# Format: Name | Status | Optional comment (keep it short, keep it clean)
+# Possible statuses are "In", "Out", "WAH" for work at home, "Offsite" and "Vacation"
+
+Ms. Example | Out | Back tomorrow
+Mr. Roboto | In
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-# Outboard
+# Poor Man's In/Out Board for Dashing
 
-This is a poor man's in/out board widget.
+This is a (very) poor man's in/out board widget for dashing. No pretty interface for updating one's status, absolutly no authentication and a bearly passable widget. But, it works.
+
+Requirements and instructions to come...
diff --git a/outboard.coffee b/outboard.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class Dashing.Outboard extends Dashing.Widget
+
+  ready: ->
+    # This is fired when the widget is done being rendered
+
+  onData: (data) ->
+    # Handle incoming data
+    # You can access the html node of this widget with `@node`
+    # Example: $(@node).fadeOut().fadeIn() will make the node flash each time data comes in.
diff --git a/outboard.html b/outboard.html
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<h1 class="title" data-bind="title"></h1>
+
+<div class="content">
+  <ul>
+    <li data-foreach-value="values" data-bind-class="value.status">
+      <i data-bind-class="value.icon"></i>
+      <span class="name" data-bind="value.name"></span>
+      <span class="comment" data-bind="value.comment"></span>
+    </li>
+  </ul>
+</div>
+
+<p class="updated-at" data-bind="updatedAtMessage"></p>
diff --git a/outboard.rb b/outboard.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+require 'net/http'
+require 'uri'
+
+# :first_in sets how long it takes before the job is first run. In this case, it is run immediately
+SCHEDULER.every '1m', :first_in => 0 do |job|
+  begin
+    # Fetch the file
+    uri = URI(settings.outboard_file)
+    # Put the file contents into an array
+    people = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri).body.split(/\n/)
+
+    # Create an array to hold the values we are sending back to the widget
+    values = Array.new
+
+    # Sort the array (by name)
+    people.sort!
+
+    people.each do |line|
+      # Ignore comment and blank lines
+      if line[0] != '#' && !line.empty?
+
+        # Split the line into an array and populate variables
+        person = line.split('|')
+        name = person[0].strip.force_encoding('UTF-8')
+        givenstatus = person[1].strip.force_encoding('UTF-8')
+
+        # Figure out what the person's status is, default to "out"
+        case givenstatus
+        when 'WAH'
+          icon = 'icon-home'
+          status = 'in'
+        when 'Vacation'
+          icon = 'icon-plane'
+          status = 'out'
+        when 'In'
+          icon = 'icon-star'
+          status = 'in'
+        when "Offsite"
+          icon = 'icon-glass'
+          status = 'in'
+        else
+          icon = 'icon-remove'
+          status = 'out'
+        end
+
+        # If a comment exists, get it
+        if person[2]
+          comment = person[2].force_encoding('UTF-8')
+        end
+
+        # Push the status into the
+        values.push({ :name => name, :status => status, :comment => comment, :icon => icon })
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Send to dashboard
+    send_event('outboard', :values => values)
+  rescue => err
+    puts "Exception: #{err}"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/outboard.scss b/outboard.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Sass declarations
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+$background-color:  rgba(135, 135, 135, 0.7);
+$title-color:       rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
+$in-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1.0);
+$out-color: rgba(175, 175, 175, 1.0);
+$updated-at-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
+
+.widget-outboard {
+  background-color: $background-color;
+
+  .content {
+    text-align: left;
+  }
+
+  .title {
+    color: $title-color;
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 18px;
+    left: 0;
+    right: 0;
+  }
+
+  .updated-at {
+    color: $updated-at-color;
+  }
+
+  &.large h3 {
+    font-size: 65px;
+  }
+
+  li {
+    font-size: 15px;
+    margin-top: 8px;
+    text-indent: 10px;
+    font-weight: normal;
+  }
+
+  .name {
+    font-weight: bold;
+  }
+
+  .comment {
+    font-style: italic;
+  }
+
+  .in {
+    color: $in-color;
+  }
+
+  .out {
+    color: $out-color;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Outboard
+
+This is a poor man's in/out board widget.
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		@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
		# Outboard

		This is a poor man's in/out board widget.
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