Welcome to sigX 12:24 AM 6/16/2004 ----------------------- --------SigX--------- What is sigx? History Features Known Issues How to get started FAQ --------------------- What is sigx? ------------- SigX is a program that sends data to a server and geneartes images based on the data send to it by this program. Dynamic image generator. History -------- 2.0.2 - Added network card data (upload speed,download speed,total downloaded, total uploaded) Added ability to move the lines on the display up or down using arrows Added Active Window Title (its called Top Window in the drop down) Added Advanced and Simple mode - Simple mode: its basic functionality of sigx (alignment options invisable) - Advanced mode: extra 2 lines of data added and Alignment option (paid member benefits) note: even if invisable, settings still remain and are updated Changed the interface around a little Added a "Settings" window, to select network card for network data Shortcuts Keys added: ctrl+s : save sigx settings ctrl+l : load sigx settings ctrl+x : exit sigx (with save) ctrl+q : show quotes editor ctrl+u : force update (only works once through the life time of the program) ctrl+w : shows weather prompt to enter zip code for weather f1 : shows additional variables (can be found in the help menu) Fixed some spelling mistakes (not all) 1.1.7 - Added Windows Media Support (plugin required) Fixed Minor bugs 1.1.6 - Fixed weather to get new weather every 15 minutes, not ever update, that should not clobber the weather server much. Added allign (left,right,center) (paid members feature only) Removed l33t translator, it was kinda weak General Server additions: Added something i like to call additional variables for your signature: [ref] - shows current page (only works when sig is on some page) * [user_os] - shows viewers OS * [user_browser] - shows views browser * [ip] - shows your computers ip [user_ip] - shows viewers ip * [server_time] - shows current server time * [user_isp] - shows viewrs ip * [counter] - shows your current counter * * paid member's variables only MoodX - its another signature that just shows a smiliey with your current mood. Note: only works if you leave the prefix default what it is ("i feel:"). You can find the html/bbcode code on the modify page. You can set your own background, pick a smilie, font color, border size, and more. Thanks to orangehairedboy.com for coding MoodX. 1.1.5b - Fixed Zipcodes for Weather (03076 works now) 1.1.5 - Added CPU data Added Screen Resolution (ex: 1280 x 1024 @ 85 hz (32 bit colors)) Added l33t translator (it does not l33t prefixes) Added Weather (zip code required in the Edit menu, US only) Added mood (drop down selection of approx 900 moods) Fixed special characters display (like +) Fixed frequency 5 and 10 was not saving Fixed sigx stop updating (hopefully) 1.1.4 - Added Drives information (Size, Free space) (ie: "C, D") Added Cutom prefixes for data (ie: "now listening to") can be changed to anything you want. Added Windows 2003 to the OS list 1.1.3 - Fixed IP bug Added more update intervales: 10 and 20 mins Fixed a few minor bugs Added string limit to Winamp titles and signatures (max limit for winamp is 55 chars, max limit for signature is 70) 1.1.2 - Fixed uptime, again. 1.1.1 would still mess up because i was using integer divition. Now, it should work! 1.1.1 - Fixed uptime, now it should not have any 24 day uptime limitation Works with Winamp5 1.1.0 - Added a frequency update timer Displays message if update is successfull or not 1.0.9 - added alot of things and fixes, dont remmber what. 1.0.7 - added random quotes capability 1.0.6 - initial release Features --------- Supports sending this data about your computer: Features: - Winamp: Current winamp song (works for both winamp2 and winamp3 and winamp5 and itunes (with plugin), foobar (with plugin)) - Signature: you can enter any text they wish - Random Quote: picks a random quote from a list you make - Time: shows current time on your computer - IP: your current ip - Uptime: System uptime sense last reboot - OS: your current OS sigX is running on - RAM: Show Total Ram, Available Ram, and % used ram - Drive: displays HD size, free space - CPU: shows current cpu mhz and name of the cpu - Screen: displays current screen size and color depth with refresh rate - Weather: gets current weather based on the zip code you provide (us only) - Mood: you can set your mood from a list of 920 moods or type in your own (goes well with MoodX) - Windows Media Player: Get current playing song in windows media player 9 (plugin required) - Top Window: shows the title of the active window - Bandwith monitor: shows the current upload/download speed and total upload/download bandwith - counter: it shows how many impressions your generated image file got - MoodX: extends on your moods to generate a small image file with a smiley face that tries to show your current mood in the smilies face, give it a try! Generator config (web interface http://sigx.yuriy.net/modify.php): ------------------------------- - background color - font color - font size - transperent background - offline message - counter reset - change Skins How to get started ------------------- 1. Go to http://sigx.yuriy.net 2. Register (httpd://sigx.yuriy.net/register.php) 3. Open up SigX (sigx.exe) 4. type in your username and password 5. pick whatever you want in the display (make sure the checkbox is selected otherwise it wont show) 6. go to config page (click on link in the program or go to httpd://sigx.yuriy.net/modify.php) 7. change the colors and font sizes to your likeing 8. copy paste the code that is given to you on the page and your pretty much set. Known Issues ------------------------ If you load the sigx.exe and get a error code 423 or some other, you need to download the Windows Script 5.6 for Windows 2000 and XP here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C717D943-7E4B-4622-86EB-95A22B832CAA&displaylang=en FAQ ---- Q: do i always have to run sigx to keep my generated image up to date? A: yes, you do. if you stop running the program after 5 minutes it will start showing the offline message set in your config (on the web page) Q: how come when i change my background color on the config page, the image doesnt change? A: make sure your transperent setting is off, otherwise the background is transperent. Q: how often does my image gets updated? A: every minute (or unless specified) Q: what happens when i push pause on the program? A: it stops updating Q: It seems that i can modify your generated code to not include html link back to your page A: its true that you can, but please dont, if you like the product please keep the generated copy&paste code the way it is Q: what do i do if i get an error? A: dont panic, go to http://sigx.yuriy.net and find the forum to post in. Read the forum for more FAQ ~ Yuriy: sigx@yuriy.net