The world is not an illusion, but you are only an impression.

So I was looking for a way to embed stock charts into posts for SMF Forums, probably via bbcode or tags. I checked Google all morning and couldn’t find it though. If it exists, please redirect me because I’m sure it’ll be much better than my makeshift solution.

In the meantime, I modified my forums to use a tag called [schart]. When someone types [schart]SYMBOL[/schart], it shows the stock chart in its place.
The editing isn’t complicated, but you need another site to embed from. Right now, I’m using Wikinvest, but it’s a bit slow and heavy (it’s interactive and flash, fancy stuff). If anyone knows a good, fast-loading static one, it’d be nice to know.

For the code, go to Sources/Subs.php and find “function parse_bbc”.
At the end of the $codes array, or after:

array(
‘tag’ => ‘white’,
‘before’ => ‘<span style=”color: white;”>’,
‘after’ => ‘</span>’,
),

Insert:

//Moddie Stock Charts
array(
‘tag’ => ’schart’,
‘type’ => ‘unparsed_content’,
‘content’ => ‘<script src=”http://charts.wikinvest.com/wikinvest/wikichart/javascript/scripts.php” type=”text/javascript”></script><div id=”wikichartContainer_645B01FB-’.($srand=rand(1000,9999).’-’.rand(1000,9999)).’-$1-D729C4917DE2″><div style=”width: 390px; text-align: center; vertical-align: center; margin-top: 22px;”><a href=”http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/”><img src=”http://cdn.wikinvest.com/wikinvest/images/adobe_flash_logo.gif” alt=”Flash” style=”border-width: 0px;”/><br/>Flash Player 9 or higher is required to view the chart<br/><strong>Click here to download Flash Player now</strong></a></div></div><script type=”text/javascript”>if (typeof(embedWikichart) != “undefined”) {embedWikichart(”http://charts.wikinvest.com/WikiChartMini.swf”,”wikichartContainer_645B01FB-’.$srand.’-$1-D729C4917DE2″,”390″,”245″,{”ticker”:”$1″,”liveQuote”:”true”,”showAnnotations”:”false”,”rollingDate”:”6 months”});}</script>’
),

Usually the chart ID (container) is set so that you can save changes to the chart, but I’m really just looking for the chart display alone. The ID is randomized so that you don’t have to create a new chart at Wikinvest each time. The problem might be that you accidentally use the ID of an existing chart, but the chance of that should be relatively small (and even so, you’re not making changes to the saved chart).

Of course, if anyone knows a chart that doesn’t need an ID or settings to be saved, that’d be even better. I’m still looking for one right now, but this is what I’m using in the mean time.

Update 20100112:
Found a few other sources for charts. This one loads quickly as an image: http://www.profitspi.com/

Just replace the content code with:

‘content’ => ‘<img src=”http://www.profitspi.com/stock-chart-str.aspx?id=$1&amp;ca=24062939″ alt=”$1″ />’

  You often see movies or books about people who can never die, but usually they also heal super fast from any wound or injury.  Just a thought on my end, but what if you can never die, but you heal at a normal rate?

  The scary part about this is that the normal person can relate since no fast healing is involved.  The person in the character is essentially still conscious no matter what happens.  What’s to say this doesn’t occur in real life? Obviously you can’t heal from everything or live forever, but what’s to say your consciousness doesn’t continue drift along out there?

  It probably wouldn’t work that well as a film because you can’t show the inside of someone’s mind (supposing you take a first person perspective).  From an outside observer though, that might work.  Ideally, a book would work better so you can see the main character’s thoughts.

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Gymnopedie No.1 by Erik Satie (Cafe Del Mar interp.)

Reality is in the eye of the beholder.

It hurts to walk
…That’s why you run!

Sleeping is like dying only to come back.

The walls have ears. The windows have eyes. The doors have teeth.

To want something but not expect it is not to have it.