Help page for Secret Santa Online
Questions about the project
What's this website about?
This website is so that you can have an Secret Santa online draw, and none of you need to be in the same place, it also ensures that the draw is confidential.
How does this website work?
What a question... It has been written in java, it is openSource under Apache v2 licence, and you can look at other technical issues at
mi blog
, under
amigoinvisible
.
Who created this?
Bosco Curtu, at your service. Me and only me.
Why have you created this?
Because I live in Barcelona, my friends live between Donosti and Madrid... It's impossible for us all to get together!
Who translated this?
My annoying English friend, Vicky
What do you do with the list of e-mails?
Absolutely nothing. If you don't believe me, you can see from the application code that I don't even have a database. Rest assured that I won't sell your e-mail addresses; I can't even send you spam mail myself.
Instructions for use
How is the list of friends filled in??
Enter the details of the participants, one per line. In Name, write their name, in Email, their email address, and in Exclude, you can leave it blank, or write in the ID number of the person who you do not want that friend to draw, for example, his wife...If you need more lines, simply click on "Add new friend"
And if I don't want to draw my other half/enemy...?
In Exclude, state the ID (a number) of the friend that you do not wish to draw.
What do I do in stage 2? Where do I write $AMIGO? What does $NOMBRE mean?
You can either leave it as it is, there will still be enough information, or you can personalise the content of your e-mail. The keep word $AMIGO should appear in the body of the message. Use $NOMBRE to write in the subject's mail the email's owner's name!
What are those coloured letters? What are they for?
The control text, or
captcha
, it's a way of avoiding automatic attacks that make thousands of requests on the website and make it crash. Clue: It's an English word in lower case!
Frequent problems
The whole page is on the left hand side of the screen!
Are you using Internet Explorer? I've currently got a problem with the CSS that reads IE, and I'm working overtime to try to resolve this. In the meantime, why don't you download
Firefox 2
and try it?
The website is optimized for 1024x738 pixels and Firefox 2.
I use IE and I can't view the page properly...
I repeat, I'm having a problem with the CSS that reads IE, and I'm working overtime to resolve this. In the meantime, why don't you download
Firefox 2
and try it?
The website is optimized for 1024x738 pixels and Firefox 2 (However with IE 6.0 it can be viewed more clearly)
I've requested a lucky draw, and I have not received a mail with a name.
Have you checked your Spam? Sometimes Spam filters are wrong...
It might also be that at times of high usage, e-mails take longer to arrive...
I can't seem to get the control text to work
Keep trying it, and if you speak English it's easier. Remember that the letters are always lower case.
I have more questions...
Write to me! Visit
my blog
, or e-mail me
.
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