I’m reading the source code, and I’m having trouble making sense of it.
Ruby on rails definitely takes some getting used to, but it is really powerful, especially for an old-school website like this one that doesn't use javascript.
Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Buffistas Building a Better Board ++
Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
Gudanov - Nov 02, 2020 9:34:01 am PST #4402 of 4671
Coding and Sleeping
Tom Scola - Nov 02, 2020 9:36:08 am PST #4403 of 4671
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Too many layers of abstraction. I’m a close-to-the-metal kind of guy.
Tom Scola - Nov 02, 2020 10:09:17 am PST #4404 of 4671
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
In both the Home Page and the Message Center, the threads should be sorted by last post date.
Jessica - Nov 02, 2020 11:51:26 am PST #4405 of 4671
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
More compliments: new board is SO FAST!!
Consuela - Nov 02, 2020 12:14:20 pm PST #4406 of 4671
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Super fast!
Would it be possible to put a Read New button down the bottom of the page, maybe next to the First/Previous/Next/Last/Recent buttons?
dcp - Nov 02, 2020 12:17:51 pm PST #4407 of 4671
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Consuela, see [link]
Gudanov - Nov 02, 2020 12:29:11 pm PST #4408 of 4671
Coding and Sleeping
Yup. I don't think it is practical to add 'Message Center' and 'Read New' to the button bar with 'First ... Recent' because it won't shrink down well on mobile. But maybe I could add a second bar under it with just 'Message Center' and 'Read New'.
ION, I have now secured a certificate for buffistas.org so https://www.buffistas.org is now an encrypted connection. That means I will need to take the board down sometime tonight to switch to the real domain name. That's a bit too much to try to slip in while waiting on stuff at work.
amych - Nov 02, 2020 12:34:06 pm PST #4409 of 4671
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
But maybe I could add a second bar under it with just 'Message Center' and 'Read New'.
This (or some such solution) would be great - I'm realizing now that I'm using the new board for real that I never realized just how much I depend on those two for 98% of my mindless zombie-mode board reading.
Gudanov - Nov 02, 2020 12:40:01 pm PST #4410 of 4671
Coding and Sleeping
I added a very short and simple about page. In large part I just wanted to demo how pages work for admins.
Gris - Nov 02, 2020 12:51:22 pm PST #4411 of 4671
Hey. New board.
Gud, I added a couple of PRs you can look at whenever. One is just readme tweaks for things i ran into getting everything running, the second adds several view options.