To-do List

[cozy]

さよなら WebPacker: https://www.simplethread.com/rails-7-the-end-of-webpacker/

[Josh]

It actually may be the case that it's already going to create an ellipses

If that's the case, it needs to do it earlier (preferred) or we need to put pagination on its own row (clutterier) because it's already scrunched on mobile.

Or, Thread pins AND users pins.

I mean there could be a filter for 'Pinned' and, if you've pinned a post in a thread, that thread would show up under that filter. Then, next to the 'Last Post' button at the top of the thread, there could be a 'Pinned Post' button. Remove pin from post = remove thread from filter.

Within categories, pinning threads to the top of categories.

Yeah, this is pretty standard for 'Read This Before Posting' type stuff. It would definitely be needed in a thread that functions differently in general than threads you're used to AND functions differently for users who are taking on different roles.

Bookmarks for posts specific to users which would show up in their own way somehow.

See above...

Pins inside of threads with the peer-review type that would be pinnable only by a mediator, and then viewable by everyone.

Yeah, but we shouldn't call them pins because that's confusing. How about flags? (Even though that has some negative connotations.)

Optional regular pins in of other thread types that would only be pinnable by the original poster and would be viewable by everyone.

Yeah, I mean this is only relevant for Stack Exchange type threads where there is a specific question and an accepted answer. I don't imagine we're going to do much of that. Low priority I think.

さよなら WebPacker

Well, I still don't understand what it does but it seemed to add a layer of complexity where it was intended to remove one so Buh-Bye.

[snoopy]

Not sure if this has been brought up but sometimes after I post, the page refreshes and I'm thrown back to the first post on page one. Most of the time it properly refreshed to my freshly posted post. Also, sometimes the page numbers are sometimes missing from the top of the thread pages.

[snoopy]

Weird. I just finished posting the above post and then it refreshed to the top of page 3. LOL.

[Skull]

Re notifications: I get notifications of new threads but not for any comments added. Is there a way to get the comment notifications, too?

[Josh]

Is there a way to get the comment notifications, too?

You can hit the green 'Subscribe' button or leaving a comment will auto-subscribe you (unless you've hit the 'Unsubscribe' button I think).

[Skull]

Roger

[Josh]

Here's my dream quote button.

function getSelectionHtml(){
var html = '';
if (typeof window.getSelection != "undefined") {
var sel = window.getSelection();
if (sel.rangeCount) {
var container = document.createElement("div");
for (var i = 0, len = sel.rangeCount; i < len; ++i) {
container.appendChild(sel.getRangeAt(i).cloneContents());
}
html = container.innerHTML;
}
}
else if (typeof document.selection != "undefined") {
if (document.selection.type == "Text") {
html = document.selection.createRange().htmlText;
}
}
return html;
}

$("#quotebutton").on('click', ()=>{

var postURL = // get the URL with the post# somehow
var author = // get the author's name somehow
var selectedHtml = getSelectionHtml();
if (selectedHtml == ''){ // nothing selected
selectedHtml = // get the trix document of the entire post somehow
}

var html = "<blockquote>";
html += selectedHtml;
html += ` - <a href="${postURL}">${author}</a>`;
html += "</blockquote><br>";

$("#commentbox").append(html).focus();

});

Each post would have its own quote button. Clicking the button gets

1. the selected html (not just text) from the window object or, if nothing is selected, the entire trix document of the post.
2. the name of the poster
3. a URL to that specific post

It automatically adds everything you selected (or the entire post) to a blockquote and appends the name of the poster as a hyperlink to the post that the quote came from. Then it pastes that into the comment area and focusses on it so you can bang away. Ideally, you could go back and quote any number of things and they'll be appended but that's only going to work for comments on the same page as the content of the trix editor does not persist across pages.

I didn't write the function but I tested it and it works fine. I just don't know how to get the poster's name, the link to the post or the trix document programmatically.

[cozy]

That is dope AF. We can make it happen, the gears are turning as we speak. BUT, I am just too swamped. I had an hour here to do as I pleased, but I have spent it all on content instead of upgrades/updates. But, there will be time again, may be a bit though. December is our busiest online-sales month in oyster land, which means a lot of little tasks for me.

[Skull]

On the notifications issue, I've noticed it unsubscribes me when I comment on a thread I was previously subscribed to. Anyone else had this?

[Josh]

I seem to be getting notifications fine.

[cozy]

Errr, I think this is a bug, I kinda lazily implemented a subscription toggle thing here. I need to think through it, it may be toggling every time a post is made...But then, this post should unsubscribe...unless maybe there was an explicit "subscribe" click.

[cozy]

So, there are no errors now for the to-do list (as you can see). Logs show now errors for emails on subscribed threads. Posts can be deleted again. File storage should be working again throughout.

-no errors in logs regarding email, the server on this is processing them and your server isn't giving me any errors, but the emails don't seem to be arriving...Fidel can you check your server?

-js needs to be move to Hotwired controllers. see https://stimulus.hotwired.dev/
-the profile page needs fixing up visually, it's not using bootstrap right now. and for some reason when i try to set my username it fails, I'll check that next.
-there's probably some optimizing that could be done in the old fora controllers to make it more rails-turbo-y
-images aren't working...
-Could move from Trix to Editor.js for entry (it stores all the posts as json), https://editorjs.io/ There's a guide here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLJFpD89ZaI hmmm... Then would have to insure all our old posts still show up, too. I dunno. Ah there's Rhino as well: https://rhino-editor.vercel.app/ It looks like Rails will be switching to something else soon so...I just wish I knew what they were moving towards to save myself the time of figuring out how to fix this problem for the long haul.