By reilo Go To PostWe've most definitely discussed curated content of some sort. The biggest issue around curated content is being able to cache it efficiently and properly.When you do subscribed threads maybe you could have a second set of 'tiled' topics beneath the staff selections which would be your subbed threads?
Mostly I'm just disappointed that Halo OT is not pinned, but I totally understand its a niche community...but still :P
By vire Go To PostAdd a last page function to the promoted content tile scrublord.Ahead of you: https://github.com/slaent/issues/issues/54
By Ukumio Go To PostMostly I'm just disappointed that Halo OT is not pinned, but I totally understand its a niche community…but still :PIt's currently the third most popular thread lol. It doesn't need help.
By reilo Go To PostAhead of you: https://github.com/slaent/issues/issues/54
By Ukumio Go To PostMostly I'm just disappointed that Halo OT is not pinned, but I totally understand its a niche community…but still :PBasketball OT can't even get a fucking promoted tile and we built this place. /salt
By vire Go To PostIt's consistently one of the most popular threads. It doesn't need to be promoted. The point of promoting threads is to make users aware of certain topics that don't get much love or are interesting for a short burst of time. Like the NFL OT which is pretty dead.
Basketball OT can't even get a fucking promoted tile and we built this place. /salt
By reilo Go To PostIt's currently the third most popular thread lol. It doesn't need help.
Oh I totally know that, I just want it for quick access :P
By Ukumio Go To PostOh I totally know that, I just want it for quick access :PJust bookmark this:
http://slaent.com/thread/317270/last
Takes you directly to your last read post in the Halo OT.
By reilo Go To PostIt's consistently one of the most popular threads. It doesn't need to be promoted. The point of promoting threads is to make users aware of certain topics that don't get much love or are interesting for a short burst of time. Like the NFL OT which is pretty dead.I'm just teasing, but it would be nice if I could pin my favorite sup on the top along with the staff picks, that way I don't have to scour the list of active threads for "NBA".
Love the idea of promoted threads though, so keep up the good work. The interface gets better and better around here with each passing month.
Always appreciated.
I think search was borked so I fixed it. I think. Search is borked in general.
By vire Go To PostI'm just teasing, but it would be nice if I could pin my favorite sup on the top along with the staff picks, that way I don't have to scour the list of active threads for "NBA".Yea, I think eventually that's the plan. Once these core functionalities are rolled out and Sharp works out our caching solution it should be quite something.
Love the idea of promoted threads though, so keep up the good work. The interface gets better and better around here with each passing month.
Always appreciated.
Getting to the football thread takes me an entire second or two longer now. Times that by 200 visits a day and oh god my life is slipping away!
By Lego Go To PostGetting to the football thread takes me an entire second or two longer now. Times that by 200 visits a day and oh god my life is slipping away!
Looks like search itself is working but some weird little UI issues:
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"Res" of results gets cut off.
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No space in between "Go to Thread" and "username"
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"Res" of results gets cut off.
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No space in between "Go to Thread" and "username"
By vire Go To PostLooks like search itself is working but some weird little UI issues:I saw that, too lazy to fix until when I get home.
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"Res" of results gets cut off.
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By reilo Go To PostI think search was borked so I fixed it. I think. Search is borked in general.Search definitely seems a tiny bit borked.
The "Showing results for
Edit: Massively beaten :p
Also I went and destroyed all your hard work by making a "classic" dark theme, I'm sorry :3
This is way, way, way future mode but it'd be cool if for pinned threads a hilarious picture could be chosen/voted on whatever and swapped out rather than just a zoomed in av. Especially for stuff like the NBA/Halo/Footy threads.
By db Go To PostThis is way, way, way future mode but it'd be cool if for pinned threads a hilarious picture could be chosen/voted on whatever and swapped out rather than just a zoomed in av. Especially for stuff like the NBA/Halo/Footy threads.Kinda like this maybe?
Reilo, thanks for all the improvements and for fixing the last page bug. I can now sleep at night not worrying that I'm going to break that again :D
Now, I have no idea of the feasibility of this, but here goes a pleb suggestion with a crude mockup, to fix a small gripe I have.
Right now, at a certain window size before the layout changes (to "mobile") there's a limbo where the posts are very narrow. Forcing me to enlarge or actually make the window smaller in order to make them readable again. It's an issue, albeit not of great importance. To alleviate that, the avatar column could go away first (as the window shrinks), which would be somewhat of a nice intermediate layout change. I do understand that this probably means adding a 3rd layout, which is a hell of a lot of trouble just for such a small "problem". Alternatively the layout could just switch before the content gets so narrow.
Right now:
Suggested mockup:
Again, this is not a big deal as that window size may be uncommon. I'd be way more happy if we could preview posts again (preview got lost in the WYSIWYG shuffle).
Man, am I a complainer or what :P
Now, I have no idea of the feasibility of this, but here goes a pleb suggestion with a crude mockup, to fix a small gripe I have.
Right now, at a certain window size before the layout changes (to "mobile") there's a limbo where the posts are very narrow. Forcing me to enlarge or actually make the window smaller in order to make them readable again. It's an issue, albeit not of great importance. To alleviate that, the avatar column could go away first (as the window shrinks), which would be somewhat of a nice intermediate layout change. I do understand that this probably means adding a 3rd layout, which is a hell of a lot of trouble just for such a small "problem". Alternatively the layout could just switch before the content gets so narrow.
Right now:
Suggested mockup:
Again, this is not a big deal as that window size may be uncommon. I'd be way more happy if we could preview posts again (preview got lost in the WYSIWYG shuffle).
Man, am I a complainer or what :P
By reilo Go To PostIt's currently the third most popular thread lol. It doesn't need help.:flex:
I know dark theme is in the works but is there any plans for allowing a different color selection besides that salmon/purple-red for the buttons and text on the site.
Red is so angry mang. I need something more calm and cool.
Red is so angry mang. I need something more calm and cool.
By jem0208 Go To PostKinda like this maybe?Definitely something I considered a while ago. It's something we can address but it's on the back-burner for now for some technical reasons I don't feel like getting into.
By JTS Go To PostReilo, thanks for all the improvements and for fixing the last page bug. I can now sleep at night not worrying that I'm going to break that again :DMind making a ticket? https://github.com/slaent/issues/issues
Now, I have no idea of the feasibility of this, but here goes a pleb suggestion with a crude mockup, to fix a small gripe I have.
Right now, at a certain window size before the layout changes (to "mobile") there's a limbo where the posts are very narrow. Forcing me to enlarge or actually make the window smaller in order to make them readable again. It's an issue, albeit not of great importance. To alleviate that, the avatar column could go away first (as the window shrinks), which would be somewhat of a nice intermediate layout change. I do understand that this probably means adding a 3rd layout, which is a hell of a lot of trouble just for such a small "problem". Alternatively the layout could just switch before the content gets so narrow.
Right now:
Suggested mockup:
Again, this is not a big deal as that window size may be uncommon. I'd be way more happy if we could preview posts again (preview got lost in the WYSIWYG shuffle).
Man, am I a complainer or what :P
Thanks!
By vire Go To PostI know dark theme is in the works but is there any plans for allowing a different color selection besides that salmon/purple-red for the buttons and text on the site.That came to mind but that's quite involved. Will evaluate it when I am doing the profile fields migration.
Red is so angry mang. I need something more calm and cool.
Suggestion: automate two of the stickies, or at least two of them, to percolate threads up to featured without having to manual.
Run a query on the topics as a chron job - find a thread that has a high amount of unique users but low posts and make that one autosticky. Run another one that simply looks for a super popular thread. Block threads that haven't been posted to in two weeks for both.
Store the result in a table and use it to generate the sticky html. This way you can keep track of what threads have already been autostuck so they don't get selected again. After x months, drop the table and start fresh.
This will let you spike up content but also give you time for feature work, which is important when you're trying to straddle the programmer/curator line. When I made site engines before and today, when you get automation going is when it starts to feel more liberating to work on it (okay, now I'm just getting into philosophical meta here..)
Run a query on the topics as a chron job - find a thread that has a high amount of unique users but low posts and make that one autosticky. Run another one that simply looks for a super popular thread. Block threads that haven't been posted to in two weeks for both.
Store the result in a table and use it to generate the sticky html. This way you can keep track of what threads have already been autostuck so they don't get selected again. After x months, drop the table and start fresh.
This will let you spike up content but also give you time for feature work, which is important when you're trying to straddle the programmer/curator line. When I made site engines before and today, when you get automation going is when it starts to feel more liberating to work on it (okay, now I'm just getting into philosophical meta here..)
We might consider something like that, but it would be a lot more custom code for stickies on the backend than I'd feel comfortable with at the moment. Presently, nearly every feature on SLAENT is part of a more generic framework in the database (for example, stickies are really tags, which are also used for forums and will be used for a number of other planned features) with differentiation being handled as part of UI. That's not to say we wouldn't want to do something like this though, just need to think it through and probably try to see if it could be fit into some other more generic framework (maybe some sort of thread sort policy).
By jem0208 Go To PostKinda like this maybe?
Yes. Exactly. I'm sure it's down the road though given there's other shit to do. Oh it is per reilo. Cool beans.
By Face it Tiger.. Go To PostDislike the new way avatars are shown, now it has a red ring on the sidebar. :(You sure that isn't because your avatar has a red ring in it?
By jem0208 Go To PostYou sure that isn't because your avatar has a red ring in it?LOL
By jem0208 Go To PostYou sure that isn't because your avatar has a red ring in it?Smh
psych, with how Reilo and sharp are revamping the site, post counts are actually being considered now.
By reilo Go To PostI'm still laughing at you Tiger.
Nah before this new update, I wasn't able to see the red ring from my avatar in the sidebar, now.. today I can.
your update is unpleasant and now I'm considering using another avatar :(
By reilo Go To PostThat makes no sense at all lmao. It must have just been to small for you to see or something.It was probably blurred out of view before the update. There's a lot more detail now you've reduced the blur.
By jem0208 Go To PostIt was probably blurred out of view before the update. There's a lot more detail now you've reduced the blur.Well, I also changed the position of it, too. But I thought he was talking about the ring in his icon next to his username.
By jem0208 Go To PostIt was probably blurred out of view before the update. There's a lot more detail now you've reduced the blur.
By reilo Go To PostWell, I also changed the position of it, too..
Now, I'm changing my avy.
By K@do Go To Postpsych, with how Reilo and sharp are revamping the site, post counts are actually being considered now.Don't fuck with me kado
By psychintellect Go To PostDon't fuck with me kadoI'm just kidding.
Post count will never ever happen.
FOH.
Added last posted and go to last read UX to Promoted threads. Added a header to indicate that these threads are 'Staff Picks'.
Thx.
By psychintellect Go To PostLiking the ui changes it seems you just pushed reileoiw.
Thx.
is there any way i can reduce the size of the sidebar on my end? It's consistently fucking with my focus as my eyes are drawn away from the posts towards this massive black mass of empty, worthless space.
I feel like i have to lean to the right to get my center when attempting to read. it's like a rogue eyelash in my periphery vision that i can't rub away ;_;
I feel like i have to lean to the right to get my center when attempting to read. it's like a rogue eyelash in my periphery vision that i can't rub away ;_;
dunno if I'd call them "staff picks". I'd leave them up there naked and if people found them interesting, they'd go to it. Set up an algorithm like Fyre said and let the people fuel the featured discussions.
i'm liking it so far the only thing i'm not a fan of is the huge "welcome [user]" bar at the top. i probably would like it more if the site started with the staff pick topics.
and the size of the Edit profile/Logout button is a bit too huge in comparison to the subforum links on the nav bar. and the space between slaent and my username is a bit too much. not sure if this is a chrome on mac issue.
and the size of the Edit profile/Logout button is a bit too huge in comparison to the subforum links on the nav bar. and the space between slaent and my username is a bit too much. not sure if this is a chrome on mac issue.
Tweaked. I've been thinking about working on a slimmer menu for a while now, maybe iconography based. I'll take a stab at it and see where I land. Thanks for the feedback!
very nice!
i would probably reduce the "recent threads" box by a bit but other than that i think it's great now.
i would probably reduce the "recent threads" box by a bit but other than that i think it's great now.
