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1| April 19, 2024 at 8:38 pmchubesHMFICLocal Scene: Charleston, SCRank: FlurryPoints: 20702
Add search functionality to individual forums
1| July 8, 2024 at 6:43 pmchubesHMFICLocal Scene: Charleston, SCRank: FlurryPoints: 20702Made various updates this week:
- Re-worked both Following and Recent Feeds. These feeds now show topics instead of having you choose between topics and replies. I think it’s a lot more intuitive now.
- Added breadcrumb navigation to the top of every forum page. This is nice for getting around and remembering where you’re at.
- General speed improvements to the way things are run on the backend.
There is always more to be done, but as the project continues to unfold I will keep making it better and better.
1| July 9, 2024 at 11:44 pmchubesHMFICLocal Scene: Charleston, SCRank: FlurryPoints: 20702A couple more updates tonight
- Drag and drop image uploads on desktop ( @marleyfacedboy )
- Pasted image uploads on desktop… trying to get it working on mobile but not having quite as much luck with it currently.
I have a few more ideas… will keep working on it
Update: Got Paste uploads working on mobile 🙂
1| July 19, 2024 at 2:39 amchubesHMFICLocal Scene: Charleston, SCRank: FlurryPoints: 20702Quick Post updates
Updated the “Quick Post” feature so that it allows users to post replies to various topics, including their own Independent Artist boards. This should make it easier for people to share quick updates with the community
The Quick Post box also now uses the same post editor that the regular forum pages use
User Dashboard Updates
I also updated the User Dashboard, especially for artists, and generally made it more navigable.
Editor
Removed the header, paragraph dropdown, added undo, redo, and blockquote
Login Form
Added a password reset link in case anyone loses their password.
1| July 19, 2024 at 7:23 pmchubesHMFICLocal Scene: Charleston, SCRank: FlurryPoints: 20702More updates today:
- again fixed the quick post box
- Added search functionality to individual forums, making it super easy to find what you’re looking for within a given forum
1| August 1, 2024 at 9:16 pmchubesHMFICLocal Scene: Charleston, SCRank: FlurryPoints: 20702Tonight
- Added Jump to Latest button
- Fixed broken upvotes on replies in Extra Chill Articles forum.
Something that is in the works:
I want to make it so you can post a reply without reloading the page. This way if you are watching a video, you can keep watching it and post a reply without having to go back to your spot in the video or pause it at all.
Shouldn’t be too hard to implement…
1| August 22, 2024 at 10:31 pmchubesHMFICLocal Scene: Charleston, SCRank: FlurryPoints: 20702I made a bunch of updates to the main blog the past couple of days.
Totally redesigned the homepage and created a custom “Location” taxonomy to organize content by country, state, city, etc. This will allow me to scale Extra Chill to any capacity that I am able.
I also created a way to filter posts by location on the homepage, and location archive pages. This places classic artists among artists from local scenes, adding value to all of the music that is written about on Extra Chill.
Additionally, I stole the idea from Stereogum to have a reading progress indicator at the top of every blog post. So that as you scroll down the page, it shows you how much you have left to read. Just a simple little piece of javascript that adds a ton of value to the site. Hopefully it leads to people staying on the site for longer.
Now that I’ve finished that, it’s time to get back into writing articles. I have a few good ones in the pipeline.
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