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The rewrite of the code
Pupper
Admin
No.4560
4571 4928 4930
It is I, Pupper, and I am doing a complete rewrite of the code, and wanted to get some input from you dear Anons on what wishes you have. My hope is to make the site more robust and userfriendly, and succeed on both these goals (or at leas not make it worse).

But before I get too far into the new code I thought I'd open up for input on features and improvements you want to see. It is still early in development and it is therefor still easy to change things before I weer of into a wrong direction and paint me into a corner. I am not planning on changing the overall look or function of the site just improving on what we have.

If you got any ideas, suggestions, grievances or fun jokes I am happy to hear them all. Developing something without knowing what you guys want can easily end in sorrow, so I want to avoid that with this preemptive strike asking for what you want to see.

I am looking forward to your input and I will note it all down (in this thread) and us it as help when developing the new code. I am not sure when the new code will be complete so I can sadly not make any promises in that regard, but I can promise I have begun with the rewrite.

- Pupper
83 replies and 24 files omitted.
Anonymous
No.5034
5035 5038
>>5033
>post tracking
for all practical proposes a unique hash is hardly different from a unique number. searching either will yield the same results, in finding a specific post. If the date of a post is already listed, a chronological name is worthless. and I genuinely don't understand the second part of your post. I understand the preference. But the minimum I would want is an alternative download method like what 8kun has. But of course, I prefer how /mlpol/ did it like a week ago.
Anonymous
No.5035
5036 5037
>>5034
This reminds me of faggots wanting to dig archived threads. Why would you need to do that?
Anonymous
No.5036
>>5035
never said anything about archives, but as I said. I like how because the files are named sequentially, it makes downloaded files sort chronologically automatically, making file sorting very very easy.
Anonymous
No.5037
>>4562
It is absolutely trippy seeing my post from over a year ago in an active thread.
>>5035
Sometimes files get lost and we know we can find them in an archive due to unique filename or unique keywords in certain posts. Like map files, for example. Or a prediction that came true. Or an info dump. Or just lulzy conversations.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5038
5043 5057
>>5029
I'll check it, I know some browsers for some reason don't support Anchor links (RFC 1738). Or it could be that they don't like the "Last 50 posts" link format. Does this happen on "View all posts" pages or only "Last N posts" pages?

>>5032
>random hash as it's default file name
The Hash is an hash of the content of the fille so not a random hash. The reason this is done is so we don't have to save multiples of the same file.

>>5034
> But the minimum I would want is an alternative download method like what 8kun has. But of course, I prefer how /mlpol/ did it like a week ago.
So an link similar to "save as original filename" that downloads and saves files as the timestamp of when the post was made?
Anonymous
No.5043
5044
>>5038
Is it possible to align text to the right? I think I remember seeing it done before but I might also just be mistaken.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5044
>>5043
>Is it possible to align text to the right?
If you mean like a markup code for right alignment (similar to bold) not at the moment, but I will look into adding it (without breaking too much with css.
Anonymous
No.5045
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Lmao, this is what happens when I click [Embed], then shrink it back down.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5047
5048
>>5045
I'll have a look at the javascript to see what might have happened.
Does this happen each time on your browser, or was this a one off? If happens each time what browser do you use?
Anonymous
No.5048
5049
>>5047
Each time. Safari browser.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5049
>>5048
I assume it is only on Twitter embeds this happens.
Anonymous
No.5057
5058
>>5038
No The "View all" and "Last n Post" Works fine. its the "Go to top" As well as the "Go to bottom" Buttons.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5058
5063 5067 5068
>>5057
I'll do some investigation to see if there is a workaround (I haven't gotten to it yet). Worst case I'll add some javascript that does the scrolling. I assume it is Safari browser (only one I can remember that don't work as of now with the "Go to top/bottom" links).
Anonymous
No.5060
5061
Just a question, but can I get an ETA for getting the archive back up? Thanks for doing the update btw, it all looks nice
Pupper
## Admin
No.5061
5062
>>5060
The old threads can be loaded now, only thing that is missing is a way to browse through them.
Aiming for better than what was, but as an quick fix I can create a list similar to how it was in old code while I work on a better system. So by tomorrow I should be able to have a simple list up and running.
Anonymous
No.5062
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>>5061
Thanks m8, I look forward to seeing it! Take a picture, friendo
Anonymous
No.5063
>>5058
Im Using a chromium based browser. Iridium
Anonymous
No.5066
yo fam where be the git repo of ASPNetChan?
Anonymous
No.5067
>>5058
It Works Now, Thanks Pupper!
Mods=gods
Anonymous
No.5068
>>5058
YESSSSS IT WORKS NOW. THANK YOU, THE GO TO BOTTOM BUTTON WORKS.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5243
5251
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Did a small update:
>Added Pagination where you can browse previous posts while retaining the limit on how many replies to show [Last n Replies]
>The View all/normal view of thread will now show all replies without limiting to last 1000 replies

Please give feedback if there is any problems you encounter or changes you want to see.
Anonymous
No.5244
5245 5247
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While I generally am support of things being as user friendly as possible, I also appreciate there being a certain learning curve to using this site. It needn’t be too intuitive. The learning curve keeps normies at bay, and ensures that the site will only be used by those with enough patience and intelligence to figure out how it works. Like solving a puzzle in order to unlock a door. Not that I am against improving the site but this is omething that you might take into consideration.
Anonymous
No.5245
>>5244
There is something to be said for not making things too easy especially since most of our new arrivals cant even be sussed to read the OP of the very obvious newfag thread, which even when collapsed displays the policy page in a very obvious and deliberately labelled link.
Anonymous
No.5247
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>>5244
>The learning curve keeps normies at bay
Yes!
Pupper
## Admin
No.5248
5252
Regarding JFIF files and user having problems uploading them. JFIF is supported and most likely reason for problem is that either the file is a different image format (that is unsupported) or that it is corrupted. You can try using Gimp or another editor to view image properties on the image you have trouble uploading to make sure it is an JPEG image. If it says JPEG and you still have trouble please use this thread or create another one on >>>/qa/ to continue inquiring about it.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5249
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Going to do a little maintenance hopefully it won't take too long or affect site too much.
Anonymous
No.5251
>>5243
Awesome! Thank you so much Pupper, you are amazing!
Anonymous
No.5252
>>5248
Is there a way to randomize the order images show up in on Ponerpics?
Anonymous
No.5257
5258
The thread >>>/mlpol/282598 → Anonfilly Thread - Playtime Edition, has currently 722 posts, it passed the bumping limit; however it is my understanding that it should bump either way in the /overboard/ view, but it is not happening.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5258
5259
>>5257
The change I made was that only pinned threads will keep on bumping in /overboard/ after they pass bumplimit. This is because pinned threads are not at top of /overboard/ as they would be on their respective boards.
Anonymous
No.5259
2 viewpoints.jpeg
>>5258
Understood.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5266
5267
I see I have made an error somewhere along the way regarding the anchor links (not sure when I added the error that made anchor links break). But all should be good now and Top, Bottom and Post anchor links should work now. Sorry for the problems people have had using them, or more correctly trying to unsuccessfully use them.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5267
>>5266
Also fixed small bug with the (You) notification where the notifications were not cleared on load of page so all pages with (You)'s sent notification/notification sound on first "Update".
Anonymous
No.5268
5270 5271
If you could implement the random image banners/christmas things to redirect or load with some specific url set, that would be nice. I see a cute one i want to save, but trying to save it just saves a completely random one.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5270
5272
>>5268
The Christmas images are all fetched from Ponerpics (searched for Christmas). I would recommend getting them from there as the images used in lower right corner is made smaller and optimized for faster load so they are not the best quality. But I will look into adding an fixed url that can be used for the random images.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5271
5272
>>5268
To help you out this is the IDs of all Christmas images currently rotating
790227, 829205, 1030862, 1032959, 1038260, 1048347, 1312170, 1325860, 1615607, 1646417, 1900421, 1903802, 1905123, 1905777, 1909946, 1916323, 1918405, 1918983, 1918985, 1919254, 1923778, 2219923, 2221924, 2226401, 2228917, 2231747, 2246454, 2268320, 2325734, 2424715, 6040450, 6043820
Anonymous
No.5272
>>5271
>>5270
Thank you, friend. <3
Anonymous
No.5447
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The videos now have the Picture-in-Picture feature.
Noice.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5451
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Going to do a small update to the code and server today, so there might be a small amount of downtime at one point. Going to try to coordinate downtime with lull in posting, but wanted you all to know just in case.
Also as always report any errors you encounter after update, but hopefully I won't fuck up and there won't be any to report.
Anonymous
No.5452
17315__safe_twilight+sparkle_rainbow+dash_female_pony_mare_pegasus_comic_team+fortress+2_golden+oaks+library_friendship+is+magic_spy_scene+parody_pap.png
>>5451
Cool, thanks Pupper!
Anonymous
No.5453
>>5451
Understood.
Anonymous
No.5455
5456 5457
bluefast.png
>>5451
Update completed, hopefully no new bug were introduced. Let me know if any of you encounter any.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5456
>>5455
Aaaaand. Forgot to add Capcode.
Anonymous
No.5457
5458 5459
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>>5455
I'm trying to post a pic in thread >>>/mlpol/301871 → and I'm getting a "Not Found" message.
Anonymous
No.5458
5459
2232.png
>>5457
Same problem in thread >>>/mlpol/292877 →
Anonymous
No.5459
5460
>>5457
>>5458
I found a workaround.
Posting pics without text will fail, but adding some letters, the post is successful.
Pupper
## Admin
No.5460
>>5459
I will look into this tomorrow (sadly need to go to sleep). Hopefully just a tiny thing I missed and forgot to test.
Sorry for the inconvenience but glad you found a workaround.
Anonymous
No.6579
6580
Any updates on how the new code is going?
Pupper
## Admin
No.6580
6581
>>6579
If you refer to the rewrite this OP is about that has been completed and have been running on the site for a long time. If you refer to the cleanup of the new code (version 2 if you like) I'm not sure when that will be done, but it is going forward.
Anonymous
No.6581
>>6580
Whups, I was going to make another thread for that, but then I saw this one.