needed way to edit existing members info if needed, so simple ui was
created for admins of the site to change specific info, not including a
members avi or password.
also consolidated memeber action and ui into it's own controller for the
sake of clearer organization
The process for updating blocklists per source wasn't effecient, so it
has been rewritten to process each source individually before moving on,
relieving some processing load on the server and ensuring every source
comes back with data, even in the event it doesn't grab it the first
time.
also removed the recent list from the index page as the recently updated
list doesn't reflect what's been the last to get updated and changed the
theme color to match the current palette.
The admin area needed to be reorganized as it was a bit all over the
place to accomodate new features.
And edit link was added to location detail pages so authorized members
can edit when necessary.
Form elements were loosened up a bit to give them a bit more breathing
room
The plumbing for editing location info has been updated, so that data
can be changed by authorized memebers. Also added a new data point for
locations to store archive links
part 2 will focus on setting up permissions and authorizations as well
as smoothing out adding new members and member roles. an edit link will
be added to locations, which will be visible for members with the
correct permissions
The Location Controller was getting too heavy so an Update and
Maintenance service class was created to offload most of it's
functionality. Location upating was moved to LocationRepository
There was also a small issue with responsive list links not adapting
properly in Safari that was fixed
Changed the appeal process so that each request is tracked in the
database to make reviewing and time limits easier to manage.
An email is still sent but it's just a notifcation to let the admin know
an appeal has been filed.
Hit the major friction points in the responsive UI. Still have some
polishing to do but there shouldn't be any show stoppers at this points.
Also moved some variable to the env so they can be changed easily when
necessary
Responsive styles are non-existent so it was time to get that sorted.
This first pass was just getting a feel for what can be done with
list items since that's one of the main components of the site.
Second pass will clean this up as well as the majority of text styling
so it all smoothly adapts.
Ha, or that's the plan anyway.
Put together a quick test to get internal messaging working for appeals
and joining current sources requests. Now that it works, forms that will
leverage messaging will be created.
Updated the design for pages displaying information about specifiic
locations to clearly display heat rating, silence and suspeneded
statistics.
Also inlcude a descriptor for heat rating.
Added some preliminary Bad Spade stats to the index to set up a space
for additional information to be shared in the future. Starting with an
accurate display of locations tracked, Current Sources count and
last update date
Search methodolgy has been tweaked and the correspending result links
have been updated, as well as links in the Listing page to display both
silence and suspend counts and the overall heat rating.
Also plugged in new silence and suspend icons provideb by
https://rage.love/@puf. Big thanks for that, man.
Started the front end refresh by starting to plug in the new design on
the index page. The search methodology was still not consistent, so that
process was cleaned up to display what is actually being tracked based
on the two action criteria, then updating the design for the location
links to be clear and display the heat rating.
Added a repo link to the About section.
Actions taken against and instance of have been separted into their
respective buckets so they can be display properly rather than simply
grouped together and mislabled.
This gives a better sense of the severity of response per instance.
Plugged in noted counts that detail how many times an instance as been
suspended or silenced by members of the Trusted Sources.
https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/trusted-source-membership
Also added some additional meta data to links displaying instances lists
so status and counts can be identified at a glance
Swithced the main nav to a mobile layout to cut down on complex
responsive styling to make the heaader work.
Also began touching up site wide responsive styles so the site works on
multiple devices.
Added additional pages About, Listings, and Location as well as
implementing the corresponding functionality for those pages to be able
to pull the data they need from the DB.
Also continued layout clean up and adjusted some gloabal font sizing
settings
Functionality is coming along at a good pace, so it was time to start
adjusting the templates and styles to the new layout.
Responsive will come after all of the pages have been updated.
Brought over the old form for adding new location to the db and the
plugged everything back up using Laravel's eloquent orm (which is pretty
fucking sweet) to re-active that process
NOTE: larvel gets a twitchy when sequencing isn't explicitly set some
minor edits needed to be made to the development DB to prevent a null id
error when inserting new records. this should be done to production when
it's ready as well
Added some controllers and template pages to test connection with the db
and begin the process of porting over functionality to this version.
Also made some minor tweaks to formatting configs and updated a color in
the css
Archived previous version to switch codebase to Laravel framework for
the sake of reducing complexity to lower the barrier for entry for
potential contributers. Because easier is always better.
Added descriptions for usage of the site to the about page, including
the first CSV export as well as instructions for using the API to search
for sites programtically.
Added a link to export current active sites in the DB to a consumable
CSV file. More formats will be added but this one needs to be tested
first based on the ubiquity of Mastodon
Populated the DB with entries from a fedifence export provided by
@Oliphant (https://codeberg.org/oliphant/blocklists).
As such also updated the appropriate templates with pagination to be
able to peruse through the location directory.
Also added an edit link on the location template front end to make
finding and updating instance info easy.
Cleaned up the front end structure a bit more so the layout is unified
across pages, excluding the index which will serve as the main search
page, which has it's own style.
Location page was also added to display details of instances listed in
the database. It's mostly just informational so it will be kept simple.
Activated the full text search on the index pages as well as plugging in
a tempalte to show location information. Still needs to be styled but
it's all wired up.
Also cleaned some typos in the About description. One day I'll be able
to spell. One day.
Added the template for to display locations on the front end. Still need
to add template for individual locations.
Also added member editing. Still need to wire up the avatar uploading
but adding and editing member information is possible. Still need to
fine tune it according to roles
Began the process of getting the front end together by adding about and
listing pages and applied some light styling to it doesn't look like
garbage.
Still need to turn on the indivial instance display pages, so that will
be next.
Reorganized the CSS structure to there is some seperation between front
facing style and the backend den.
Also add the Render class so auth status is included in every template
rendering event so login status and select member data is available if
needed. will expand if needed.
Bulk uploading has been added and some inconsistencies in the templates
have been addressed. Still needs work but it's starting to feel like a
cohesive experience.
With the base data entry funcationality in place, now really polishing
can begin as well as establishing what roles can do what.
Smoothing out entry editing will be addressed as well.
Now that full-text searching is set up in the DB, the next step is
data population. The adding and editing templates were added as long as
routes and base functionality to add single locations.
Adding works and editing is almost there but both still need to cleaned
up. The basic plumbing will be completed and then the tweaking to
account for roles and login status for the sake of security.
Part 2 will include clean up and and bulk uploads through the use of CSV
files.
Auth class is back up and running to handle user authorizaion
as well as session managment.
Implemented basic usage on admin index class just for an example.
Added a couple of new template files and css to start defining the
overall style of pages and UI.
