There are some carriage returns in some of the descriptions which was
throwing off the CSV cell assignment, so added a quick patch that
replaces said returns with a simple space to keep formatting intact
Reactivated CSV exports based on Heat Rating, which is the percentage of
Current Sources the have taken action, a suspend or a silence, against
an instanct. The higher the Heat Rating, the more Sources that have
taken actions agaisnt it, so they should be viewed with caution
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.
The count data is now separated by specific action rather than grouping everything together.
This gives a clearer picture of the severity of a response by current sources
There was a small syntax bug that was causing the sytem to error out
when resetting rating terms.
Also plugged a bug that was returning locations with ony one block
count, which is below the criteria for instances that should be listed
and shown in search results
Finally moved over the public search API from the old version and
updated the about page to show the new data structure
Also tweaked the location update script to change 'defederate' to
'suspend' for the sake of consistency
Tweaked the about page to include some langauge talking about where the
data is coming from and how it's being used and linking to the
respective sources
Switched from using external CSV exports to having the system talk to
instances directly to build and update the database.
NOTE: Added a new table called Source with the corresponding model to
access it
The archived build errors out when it finds the images json field is
null, so this will replace a null value with an empty array instead.
Should probalby just make images non null and an empty array the default
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.
Turned on the new preliminary search on the index page. Still pretty
raw but wanted to make sure all the plumbing was there.
Next stage is to clean it up a bit and make it sexy
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 the necessary template files for every page needed. Most are still
empty but all are accounted for from the previous version.
Also organized all routes to the dashboard, named the den for better security
Rebuilt member authorization and session handling within Laravel's
envirnoment. Sticking with bcrypt encryption for passwords to make the
transistion simple.
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.
Severity rating was being set as 'defederate' which is not a status in
Masto's blocklist import scheme, so it was changed to 'suspend' for
better compatibility.
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.
Starting to get the production environment together, so some hot fixes
are needed to the index template that haven't been accouted for yet.
This one was updating the index template to use the new render class
when login fails
There were still some reference to the base Controller page renderer
that needed to switched to the new Render class. Oops.
Also for got mention tabler icons (https://tabler-icons.io/) were added
in the last commit. They are so nice.
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.
