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So, since this site went up three days ago, we've made tremendous progress in getting this site up and functional, and many of you gone above and beyond to try and give us content and provide meaningful comments. I'm completely blown away to say the least. I've got some big news to share, and a list of site improvements made over the last few days. Read on for more details ...Moderation: IT WORKS! I finished implementing the algorithm last night, and purging slash of the old one so they won't conflict. The new algorithm is somewhat of a radical departure from the old one. I won't go into full details in this post, but there's a good write-up in my comments here.
Comment Counts: Got these working (again). ACs will only see a static HTML page which is updated every once in awhile. Logged-in users get the dynamic index which should have up-to-date counts. The fix is a bit wonky, so it might snap again. Let me know ASAP as the moderation scripts depend on this number being present (and correct!)
Theme: As you may have noticed, the site looks less ass. Due to the heroic efforts of audioguy, Paul, and others, we've gotten a steady stream of CSS fixes to make the site look and feel more consistent. Its not perfect (Firefox still has width issues), but its a fair improvement. This is one of the last major launch blockers
Topics: Finally got them implemented after we snapped the site in two last night. For the moment, they're all sharing the same icon, so it seems kinda unimpressive, but hopefully we'll have the art assets sometime soon to get them in place. Editors will notice I updated the labels to make them a bit clearer; two important notes on this: For an article to show up you MUST have "The Main Page" in the topic list (slash will complain if you don't have it).
Signoff Requirements: A new feature of SoylentNews requires that editors must have a peer sign-off an article before it can be displayed to the world. Slash has some limited support for this, and I got it working last night. For editors, stories are now marked in red and state "unsigned" on the index if only one person has edited it. Right now, this check is not enforced, but I plan to hopefully address that soon. For the moment, editors can future date and use the buddy system to get things checked off properly so we can have consistent formatting and quality.
Other Changes: I stripped out some of the dead features that I probably won't have time to fix before launch like OpenID login, and fixed the admin spellchecker. I also have a couple of ideas to get varnish going I need to bounce off Robin.
Comment Counts: Got these working (again). ACs will only see a static HTML page which is updated every once in awhile. Logged-in users get the dynamic index which should have up-to-date counts. The fix is a bit wonky, so it might snap again. Let me know ASAP as the moderation scripts depend on this number being present (and correct!)
Theme: As you may have noticed, the site looks less ass. Due to the heroic efforts of audioguy, Paul, and others, we've gotten a steady stream of CSS fixes to make the site look and feel more consistent. Its not perfect (Firefox still has width issues), but its a fair improvement. This is one of the last major launch blockers
Topics: Finally got them implemented after we snapped the site in two last night. For the moment, they're all sharing the same icon, so it seems kinda unimpressive, but hopefully we'll have the art assets sometime soon to get them in place. Editors will notice I updated the labels to make them a bit clearer; two important notes on this: For an article to show up you MUST have "The Main Page" in the topic list (slash will complain if you don't have it).
Signoff Requirements: A new feature of SoylentNews requires that editors must have a peer sign-off an article before it can be displayed to the world. Slash has some limited support for this, and I got it working last night. For editors, stories are now marked in red and state "unsigned" on the index if only one person has edited it. Right now, this check is not enforced, but I plan to hopefully address that soon. For the moment, editors can future date and use the buddy system to get things checked off properly so we can have consistent formatting and quality.
Other Changes: I stripped out some of the dead features that I probably won't have time to fix before launch like OpenID login, and fixed the admin spellchecker. I also have a couple of ideas to get varnish going I need to bounce off Robin.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 18 2014, @11:01AM
As a developer, I can accept a few hiccups and gotchas along the way to building a solid site. One minor beef I have is how the MOD points are applied (note, I am posting AC as I have been awarding mod points. I go by bucc5062 (#699)). On the "other site", when I awarded mod points they would be reflected right away. In the case of SN I feel like I've gone back to the early 2000s where I select the comments I want to mod, read the rest then click 'Moderate' which applies all the changes at once. Meh! Since it tosses me back to the beginning I have to go to the end of all comments or scroll back down. It also does not adjust my mod points till applied so if I go all mod crazy I can over spend and get spanked later.
If I was a developer in PHP I'd be happy to help on this one, but I can only point out what I feel was a good process. The old style wont stop me from enjoying SN, but it would make moderating less onerous. All in all, Well Done!!
(Score: 1) by bucc5062 on Tuesday February 18 2014, @11:03AM
Is this a bug? Now I am posting as me since SN was pretty clear I lost the points I awarded to others.
The more things change, the more they look the same
(Score: 1) by quacking duck on Tuesday February 18 2014, @02:13PM
That is how it's worked on /. for awhile now, months at least (when I ran into the same issue); possibly years if it's unchanged in the source code SN is using.
(Score: 1) by bucc5062 on Tuesday February 18 2014, @03:21PM
Having mod points on the other site I tested that supposition and turns out you are incorrect. If I award points then in the same article post AC those awards are not removed.
Not a big thing here, but it is a difference. After reading the daily summary I see now why the old system is in place (D1 vs D2). Makes sense.
The more things change, the more they look the same
(Score: 1) by Non Sequor on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:50PM
I believe the other site revokes mods if you post anonymously while logged in.