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New site design.

Posted by jase
horus
member, 864 posts
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Fri 30 Aug 2019
at 05:35
  • msg #309

Re: RPoL Design Update

jase:
horus:
jase:  I do hope the map size upper limit will eventually revert back to 1024K.  What say you, man?

... you reckon I'm going to suddenly invalidate 90% of maps?


Nah.  Figured sorting this out was something you'd get to in the fullness of time... (you gotta be busier than nine kinds o' heck lately.)
jase
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Fri 30 Aug 2019
at 08:24
  • msg #310

Re: RPoL Design Update

Maps should work now.  I couldn't see an issue with size but the "main map" never worked while the group maps did (the group maps are loaded via a secure mechanism which worked while the main map just loads via traditional methods... but it was referencing the wrong path due to responsive hackery.

I've also implemented a maximum width for the maps so they don't explode all over the screen (and beyond)... and also pushed in lightboxes while I was at it.  (c;
SunRuanEr
subscriber, 127 posts
Fri 30 Aug 2019
at 14:58
  • msg #311

Re: RPoL Design Update

Editing posts (specifically the last post in the thread) seems to occasionally (but not always, and I can't seem to pinpoint specifically when it happens) force a New Message Indicator icon up for the thread on the Forum Menu.

Working as intended?
horus
member, 865 posts
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Fri 30 Aug 2019
at 21:11
  • msg #312

Re: RPoL Design Update

Maps are working here.  (Thanks again!)
seraphmoon
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Fri 30 Aug 2019
at 21:30
  • msg #313

Re: RPoL Design Update

It seem as if the URL magic-linking is broken on the responsive site; I've noticed it, and a few other folks have mentioned it. It still works on the basic site, though.
horus
member, 866 posts
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Fri 30 Aug 2019
at 22:17
  • msg #314

Re: RPoL Design Update

Not sure what seraphmoon means by "magic-linking", but I use links of the form:

<a href="URL goes here">Descriptive text goes here</a>

extensively in my games as navigational aids.

Not only do they work in the responsive site, they worked without me having to recode any of them, and now all point to the responsive site targets.  None of my links on the "classic" site were altered by this in any way.

Nicely Done!
bigbadron
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Fri 30 Aug 2019
at 22:51

Re: RPoL Design Update

horus:
Not sure what seraphmoon means by "magic-linking", but I use links of the form:

I suspect that it refers to the fact that if you just copy a URL from the address bar and slap it into a post, it automatically creates a link.
seraphmoon
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Sat 31 Aug 2019
at 02:25
  • msg #316

Re: RPoL Design Update

That's what I meant, the auto-link creation.

Using <a href> tags only works for GMs, according to the help files. I've never tried to use it, myself.
SunRuanEr
subscriber, 129 posts
Sat 31 Aug 2019
at 02:31
  • msg #317

Re: RPoL Design Update

I just copy-pasted a few URLs into both posts and character descriptions a few minutes ago, and the auto-links worked fine. Are they still not working for you, seraphmoon?
seraphmoon
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Sat 31 Aug 2019
at 03:26
  • msg #318

Re: RPoL Design Update

They are not in posts, PMs, or character sheets, although they are working in character descriptions. I wonder if it's browser- or system-related; I'm using Safari 12.1.2 on OSX 10.14.6. Did a quick test on the mobiles, and it didn't work there either.

I only have the one browser at the moment; can download some others and test them tomorrow.
horus
member, 868 posts
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Sat 31 Aug 2019
at 06:09
  • msg #319

Re: RPoL Design Update

Using Flashpeak Slimjet, Firefox, and can load several others.  OS is PCLinuxOS 2018.08 updated to the present day.

just playing around in the preview window... using code tags in text below to supress spurious links.

Linking to https://www.rpol.net resulted in a link that contained one character: /
Linking to my superannuated personal web page worked correctly (link not shown by reason of possible infractions against RPoL policies).
https://www.rpol.net/game.cgi?gi=36224&date=1567228195 created a link to the RPoL Development Forum Menu on the responsive site (if using the responsive site to view it...?)

Oddly enough https://r.rpol.net/game.cgi?gi=36224&date=1567228195 did not seem to work.
jase
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Sat 31 Aug 2019
at 06:19

Re: RPoL Design Update

Autolinking for r.rpol.net is currently not working if I recall correctly, the brevity of the "r." was tripping it up.  Hadn't managed to get a linking routing that wasn't linking too much to date.
nauthiz
subscriber, 625 posts
Sat 31 Aug 2019
at 14:06
  • msg #321

Re: RPoL Design Update

I hope I just caught things mid update or something because the default "white" theme is now unusable, and the "dark red" doesn't seem to work on the main page.
jase
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Sat 31 Aug 2019
at 14:08

Re: RPoL Design Update

Log out of rpol.net.  The cookies will get confused.  Trying to see if there's a better way with PHP.
nauthiz
subscriber, 626 posts
Sat 31 Aug 2019
at 14:35
  • msg #323

Re: RPoL Design Update

Ok, so logged out of rpol.net on the desktop.  Logged out and cleared the cookies on the mobile, then logged back in.

The color schemes are working as normal on responsive on desktop.  On mobile on the main page I get this regardless of whether I set it to "white" or "red".

https://i.imgur.com/HVcf7rE.jpg

The other navigation menus are still there, just there's no text for them.  Long pressing on other visible text and choosing "select all" doesn't highlight them the way it does the Main Menu text that remains.  However if I press blindly where I know the menu buttons are, I can still pop open the drop downs, but they're the default blue text on transparent backgrounds.
seraphmoon
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Sat 31 Aug 2019
at 14:47
  • msg #324

Re: RPoL Design Update

Bit of a surprise when I logged in this morning. :)

I didn't have any problems switching back to the white theme, but it wasn't persistent; as in, it'd be white on the main page but not on the game or forum pages. It also wasn't persistent across devices. Relogging everywhere only fixed the main page color, but going into my cookie manager and deleting the rpol cookies fixed everything else. I have to do the same thing to switch back to the dark red theme.

I did notice that with whatever the initial replacement theme was, with the swirly background, the top and side menus were showing up as all black so I had to guess where they were. The dark grey menus on the dark red theme are only a problem on the phone, as the dark icons are hard to distinguish. I don't know if there's a way to make them automatically switch to lighter icons if the background values are set to below a certain value. The new message indicators in the game and forum pages are also hard to distinguish in the dark red theme. On tablet and laptop, I could find the right menus by text color. I like the way the squiggles changed to the purple bars in between posts, though, and the poster-information section in threads pops really well on the phone screen. All the text I've seen pops nicely, too. :)

That makes sense about the URLs. I admit it didn't occur to me that it might be specific to the r. and to try one without; since I was just testing, I used the first one I could think of. :) I'm glad it's not just me!

As usual, all Apple devices over here. I feel like I should put that in my bio so I'm not repeating it every time. :)
jase
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Sat 31 Aug 2019
at 15:44

Re: RPoL Design Update

I can't see any issue but until I can investigate further I've disabled the dark red theme.

If you find your colours are a bit off then to back to your scheme selection and select "white" again.
nauthiz
subscriber, 627 posts
Sat 31 Aug 2019
at 15:49
  • msg #326

Re: RPoL Design Update

Whatever you did seems to have fixed the issue I was seeing.
seraphmoon
member, 108 posts
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Sat 31 Aug 2019
at 19:36
  • msg #327

Re: RPoL Design Update

In reply to jase (msg # 325):

Seems like there's a fair amount of people who prefer the dark, so I'd leave it up. If the dark menus bother people they can tweak them. :)
Ski-Bird
subscriber, 34 posts
Sat 31 Aug 2019
at 22:13
  • msg #328

Re: RPoL Design Update

I've noticed something wonky.  The unread post notification that occurs within a game, the thing that looks like a little comet ... it has been showing up intermittently after reviewing a new post.

I know sometimes checking in on multiple devices can cause similar issues ... but this is from the same computer (and sometimes on the same visit).

Basically when I see the notice & click the thread, on that visit, the notice disappears.  So far, so good.

Sometimes, though, heading back to the game's landing page from elsewhere on the site ... the notification is back even though nothing new has been added to the thread.
SunRuanEr
subscriber, 134 posts
Sat 31 Aug 2019
at 23:58
  • msg #329

Re: RPoL Design Update

In reply to Ski-Bird (msg # 328):

I've noticed the same issue. Particularly when I refresh a thread while already in it, to read the new posts, and then go back to the forum menu (even on the same tab). It doesn't happen EVERY time, and I haven't been able to figure out exactly what is causing it to reproduce it consistently, unfortunately. (Edit: For instance, despite having read it and cleared the notice at least five times today, I just received yet another 'new message' icon for the Responsive Site - Appearance thread...and there's not been a new post put up there for almost seven hours now...)

I have also been getting new message icons when I edit my own posts at the end of a thread.

(2nd Edit: Just now, I edited this post. Went back to the forum in the same tab, checked icons - no New Message icon. Left the forum and went to Home, then came back to the Development forum - New Message Icon! Both here AND for the seven-hour old message in the Appearance thread.)
This message was last edited by the user at 00:04, Sun 01 Sept 2019.
jase
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Sun 1 Sep 2019
at 04:13

Re: RPoL Design Update

Make sure you log out of rpol.net and www.rpol.net completely and then re/log on to r.rpol.net.  If you don't you'll be getting cookies randomly from either rpol.net or r.rpol.net and it's pretty unpredictable.  Once you've done all three steps let me know if you continue to have problems.
nauthiz
subscriber, 628 posts
Sun 1 Sep 2019
at 04:33
  • msg #331

Re: RPoL Design Update

So, the "logout" function on mobile doesn't seem to do anything.  I switched over to the new theme to try it out, and then planned on logging out, clearing cache and cookies, and logging back in to check it out.  No dice.  The "Relog" function seems to be serving the same purpose however.

After selecting the dark red theme, and having my User Preference page change color, Relogging out, clearing cookies and cache on mobile, then logging back in, the home/main page is still "white".

Everything else on mobile seems to be working with the new color scheme.  It also changed on the desktop after switching on mobile, so things are good there.

However, I did try using the "create" option in User Preferences, and "grabbing" the dark red theme colors, and using those to "create" a custom theme.  That did make everything work on all pages as far as I can tell.
jase
admin, 3718 posts
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Sun 1 Sep 2019
at 05:05

Re: RPoL Design Update

Log out of rpol.net, then www.rpol.net (if you ever use it but probably safe to check to be sure) and then finally relog on the responsive site.

Doing it in any other order won't work due to how browsers handle cookie inheritance.  If logout doesn't work then manually clear the cookies from your browser as they must be stuck for some reason.

Autolinking for r.pol.net should now work.
nauthiz
subscriber, 629 posts
Sun 1 Sep 2019
at 05:28
  • msg #333

Re: RPoL Design Update

Logged out of everything, cleared everything again, now good to go it seems.
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