Site design

[old_electrowizard_acc]

@SOPHIE

shouldnt be hard. i mean if you look at the code every post listed comes as an article with id "post_##"

so it wouldnt be hard to just whip up something in js to append the number found in that id and append it to the child of the element poster-avatar-extra as an anchor to like #post_86 so it just drags you to the post regardless of the post in the url..

https://namafia.com/t/site-design/55/84#post_86

Also the post number you're looking at is displayed at the bottom on mobile and on the side on desktop. The post numbers are already super clear

[old_electrowizard_acc]

@big_ass

Core point of what this guy's saying

Above all else, you should strive to make pagination irrelevant because the user never has to look at more than a few items to find what they need.

which is not true in our use case. User needs to be able to search through the entire thread manually or jump to a location if they are looking for 1 specific thing. This is an area where pagination is appropriate.

I'll also say this site's dogmatic application of a flawed design paradigm even fails by the standards of this blog. He lists 6 caveats:

The scroll bar, the user's moral compass of "how much more is there?" doesn't work in endless pagination because it is effectively infinite. You'll need an alternate method of providing that crucial feedback, perhaps as a simple percent loaded text docked at the bottom of the page.

Endless pagination should not break deep linking. Even without the concept of a "page", users should be able to clearly and obviously link to any specific item in the list.

Pagination may be a bad user experience, but it's essential for web spiders. Don't neglect to accommodate web search engines with a traditional paging scheme, too, or perhaps a Sitemap.

Clicking the browser forward or back button should preserve the user's position in the endless scrolling stream, perhaps using pushState.

Provide visible feedback when you're dynamically loading new items in the list, so the user can tell that new items are coming, and their browser isn't hung – and that they haven't reached the bottom yet.

Remember that the user won't be able to reach the footer (or the header) any more, because items keep appearing as they scroll down in the river of endless content. So either move to static headers and footers, or perhaps use the explicit "load more" button instead of loading new content automatically.

I count fails on all 6 counts.

1. There's a scroll bar saying what post you're viewing out of the total on the side in desktop, on the bottom in mobile. Meets that paradigm.

2. Yeah, you can do that with a quote or a link to a post number.

3. Guess this may not meet that, but I don't really care about search indexing.

4. This is a really good point. Near as I can tell, I always go to last read, not where I was.

5. Yeah, kind of met with listing how far in you are. Should still have a loading circle or something.

6. I agree with this.

[Nmagane]

Stupid retards

[big_ass]

ui didnt read your post but the scroll bar is probablt the first thing i would remove from this website

[Nmagane]

[big_ass]

like what the fuck

[Nmagane]

I want Two Scrol Bars. I would like if the website bar was longer and closer to the browser one

[big_ass]

why not have a left-right scroll bar on every post so you can keep all the text on one line and minimize horizontal scrolling

[old_electrowizard_acc]

Shut up, retard

[old_electrowizard_acc]

Requesting ban on alightsoul

[big_ass]

Alightsoul here.

[SOPHIE]

lmao only at the certain viewports

byut yeah basically was too lazy to make it perfect

but all youre doing is just bitching yeah?

[SOPHIE]

eatmyass

[big_ass]

My first post was an offer to do more

I recognize this is a work in progress

If you want something from me, all you have to do is ask

[big_ass]

though i suppose in a way uve already made a request

am i rite

[big_ass]

hate to disappoint u but that phase of my life is over

[huber]

For some reason on mobile my touch screen aim becomes way off, to the point where pressing the reply button is impossible. I have to refresh the page until I get lucky and it recalibrates my aim. It happens almost every time I attempt to reply to a thread. This doesnt happen with any other site, app, or interface on my phone. It doesnt affect anything else either. When it starts, as soon as I change web pages or apps it is gone. Only on namafia.com and only after hitting the reply button before composing.

I am on a galaxy S9+.

[SOPHIE]

Hey if you’re down to help I’d love a had with developing a game plugin

[big_ass]

email me or send a pm with how you want to be contacted

[SOPHIE]

hows discord? im ■■■#2080

but you gotta set up the dev discourse first, and if youre deving on windows you gotta install virtualbox to install discourse onto

Install Discourse on Ubuntu or Debian for Development

Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin

https://github.com/discourse/all-the-plugins/tree/master/plugins

these links should come in handy. just let me know when your dev discourse is all spun up

edit: one useful thread i missed: Learn how to start building stuff for Discourse if you're newbie (like myself) - developers - Discourse Meta