A question or two about the new site. - General Discussion

A question or two about the new site.
8 days ago

#1

Hello Fellas and Felletes,

I want to congratulate DC and the Team on this transformation.
As I read through the docs, it all seems clear and concise.
Certainly looks like the framework itself, is all thought out.

My first question is, how difficult would it be to provide a dark version of the site, perhaps a dark/light toggle. Everything on my desktop machine is in dark mode, and I'm feeling a little blinded by all this bright white.

And my other question is about the Forums. Is it possible to provide a sorting option to request the posts within a thread be listed in descending timestamp sequence. .

8 days ago

#2

Thank you, Charles.

All of your ideas are super cool and I'm grateful for them.

I want to do all of them. Yes! Every single one.

The big challenge at this end is time. So, I am up for it. I hope that I or somebody can build those things. The biggest challenge is time and I'd rather say "no" than make promises that I cannot keep.

What I can tell you is that your recent database suggestions were excellent. So, I shall take all of your suggestions very seriously as we move forward.

Hail Charles!

7 days ago

#3

Dark mode would be a delightful addition.

I often solve it using:

1. detector script early in the<head>

2. extracting existing colors into CSS variables using :root

3. Ask a friendly LLM to generate the antagonist theme

7 days ago

#4

I'll be happy to open source the forums if it helps. Just say the word.

6 days ago

#5

I'm not skilled enough to contribute code to the project.
But, since the end of my mainframe career, I've become more of an ideas guy. Perhaps I can suggest adding a Wish List to the Forums where each post represents a clearly explained idea for a new feature or improvement.

Not a thread for discussion, but a thread of individual posts, each containing a well written carefully thought out idea. Unless of course someone has a better way without having to write code for a Wish List.
What say yee?

5 days ago

#6

Well Charles,

You know, this is an equal opportunities forum, and I like to think inclusivity is our secret superpower. So the good news is: your ideas matter just as much as mine. The bad news is - nobody cares about my ideas! 😉

Honestly, I know the site isn’t perfect - far from it. I'm not even sure if we have a working contact form. However it's very early days. I don't even think it has been up for a week. Give it time, we’ll get there. Relax and enjoy the ride.

Now, here’s a question for you:

What text editor are you using these days? I’m considering moving away from Sublime Text, and I’d love to hear what a pro like you would recommend.

5 days ago

#7

Sure, i could take a look on adding dark mode. :)

5 days ago

#8

Hi guys,

I have added a dark theme to the landing page and forum triggered by OS preference but need to put it past DC before I make it live.

The sticking point is getting the logo right and complementary colours to work well in dark mode.

I'll do the docs next, then other public facing views.

5 days ago

#9

Thanks! That's amazing.

Here's my decision.

Through the week, I'd like to chuck this discussion forum on GitHub as a private repo. I will not upload anything sensitive but it'll be enough for you to get up and running. I'll make sure you have a database schema or whatever so that you can be productive. When you make changes, you can just send them to the sky and we won't get mixed up.

I'm happy to make you the top level (I think they call it 'owner' or 'administrator'). If you want to invite other people to get involved then go ahead. I trust your judgement.

Does that sound okay?

DC

4 days ago

#10

Hi DC,

Here are the light/ dark theme colours: