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

A question or two about the new site.
7 months 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. .

7 months ago

#2

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 months ago

#3

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?

7 months ago

#4

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

7 months ago

#5

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.

7 months ago

#6

Hi DC,

Here are the light/ dark theme colours:

7 months ago

#7

A toggle between dark and light, and a way to remember the choice for the next time, goes without saying.

7 months ago

#8

The simplest way to remember theme choice is probably in a cookie, that way both client and server can read the value.
LocalStorage is also a viable choice but is client only.

7 months ago

#9

Yes! It looks and works great.
At least the discussion forums can now be toggled between dark and light themes. You guys are a testament to "there is a will, there is a way"

And in true Trongate tradition, FAST!

Okay, I'm done stroking you guys.
I have another question, but for another thread.

My God! It's full of stars!!
- Dave 2001