Today, I added new user customization options for the homepage, including the ability to set a new view. The Aggregate view is now featured in the main navigation under “All content,” making it easier to navigate. Thanks for all the tips and feedback - great job ;)

I also introduced a “Support Us” section in the sidebar, where you can see who is supporting the project and instance. This is a small way for me to express gratitude to those who contribute to the project with services, licenses, free of charge. To ensure the long-term maintenance of the instances, there are thresholds on Patreon after which logotype can be displayed here. Of course, these will be static, non-intrusive image, and users can block the block with an adblocker or just disable it in user options - even non-logged-in users ;)

As I mentioned yesterday, today I need to attend to instance matters, so my availability may be limited. It’s best to tag me in posts if there’s a need.

You can track changes in the official repository
https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core

or on Github
https://github.com/ernestwisniewski/kbin

  • ThatOneKirbyMain2568@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    Awesome stuff! I’m loving how these features are shaping up.

    A few further suggestions on the aggregate view:

    • Like Threads and Microblog, All Content should have a number next to it (just the number of threads + the number of microblog posts).
    • I think the homepage setting should be split into “homepage feed” (all, subscriptions, moderated, or favorites) and “homepage view” (all content, threads, microblogs). That’d make the current dropdown a lot less cluttered.
    • It’d also be helpful to have a “default view” setting that applies when you go to any magazine or feed. For example, if I go to /m/Kurzgesagt and my default view is set to All Content, it’ll start on the All Content view.

    Should you keep the homepage setting as it is, there are a few issues with the dropdown:

    • When you select something, the only text that shows is the feed, not the view.
    • When you select something, the option that you currently have saved moves to the bottom of the dropdown.
    • Not sure if this has always been a thing, but the dropdown uses “Subscriptions” while the channel list in the header uses “Subscribed”.

    ETA: One more issue I forgot to mention — when you click All Content on the favorites, moderated, or subscribed feed, it sends you to the all feed.