New AGS site release

Started by AGA, Sun 19/01/2025 00:03:56

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heltenjon

Quote from: heltenjon on Tue 28/01/2025 01:31:40The "like" button seems to be broken.
Working again! Thanks!

AGA

I've applied some new rewrite rules that *may* help.  Board pagination seems to be fixed at least, but please check any forums weirdness reported in this thread to see if it's also fixed!

cat

On the index page, when clicking the link that should lead to the most recent post of a board, instead I still end up on the first post of the thread.

AGA

When talking about links, could you all please be sure to include an example URL?  There's presumably some gaps in the rewrite logic, but I'll need some solid examples to dig into.

cat


Khris

#45
Looks like clicking on the title of any post sends you back to page #1 of the thread:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/the-rumpus-room/there-is-something-seriously-ridiculous-about-ags-reviews/msg636668488/#msg636668488

This also affects the "New" buttons and the last post links, since both use this mechanism as well.

Creamy

QuoteThe add/edit Pick of the Month doesn't have its own page anymore. If you navigate to the game page you want to add/edit the pick of the month for, you see an "Actions" button under the image carousel. This changes depending on your profile permissions. When you click it, you should see "Pick of the Month", which takes you to the correct section on the game edit page.
I see the "Actions" button, but it only allows me to report a link as broken.

QuotePlease be aware that if you select an older game, you may need to complete missing mandatory fields.
OK
 

AGA

Quote from: Creamy on Tue 28/01/2025 20:01:11I see the "Actions" button, but it only allows me to report a link as broken.

Try now?

Creamy

#48
QuoteTry now?

It works, thanks. I can even edit the whole game page  8-0

I found a couple more bugs:
- The "downloads to review" counter still shows a game that I've just reviewed.
- I was logged in when I wrote a review for Carnival of Shadows but the comment is credited to "UNKNOWN".
- the right and left arrows don't work when you type a comment in a game page - but the up and down arrows operate.
 

 

tampie85

Quote from: jfrisby on Mon 27/01/2025 03:48:46I miss the word "Games" from the menu options, "Play" seems less clear imo. "Play Games"? 

That's a conscious design choice to try avoid overusing the word game. Every page is about creating and playing games, and joining a community of people who love creating and/or playing games.

Quote from: jfrisby on Mon 27/01/2025 03:48:46- "Search" might be clearer that it's the full database if it was "All Games (Search)."

I've updated the title to be "Search All Games" to be in line with the button on the homepage.

Quote from: jfrisby on Mon 27/01/2025 03:48:46- I zoom 150% on the forums, and it used to look fine on the main site.. but it's too much now. I don't know if I can separate these in firefox somehow. (maybe this is my problem.)

Zoom levels are indeed based on root url, so it's not possible to distinct zoom levels between the site and the forums. Unless you visit them in different browsers.

tampie85

Quote from: pell on Sun 26/01/2025 21:01:15I know I'm probably a user interface curmudgeon, but it's a little jarring as a viewer for the screenshots in the "Play Hundreds of Games" section to be covered by interface elements.

It's not that the wavy windows look bad. But the web design is partially hiding the very information the page is there to show. Maybe the waves could be moved down a bit, but then there's a lot of extra space taken up. Maybe a more subtle wave can be used that doesn't interfere with the screenshots, or rectangles with rounded corners if normal rectangles are too stiff for the design.

The wave in the highlight tiles is a conscious design choice. The purpose of the tiles is to trigger your interest, and invite you to click into the game. When you do that, you can see the same image in the carousel in its full extent, and you can zoom in or make it full screen (if the image resolution is high enough).

tampie85

Quote from: cat on Tue 28/01/2025 09:54:29Seems to be working again (except for the wiki)

Thank you, we're aware of the wiki, but it's not a quick fix. We're working on a fix (same for the forum URLs)

cat

I just want to say a huge thank you for @AGA and @tampie85 for all the hard work you put into the site! ❤️

tampie85

Quote from: glurex on Sun 26/01/2025 17:38:05I'm not sure if that's how it's supposed to work, but on the site (play section), when I try to view the games created by a specific user, it only shows the ones they uploaded, not the ones they collaborated on.

It should show the person mentioned as author, plus the first person mentioned in the credits (same behaviour as on the old site).
At the moment it only shows the author, we're working on a fix.

Ponch

Quote from: AGA on Mon 27/01/2025 23:34:53What does not saving the changes entail?  Do you get any error messages?  Or does it give a success message but without actually saving?
I made the changes, tried to save them, and it just seemed to hang there and never update.

cat

Tiny detail: The tool-tip for the search (next to the switch between light and dark mode) says "Switch to Dark Mode" but actually it should be "Search games database" or similar.

AGA

Well done to @tampie85, who's managed to optimise a database query I wrote that was causing pages on the main site to load far more slowly than expected.  Pages seem to load almost instantly now, as expected!

tampie85

Quote from: cat on Wed 29/01/2025 07:42:59Tiny detail: The tool-tip for the search (next to the switch between light and dark mode) says "Switch to Dark Mode" but actually it should be "Search games database" or similar.

Whoops! Very well spotted. Updated now.

tampie85

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Quote from: Ponch on Tue 28/01/2025 23:35:12
Quote from: AGA on Mon 27/01/2025 23:34:53What does not saving the changes entail?  Do you get any error messages?  Or does it give a success message but without actually saving?
I made the changes, tried to save them, and it just seemed to hang there and never update.

Would you mind trying again please? The unexpected slowness of the site may have caused a time-out. If it still happens, can you please let me know what game you're trying to edit? And what fields you're trying to update? Can you maybe include a screenshot? That'll all help me finding the cause.

tampie85

Quote from: Creamy on Tue 28/01/2025 21:21:44It works, thanks. I can even edit the whole game page  8-0

That's a conscious choice :) There's a lot of missing/broken information in the games database. Dedicated members like you are now able to support improving the quality of the data.

Quote from: Creamy on Tue 28/01/2025 21:21:44- The "downloads to review" counter still shows a game that I've just reviewed.

What game did you review? And what is your definition of a review? Did you give a user rating, a comment, or both?

Quote from: Creamy on Tue 28/01/2025 21:21:44- I was logged in when I wrote a review for Carnival of Shadows but the comment is credited to "UNKNOWN".

Fixed!

Quote from: Creamy on Tue 28/01/2025 21:21:44- the right and left arrows don't work when you type a comment in a game page - but the up and down arrows operate.

Do you have a bit more information for me? What browser are you using? I just tried on Google Chrome Desktop and cannot reproduce it. Your cursor is in the comment box and you want to move within the text you just typed?

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