10/22/19
Tuesday 12:38pm
Date Posted: 10/22/19
This post is a placeholder and will be replaced with an actual mini-review when completed.
Content-wise, it will be larger than the memo blog section, but smaller than an actual article. It will highlight cool things I see from around the web or review a book/video I have looked at. Ideally, there will be images.
Coding-wise, the goal is to have this section be a virtual clone of the memo blog section. It will be different in that it will have a title and only display one item from a single category.
This is all a bit more involved coding-wise than I originally thought it would be, but that is not a bad thing.
EDIT: 10/31/19:
- Updated the memo blog code so that mini-review items do not appear in the memo blog section. The memo blog file has all new code.
- Corrected issue where day of the week when viewing a memo blog item in the archives will always be Wednesday.
- The memo images display correctly now when viewing them in the archives and the full url is used.
- Small spacing issue in the mini-review. It looks like the old font was set to Ariel as opposed to Tahoma. It is odd because the two fonts are similar enough that I could not tell the difference.
- Changing the number of memo blog posts displayed on main page can be set again via settings.
To Do:
EDIT: 10/28/19:
- I decided to do images differently. Now, any image can be used for this section and not just screenshots.
- Added titles titles.
- Mini-Review section is done. Although, I may decide to add extra commenting to my code.
To Do:
- update left section 'memo'. Probably not as easy .
Busy day today, so I wasn't able to do much coding-wise. Unfortunately, this week is a busy one for me as well. I really want to get this code done as I feel like I am really close to having this project completed.
EDIT: 10/26/19:
- images now update properly, however, I'm trying to decide if I want to do it differently.
- code tag now works.
- fixed a small bug with the image not updating properly.
Actually, I don't think anything needs to be updated in the admin for settings for the mini-review. I daresay there are only two things left to do before I add my first review. I need to add a title, and this involves coding, and two is to update a small bug in the admin page where the image does not display properly if it is not a screenshot.
I finally found the code I need to update, but it involves javascript which I am weakest at. I'm putting it aside for tonight.
EDIT: 10/25/19:
- fixed some spacing issues.
- Fixed some font issues I missed.
- Changed the format of the date to match memoblog (at least for the time being).
- Added Tags.
- Moved the edit link.
- Removed some junk code.
- Tags for this section can now be easily renamed.
I have to say that I am really beginning to like how this section is beginning to take shape visually. It is feeling more and more right.
Next, is to get the code tag to work and get titles added to the database. I also need to get images working and update the settings in the admin section.
I definitely have some procrastination issues I'm working on.
EDIT: 10/22/19: just took care of several bugs.
list of things I have yet to do:
- Image needs to update.
- Items should not appear in memo blog.
- Font needs work. done
- Settings in the admin section should be updated.
- Text formatting needs to be enabled.
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