Site Post » Update Batch #3 · 12:56am Dec 16th, 2013
Unfortunately there isn't a ton of interesting things this time, because most of the changes have been on the back end where there have been some serious changes to things. We now only serve 1 pre-zipped css file and 1 js file which gets rid of a ton of requests, is far smaller, and caches better. This should mean the site is quite a decent bit faster.
Mobile
The mobile site is now toggleable. Hooray! If you force your phone browser to request desktop site you'll now get a 1000px wide version of the site which is what you'd see on a desktop. There were some issues with this after launch but it should work now. Snow is also disabled on mobiles period.
Edit: Changed this now so it only changes the viewport which means the site is scalable below 1000px again
Chapter progress bar
Added an option to turn this off in the settings
BBCode pop ups
I've made a neat little generic javascript pop up thing for all the menus in the bbcode toolbar now. You'll have seen the basis of them already with colours/sizes but now you can move them around and such, and adding images and links is a lot nicer and validates the input too (which should hopefully stop people trying to embed funnyjunk and imgur pages as images....)
Group pages
Did some minor clean up work on these
Banners
Finally remade every banner on the site to remove the logo so we can add our new one.
Nav bar icons
Updated the PM/Feed/Notification icons to match the rest of the site
Based Knighty.
Looks snazzy
ty knitly u is good person
very nice new logo very clearly overlapping the old one
I didn't even notice the new logo.
i don't like update
Hey Knighty, this Zebra picture still has the old logo behind the new one on the header. You might want to check that
Why did you get rid of the bird banner?
lovin the updates! Site keeps improving! Good work!
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Oops I forgot that one. I meant to remove it actually as I don't think it works super well as a banner.
The format for replying, editing, and deleting comments is currently....Words fail me, but the fact that I have to refresh the page to reply to a comment is annoying. Can we have the buttons stay there instead of fading?
Thank you for the full desktop site on phones!
Hey, knighty. I seem to be having trouble using images now. I try to link imgur images like I always did, but it gives me an "invalid image" error. Is there any way to resolve this, or is it simply a bug?
If you're getting a double logo issue, please try clearing your browser cache, there seems to be some sort of caching issue in certain browsers.
1612087 Cool. No worries. Keep up the good work. I like the new look, and if it makes the site faster, that's great!
I enjoy the new logo.
That is all I have to say.
There is two bugs on the desktop for phones. Using Chrome on my Galaxy S3. The site does not display in the entire screen, instead it renders everything over to the right, leaving a big gap instead of centering it. Also the snow is on.
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Does clicking/tapping on the comment make the buttons show up? If not, what browser/device?
Nevermind the site fixed its self.
Where? I can't find the option anywhere.
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Safari. Occasionally, I'll have to reload the page. And yes, I've tried. It works sometimes, but not always.
The new message board symbol makes me think of Earthbound. I approve.
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Was removing the Philomena one intentional, too? 'Cos that one was my favourite.
Mind explaining that in greater detail? What even is the Chapter Scrubber?
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Nobody's complaining yet! Don't worry, I'll fix this!
*clears throat*
Fimfiction is worst site ever and Knighty is evil dictator who pockets site money because he has totally NO right to make money off his own site! So I'm mad about this sidha odhOKHFEOHFE O. I'm going to go make my own super popular, managed, populated fanfiction site and steal all Knighty's money!
( In real notes. The change in icons is interesting to say the least. I now have a bell and a world to click on instead of what there was prior. Also, the change in banner logo is a somewhat nice change actually.)
The fuck is a scrubber? Is this some British silliness? (obviously the progress bar, but still
)
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Safari? On what, an iPhone? iPad? Mac? windows desktop?
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The mobile browser has to have a "view desktop site" option in the (browser) menus.
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I agree with the fruit. The Philomena banner was pretty awesome.
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I take it you removed the Philomena banner due to a similar feeling? I'll just note that I and a number of folks I know used that one religiously, so we're definitely missing it. Any chance of getting it back?
Hurrah for updates!
1612091 Woah... So you do comment!
YOU'VE RUINED IT FOREVER!
I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY!!!!
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Mac. Haven't tried it on other devices yet.
Not the Philomena banner! That was my favorite "stealth ponies" banner.
1612159 Down at the bottom of every page isn't easy to find?
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Is it possible to just allow a global toggle? I frequently have my browser resized under 1000 width when I have multiple things open on my laptop. Now it just puts in a scrollbar instead of squishing the layout to make things fit.
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i.imgur.com/a36yAL3.png
i.imgur.com/SLETCsB.png
All I want to know is what happened to the Philomena banner.
THANK YOU BASED KNIGHTY
Knighty is love.
Knighty is life.
1612141 I cannot find the mobile desktop option.
Yaay, finally, prezipped text files.
Blast you Unisys.
There are 4 types of data, static static to dynamic dynamic. If you take it that dial up modems apply compression to speed up data transfer, then doing teh same for more than a given amount of text, script etc, should improve performance in certain ways.
Im still trying to find out how come zip compresses text to a third the size, but Im sure powerpacker could compress down to a tenth. Mustve been the file types. Oh well.
If you include hash ID for all images, and image size in the script, that improves layout and download as scaling can take place after?
Theres a wavepak style option being proposed, but check your JPEG published standard, it includes thumbnail decimation as a standard option. That is, you have the Most significant factors as a low reas thumbnail block, then the higher factors are stored as an extention block. Wavepack goes one further and stores the difference between the complete lossy Jpeg, and the origional lossless image as a further extention.
Theres all sorts of things about Hilbert curve nD to 1D transformation followed by mega pixel FFT, sigma delta envelopes and Berlkamp Massey polynomial generators for image compression, but Im sure there are patents out there preventing you from applying them.
Dont forget, if the universe is a hologram, holograms are fractal, and fractal compression is vastly higher ratio than Jpeg, and the origional fractal compression patents expired earlier this year.
Now Ill go hide before I get done for talking about tech Im not supposed to.
Thank you for getting rid of the snow on moblies. I can accualy run the site on my phone again! Thanks again!
Very sexy.
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It's usually in the main menu for your mobile browser, some lower-end mobile browsers might not supported it, but in our testing they also have problems rendering the desktop version properly.
Not for the YouTube menu!
It'll take a while to get used to the new buttons, and I'm not sure how a globe icon is supposed to relate to your feed, or a bell to notifications, but whatever.
1612229 Is there a reason, this method is being used instead of just an option in the settings? I'm not the only one who used the mobile version of the website on their non-mobile device.
1612229 Except it doesn't actually seem to work on iPhone.