Hello everyone! The new libcom theme which was paid for by those of you who donated to our GoFundMe is now largely on our test site and most of the issues we have spotted have been ironed out. But there are still some bugs, so we would really appreciate anyone helping us out by taking a detailed look at the test site, playing with it, posting some content and testing if everything works.
And if you spot any issues please let us know here in the comments. If people could try it out on different browsers and devices that would also be great. In particular if people could take a look on iPhones and on Mac with Safari that would be good.
The test site with the new theme is here: https://dev-54ta5gq-tqb6dex5mimpg.fr-3.platformsh.site/
There are still some bugs with it which we have spotted and will be fixed, but I'm sure we have missed some things.
In particular, the new theme shouldn't have blue links and blue features like the old theme, so if you spot any of them please let us know (NB the admin pages like submitting content etc haven't had the theme updated yet).
Also, on mobile some of the fonts are too big, and there is an issue with the logo in the menu, so this should be changed later.
We need any feedback as soon as possible. So please do take a look, have a play around and let us know if you spot any problems! Many thanks
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Looks good. The red and…
Looks good. The red and black theme is definitely an improvement from the blue (the penguin also reminds me of the Linux mascot). Some things,
I noticed that when quoting a comment, the quoted content seems to show the raw html.
Also, it seems there is a hyperlink that says "logo" at the bottom of the page. I'm guessing this is either supposed to say "homepage" (since that's where it goes), or the logo next to it is supposed to be clickable, which it's not for me at least.
Two search buttons also appear for me whenever I search for something.
My only other stylistic suggestion (though others might disagree) would be to remove some of the buttons at the top so that you can get rid of the red divider. It sort of clashes with the black underline when hovering over the buttons. I would probably throw some of the buttons in the Menu thing like you have it now, though maybe keep the Recent Content button on the homepage.
adri wrote: I noticed that…
Can you post a link to an example of this for us to check out?
Yes, this is a bug which is on the list to fix.
Thanks for this, where is this? Could you post a screenshot of what you mean using imgur or something?
Sorry, what page are you talking about here, which buttons and which dividers/underlines? A screenshot would be helpful.
Many thanks for the feedback!
Steven. wrote: Can you post…
https://i.ibb.co/qmdqR3S/quoting.gif
It also seems to do the same on the current site.
https://i.ibb.co/NnNhMP0/search.png
https://i.ibb.co/bbxW3cq/buttons.png
As I said others might disagree. Definitely liking the new site though.
adri wrote: https://i.ibb…
Right okay thanks for clarifying. That is unconnected to the theme and is the same at present. You only see that when making or editing comments. This will change when we are able to install a What You See Is What You Get text editor. This will be coming a bit later.
Thanks for clarifying. This is because the search box is always in the top bar. So if you are on the actual search page, then you will see 2 boxes. But the lower down search box does slightly overlap the results, which is something we will fix.
Thanks for clarifying, that is our main menu, which is the key way for navigating around the site. We are going to tweak this slightly over the next couple of weeks, but the basic functionality of it cannot change (it acts very differently on mobile devices).
But thanks again for the feedback, much appreciated, and very glad you like most of it!
Np, nice logo by the way. I…
Np, nice logo by the way. I like to think the penguin got the touch of red from battering the bourgeoisie with his flapper (never a sentence I thought I'd say) :).
Either that or it's been…
Either that or it's been mauled by a sea leopard and is screaming in agony (sort of like the other explanation).
adri wrote: Np, nice logo by…
haha thanks! The penguin is this guy
It's not technically bug but…
It's not technically bug but I tested searching Malatesta and Anarchism and the results were not ordered from newest to oldest
Also footnotes are not…
Also footnotes are not displayed correctly compare on libcom: https://libcom.org/article/experimental-anarchist-colonies-errico-malatesta
to the same article on the new site:
https://dev-54ta5gq-tqb6dex5mimpg.fr-3.platformsh.site/article/experimental-anarchist-colonies-errico-malatesta
I tested on windows 10 on google chrome
Method of Freedom wrote:…
This is a fantastic spot, thank you, we will get that sorted
Method of Freedom wrote: It…
Yeah that's not related to the theme, that is the site search which is the same as this version. It sorts by relevancy, not date.
Steven. wrote: Method of…
Thought so. I'm liking the new look especially bringing back the red look instead of the blue one. I tried cliking on all the stuff on the new page (one article, one donate etc.) and did not find any other bug than the footnote one.
Is the platformsh and fr-3 in the test link clue that it was designed by 3 French Platformist?
Looks great - I sent you…
Looks great - I sent you some comments elsewhere Steven.
Minor cropping of the logo…
Minor cropping of the logo at 2736 x 1824 resolution (Chrome):
https://imgur.com/ciDO79N
Rob Ray wrote: Minor…
Great spot, thanks!
I think it would be wise if…
I think it would be wise if the footnotes were a tat smaller then the regular text. Also it gives a small text-overlap which is not so nice. Here is an example: https://dev-54ta5gq-tqb6dex5mimpg.fr-3.platformsh.site/article/anarchist-antimilitarism-and-myths-about-war-ukraine
Also I think it would be great if the application automatically adds a header 'Footnotes' if an article includes footnotes.
WithDefiance wrote: I think…
Hi, thanks for the feedback. That article you linked to doesn't actually have footnotes in, as recognised by the site. The author has just manually typed in footnotes like text. This is an article with formatted footnotes, so this is how they will appear on the site so please let us know what you think about this. Also could you please explain what you mean about text overlap and provide a screenshot?
https://dev-54ta5gq-tqb6dex5mimpg.fr-3.platformsh.site/article/what-was-ussr-part-iv-towards-theory-deformation-value
Hi Steven, thanks for the…
Hi Steven, thanks for the reply. My mistake then. I think the new theme looks really good. It also seems to display well on my phone. Before I looked at my computer. There it showed the following: when hovering over the link of the footnotes the line that shows was going through the top of the text of the next line. I have 1920x1080 resolution on the screen, browser Firefox.
Thumbs up, comrades
Thumbs up, comrades
syndicalist wrote: Thumbs up…
Thanks for the kind words!
WithDefiance wrote: Hi…
This is great, thanks very much. Taking a more detailed look, this is an issue with all hyperlink underlines in Firefox, so we will get that sorted.
Rob Ray wrote: Minor…
This should now be fixed, could you check again?
I am possibly very dumb but…
I am possibly very dumb but on the old libcom to get posting rights you used to just post on the forum and wait for the admin to approve it - but there isn't any forum. How do I do it now? Would it be possible to get approval to publish pdfs and articles so our collective can publish our texts on here?
BlackFlagSydney wrote: I am…
Hey BlackFlagSyndey - forums are here https://libcom.org/recent/discussions
You can start a new thread by going to the menu top right and clicking on "Submit new content" and then "Discussion".
I suspect a mod will see your post here though.
BlackFlagSydney wrote: I am…
it's been a while since we set it up because we launched the new libcom ages ago now (this thread is just about the new theme, which is just cosmetic differences). But I'm pretty sure anyone who registers an account can post content now.
Just click submit content, and it should let you post articles? If not let us know.
Ah right, sorry that's my…
Ah right, sorry that's my bad – I submitted something a few days ago but it said it needed moderator approval or something to appear
BlackFlagSydney wrote: Ah…
Now here https://libcom.org/article/mutiny-anarchist-communist-newsletter-black-flag-sydney
Lookin' good! When do y'all…
Lookin' good!
When do y'all plan to implement it?
Steven. wrote: This should…
BlackFlagSydney wrote: Ah…
Great, thanks. We have changed your permissions so in future anything you post will bypass moderation
Rob Ray wrote: Steven. wrote…
IkeIke356 wrote: Lookin'…
Thanks. We plan to implement it as soon as all of the kinks are ironed out. Hopefully early in the new year
Thank you very much - that…
Thank you very much - that is very helpful
well it looks good to me…
well it looks good to me.
nice to see Nemo's penguin back.