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    Celebration


    Post #: 35
    Post type: Blog post
    Date: 2010-11-25 12:03:27.000
    Author: Jeremy Reimer
    Tags: Testing



    This is the celebration post of the release of Monarch version 0.20!

    Features in this version:

    * User registration
    * User sign in/sign out
    * Must be signed in to create content/posts
    * Must have admin level to create blog posts
    * Blog post entry, edit, and deletion
    * Paging of blog posts, sorted newest first
    * Comments on blog posts
    * Discussion forum, includes blog posts
    * Forum main page, including paging
    * Forum main page shows # of views and replies
    * Forum thread page, including paging
    * Users can make new threads and reply to threads

    Comments (28)

    Views: 26593


    Edge of Infinity at White Dwarf Books!


    Post #: 33
    Post type: Blog post
    Date: 2010-11-24 16:58:11.000
    Author: Jeremy Reimer
    Tags: Testing

    This is the owner of Wnite Dwarf Books in Vancouver, BC, proudly displaying my novel, which is on sale there, right now! Go get your very own copy!


    Comments (5)

    Views: 7826


    Fixed the problem


    Post #: 26
    Post type: Blog post
    Date: 2010-11-23 16:13:07.000
    Author: Jeremy Reimer
    Tags: Testing

    I figured out what the problem was. The Blog page SQL query was modified to only include posts of type "Blog post" but the COUNTER query (to determine how many exist) hadn’t been modified to include only "Blog posts". Will try edge cases again to test but I think I’ve got this one.

    EDIT: Totally fixed the problem. Not sure whether to "bump" blog posts in the forum if I just edit the post. I’m going to not do it for now.

    EDIT: Testing editing items and new redirect.



    Views: 7240


    Bump forum to page 3


    Post #: 23
    Post type: Blog post
    Date: 2010-11-23 15:58:45.000
    Author: Jeremy Reimer
    Tags: Testing

    This should bump the forum to page 3.

    EDIT: It did, but.. wow, that's weird. The off-by-one works on the main page but not the forums. Well, there are probably plenty of edge cases to check out, but for now it works.



    Views: 7517


    Yet more testing


    Post #: 21
    Post type: Blog post
    Date: 2010-11-23 15:52:46.000
    Author: Jeremy Reimer
    Tags: Testing

    This is to test paging on the main forum page, which I implemented ridiculously quickly.

    Will probably have to do a couple more to test to see if it works.

    Comments (1)

    Views: 7522


    Another post for commenting


    Post #: 17
    Post type: Blog post
    Date: 2010-11-21 23:47:53.000
    Author: Jeremy Reimer
    Tags: Testing

    This is a test post to see what happens if I post comments on another post. It's complicated, yeah?

    Comments (17)

    Views: 10598


    So this is neat


    Post #: 16
    Post type: Blog post
    Date: 2010-11-21 18:22:57.000
    Author: Jeremy Reimer
    Tags: Testing

    The main blog display now only displays posts that are of type "Blog post". This means that I can (in theory) create posts that are tagged "Thread post" and have them accumulate comments in like a forum, but they wouldn't be promoted to the front page. Blog posts, meanwhile, would be visible in the forum view.

    It's so crazy it just might work!

    Comments (3)

    Views: 7292


    Testing paging again


    Post #: 15
    Post type: Blog post
    Date: 2010-11-21 18:18:37.000
    Author: Jeremy Reimer
    Tags: Testing

    Testing again

    Thought I'd test the image stuff again.

    Comments (1)

    Views: 7252


    Testing paging edge cases


    Post #: 14
    Post type: Blog post
    Date: 2010-11-21 18:18:20.000
    Author: Jeremy Reimer
    Tags: Testing

    Will it page? WILL IT FLOAT?



    Views: 7302


    Testing again


    Post #: 13
    Post type: Blog post
    Date: 2010-11-21 18:15:03.000
    Author: Jeremy Reimer
    Tags: Testing

    Paging broke for some reason.

    EDIT: Just an off-by-one error. Fixed it.



    Views: 7346