News

Database upgrade

echarp — 2007-06-18 13:51:11+0200

PostgreSQL has been upgraded. From version 8.1 to 8.2.

This was a test to alleviate some of the load. Due to the choice of the “nested tree set” algorithm to organize the tree of elements, there were transactions failing when trying to insert new elements at the beginning of the set.

The new database seems much much faster. No more failed transactions (for the time being), and the pages actually render much faster. Generally less than one second for the largest one.

That’s good news! :-)

Version 0.12

echarp — 2007-04-21 22:39:43+0200

Internationalization

links
i18n with gettext, english and french
better blind up and down for login and logout
better spam fighting against posts with numerous links

Version 0.11

echarp — 2007-03-01 23:31:04+0100

Most active forums presented first. Passage to rails 1.2

Corrected a small javascript error displaying subscriptionLink
last_activity field added to elts
passage to rails 1.2
removal of the guid plugin, now id are generated from internal data
better anti spam check. Won’t block on any url
corrected person’s page

Version 0.10

echarp — 2006-12-18 21:57:50+0100

Democratically moderated mails.

Elements are displayed on the web page or sent by mail when they reach a user chosen voting threshold.

one element threads are not automatically displayed anymore
better spam fighting
unsubscribe now also works when user is subscribed on a parent elt
correcting a badly managed reply_to in mails
setEmail and setPassword
small threads automatically displayed (SUB_THREAD_LENGTH = 5)
colored logs
persistent cookies for authentication

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fighting the bacon spammer :-(
easier rss auto discovery (html/head/link)
moderated mails

Version 0.16

echarp — 2008-05-12 23:29:58+0200

Sub domains to directly access elements

upgraded ie7 javascript hack
updraded ruzze border script
passage to full utf8
default element is the oldest one
subdomains redirect to the relevant element
antispam: only authenticated users can vote
better google sitesearch integration
links now partly work with subdomain

Version 0.15

echarp — 2008-01-22 22:21:18+0100

Automatic widening text area. Rails 2

sidebar updates now defined as an environment constant
edition text area is widened, its height now follows its content
passage to rails 2.0.2
easier db installation

Expanding textarea

echarp — 2007-10-22 00:24:33+0200

To simplify usage, I’ve added a small feature: the text area used to write now automatically expands with its content.

That is you can write write write, scroll bars shouldn’t appear. Instead the textarea and surrounding page should vertically increase in size.

Technically it’s simple, and it works in firefox and IE. If any one happens to test it in other browsers, please, drop a comment!

For info, here is the javascript code (a lot originally comes from ajaxian):

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  __ Get vertical position
  function findPosY(obj) {
    if (!obj) return 0;
    var curtop = 0;
    if (obj.offsetParent)
      while (1) {
        curtop += obj.offsetTop;
        if (!obj.offsetParent)
          break;
        obj = obj.offsetParent;
      }
    else if (obj.y)
      curtop += obj.y;
    return curtop;
  }

  __ Widen the elt until it is moved below or it is wider than its parent elt
  __ Used in an "onfocus" event
  function widen(elt) {
    if (elt.widened) return;
    elt.widened = true;

    var initialPosition = findPosY(elt);
    var initialParentWidth = elt.parentNode.offsetWidth;
    while (initialPosition == findPosY(elt) && elt.offsetWidth < initialParentWidth) {
      elt.cols = elt.cols + 1;
    }
    elt.cols = elt.cols - 1;
  }

  __ Resize text area accordingly to its content
  function resize(elt) {
    widen(elt);
    var lines = elt.value.split('\n');
    var newRows = lines.length + 1;
    var oldRows = elt.rows;

    for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
      var line = lines[i];
      if (line.length >= elt.cols) newRows += Math.floor(line.length / elt.cols);
    }

    if (newRows > elt.rows) elt.rows = newRows;
    if (newRows < elt.rows) elt.rows = Math.max(5, newRows);
  }

Re: News

echarp — 2007-10-08 14:15:09+0200

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Voici un site français pour suivre les mises à jours de nos logiciels.

Parlement est à la page
http://www.jesuislibre.org/user/progdetail.php3?action=view&idprog=599

Version 0.14

echarp — 2007-10-07 17:11:27+0200

Heavily modified skin where anonymous users can no longer vote but can write and login at the same time.

Simplified and faster HTML. Shaded border.

protection against some browsers who update too frequently their views
no more deprecations and errors
moved all elt lists to app/views/elt/list directory
skin heavily modified, simplified
shaded border script
anonymous users are not able to vote anymore
results displayed only to those who have voted
faster view update
anonymous users can write and login at the same time

Version 0.13

echarp — 2007-06-17 15:29:09+0200

Better filtering. Periodical updating of visitors, subscribers and elements lists.

do not filter out the top element
filtered elements are now only displayed as simple clickable >
correction, no more showing the subscriptionLink even when it is not already present
lists didn’t refer to the proper div id, resulting in the creation of infinitely nested div over time
possibility to preview then modify, in two distinct steps
visits, subscribers and elements lists updated every 10s
lists only display elements whose rating is above the filter
new feed icon, placed alongside the associated box title