I fixed a minor bug where a link to what articles a member posted won’t correctly show the title when there are no articles written. It was a pretty easy fix—I moved the title generation outside of an if clause. The problem has always existed, but one that I copied over into my updated version. Now, I just need to get rid of that old query code.
As promised yesterday, anyone can now view the site statistics. I only needed to flip a config option. So happy for easy changes.
I played around with the statistics page today. Currently members only, but working to get a version anyone can see. Added some bootstrap panels and used ChartsJS to add a little color to some of the stats.
Well, I screwed up the login the other day when I re-wrote the code. Not sure what I was doing, but it had the wrong information in the form. It is fixed and should work again. Hopefully I didn’t break the registration code too.
During my last site redesign, I removed the category images. Today, I added them back, but only in specific cases. Although I usually try to add an image to my articles, some don’t need them. In those cases, I wanted to use the default category image.
As of today, articles without images will display the category’s instead. This now works in most sections including the top news, article and RSS feed. It’s a rather simple fix that reduces article creation and provides a consistent look to the site.
With this in place, I can now update the article view to look like the top news. That is a change for a future date. For now, I’ve added it to my backlog.