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Your wish is our command : )
It might not be exactly what you're looking for - no clipboard pasting, but users can now cross post links to headcycles they are subscribed to.
edit: Copy to clipboard added
sorry for the inconvenience
Are you kidding? You're like a one man Q&A dept.
Any time you have a problem - post it.
So, we've checked this on a Moto, a Fire Tablet, and desktop...
I think we're good, but if not, do tell.
Fixed.
The issue was m.soundcloud.com vs the straight ahead soundcloud.com when posting.
It will now take either.
We all do it with cats...but it's certainly not the same.
Add children and then it gets really weird.
Whoops.
So, the help menu is also accessible from every page in the drop down menu.
We sort of totally forgot this was a thing (yes, we need a task master who remembers...stuff).
So it's entirely possible you opened the drop down and then hit help.
I am not meaning to suggest you need to cater for that, jus sayin!
Say it!
This was just a quick fix.
I am never, ever, going to view the site on mobile in landscape
We need to sort of figure out how we want to proceed with portrait vs landscape.
The site guide assumes there will be certain visible menus, most notably the sidebar and the top navigation.
To do this correctly we're going to have to write a bit of logic to detect what mode (portriat vs landscape) a user is currently viewing.
It's totally doable, but it also ties into a ton of other stuff we want to implement, but again, it's not a quick fix.
We're also looking into improvements for visually impaired users, although that one is going to take some time, but it will happen sooner rather than later.
Parents and their friends are an awesome test group, but a lot of patience is required.
Weird one.
Nice find (again).
What you're seeing is the site guide popup.
The only way to trigger this from the page you're viewing is to click "site guide" in the footer.
We never really thought about the site guide's spacing and mobile users, much less the fact that it blows up if you're on mobile in portrait mode.
We've added an alert for mobile users to make sure they're in landscape mode.
There is a way to detect this automatically, but for now - landscape mode (and once again Glove & Boots - Vertical Videos).
O.k. that was...amazingly weird, but the bug has been fixed.
I won't bore you with the gory details except to say that it seems mobile browsers are much less forgiving than desktop.
Sorry about that, but it's much better to know sooner rather than later.
O.h. snap!
There's a bug.
Well, I know what I'm doing for the next hour or so.
It works initially, and then for some reason its losing it's mind.
Yikes!
I'll respond when it's fixed.
Btw, you can do what you want right now : )
- Click 'Post to Headcycle'
- Enter a title
- Click 'Your Images'
- Click 'Upload Image' to upload new images
- Click the blue layout buttons to insert the images in the post (left, right, centered, etc.)
- Check the 'Show Preview' box below the text input box to preview your work
- Click 'Save Draft'
If you have saved the post as a draft you access it by clicking on your username, then clicking 'drafts' in the sub navigation next to your username.
A list of your drafts will be displayed.
When you're ready to actually publish the draft click 'edit', you'll see your draft, and then click 'Submit'.
Please Note: Once you publish a post you will be able to edit the contents, but not the title.
So, drafts are good - only you, or anyone with the link can see them (it's a long random url, so it's safe to share if you would like).
Here's a very old example of a post with images
Hope that helps!
p.s. You can do all of the above using the "Image" tab so your first image will also become the posts thumbnail.
We knew the voting limit would be an issue, we just didn't know it would happen that fast, so we've gone with our second choice - a limit on downvotes only.
Meaning, if a user has voted (up or down) in the last three minutes and then they attempt to downvote - they'll get the wait message.
Upvotes are untouched.
Basically we wanted to deter users from going on a voting rampage.
Doing it only for downvotes makes sense - downvotes should only be used for comments that don't add to the discussion or are totally off subject not because of opinion.
But, users usually mass downvote based on opinion.
As for galleries...
We also knew this would be a request and we've thought a lot about it.
It basically boils down to how much functionality it should require/be able to handle.
- Captions
- Titles with caption
- Indicators
- Autoplay
- Image sizes
So, what is your best case scenario, and what would be, for lack of a better term, acceptable?
Basically our thinking is it should allow for different sizes due to portrait and landscape, but dealing with smaller images (think 200px x 200px) might be kind of a pain...but probably not.
Titles and caption on the other hand will be (a pain) and we're not quite sure if they will add that much if there's also the title and text of the post to give the slideshow context.
Indicators...no idea. If the slide show loops it's a non issue, but some people we've asked want them, others don't care (btw, that's a funny conversation to have - "So, let me ask you a question, in online slideshows do you...").
So there you go : )
Ooof (part 2).
After working in advertising and analytics...
The power of tech at this point is absolutely insane.
The "Official" Headcycle Android app will happen.
The iOS app store is...another thing.
The big G went with "Don't be evil" which was a great line...until, it wasn't.
...it really shows how constant reminders...
Hopefully Headcycle isn't for doom scrolling or fomo or constantly refreshing and we don't end up like the end of the Book site movie.
: )
Also notifications - any plans for those in the app?
So, we implemented a semi solution to this.
Basically until it gets through the Google Play Store we can't implement real Android notifications.
For now we've implemented polling - every 5 (ish) minutes the site/app will poll the server for new messages or comments.
Again your envelope will turn orange, just like on a refresh.
Once we get the app into Google Play we can do it properly...but it's going to take a bit : )
- the headcycle team
O.k. the arrows moved just a bit off of the left of the screen and they're a tiny bit bigger.
The new theme is NightVibrant.
- the headcycle team
So first, thank you so much for testing and voicing your thoughts.
It really means a lot.
I find the up and down doot arrows are too close to the side
That's easily fixable and we'll do so asap - well, after dinner : )
Currently in the css the .votes_container is 50px wide, so we'll play around with increasing it.
We have no idea what will look better, but we've also found on Samsung S10 Plus, the one with the rounded corners, things get a little weird as well.
a dark theme for daytime...
Same as above. In the night theme we set the opacity to opacity: 0.5 just to bring down the brightness.
So, we can try a "Dusk" (we're open to ideas on the name) theme where opacity is set to 1.0.
This will make it brighter and more vibrant but probably more visible in sunlight.
As for notifications...
Ooof.
The Android app is basically a webview of headcycle.com.
Notifications that another user has responded to one of your comments or sent you a direct message have nothing to do with the Android app.
Basically like one of the sites that shall not be named (ootstsnbn), your envelope icon will turn orange - but...you can only see it if you reload.
We found that when installing the ootstsnbn's app the notifications were...not good.
They just didn't stop.
Obviously this is personal preference.
Enabling push functionality in Android would be kind of a big (engineering) deal.
To be honest we're web first (the horror!) and we finally understood that some people just like to have an app...
With web dev stuff we can react very quickly...with Android stuff, once it's out there - it's out there, and we can't change it.
So, check back in a little bit and try the new theme.
Thanks again,
- the headcycle team
Thanks for checking it out!
Ask and you shall recieve, because we aim to please.
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That's the basic idea : )
We've seen really weird fluctuations in traffic, and we've seen a ton of spam.
But overall the traffic is increasing over time, not including huge spikes.
Unfortunately we also went through this: https://headcycle.com/h/headcycle_news/comments/5072af087d2f/headcycle-update
Hope that answers your question.
