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Add Read/Unread Dot to Story Reviews

REP ๐Ÿšซ

I've read so many stories, I have difficulty recalling their titles.

On the Author Pages, you added a Green dot to signify the story has not been read by a reader. Could you add this feature to the stories listed on the Review Page?

Lazeez Jiddan (Webmaster)
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@REP

I'll look into it.

ETA: Done.

Replies:   REP  awnlee jawking
REP ๐Ÿšซ

@Lazeez Jiddan (Webmaster)

Thanks

awnlee jawking ๐Ÿšซ

@Lazeez Jiddan (Webmaster)

ETA: Done.

The result doesn't look very nice - all the rows now occupy far more vertical space than they used to.

And there's a bug. Near the bottom of page 1 are two consecutive reviews of '180 Days in Montauk'. Only the first review has the green dot.

AJ

Lazeez Jiddan (Webmaster)

@awnlee jawking

The result doesn't look very nice - all the rows now occupy far more vertical space than they used to.

I'm aware. Those dots serve the same purpose when the user is on mobile, so their size is predefined to be big enough for a finger. I'll see if I can shrink them for desktops.

And there's a bug. Near the bottom of page 1 are two consecutive reviews of '180 Days in Montauk'. Only the first review has the green dot.

It's not a bug, the reviews are all shown instead of grouped when there are more than one review per story. When you switch to the 'per author' or per story view you see them.

It just wasn't as noticeable before this change.

I'll refine the changes.

PlaysWithWires ๐Ÿšซ

@Lazeez Jiddan (Webmaster)

Um...
On the second page, a bit over half way down, 'Dark Days - Darkest Before the Dawn' and 'City Limits' don't have them.
Different Authors, different Reviewers.

Re. line height, it looks to me like it's the height of the flag icon that's causing the spread.

awnlee jawking ๐Ÿšซ

@PlaysWithWires

On the second page, a bit over half way down, 'Dark Days - Darkest Before the Dawn' and 'City Limits' don't have them.
Different Authors, different Reviewers.

Both stories have reviews higher up the page with a green dot facility.

AJ

Replies:   PlaysWithWires
PlaysWithWires ๐Ÿšซ

@awnlee jawking

Good call - I didn't notice that.

Lazeez Jiddan (Webmaster)

@PlaysWithWires

On the second page, a bit over half way down, 'Dark Days - Darkest Before the Dawn' and 'City Limits' don't have them.
Different Authors, different Reviewers.

I adjusted the display to keep the different reviews for the same story together in by author display, now only the first instance will have the dot.

Re. line height, it looks to me like it's the height of the flag icon that's causing the spread.

I changed the stylesheet to narrow the distance on desktops. You'll need to hold down the shift key on your keyboard and click 'reload' a couple of time in order to force your browser to fetch the updated stylesheet.

Replies:   PlaysWithWires
PlaysWithWires ๐Ÿšซ

@Lazeez Jiddan (Webmaster)

Does the job nicely, I think.

Replies:   awnlee jawking
awnlee jawking ๐Ÿšซ

@PlaysWithWires

Hypothetically speaking, I wonder what would happen if someone tried to toggle a green dot that wasn't there.

Say a reader has a page of reviews on their screen. In the meantime, one of the stories on that page has a new review. The reader just happens to try to toggle the green dot of the previous review of that story, but logically it no longer exists because the later review has superseded it.

AJ

PlaysWithWires ๐Ÿšซ
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@awnlee jawking

Well, it's a web page, which is written in HyperTextMarkupLanguage. So, Hyper space is a possibility, which draws in the concept of wormholes and black holes, so there is a high probability of time dilation.

So it's likely possible to hit the dot some time before it existed, or after it ceased to exist.

For some sideways reason (The Queen film has just been released) that's made me think of their song "39". Which is quite sorrowful.

Replies:   awnlee jawking
awnlee jawking ๐Ÿšซ

@PlaysWithWires

Or you could become a Time Remnant, with an implacable desire to run very fast and murder Iris West. (The latter's worth doing anyone - she must be a strong candidate for the most superficial superhero WAG characterisation).

AJ

REP ๐Ÿšซ
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@awnlee jawking

Hypothetically speaking, I wonder what would happen if someone tried to toggle a green dot that wasn't there.

Probably the same thing as when you click on other parts of the page that don't have buttons.

ETA: If you mean the dot was there but gray, it will turn green.

Lazeez Jiddan (Webmaster)

@awnlee jawking

Dots work on story ID, not review ids. So it would still work if the story is still in the database.

Replies:   awnlee jawking
awnlee jawking ๐Ÿšซ

@Lazeez Jiddan (Webmaster)

Thank you. Good work.

AJ

awnlee jawking ๐Ÿšซ

@Lazeez Jiddan (Webmaster)

I'll refine the changes.

Thank you.

AJ

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