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Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 6:37 pm
by Andrew Lee
Two updates made to the TPFC website:

1) As discussed in this topic, I have added some code to deal with animated screenshots. Instead of having a checkbox to indicated animated screenshots, I am checking the image file directly. If it is an animated GIF, a "play" symbol is prepended to the screenshot text, and the link title is set to "Screenshot (Animated)". Check this entry to see an example.

2) A "Recent Updates" box has been added to the right-most column of the TPFC website that displays the most recent version updates.

Re: Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 7:42 pm
by I am Baas
Andrew Lee wrote: As discussed in this topic, I have added some code to deal with animated screenshots. Instead of having a checkbox to indicated animated screenshots, I am checking the image file directly. If it is an animated GIF, a "play" symbol is prepended to the screenshot text, and the link title is set to "Screenshot (Animated)". Check this entry to see an example.
Cool. Thank you, Andrew.
Andrew Lee wrote:A "Recent Updates" box has been added to the right-most column of the TPFC website that displays the most recent version updates.
Does the "frequency of updates rule" apply to this list?

Re: Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 9:10 pm
by Andrew Lee
Does the "frequency of updates rule" apply to this list?
Yes.

Re: Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 9:59 pm
by guinness
Great. What has happened to the comments? Some are missing and also seems there unrelated comments by you in some of the entries, I believe these to be testing comments.

Re: Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 10:09 pm
by abc
It's strange, some of the recent comments got obliterated or reset to a certain date?

ResophNotes for example had comments and now they're all gone :?

Re: Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 10:12 pm
by abc
On the subject I think the sidebar could be slighter wider so that the text (e.g. Drive Manager V4.18 ➟ V4.19) shows in on a single line instead of 2 lines.

Re: Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 10:16 pm
by joby_toss
There are also some database entries missing. The latest? Maybe this is an older backup?

For example, Clam Sentinel is no more: http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2289

Re: Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 11:24 pm
by I am Baas
Blame it all on user Loner :lol:

Re: Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 2:33 am
by Checker
joby_toss wrote:There are also some database entries missing. The latest? Maybe this is an older backup?
Seems so. I'm missing all my yesterdays updates (for example: Q-Dir V5.06). If you go to the "Private"-Section ( [#] ), you will find a lot of apps with voting points "0" now :shock:

Re: Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:30 am
by Andrew Lee
Apologies everyone :oops:

There is a test region and a production region. Somehow during the cutover, the production region was mispointed to the test region database and started using the wrong data. Everything is back to normal now. I will be making some procedural changes to make sure this absolutely does not happen again.

Once again, my sincere apologies to all the confusion.

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One entry (Free QR Creator) was updated during this period, which I have imported into the production database.

There were also a couple of new comments added, which I have imported into the production database (after some tidying up).

Re: Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:53 am
by Andrew Lee
On the subject I think the sidebar could be slighter wider so that the text (e.g. Drive Manager V4.18 ➟ V4.19) shows in on a single line instead of 2 lines.
I tried that, but it was quite ugly. Length of application titles vary, and making the lines non-breaking leave a lot of white space and make the sidebar really wide.

Re: Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 7:57 am
by the_watcher
how about displaying the version part in the second line? e.g.
Drive Manager
(V4.18 ➟ V4.19)

The updates are great, Andrew. Thanks! 8)

Re: Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 11:14 am
by Checker
Thanks Image
... for giving my idea a chance :!:
Andrew Lee wrote:
Does the "frequency of updates rule" apply to this list?
Yes.
My idea was to bring updates to users attention which are "victims" (like e.g. Q-Dir - presently at page 9) of the update-rule. So please think of to skip the rule at this side bar.

Re: Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 3:19 pm
by webfork
Andrew Lee wrote:As discussed in this topic, I have added some code to deal with animated screenshots. Instead of having a checkbox to indicated animated screenshots
Very cool, thanks.

Re: Minor updates to TPFC

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:27 pm
by Andrew Lee
My idea was to bring updates to users attention which are "victims" (like e.g. Q-Dir - presently at page 9) of the update-rule. So please think of to skip the rule at this side bar.
But how to indicate the update if there are no version changes? Just a [AppName] - Updated by [UserName]? What do the rest of you think?
how about displaying the version part in the second line? e.g.
Drive Manager
(V4.18 ➟ V4.19)
Just tried that. Check it out at the home page.