Food for thought, that concept usually sounds nice in theory… until the only person behind the system can’t update it and can’t get to it… it kinda cripples a system
At least add a few others to help manage it,
As you said you’ve been spread thin lately, don’t burden yourself unnecessarily even more
Maybe a couple or few people from the mod team here and or discord, or people knowledgeable about how the map works behind the scenes can form a Map Admin Team or something to do standard approvals, and anything above that is DMed to Amal?
I’m down to be on the map as an enthusiast, but definitely if I can put the pin in the middle of my city, or have a regional pin or something.
Quick update. I got sick (no covid) and am having to put in extra hours at the day job so not much progress.
After talking to @amal, I added a community mode. All enthusiasts will appear on the map after signup. All installers (as well as producers and suppliers) will require approval from amal or a moderator.
Front End Todo:
Marker Clustering
Fine Tune UI (there are some glitches. Just noticed a pagination issue)
Refine Reviews (better targeted)
Shareable Links
Events
Management Portal
I’m going to be starting work on the back end so there probably won’t be another update for a bit. I hope that the next one will be a usable app for you all rather than another video.
Edit: Oh, I forgot I changed somethings here, too:
Not as much as I would like. If someone wants to get the back end sorted, that’d be cool. Being short staffed at the day job where people keep taking vacation is awesome…
I uploaded the front end (which was completely rewritten) and some junk data I generated for testing. Last thing to do for this part is the signup page. The management portion will be separate.
Ok. The site is up and live. Feel free to signup–there might be up to a 24 hr turnaround to receive your login link as I’m in the process of getting the email automation approved. Convincing folks you’re not a spammer is joyous…
Find something (not email related) that is broken or doesn’t work how you’d like–let me know. Have a better idea for something? Let me know. Think the layout needs work? Send me a sketch. Want to draft a logo or background? Sweet, shoot it my way. I am definitely not a graphic designer.
Oh, and no, I haven’t setup OIDC for VK yet. Hopefully soon. Ish.
Edit: I should mention that to appear on the map you do have to login after creating an account–there will be a link emailed to you. And then login again within 15-months of your last visit to stay visible. Keeps things current.
We’ll file “requiring approval” and “account keep-alive” under 'features no one asked for." I removed them. Everyone shows up by default as long as they have a service and contact method. Want to add installers? Go ahead. Sorry for letting my thoughts on the matter get in the way. There’s already one other person moderating–someone far more involved and established in the community than myself.
The only feature we’re missing at this point, that I’m aware of, is pricing information. I had intended to allow installers to just list their prices and then show how it compares to nearby (~100mi/160km) installers buuut without installers adding pricing that’s not gonna work. I will work on refactoring to allow pricing as a part of the review process… Unless there is a better idea.