Things I'll (Probably) Add to FCIW v3 by cj_beans

- Verification (NOT paid) - Display Names - Banner Images - Profile Bio & Status - Brand New Layout - REST API - Image Attachments on Posts - Post Replies - More Stuff I Forgot to Include

Cached Post Inputs by cj_beans

Whatever post title or body you put into the post page will now be saved if the window's closed. Try it out now!

Login With Email by cj_beans

You can now login to the site with not just your username, but your email. Try it out now!

Animated Profile Picture Support by cj_beans

Support for animated profile pictures has been added. Try it out now!

New by cj_beans

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Merry Christmas (and Happy Holidays) by cj_beans

Tis the season to eat food

Tired by cj_beans

I'm eepy

Purgatory by cj_beans

I'm currently sitting in developmental purgatory with FCIW, as I've incorporated a lot of the features that I wanted to add, but I'm stuck mentally on what to add next. If you have any ideas that you feel like sharing, please don't feel hesitant to p...

Brasil by cj_beans

Currently visiting family in Brasil, so far so good. Really enjoying seeing all the landscapes again.

Dumb Ideas by cj_beans

I wonder if I could get an older version of XCode, and make an FCIW app for super old iOS versions. It'd be a neat thing to use on something like my iPhone 2G or iPhone 3GS.

Image Caching Improvements by cj_beans

I've made it so the URLs that images are fetched from have the timestamp from when they were last modified, which allows for the image to stay cached until it's updated. This prevents profile pictures not changing in situations when they should.

Thinking About The Future by cj_beans

Sometimes, I wonder about the sustainability of projects that I create like this one. I wonder if I'll still be paying for this domain five years later, or if the hosting will still be up. I hope it is, because this genuinely acts like an archive of ...

Profile Image Improvements by cj_beans

If it's not evident from the current patch notes, a lot has been changed concerning profile images. A lot of general improvements have been made, including a higher max resolution of 1024x1024 pixels, images no longer being saved and thus compressed ...

I Forgot to Announce This by cj_beans

So, there's this cool thing at the bottom of profiles now where you can actually navigate through pages of users profiles, so it doesn't load every single one of a user's posts at the same time. Basically, pagination.

Patching Up Some More Stuff by cj_beans

I'm noticing a lot of rough edges on certain parts of the backend and frontend, so I'll try and start fixing those up too.

Cleaning Up by cj_beans

I've noticed that some pages, internally, are pretty messy and actually don't close correctly, so I'm gonna fix that up.

Since not that many people seem to know... by cj_beans

...you can use the site on mobile.

Mind Our Dust by cj_beans

Some posts may contain random question marks. I'm still cleaning up some messed up UTF-8 stuff, so don't mind that.

Experimentation With Character Encoding in Posts by cj_beans

If you notice some garbled text, pay no mind.

Feed Update by cj_beans

So, I've went ahead and gone through with the page, and I'd say it looks pretty good. Thoughts?

Change of Followed Users Posts in Feed by cj_beans

So, I'm planning on making it so that it sorts your followed users by who last posted, newest at the top. This would allow for more consistency when scrolling through your content, and also make it easier to find recent posts from people you follow.

Figuring out Unicode Stuff by cj_beans

Attempting to fix issues with special characters and accenting on post boxes. I managed to somehow fix the preview post box, but not the actual full post box.

Newest Post Feed by cj_beans

Currently, I'm experimenting with a feed of the 10 latest posts. Thoughts?

Working Close Button on Home Page Welcome by cj_beans

Finally made the close button work, and it's powered by cookies. Neat stuff.

Placeholder Page for Uploading a Profile Picture by cj_beans

Because of the migration of image locations on FCIW, I'm now able to provide a way to upload your profile picture on the new site. Right now, the page for uploading is very primitive and not at all user friendly, but it's there if you want to use it....

Coding is Dumb by cj_beans

I just spent 15 minutes testing out the upload profile picture script, wondering why it was working, just to realize that a singular check wasn't being validated that didn't exist anymore. I hate my past self.

Profile Bio/About Me Idea by cj_beans

I may add a feature to profiles that adds a small about me type of box on people's profiles, one that's featured right at the top always, and can be modified at any time. Please like this post if you think this is a good feature to add.

HTTP Deprecation and New Simple Site Idea by cj_beans

Recently, I have made it so that you can only connect to the new site with HTTPS. If you attempt to connect with HTTP, it will automatically forward you to an HTTPS equivalent of the resource you're visiting. Also, I've been thinking of coming up wit...

Increase in Scaling of Profile Pictures(?) by cj_beans

Recently, I've been thinking of allowing for a bigger scale profile picture to be permitted. Instead of the scale of 256 that's normally found, it could instead be 512 or 1024, then there could be dynamic serving through a PHP file that would allow f...

Image Location Migration and Profile Pictures by cj_beans

Yesterday, I migrated all of the images from fciw.net to new.fciw.net, so things will be a bit more consistent URL wise. Also, because of this change, I'll be adding profile picture uploads to the new site.

Like Survey by cj_beans

Please like this post if you think there should be a Discord for meta discussion around FCIW.

Badge Ideas by cj_beans

I'm having a bit of trouble coming up with badge ideas, so if anyone reading this has any good and meaningful badge ideas, please post about them or message me on Discord. Thanks.

Technical Troubles: Continued by cj_beans

So, I've just decided to put the cumulative 20 likes badge on hold for now. I'll eventually try and get the function I need for it working some other time.

Technical Troubles by cj_beans

I'm still trying to find a good way to create a function to get a user's total amount of likes across all of their posts. I'm gonna try one more thing, and if it doesn't work, then I'm probably just gonna scrap the cumulative version of the 20 likes ...

Sleep Deprivation: Continued by cj_beans

So, it turns out that I am still very drowsy and tired, just mentally awake. I've managed to progress on adding other stuff to the website.

Sleep Deprivation: Defeated by cj_beans

I drank coffee, so I'll continue to try and work on the site today.

Sleep Deprivation by cj_beans

I'm very tired at the moment, and am having a hard time mentally visualizing code logic. I'll try and work on this tomorrow.

Power Has Been Restored by cj_beans

It cut out last night at 8 PM, and was restored tonight at 6:25 PM. I'll be able to work on the site actively again.

20 Likes Badge Addition by cj_beans

So, I'm gonna be adding two badges to the site to award users who reach 20 likes on their post(s). The reason for there being multiple is because there's two versions of the badge: The first one is one for a cumulative total of likes on all of their ...

Web Centralization by cj_beans

The idea that the modern World Wide Web is contrived of only a few dozen centralized services is a bit scary to think about. Database leaks on big player web platforms just go to show that no one's safe when it comes to security holes, which makes me...

My Neighbor Totoro by cj_beans

I'm watching My Neighbor Totoro with my family on a laptop to pass the time, and it's made me realize how many traditional things I'd do and have fond memories of doing I've forgotten about. From my dad playing electric guitar for me, to the places I...

Power Outage by cj_beans

I'm not currently able to work on the website on my computer, as my power has been out since last night. PG&E keeps pushing the time that it'll be fixed up and up every three hours, so I have no idea when it'll be back.

Just to be clear... by cj_beans

I won't stop using the test accounts for posting. I'll probably continue to do joke posts and other tests with those, but this account here will be for more serious or normal posts.

So, it begins. by cj_beans

I'll try and start using this account for normal posts now. Maybe it'll be a more organized way of doing things.