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Calendar fixes
Sun Aug 04 2024

So I've modified how the data is returned for the calendar to hopefully ensure that the 'off by 1 day' error is now fixed. It looks like it is to me. Since nobody had reported it previously I can only assume no-one in the US noticed lol.

I've also implemented a couple of the Issues from the Issues screen. The first being that sometimes the tooltips weren't showing up on the calendar. This has been reworked and as a result there's less traffic to the server because your browser already knows what the entry titles are and now asks itself rather than calling back to the server.

Clicking empty spaces in the calendar will go the create entry screen if you're on your diary. But it was also going to the create entry screen if you were on someone else's diary and then telling you that you couldn't create an entry cos it's not on your diary!

I've also implemented a tweak to the title if you post a private entry. The calendar, the entry list and the view entry screen will now prefix private entries with a private tag so you can easily see which ones are private.

I shall have a look at your raised Issues shortly MissTick 😀

5 Comments
  • From:
    D'vorahDavida
    On:
    Sun Aug 04 2024
    Just wondering how complex it is to be able to hover over the diarist's name in comments on our entries and have that take us to their diary to reply. :-)
    • From:
      DearDiary1
      On:
      Tue Aug 06 2024
      You shouldn't need to now :)
  • From:
    DearDiary1
    On:
    Sun Aug 04 2024
    Proper replies for comments is being worked on right now, with notifications for comments received so that you won't need to go to their diary to reply :) Should be ready for deployment in a couple of days hopefully :)
  • From:
    MissTick
    On:
    Wed Aug 07 2024
    Decided to leave this comment here, as it is Calendar-related entry, so makes more sense. with ref to #10 in Bugs&Enchancements: To be honest, I was unable to see what exactly you're referring to - when I scroll down mine, it works almost instant, at least, faster than my eye can spot. I think, the speed doesn't matters too much, as visitors most likely would only want to scroll to the older entries after they read the current one and want to read more of it. By that time the list must be loaded, surely? or does it load "on click" only? The only other reason for having fast load is when the author need to find some reference quickly. But what are the chances of that? I'd say, it doesn't matters and most likely won't be noticed by many (unless they are - you ;-) )
    • From:
      DearDiary1
      On:
      Wed Aug 07 2024
      Thanks for your thoughts MissTick, and in general I agree with what you've said. It's only really noticeable on diaries with a large amount of entries, and even then the entry you're wanting to read comes up almost instantly. But, it very much depends on the power of the machine you're using to read, and how many entries are present. It's not a factor too much yet but may become so as the site gets bigger and has more load on it... But it's presently a low priority :)