Next Update Discussion (2.18.0.2)

[Alex-Toucan]

2.18.0.2

RELEASE DATE: 5/15/2024

GitHub PR

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Done

Added

• You guessed it! Added more resources to CodingHome!
• Added a credit for Deltasoft AI on the index page.

Changed

• Overhauled the Licenses pages to include accordions.
• Alerts are now loaded behind a new script (alert.js). Making alerts dismissible for longer periods of time. #200
• Updated Deltasoft AI's logo.
• Changed the footer link's colors to dark mode.
• Updated the Public Archive to include the new Maintenance Mode page.
• Updated the International Developer's Association link on the Index page.
• Updated Astro from v4.5.15 to v4.8.3. Update Astro from v4.5.15 to v4.8.3. #202
• Updated @astrojs/react from v3.1.1 to v3.3.4. Update Astro from v4.5.15 to v4.8.3. #202
• Overhauled our Security Policy on our GitHub Repo.

Removed

• Removed the btn-lg size of the hero's buttons (Reverses 2.18.0.1's change 2.18.0.1 Release #195).
• Removed astro-compress as a package (+ plus its npm requirement).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the Discord Invite link in the Ethical Hacking Society.

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Resources

GitHub VSCode - Better
Architectural Patterns
Create a simple table in Figma
Learn System Design

Some useful GitHub Repos

System Design Primer
Project-based learning
The book of secret knowledge
The Secret Sience of Perfect Spacing
Part1
Part2

https://uops.info/table.html

Astonishing GNOME customization

Glassmorphism
Everforest
Fluent
Orchis GTK
Evergreen

Next Up:

Absolutely amazing forum article about Apache, MariaDB and PHP (LAMP) installation for Arch-based distros

[HowTo] Install Apache, MariaDB (MySQL), PHP (LAMP)

PS: You'll have to add a phpmyadmin DB and import /usr/share/webapps/phpmyadmin/sql/create_tables.sql there - on Linux.
And also modify / add some lines in your .../phpmyadmin/config.inc.php to tell phpmyadmin to use this DB for it's configuration storage:

Under the phpMyAdmin configuration storage settings-section

Un-comment all tables matching the pattern below - but check in your DB, if they were created by the create_table.sql.

// REQUIRED User - uncomment as well!!!
// Replace 'pma' and 'pmapass' with the username & password of a MySQL user that has the appropriate privileges on the phpmyadmin database.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'pma';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = 'pmapass';

// Pattern
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tableName'] = 'tableName';

Optional : Create the user

CREATE USER 'pma'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pmapass';
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON phpmyadmin.* TO 'pma'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Problems or using Windows?
=> Refer to the docs http://yourServerNameOrIPAddr/phpmyadmin/doc/html/setup.html#phpmyadmin-configuration-storage

Learn PHP the right way - YouTube Playlist

[Alex-Toucan]

UPDATE: This version might become 2.18.0.2. The release PR is now at #198.

I would like to really move onto a bigger design but I'm still looking for ideas. I'm still trying to avoid Tailwind as it's my #1 enemy.

[Alex-Toucan]

4/15/24: We've updated the Licenses pages to no longer be embedded content, but instead accordions! Check it out now at https://beta.atproducts.xyz/licenses/!

[Alex-Toucan]

BETA TESTERS!

Published 4/19/2024

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Maintenance Mode Redesigned!

This will not be as it's own bullet point but could be mentioned as part of a small change in #198; as it is not going on the main branch but a different branch.

https://other.atproducts.xyz/maintenance/

Overview

We have finally overhauled the Maintenance Mode webpage that serves as a page redirected from any main branch page/file during website maintenance. The beta branch will always stay online; an additional branch called patch will also be online during the maintenance period for actual maintenance.

Scheduled Testing

Testing is scheduled for 4/19/24 @ 7:00 PM (19:00) CST and will end on 4/19/24 @ 7:30 PM (19:30) CST. You can view times for the beginning time and the ending time, in your time zone. No actual maintenance will occur; it is only for testing.

Design Overview

This new webpage includes a newly refreshed Bootstrap 5 design compared to the old Bootstrap 3 design, taking advantage of background colors and horizontal rules, and now takes color modes from the production site! A new wrench icon appears alongside the shortened AT Products logo! This new webpage still contains time zone links to refer to the start and end time of Maintenance Mode (which is also visible on the webpage).

Reference to the old design: https://backup.atproducts.xyz/maintenance

[Alex-Toucan]

4/23: Bootstrap v5.3.4 is possibly coming soon, most issues and PRs are no longer drafts and are ready to merge. Highlights include fixing modal headers (#39798), and dropping unused classes (#39815). That's really it for our site.

Source: GitHub Projects

[Alex-Toucan]

4/25: The Ethical Hacking Society had the CodingHome's Discord server invite link instead of their own. Whoops!

Also, Astro got updated to v4.7.0.

[Alex-Toucan]

4/26: Current release date that is drafted is now May 15th, per usual, on a Wednesday at 7 PM.

[Alex-Toucan]

5/10: A couple of updates to 2.18.0.2 were pushed a few days ago. #199 #200 describes a new script that serves alerts via /static/alert.js. The #200 PR was released on May 7th, 2024.