when absolute position used, numbers grow strictly right
but when margin used, numbers grow both left and right equally
but singlepostpage title row uses flex space inbetween
so w/ relative position used, number separated from icon
could center each pair of ellys in their respective flex boxes
and remove space inbetween
instead, removed space between which changed nothing ?
then floated icons right and floated numbers left
even when margin added to center numbers, they still grow right instead of left and right
had to manually assign content box sizing
so then as content added, grows both directions since text centered
[x] create a single component for reputation icon and score rendering
could pass in what icon to render and score
or could pass in whether rendering for user or post then decide the icon that way
then depending on if user or post could assign score icon colors differently
all 4 icon locations reside in topbar, sidebar, singlepostpage, and homepage's post comp
otherwise will needa copy + paste everytime an icon change is made to all 4 places
easy enough and worked on both post icons fine
but user icon numbers not properly centered
so only enforced strict content boxing during post related rendering
fixed topbar rendering, but sidebar icon text is too high
bc no "margin-top: -2px" needed for sidebar display
[x] increase player reputation every time one of their posts exceeds certain reputation thresholds for the first time
too volatile to increase user score alongside the scores of their posts everytime
also shouldn't decrease user score in the same way increase it
only decrease it in extreme cases
could increase by half the score of the badge reward
so would take two of each badge to achieve the equivalent user rating + badge color
could do a the same for a comment achieving that much recognition
Everytime a vote is created or updated for the better
will have to check if post's reputation previously wasnt but just exceeded a certain number
and if so, update author's user score
will stay in effect regardless of whether final voter revoked vote or not
but post would lose its badge color
to keep post from losing badge color, would have to check everytime vote cast then change post's new enumerated badge field
but if post rep score raises once again above threshold, one post reaching that threshold twice would contribute to 2 badges for user, not one
so, need each post to have a "badge" field to set mentioned below
could then check if badge field already set w/ threshold val hit so doesnt double allocate points to user
if post badge is changed, need to update author's score by half
did so but had to return a list instead of updateModel from the method
for both create + updating post also returned the author's information if their rep increased
abstracted away their password and email
verify through updating a post to 1 rep before a threshold value
then creating a positive vote of 1 for that post
output should contain updated author w/ higher rep score
[x] check everytime vote cast or updated then change post's field
could use new enumerated badge field
if exceeds a certain score and hadn't before
to keep post from losing badge color since currently assign badge color on client side at render time
would void all the work done to dynamically generate badge color at vote time
each badge field set at different scores
could potentially make a badge into a separate model
each badge would have a name and score field
could then display scoring scheme on About page
each user and post model could contain either a single badge or an array of attained badges
array seems unnecessary
not sure how to keep track of a single other obj in mongoose tho
could just contain a single object id
or score or name since they're all unique fields
first, see if can find badge matching the score the post's updated to
if so, update post's badge name to new badge name
as long as it's higher than the current post's badge score, if it has one
once the frontside is changed to render badge color based off post field
trivial reputation score w/o votes backing it won't change the post's badge color
verify through updating a post to 1 rep before a threshold value
then creating a positive vote of 1 for that post
output should contain updated post w/ badge name
$get didn't work as I thought it would
doesnt apply filter
just gets all
was easier to verify thru creating a vote, then updating it so that the one vote accounted for pretty much the entire post's reputation
will have to patch this type of vote updating later
[x] everytime player reputation increases, assign user badge based if score reaches high enough for first time
player rep only increases everytime vote created or updated
could theoretically display user icon color based on score instead since player score never goes down
but incase it goes down in future, used badge
needa test in a similar threshold manner to previously
verify thru updating user rep to right below a threshold value
then update a vote so that one of their posts achieves a badge
user should also receive a badge
can't test for particular values here since author rep may not land directly on a badge number
will have to check threshold somehow
grabbed + sorted all the badges
then inserted old + new value into sorted array
if diff insert spots, then within diff buckets/badges
only updated badge if new badge inna higher bucket
[x] implement color changes according to post and author badge field on frontend
just used badgeName as switch and chose class based off that instead of hard coded badges ranges
still bad that this is hardcoded but oh well
[x] increase user score everytime the number of votes they cast exceeds a certain number
10 reputation per 100 votes?
needa get all votes by user id
could possible countDocuments too using user id as filter
would needa check everytime new vote created
now it's possible to return the updated author user and/or the updated voter user from the creation of vote
when voter reputation exceeds badge threshold via casting enough votes
badgeName field not updated
possibly bc badgeName only updated when Above, not w/ on top of threshold value
verified thru voting more to get user over threshold val
badgeName updated properly
could remedy this by moving threshold values all down by 1 value
or only use bin method when score isn't exactly on top of a medal value
but then badgeName would be updated twice if user increases score after
tried remedying thru changing bin index function comparison from < to <=
worked great!
needa ensure users returned aren't showing their passwords or emails
[x] link vote to user via username, not id
makes so many operations and linkage easier
readability is also higher
main advantage to using user id seems to be during user deletion
just passed in username and userid during deletion then
simplified a couple functions which is nice
verified that votes deleted during manual user act deletion
notes can be created, updated, and gotten via api using username instead of userId now
validated UI voting still works
[x] verify that vote "linkedId" is valid and actually retrieves a post or comment
should be done every post creation
[x] dynamically alloc post badge color so voter can see change
change to post rep
need to see thru finding a post on the cusk of badge change and making a vote
can only do thru updating a post to cusp thru postman API
[x] dynamically update author badge color + rep score linked to post or comment
-not sure how to do this since SinglePost component isolated from sidebar
could abstract it out into the page instead of leave as separate component
not super important since doesnt happen often
decided to call a method stored in their parent comment to communicate the change
had to chain together a state var from comment section to comment
then another state var from singlepostpage to singlepost for post voting and to comment section for comment voting
verify post to post author scoring updating thru:
create act1
create a post w/ act1
create act2
create a vote of 49 from act2 on that post thru postman
worked fine
create act3
upvote post to hit 50
threw an error, but only on upvoting and not downvoting
minor bug discovered and fixed
see if any errors in console
see if sidebar reflects new author score of 25 and badge color of silver
worked perfectly
verify comment to post author scoring updating thru:
using act1 comment on authored post
create a vote of 499 from act2 on that comment thru postman
didn't updated badge color on comment
use act3 to upvote comment to hit 500
comment badge color implemented properly here
see if sidebar reflects new author score of 275 and badge color of gold
it did so perfectly
verify that non-authored comments reaching a new badge level don't affect post author reputation
worked!
[x] clean wipe posts and users so that scoring lines up with badges
requires #13 improvements for properly inserted automated data
[x] every negative badge achieved, decrease author's score by 5
with #32 implemented, much more difficult to downvote people
worked properly
implemented negative author badge changes
but no negative badge changed for linked models like comments or posts
[x] every x amt of comments, increase author's reputation
changed to every 2 times for testing
did 10 for future
should return updated author to update user context if it's for the user
but will also needa update local sidebar and topebar if final comment made on post they authored
topbar auto updated
sidebar didn't auto update
changed context API user to be passed in if retrieved sidebar user is them
so, changes to user now auto-reflected in sidebar if it's the local user there
[x] every x amt of posts, increase author's reputation
changed every 5 posts created
no chance of needing to locally update author
should i export author rep update method from votes.js?
placed in a diff js module for helper functs
had to use CommonJS module.exports to export its functs tho
prolly due to env setup diffs tween API and Client
keeps saying "File is a CommonJS module; it may be converted to an ES module."
but seems to be working okay
inconsistency tween topbar and sidebar user rep caused for some reason
[x] don't allow updating of post/user rep directly
unless admin act
did thru jwt auth
[x] don't allow values other than -1, 0, or 1 at vote score
only allow admins or while in dev env to do this
only let admins do this
also only let admins update alota other model fields
[ ] combine the code that's updating the post badge into code updating user badge
similar but alota differences once catch for negative score badge impl'd in updateAuthor()
but author badgeName not updated, only their score
[ ] only allow non-authors of post to vote on post thru serverside verification too
post linked via username but vote linked via user id
changing linkage thru username would allow individuals to find author of votes easier which is bad
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[x] Post reputation should be increasable/decreasable
[x] Only allow post rep change once per person
[x] Impl post voting capabilities on SinglePostPage
[x] allow for a vote with a score of 0
[x] only allow non-authors of post to vote on post
[x] ensure voting buttons work properly on mobile devices too since hover prolly wont occur before click
[x] change post icon bg to indicate the reasoning as to why user rep changed
[x] create a single component for reputation icon and score rendering
[x] increase player reputation every time one of their posts exceeds certain reputation thresholds for the first time
[x] check everytime vote cast or updated then change post's field
[x] everytime player reputation increases, assign user badge based if score reaches high enough for first time
[x] implement color changes according to post and author badge field on frontend
[x] increase user score everytime the number of votes they cast exceeds a certain number
[x] link vote to user via username, not id
[x] verify that vote "linkedId" is valid and actually retrieves a post or comment
[x] dynamically alloc post badge color so voter can see change
[x] dynamically update author badge color + rep score linked to post or comment -not sure how to do this since SinglePost component isolated from sidebar
[x] clean wipe posts and users so that scoring lines up with badges
[x] every negative badge achieved, decrease author's score by 5
[x] every x amt of comments, increase author's reputation
[x] every x amt of posts, increase author's reputation
[x] don't allow updating of post/user rep directly
[x] don't allow values other than -1, 0, or 1 at vote score
[ ] combine the code that's updating the post badge into code updating user badge
[ ] only allow non-authors of post to vote on post thru serverside verification too