Utopian-io Submission: Ulogs Task Request Part I

Hey y'all, here's a submission for Ulogs, which I picked up some tasks for from @surpassinggoogle. The full repository is located here, and my version with the PR is here.

This submission covers tasks 1, 2, and 9 of the task request, which will be explained more below. The pull request containing these updates is number 152.

Edit: I've added 7 into this post, as I committed it into pull request 152 before it was merged. I also removed the dropdown icon noted below in task 1, as the pen icon is now just a link.

Task 1: Changing How You Select Your Editor

The first task was to change the editor selection process. In the old version, there was pen icon as on many sites, that opened a dropdown with options to go to the ulog-editor, or go to the selection page with more to choose from. Now, that pen leads straight to the selection page (I've suggested changing the pen icon to not have a dropdown arrow now, waiting on the pic), which has been updated quite a bit.

Each panel is now fully collapsed initially, with cards explaining the below options above them. Each has either a button or a dropdown to select the editor, and some more text inside of the panels, explaining the art of ulogging or what the editor is for.

Task 2: Make the #ulog Tag Required

The second task was to make the #ulog tag required for all posts using a ulog editor (e.g. ulog, ulog-diy). This may not be fully implemented according to the request, as you can still remove the tag, because I wasn't about to start messing around with the lower-level React component. However, it has been made a requirement, as you can not post using these editors without the ulog tag as the first tag.

Task 7: Add Several Active and Inactive Items to the User Dropdown Menu

I've added 6 links I believe to the user dropdown menu when logged in, with only four visible for now. Two of them show coming soon alerts, 'Custom Profile' and 'Get "Certified"', and two go to link, 'Ulog-witnesses' and 'About Ulogs' (goes to the FAQ for now). Interestingly, although the dropdown was in the expected spot, a nav menu, the links that it led to were all found in src/client/Wrapper.js. Was a pretty neat request, shows what Ulogs is working on behind the scenes.

Task 9: Make the Delegate Button Available on All Post Formats

This task was to take the delegate button that's visible on all certified uloggers' posts in feeds, and making it available when the posts are expanded. This was pretty easy to implement, although there were some z-index issues with modal content (as there was no page reload, but instead posts are displayed over the previous page), but not too hard to deal with.

I've got two more tasks to complete, and two that I'm looking at feasibility of before I take them on. I'm also thinking about starting to ulog, as I like the concept as compared to me just posting in #blog. Cheers!

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