Swell Tales Deployment (Patreon)

Just released a new version to the test site! The general changes are listed below:

Docx uploading! This one was huge!! Now we can accept pdf, AND docx files and they'll be converted to pdf when stored. Very excited about that.

Dashboard customization: You can now customize what shows on the dashboard! This includes whether or not to show the general popular stories and recent uploads, as well as picking up to 3 expansion categories to show their most recent uploads, as well as any recent uploads by authors you're following. It's very dynamic.

Admin features: This was most of this month's work. It adds functionality for admins to manage users and manage reported comments and stories. This includes things like being able to make other users admins, banning or unbanning, gifting premium access, setting a site-wide alert banner, sending notifications to specific users, and approving or denying various reports. 99% of users will never see any of this UI. I imagine I will be the only one who does for a while, but I could see myself bringing on a few more admins if things get busy.

Reporting: You can now report comments for policy violations and harassment.

Karma: I've added a karma system called 'cup size' to user accounts. This is a background metric that increases as you use the site. The more you contribute, the higher it goes. Really the only way it can go down is if something of yours gets reported and an admin accepts it as valid. Right now this has no graphical component, but I could see us tying an image to it to show a real size.

Hardware: The server box has been pushed out to the end of May, unfortunately. But it is still on the way.