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[deploy] Home Page Feed redesign + top comments (#7579)
* feed cards

* frontend

* preactify

* preactify

* .

* fix

* fixing things and adding dropdown

* whoops.

* whoops 2.

* revert body bg color change

* search snippet

* search snippet

* get rid of featured article

* get rid of featured article...

* cover to its own component

* videos

* videos

* reading time

* small-save-filled asset

* author adjustments

* adjustments

* Author --> Meta

* whoops.

* loader

* logged out state

* .

* dropping what's not needed for now

* better name for cover

* get rid of nav overflow

* bringin comments placeholder back

* bringing comments placeholder back

* publish date

* fix

* date

* .

* save button icon

* ghost button

* lets skip the icon for saving for now

* more buttons

* counting logic

* Display top comments on homepage feed

* Comment list and item components

* Remove 'Top Comments' title

* Remove subscribe button, add reading time

* Update snapshots and tests

* Fix article and follower scrolling

* Added reading time

* (Try) to do flare tags

* Button component from Pawel

* More button styles from Pawel

* Comment count style from Pawel

* Handle empty parens for age on older articles

* Dont show 'more comment' button for more than 2 comments

* cover ratio

* flare tag

* cover fix

* fix buttons

* more button fixes

* tags fix

* responsiveness fix

* reading time  + a bit of responsiveness

* Reading time in more places

* snapshots

* default color for flare tag

* Update CommentsList test snapshot with new styles

* fixing search results

* fixing buttons

* Fix podcast card tests by updating snapshots

* Line clamping for top comments

* Reflect save button state after click before mouseout

* Now the entire feed card is clickable. (#7638)

* Now pointer cursor is only on feed posts. (#7727)

* Revert podcast card styling

* Update test snapshot

* merge

* Fix rspec on feed page

* Reduce complexity of class check for feed card clicking

* PR feedback/fixes

* Fix featured article test and snapshot

* Last minute test tweaks

* clean up crayons

* padding issue + empty div

* Correct merge error

* Fix search results tests

* Test fixes and snapshot updates

* themes

* podcasts colors

Co-authored-by: ludwiczakpawel <ludwiczakpawel@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Nick Taylor <nick@iamdeveloper.com>
2020-05-12 07:57:57 -05:00

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Self Hosting DEV

Hosting your own DEV instance

We envision that the DEV codebase will eventually be generalized to the point where it can be used to power other communities and ecosystems. We're excited for the project to mature to that point, but we're not quite there yet.

This page is designed to serve as an FAQ and a checklist of considerations that are relevant to the goal of eventually hosting your own version of our community platform.

Current limitations

  • We do not currently have a versioning system that will allow us to share fixes and improvements with modified versions of the code.

License restrictions

  • Certain aspects of the app are currently hardcoded. For instance: logos, certain elements of content, etc. If you were to host the current version of the app, you would be inadvertently impersonating the core dev.to project.
  • DEV has commercial licenses for certain design components as described in our Design License Info section. These licenses are specific to the dev.to project, and may not extend to self-hosted versions.

I want to stand up my own entity using the DEV codebase, how can I help?

  • You can help us to generalize the code by removing DEV-specific language and images and replacing them with environment variables or database tables as appropriate
  • You can commit to staying in very close coordination with us as we navigate the process together.

The long-term benefits of doing this the right way far outweigh the short-term gains of spinning something up without consulting us. If you are interested in getting started with this process, let us know in this thread.