These last few releases were tiny, itty-bitty things, truly. But this one? We’ve got a few new features in store. Buckle in, we’ll go over it

Source code: https://gitlab.com/guncad-index/index
Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#guncad-index:matrix.org
Donate on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theshittinator

Lemmy Integration

A detail view, showcasing Lemmy posts below a release

The first, biggest thing I’m happy to show off is that we now show discussions below each release. This is a huge thing that was facilitated by our move to Lemmy – I can now search via a proper API and display the results right there under the listing. Effectively, this is a search result for the name of the release along with any links to it on Odysee, LBRY, or the GunCAD Index. Link to things as you’re talking about them and people will find your post and chime in!

Clicking a post will take you to lemmyverse.link, which is a service that allows you to set your home instance. That way you can make all links go to the one you have an account on.

The M1337, with one discussion listed

Additionally, there’s a new 4th stat under each card in the search results showcasing how many discussions (posts, comments, etc.) we know about, so you can tell at a glance what’s topical (or what has a name like “glock magazine”).

(Note: After I deploy the code, this’ll take a sec to populate search results. Give it an hour or two)

Markdown in Descriptions

A legacy post from Metalhead Twink with Markdown formatting

We now mark up Odysee descriptions with Markdown (the Reddit/Lemmy/GitHub formatter), allowing for rich presentation. Use this to embed headings, lists, links, tables, and more.

Consider using this feature to add important information to your description, like warnings, proper changelogs, emphasis, accreditation, a BOM, whatever. Hell, if you write your README in Markdown, you can just copy-paste it into the description field and get it listed on the Index with little effort.

Miscellanea

Here are some of the other things in this update:

  • SASS and CSS now have more consistencies between each other, allowing for easier theming (you’ll see come tomorrow)
  • Some of the background jobs are a bit lighter on CPU
  • Documentation’s had some polish and pruning
  • The share buttons have been removed in favor of this direct Lemmy integration

Full changelog is available on GitLab: https://gitlab.com/guncad-index/index/-/releases/1.2.0