No Happy Nonsense

nohappynonsense.net

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taking a break for a little
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i see we're doing secret uploads of awesome blog posts now
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qsky's avatar qsky 3 days ago

Well I don't want to make a scene...

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alright, no more redesigns this year: https://nohappynonsense.net/
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barndoors's avatar barndoors 1 week ago

crispy cleaaan. can the links on /posts/ and /about be <- Back for bingeability?

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 1 week ago

sorry, i'm not following your question

barndoors's avatar barndoors 1 week ago

my b, you have More Info -> on all the pages up top. im small brain and would love a <- Back link instead that goes to the big wall of stories

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 1 week ago

ah gotchya. there's a go back button at the bottom of every post

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zerock's avatar zerock 1 week ago

can I be the one to point out that every browser comes with a back button?

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 1 week ago

i like to give my readers options

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emilynhoward's avatar emilynhoward 1 week ago

I am skeptical that you will make it to January 1st, 2027 without redesigning this website.

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skep's avatar skep 1 week ago

@zock Browser back button won't work if you access a URL directly, use alternative browsers or accessibility technologies, splatter jelly donut on the corner of your screen...

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 6 days ago

@emily and @skep have just swapped positions in the No Happy Friends Scoreboard™ for their betrayal of my willpower and defense of my design decisions, respectively

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skep's avatar skep 6 days ago

I defend you but I'm placed lower now???

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 6 days ago

oh skep...you thought you were higher up before...uhh...this is awkward...

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makin' websites is fuck
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zerock's avatar zerock 1 week ago

this guy fucks

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tawalinjamute's avatar tawalinjamute 1 week ago

just use txt files, it's the only way

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is it better to have every single post on the index page with no navigation links, or the index page just be links to each separate post? I'm butting up against different angles of "ruthless minimalism" and im unsure which way is best, tbh
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zerock's avatar zerock 1 week ago

It's nice to be able to read them on the home page, but it's also nice to be able to send links to specific posts. There would ideally be pages for each post even if the full text is included on the home page.

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barndoors's avatar barndoors 1 week ago

I like the revamp so bingeable! I like zerocks idea w links tho maybe anchor tags or whatever they’re called

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 1 week ago

i have the anchors built in currently, but not permalink versions. i think if i built out a perma of each post i'd probably just go with links on the front page again, albeit with this much simpler and compact aesthetic compared to the previous version of the site. tbd. need time to consider

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readingproject's avatar readingproject 1 week ago

I'm personally into overly complex and unmanageable, but you do you!

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pixelglade's avatar pixelglade 1 week ago

I prefer a small number of links on the homepage, then a sitemap on a separate page with links to everything, and keeping posts on another page.

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pixelglade's avatar pixelglade 1 week ago

sitemap or blog archive or both, depending on what you're going for and how you want things organised

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 1 week ago

as always, none of you are any help and im deleting my site

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colexdev's avatar colexdev 1 week ago

What you have now is very neat, but it limits the ability to easily look over titles and for someone to choose something to read.

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 1 week ago

hmmm...so it's working as intended...

ghostscape's avatar ghostscape 1 week ago

this isn't at all what you asked but i personally would love to be able to look through all the "tags" you've used. i want to read everything tagged "blueberry"

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ghostscape's avatar ghostscape 1 week ago

current index sitch (full text of every post with no links) is simultaneously great and also the worst. i respect and fear it.

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 1 week ago

the joke of half the tags is that there's no other post with that tag. i hand-code everything, i actually implemented working tags previously but it's just a pain to update. the old system would be like update 6 or 7 pages as well as creating the actual content. in theory, current index means i just write the content and then i'm done. but i understand there is literally zero audience quality of life with this design

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ghostscape's avatar ghostscape 1 week ago

oh yeah i figured there's a lot of unique tags. i'd be happy with just a list of the tags you've used so far, no links to any of the pieces using them. I've also thought about a hand-coded working tag system but the closest I've got is my archive thingie: a proper tag system sounds like a faff

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noahie's avatar noahie 1 week ago

maybe have a table of contents at the beginning and use permalinks to help people jump between the anchors and the table of contents. that way, the whole thing would be on a single page.

i have updated my webpage: https://nohappynonsense.net/
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zerock's avatar zerock 1 week ago

thank you. i really hate the new footer picture.

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 1 week ago

it is real life accurate, finally!

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oh man i am making the dumbest update ever
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qsky's avatar qsky 1 week ago

If it's not broken, try breaking it and see what happens. That's my motto.

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PICKED OVER
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skep's avatar skep 2 weeks ago

pickle lover

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 2 weeks ago

@skep imagining the lyric as "pickle lover" just made my day, thank you. please write a top 10 pickles post.

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skep's avatar skep 2 weeks ago

I can't, there are only 8 good pickles

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nohappynonsense's avatar nohappynonsense 2 weeks ago

what i would do for a good ninth pickle

"that's a nice website you got there. it'd be a shame if you...spent three months reformatting it"
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