Adding a sorting help. Fixes #532

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Dessalines 2020-03-06 14:18:40 -05:00
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commit 0708a6d665
5 changed files with 47 additions and 19 deletions

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- `#a_community` to get a list of communities.
- `:emoji` to get a list of emojis.
## Sorting
*Applies to both posts and comments*
Type | Description
--- | ---
Hot | Shows *trending* posts, based on the score, and the most recent comment time.
New | Newest posts.
Top | Shows the highest scoring posts in the given time frame.
For more detail, check the [Post and Comment Ranking details](about_ranking.md).
## Markdown Guide
Type | Or | … to Get

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@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Score = Upvotes - Downvotes
Time = time since submission (in hours)
Gravity = Decay gravity, 1.8 is default
```
- For posts, in order to bring up active posts, it uses the latest comment time (limited to a max creation age of a month ago)
- Use Max(1, score) to make sure all comments are affected by time decay.
- Add 3 to the score, so that everything that has less than 3 downvotes will seem new. Otherwise all new comments would stay at zero, near the bottom.
- The sign and abs of the score are necessary for dealing with the log of negative scores.

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import { Component, linkEvent } from 'inferno';
import { SortType } from '../interfaces';
import { sortingHelpUrl } from '../utils';
import { i18n } from '../i18next';
interface SortSelectProps {
@ -24,10 +25,11 @@ export class SortSelect extends Component<SortSelectProps, SortSelectState> {
render() {
return (
<>
<select
value={this.state.sort}
onChange={linkEvent(this, this.handleSortChange)}
class="custom-select custom-select-sm w-auto"
class="custom-select custom-select-sm w-auto mr-2"
>
<option disabled>{i18n.t('sort_type')}</option>
{!this.props.hideHot && (
@ -41,6 +43,17 @@ export class SortSelect extends Component<SortSelectProps, SortSelectState> {
<option value={SortType.TopYear}>{i18n.t('year')}</option>
<option value={SortType.TopAll}>{i18n.t('all')}</option>
</select>
<a
className="text-muted"
href={sortingHelpUrl}
target="_blank"
title={i18n.t('sorting_help')}
>
<svg class={`icon icon-inline`}>
<use xlinkHref="#icon-help-circle"></use>
</svg>
</a>
</>
);
}

4
ui/src/utils.ts vendored
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@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ import Toastify from 'toastify-js';
import tippy from 'tippy.js';
export const repoUrl = 'https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy';
export const markdownHelpUrl = '/docs/about_guide.html';
export const helpGuideUrl = '/docs/about_guide.html';
export const markdownHelpUrl = `${helpGuideUrl}#markdown-guide`;
export const sortingHelpUrl = `${helpGuideUrl}#sorting`;
export const archiveUrl = 'https://archive.is';
export const postRefetchSeconds: number = 60 * 1000;

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"upload_avatar": "Upload Avatar",
"show_avatars": "Show Avatars",
"formatting_help": "formatting help",
"sorting_help": "sorting help",
"view_source": "view source",
"unlock": "unlock",
"lock": "lock",