Author Topic: Ctrl Alt Group Buy [Website Updates] [Development] (Read 17721 times)

codyeatworld · « **on:** Tue, 14 January 2014, 18:56:34 »

I will do my best to keep track of all major website changes and updates related to https://ctrlalt.io here.

The current development team consists of me (hellocodes aka codyeatworld), nuclearsandwich and joneslee85.

Feel free to leave a reply below.

Changelog
March 7, 2014
New website design
Login and signup are now pages instead of popups
PayPal Support
SSL Fix
New domain ctrlalt.io
+more...
Jan 19, 2014
Users can subscribe to newsletters New Buys, Kits, Status Updates, FAQs and Blogs.
Images are now stored on amazon s3 and served by cloudfront.
Emails are spit up by Mandrill.
Group Buys have now have a discussion tab for comments. - Disabled
Users can choose a username to enable the ability to leave comments on group buys. - Disabled
Users avatars are set by gravatar.
Users have profiles which show all comments. - Disabled
New theme.
Kits will show additional images.
Added about, how it works, developers, privacy policy and tos pages.
If a tracking number is added to your order you will receive an email.
Cart pages and order process show totals.
More...

Jan 14, 2014
Added https/SSL

katushkin · « **Reply #1 on:** Tue, 14 January 2014, 20:16:14 »

Loaded pretty quickly for me

GJ

skuko · « **Reply #2 on:** Wed, 15 January 2014, 00:57:55 »

yeah works like a charm mate.

codyeatworld · « **Reply #3 on:** Wed, 15 January 2014, 13:58:24 »

Thanks guys.
I found out the non-https links didnt work (except in chrome), and I needed an additional block in nginx, so SSL should be 100% active now, and all non-https links will be redirected.

Still working on some more updates too!

Neal · « **Reply #4 on:** Thu, 16 January 2014, 06:39:52 »

Thanks for enabling SSL!

joneslee85 · « **Reply #5 on:** Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:05:57 »

Is this written in Rails?

codyeatworld · « **Reply #6 on:** Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:30:33 »

Quote from: joneslee85 on Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:05:57

Is this written in Rails?

Yessir, rails 4.

joneslee85 · « **Reply #7 on:** Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:36:05 »

Quote from: codyeatworld on Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:30:33

Quote from: joneslee85 on Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:05:57
Is this written in Rails?

Yessir, rails 4.

From scratch or based on spree?

codyeatworld · « **Reply #8 on:** Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:55:41 »

Quote from: joneslee85 on Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:36:05

Quote from: codyeatworld on Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:30:33
Quote from: joneslee85 on Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:05:57
Is this written in Rails?

Yessir, rails 4.

From scratch or based on spree?

I built the whole thing from scratch, I have a big update that will go out today too finally!

I've used spree in the past for other projects and ended up switching to Shopify.

joneslee85 · « **Reply #9 on:** Thu, 16 January 2014, 21:07:23 »

Quote from: codyeatworld on Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:55:41

Quote from: joneslee85 on Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:36:05
Quote from: codyeatworld on Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:30:33
Quote from: joneslee85 on Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:05:57
Is this written in Rails?

Yessir, rails 4.

From scratch or based on spree?

I built the whole thing from scratch, I have a big update that will go out today too finally!

I've used spree in the past for other projects and ended up switching to Shopify.

Would you care to share the code? I would love to learn a thing or two from your implementation to improve Spree.

P/S: I am in Spree core team

codyeatworld · « **Reply #10 on:** Thu, 16 January 2014, 21:48:00 »

That is awesome! IIRC the reason i switched to shopify from spree is because my client had items with over 30+ variants and I couldn't figure out to extend the clone feature to include the items variants/prices. This was probably over a year ago so I was real noob. Spree even shared a repo with me to get me on track.

I wouldn't mind sharing the code, PM me your github account!

dustinhxc · « **Reply #11 on:** Fri, 17 January 2014, 02:21:06 »

Great job Cody!

nuclearsandwich · « **Reply #12 on:** Fri, 17 January 2014, 02:40:33 »

Great ship sir! Have a toast.

codyeatworld · « **Reply #13 on:** Sun, 19 January 2014, 18:15:06 »

Just rolled out a big update!

Quote from: nuclearsandwich on Fri, 17 January 2014, 02:40:33

Great ship sir! Have a toast.

Show Image

Quote from: dustinhxc on Fri, 17 January 2014, 02:21:06

Great job Cody! :)

:cool:

riotonthebay · « **Reply #14 on:** Sun, 19 January 2014, 18:17:21 »

Big update, indeed! Looks great. Well done.

bueller · « **Reply #15 on:** Sun, 19 January 2014, 18:21:14 »

Looks good! Once suggestion I would make is putting some nice photos of each completed set in the archives.

codyeatworld · « **Reply #16 on:** Sun, 19 January 2014, 18:31:36 »

Quote from: riotonthebay on Sun, 19 January 2014, 18:17:21

Big update, indeed! Looks great. Well done.

Thanks sir.

Quote from: bueller on Sun, 19 January 2014, 18:21:14

Looks good! Once suggestion I would make is putting some nice photos of each completed set in the archives.

Oh yeah! I think I'll do that now.

margo baggins · « **Reply #17 on:** Mon, 20 January 2014, 00:29:32 »

Looks awesome man

ShriekBob · « **Reply #18 on:** Mon, 20 January 2014, 03:34:12 »

Lookin' good sir. Lookin' good.

riotonthebay · « **Reply #19 on:** Wed, 29 January 2014, 06:45:15 »

Small bug report:

When visiting ctrlaltgroupbuy.com just now, Active Group Buys shows GEEKHACK PACK, GEEKHACK 60%, Penumbra (Solarized). If you click "Buys", RainDrop R2 shows up in addition to those. I believe this is a bug, as RainDrop R2 is active and show appear in either case.

Also, "Active Group Buys" changes to "Active group buys", which isn't really a bug, but it should be possible to use the same partial in both views

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BunnyLake · « **Reply #20 on:** Wed, 29 January 2014, 07:10:01 »

Quote from: riotonthebay on Wed, 29 January 2014, 06:45:15

Small bug report:

When visiting ctrlaltgroupbuy.com just now, Active Group Buys shows GEEKHACK PACK, GEEKHACK 60%, Penumbra (Solarized). If you click "Buys", RainDrop R2 shows up in addition to those. I believe this is a bug, as RainDrop R2 is active and show appear in either case.

Also, "Active Group Buys" changes to "Active group buys", which isn't really a bug, but it should be possible to use the same partial in both views .

thanks for the heads up, just changed it so raindrop will appear first as it has priority and will look into everything else further with cody

GeorgeK · « **Reply #21 on:** Wed, 29 January 2014, 08:04:51 »

Hey bunny - on the site it still shows my GH order as invoiced and not paid even though I paid the day I got the invoice. Is this just a bug or did my payment not process correctly?

Cheers

George

riotonthebay · « **Reply #22 on:** Wed, 29 January 2014, 08:06:44 »

Quote from: GeorgeK on Wed, 29 January 2014, 08:04:51

Hey bunny - on the site it still shows my GH order as invoiced and not paid even though I paid the day I got the invoice. Is this just a bug or did my payment not process correctly?

Cheers

George

I believe Bunny has said that he uses this status for his own bookkeeping, and that it doesn't always reflect whether you've actually paid or not.

Bunny, if that's true, maybe you should consider changing the FAQ? It currently says that your status will change to Paid within 24 hours of paying.

Edit: Or, a better solution would be to ask Cody to implement arbitrary tags on orders that only admin can see and manage

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codyeatworld · « **Reply #23 on:** Wed, 29 January 2014, 08:21:11 »

Yeah i recently updated the homepage to show the first 3 active group buys, while the active page will list them all.
The different titles a are generated by translations and I'll also make them match.

We MANUALLY chug your order along after we review it. So if you pay quickly we probably have not confirmed it yet and will shortly.
I'm currently integrating PayPal so this process will become more automated in realtime and you'll have the ability to pay anytime before the gb ends.

Oh and yeah we really need to get on the FAQ!

Thanks for the bug reports guys!

riotonthebay · « **Reply #24 on:** Wed, 29 January 2014, 08:24:42 »

Maybe a "and 1 other Group Buy…" button or something can appear on the front page if it's omitting them. I might go to the front page now and assume that the Penumbra extras are sold out, for instance, even though they're still (probably) available if I click on Buys.

BunnyLake · « **Reply #25 on:** Wed, 29 January 2014, 08:27:04 »

Quote from: GeorgeK on Wed, 29 January 2014, 08:04:51

Hey bunny - on the site it still shows my GH order as invoiced and not paid even though I paid the day I got the invoice. Is this just a bug or did my payment not process correctly?

Cheers

George

thats not a bug, thats just me, i mark them as paid once we receive the order prior to shipping

GeorgeK · « **Reply #26 on:** Wed, 29 January 2014, 09:44:08 »

Ah right - cool - cheers bud

Melvang · « **Reply #27 on:** Wed, 05 March 2014, 00:31:23 »

I am hoping this is the right place for suggestion for the site. Either way is there any chance we an get an option to stay logged in permanently? I only buy stuff online from my desktop. So it does get a tad annoying having to log back in every time I open my browser.

Photoelectric · « **Reply #28 on:** Wed, 05 March 2014, 01:25:50 »

Quote from: Melvang on Wed, 05 March 2014, 00:31:23

I am hoping this is the right place for suggestion for the site. Either way is there any chance we an get an option to stay logged in permanently? I only buy stuff online from my desktop. So it does get a tad annoying having to log back in every time I open my browser.

I think it has to do with your cookie settings and permissions on your browser. In my Chrome browser, I'm always logged in when I check that site.

Melvang · « **Reply #29 on:** Wed, 05 March 2014, 01:47:56 »

Quote from: Photoelectric on Wed, 05 March 2014, 01:25:50

Quote from: Melvang on Wed, 05 March 2014, 00:31:23
I am hoping this is the right place for suggestion for the site. Either way is there any chance we an get an option to stay logged in permanently? I only buy stuff online from my desktop. So it does get a tad annoying having to log back in every time I open my browser.

I think it has to do with your cookie settings and permissions on your browser. In my Chrome browser, I'm always logged in when I check that site.

I will have to look into that. Chrome keeps me logged into other sites.

CommonCurt · « **Reply #30 on:** Sat, 22 March 2014, 22:24:27 »

Hey guys,

I have tried to sign in to ctrlalt.io from my cellphone a couple of times, and every time it tells me wrong email and/or password.

Just thought I would let you know.

Zeal · « **Reply #31 on:** Sat, 22 March 2014, 22:46:25 »

Quote from: CommonCurt on Sat, 22 March 2014, 22:24:27

Hey guys,

I have tried to sign in to ctrlalt.io from my cellphone a couple of times, and every time it tells me wrong email and/or password.

Just thought I would let you know.

I thought I had that problem as well, but it seemed like the mobile version had a case sensitive email login ID (most phone keyboards auto capitalize the first letter.)

I just tested it now, and the login failed when I had a capital letter on the first letter of my email, but logged in successfully when all lower case.

CommonCurt · « **Reply #32 on:** Sat, 22 March 2014, 22:48:13 »

Quote from: Zeal on Sat, 22 March 2014, 22:46:25

Quote from: CommonCurt on Sat, 22 March 2014, 22:24:27
Hey guys,

I have tried to sign in to ctrlalt.io from my cellphone a couple of times, and every time it tells me wrong email and/or password.

Just thought I would let you know.

I thought I had that problem as well, but it seemed like the mobile version had a case sensitive email login ID (most phone keyboards auto capitalize the first letter.)

I just tested it now, and the login failed when I had a capital letter on the first letter of my email, but logged in successfully when all lower case.

Okay, I'll try it. Thanks.

CommonCurt · « **Reply #33 on:** Sat, 22 March 2014, 22:52:13 »

Quote from: Zeal on Sat, 22 March 2014, 22:46:25

Quote from: CommonCurt on Sat, 22 March 2014, 22:24:27
Hey guys,

I have tried to sign in to ctrlalt.io from my cellphone a couple of times, and every time it tells me wrong email and/or password.

Just thought I would let you know.

I thought I had that problem as well, but it seemed like the mobile version had a case sensitive email login ID (most phone keyboards auto capitalize the first letter.)

I just tested it now, and the login failed when I had a capital letter on the first letter of my email, but logged in successfully when all lower case.

Well I be damned. It worked. Thanks again Zeal

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codyeatworld · « **Reply #34 on:** Mon, 24 March 2014, 23:57:34 »

I will fix this soon!
It shouldn't be case sensitive.

minho · « **Reply #35 on:** Thu, 27 March 2014, 01:23:40 »

This is a minor gripe, but when I click on "help" on the website, there is no contact information ):

While I could just post on Geekhack or PM someone about any questions I have, people who don't really know much about Geekhack or don't know anything about it at all may have trouble getting assistance (unless I'm missing some part of the site that has contact information).

codyeatworld · « **Reply #36 on:** Thu, 27 March 2014, 02:02:29 »

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Quote from: minho on Thu, 27 March 2014, 01:23:40

This is a minor gripe, but when I click on "help" on the website, there is no contact information ):

While I could just post on Geekhack or PM someone about any questions I have, people who don't really know much about Geekhack or don't know anything about it at all may have trouble getting assistance (unless I'm missing some part of the site that has contact information).

Hey minho, thanks for addressing this. This page hasn't been enabled yet but I'm actually working on it right now though and plan on enabling it tonight along with the faqs.
It will feature a contact form to email us directly.

mashby · « **Reply #37 on:** Mon, 14 April 2014, 16:19:03 »

Just wanted to say that I really like the new Order History and the fact that it now shows Ship status. You guys are iterating your changes really nicely. The site just keeps getting better and better.

HendyZone · « **Reply #38 on:** Mon, 14 April 2014, 16:35:13 »

Yeah i also like the color theme on the site, clean and really matched

Very nice work cody

*maybe you can put some article/news when there aren't active GB / just the menu,image slider, and footer

)

BunnyLake · « **Reply #39 on:** Mon, 14 April 2014, 16:58:54 »

just you guys wait for what we have coming in a few days

minho · « **Reply #40 on:** Mon, 14 April 2014, 17:14:50 »

Quote from: BunnyLake on Mon, 14 April 2014, 16:58:54

just you guys wait for what we have coming in a few days

More doubleshot deliciousness?

Zeal · « **Reply #41 on:** Mon, 14 April 2014, 18:40:25 »

Quote from: BunnyLake on Mon, 14 April 2014, 16:58:54

just you guys wait for what we have coming in a few days

GMK deliciousness?

Melvang · « **Reply #42 on:** Mon, 14 April 2014, 19:03:18 »

My guess will be toxic alphas.

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #43 on:** Mon, 14 April 2014, 19:14:14 »

Quote from: Zeal on Mon, 14 April 2014, 18:40:25

Quote from: BunnyLake on Mon, 14 April 2014, 16:58:54
just you guys wait for what we have coming in a few days

GMK deliciousness?

my body is ready

rowdy · « **Reply #44 on:** Mon, 14 April 2014, 19:24:49 »

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Mon, 14 April 2014, 19:14:14

Quote from: Zeal on Mon, 14 April 2014, 18:40:25
Quote from: BunnyLake on Mon, 14 April 2014, 16:58:54
just you guys wait for what we have coming in a few days

GMK deliciousness?

my body is ready

Oh no - another excuse to spend money I don't have $:-\$

Photekq · « **Reply #45 on:** Mon, 14 April 2014, 19:26:18 »

Quote from: Zeal on Mon, 14 April 2014, 18:40:25

Quote from: BunnyLake on Mon, 14 April 2014, 16:58:54
just you guys wait for what we have coming in a few days

GMK deliciousness?

I hope so

Zeal · « **Reply #46 on:** Mon, 14 April 2014, 19:27:10 »

Quote from: Photekq on Mon, 14 April 2014, 19:26:18

Quote from: Zeal on Mon, 14 April 2014, 18:40:25
Quote from: BunnyLake on Mon, 14 April 2014, 16:58:54
just you guys wait for what we have coming in a few days

GMK deliciousness?
I hope so

I hope so too! Bunny did say Toxic would be the last SP caps!

BunnyLake · « **Reply #47 on:** Mon, 14 April 2014, 20:03:41 »

Well I was referring to something we are doing on the website, but yes gmk and bsp is next and coming soon, but that isn't what I was referring to

Zeal · « **Reply #48 on:** Mon, 14 April 2014, 20:06:36 »

Quote from: BunnyLake on Mon, 14 April 2014, 20:03:41

Well I was referring to something we are doing on the website, but yes gmk and bsp is next and coming soon, but that isn't what I was referring to

Some "Easter Egg" flash game on the site?

Melvang · « **Reply #49 on:** Mon, 14 April 2014, 20:46:05 »

Quote from: Zeal on Mon, 14 April 2014, 20:06:36

Quote from: BunnyLake on Mon, 14 April 2014, 20:03:41
Well I was referring to something we are doing on the website, but yes gmk and bsp is next and coming soon, but that isn't what I was referring to

Some "Easter Egg" flash game on the site?

Tetris clone using caps/clusters for bricks.

News:

Author Topic: Ctrl Alt Group Buy [Website Updates] [Development] (Read 17721 times)