Build 129: "Cerberus" (Breaking Update, Read Carefully)

Warning: Cerberus is a complex update. Your old, locally-cached LegendKeeper client might break. If you have issues, navigate to https://app.legendkeeper.com/logout. All else fails, clear your browser cache. 

LegendKeeper's largest update to date is done! (Once we squash any bugs :p) I’m super proud of the features in this one. This was a huge, complex update, but everything gets easier from here. Thank you so much for you patience and support!

Overview:

• LegendKeeper clients now refresh most data in near-realtime.
• Granular permission settings for articles across your project. A great way to hide parts of your project and build a world full of secrets.
• UI upgrades for many dialogs, menus, and the pin editor.
• Re-vamped client upgrade process, so no more “restart your browser” nonsense.

What’s next after Cerberus?

• Pin Permissions (Show/Hide)
• Tag permissions (Show/HIde)
• Block permissions within document (Show/Hide DM-only text, etc)
• Activity log
• Better mass-management of permissions
• User groups

Build Notes

Realtime updates for certain parts of the app

• Updates to articles titles, tags, content should occur in real-time.
• Updates to pin location should occur in realtime.
• Updates to world global permission settings should occur in real-time.
• Addition and deletion of articles should occur in realtime.
• *** WARNING: THE EDITOR ITSELF IS NOT REAL-TIME YET ***

Sharing and Permissions

• Beta invite cap raised to 10.
• New role: Member.
  • Permission options for new Role: Member.
  • Members can create articles
  • Members can upload maps
  • Members can delete maps
  • Members can upload images
  • Members can delete images
  • Members can create generators
  • Members can edit generators
  • Members can delete generators
  • For user holding Owner role, Settings > “Users and Roles” now allows assignment to “Admin” role, or “Member” role.
  • Admins can access all articles and assets; cannot change world name, delete the world, or invite others to the world (for now).
  • Members are subject to permission rules.
  • Due to issues with Story page implementation, Member access to Stories is completely disabled. This will be fixed soon.
• Article Permissions
  • There are now 5 access settings available for Member Role->Article pair.
  • Full Access: Can view, edit content, and access sharing settings for article.
  • Can Edit: Can view and edit content.
  • Can Read: Can view.
  • No Access (Special Property): Cannot view in atlas, wiki, search, @-mentions, or Mentioned-In; blocks all access to sub-articles regardless of sub-article settings.
  • Inherit (Special Property): Inherits access setting from immediate parent. If immediate parent is also INHERIT, continues up parent chain until no parent found. If no parent found, defaults to CAN VIEW.
  • There are now 5 override settings available for every User->Article pair. (Advanced).
  • Full Access: Can view, edit content, and access sharing settings for article.
  • Can Edit: Can view and edit content.
  • Can Read: Can view.
  • Inherit (Special Property): Inherits access setting from immediate parent. If immediate parent is also INHERIT, continues up parent chain until no parent found. If no parent found, defaults to CAN VIEW.
  • Role: Defer to role’s setting. (Default)
  • You can override a Role permission with a User permission. This is useful, for example, if you are a DM and you want each of your players to have a character page where they can put their character’s backstory. You can set the Member role globally for these pages to CAN rEAD, and then set a CAN EDIT for each user that corresponds to each character wiki entry.

Client upgrades

• Re-vamp upgrade process; no more “restart browser to update”; just hit the Update button.
• Upgraded downloadable client code; should reduce issues with Firefox and Safari.
• Don’t clean caches of old versions; this should reduce Firefox White Screen of Death, but will slowly bloat your local LegendKeeper client over time. I will figure out a solution for this; in the meantime, clearing your cache will remedy it if it gets too big for your liking.

UI upgrades

• Converted 85% of dialogs to a newer, more powerful modal library.
• New modal library should be less jumpy on Safari.
• Introduced new popover menu component for slicker interactions.
• Upgraded Pin Editor UI
• Upgraded Role Selector UI
• Upgraded Permission Selector UI
• New wiki context menu styling
• New animations for most dialogs and menus.

New items in pin context menu

Bug fixes

• Don’t show context menus if interacting user can’t take any actions on the target object.
• Fix bug that occurs in map search when multiple map pins of the same article result in duplicate search entries.
• Add slightly better 404 experience for unauthorized access to pages.
• Fix map naming bug that occurs when pre-filled name from file is very long.

Known Issues

• All of these new features are disabled for the Story Tab until I re-do the underlying implementation. Members cannot view Story Tab at all.
• The autolinker doesn't have knowledge of permissions; this will take some work. Someone can autolink an article they don't really have access to, but can't navigate to it once they do.
• Managing permissions is a little tedious as it is; expect UI to expedite the process.
• Sometimes the realtime update socket loses connection and fails to reconnect. Navigating around or refreshing should fix this.

What’s next?

• Pin Permissions (Show/Hide)
• Tag permissions (Show/HIde)
• Block permissions within document (Show/Hide DM-only text, etc)
• User groups
• Activity log
• Better multi-management of permissions