BertThePewPewGuy

If you get sick of these updates then too bad. It’s fun to document the progress. 10:20pm I just finished off the thumbs up/down voting on the app.  This was far more complicated than I thought it would be.  I’m way ahead of many of my estimates on how long certain things would take though.  I thought this feature would be coming in 2018.  It will…[Read more]

New topic, reply to topic, and reply to reply DONE. This is huge. Pic 1: app – Pic 2: result on web:

Ute Hub mobile app update: New topic, reply to topic, and reply to reply DONE. This is huge. Pic 1: app – Pic 2: result on www #GOUTES pic.twitter.com/MgwX6ZVovF

— UteHub.com – Utah Utes community – get the app! (@Ute_Hub) July 11, 2017

The current version is read only and available for one of the two major mobile platforms, not the iOS one. Search for “Ute Hub” in the store. I’m currently working on the like/dislike buttons…[Read more]

I’m learning a TON right now as far as how to connect the app and the site, and push/pull data back and forth.  A new thing I’d never done before until yesterday, was to create my own “API” for data to be read and posted from.  I started with the like voting stuff.  So as you can see in the tweet below, I’ve now got the like/dislike buttons with…[Read more]

Just got word that Apple rejected the 0.0.2 version of the Ute Hub app.  In this one added some schedules and rosters in-app, no connection to the site. Thought that might be enough to comply with their conditions but nope. I wasn’t expecting much so no big deal, other than UH members who own iOS devices are still SOL.
Next update will include…[Read more]

I’m in the geek zone right now. While sitting out on the front porch with my laptop I’ve now gotten the reply to topic feature working on phase two of the app. I also installed a rich text editor into the topic and reply text areas for formatting text, paragraphs, adding links etc.  Next task in the next day or two is to get the reply to reply…[Read more]

I’m in the geek zone right now. While sitting out on the front porch with my laptop I’ve now gotten the reply to topic feature working on phase two of the app.  Next task in the next day or two is to get the reply to reply function working.  Then nearly all the core forum features will be happening on the app. After that I’ll probably be working…[Read more]

Greetings from the doghouse. Yeah, awesome. Anyway I made a MAJOR breakthrough on the app.  I’ve successfully used the app to make a NEW POST.  I thought that functionality was going to take months.  This is huge.  It was just test data, so now I have to wire up the new post form to feed into where the test data was and it should be good to go.…[Read more]

I took a short mental rest after finishing phase one of the Ute Hub mobile app.  The main goal of phase one was to get an app up and running, showing some posts, and in the app stores.  Mission accomplished, except for the apple issue of them rejecting the app.  I’ve made some tweaks to that version and resubmitted.  I’m not expecting approval but…[Read more]

I took a short mental rest after finishing phase one of the Ute Hub mobile app.  The main goal of phase one was to get an app up and running, showing some posts, and in the app stores.  Mission accomplished, except for the apple issue of them rejecting the app.  I’ve made some tweaks to that version and resubmitted.  I’m not expecting approval but…[Read more]

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