Extensions:User Watching

user-watching-v3

Description	Adds a simple watching feature for users to watch others and see their gallery submissions.
Author(s)	Camyza
Status	stable
Github	extension/user-watching-v3
LK Version	3.0.0
Contains a Migration

Adds a simple watching feature for users to watch other users to see their gallery submissions on the dashboard and on their own Watching page underneath the user submenu in the navigation bar.

Installation

Pull the extension and deal with any conflicts that will arise.

Do the following commands once you resolve all conflicts.

• php artisan migrate
• php artisan update-extension-tracker
• php artisan optimize x2

Configuration

Not much to configure unless you don't want the default settings for how many to display per pages.

To change the amount of artwork to showcase in the Watching page, find the getWatching function in WatchController and fine this line:

• $submissions = GallerySubmission::whereIn('user_id', $ids)->with(['gallery', 'user'])->visible($user)->latest()->paginate(20)->appends($request->query());

You can change the 20 in paginate(20) to whichever number you prefer.

To change the amount on the dashboard, go to getIndex function in HomeController and find this line:

• $watchedSubmissions = GallerySubmission::whereIn('user_id', $followingIds)->with(['gallery', 'user'])->visible($user)->latest()->take(8)->get();

You can change the 8 in take(8) to whichever you prefer to show on the dashboard.

Usage

The dashboard has a widget of showing only when there are people you watch by default. If you wish to change it and always show, find the following in _recent_watching_submissions.blade.php

@if(count($watchedSubmissions))
    <div class="card my-2 text-center">
        <div class="card-header">
            <h5>From People You Watch</h5>
        </div>
        <div class="card-body">
            <div class="row">
                @foreach($watchedSubmissions as $submission)
                    <div class="col-md-3 col-6 mb-2">
                        @include('galleries._thumb', ['submission' => $submission])
                    </div>
                @endforeach
                <div class="col-12">
                    <a class="float-right" href="account/watching">View all People You Watch...</a>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
@endif

Replace it with:

<div class="card my-2 text-center">
    <div class="card-header">
        <h5>From People You Watch</h5>
    </div>
    <div class="card-body">
        <div class="row">
            @if(count($watchedSubmissions))
                @foreach($watchedSubmissions as $submission)
                    <div class="col-md-3 col-6 mb-2">
                        @include('galleries._thumb', ['submission' => $submission])
                    </div>
                @endforeach
            @else
                <div class="col-12">You don't watch anyone yet.</div>
            @endif
                <div class="col-12"><a class="float-right" href="account/watching">View all People You Watch...</a></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Troubleshooting

There shouldn't be any bugs, but if some arise, create a new thread in the #general-help channel of the Discord! Feel free to ping me there too, @Camyza, I'm usually on Discord.

Images

• User watching watchbutton.png
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• User watching watchingpage.png
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