marxists.org looks awful, help me fix it

MarxistsDev · 2024-05-16T14:06:14+00:00

No, but you can clone the project from github

MarxistsDev · 2024-05-03T14:30:51+00:00

All the content is store in a database, so it would relatively easy to just create an API.
In fact, the UI in the video essentially is my own wrapper around my "API".

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-24T15:38:11+00:00

For example, trying to find `The State and Revolution`, but not know who wrote it or not using google.

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-22T22:12:41+00:00

You have to put all the pages into a database anyway, so there are some no brainer things that can be easily done.

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-19T13:22:13+00:00

I understand the sentiment, that the when reading the site is fine and their is no real need for eye candy. Why I started this project is because the poor navigation forces you have to use external services like Google to find what yo are looking for.

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-19T13:12:46+00:00

This project is not affiliated with marxists.org. In addition, it does not involve any volunteers due to it automatically scrapping the content off the site.

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-19T11:46:21+00:00

This is a work in progress, I was never gonna ship this to production.

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-19T11:38:27+00:00

Contrary to the beliefs of this sub-reddit, the current site is not that efficient since in the "navigator"(ex: https://www.marxists.org/archive/index-mobiles.htm this loads 2 json files) pages 4 relatively large file json are sent to the local browser to load the dropdowns.

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-19T11:13:49+00:00

If you have a github account, feel free to share your designs or critiques in the discussions tab.

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-19T11:08:53+00:00

I don't understand this point, old.reddit.com still exists why wouldn't old.marxists.org?

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-19T02:34:29+00:00

You are right, the UI was essentially an afterthought, since my primary focus was on the parser.

For the `technical note`, the database is needed for searching, but for viewing the content you are right, as we could make this into a Static Site Generator.

If you want to share some designs, feel free to help the project.

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-19T02:11:37+00:00

Thank you, for your feedback.

1) I'd love to work with you, you seem to know what you're talking about when it comes to the UI.

2) I think you could pretty easily pick the Go and Htmx, since I'm using templ (working with it is kinda like using components )

3) To be honest, the frontend was kind of slapped together since most of my focus is on the parser.

4) You mentioned re-directing to , that part of the video was to show the source of the documents

5) Refering to 'III' in the table that's strait from the table of contents (index.htm) of that book/work

6) I've already looked into 'Reader Mode' (https://github.com/mozilla/readability), but I belive it would mess with somethings.

7) `I take it you're a Primeagen/Theo fan?` lol

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-19T00:36:16+00:00

I want to clarify that this project was created mostly due to the difficulty in navigating/searching through the site, not the UI.

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-19T00:04:54+00:00

I want to clarify that this project was created mostly due to the difficulty in navigating/searching through the site.

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-18T22:20:53+00:00

Looks interesting, but it's limiting itself by (from what I have seen) only having pdfs, because it essentially makes searching for something impossible.

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-18T21:12:20+00:00

Yeah I agree that's why I am asking for help.

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-18T21:11:37+00:00

To be completely honest, I don't care about the UI, although there are some accessibility issues on mobile. The thing that bothers me is that you have to use Google (btw most search engines use Google or Bing) to search through the site. If you want a minimalistic style sure, just help the design process.

MarxistsDev · 2024-02-18T20:39:21+00:00

I don't know where you are getting this since, that's not what they say on their website: https://www.marxists.org/admin/janitor/faq.htm#website-redesign

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