Oo, I've got the itch. I might be working on new #Lexiconga features soon!

Determine the Future of Lexiconga! - After casting your vote (if you're in the US), go cast a much lower-stakes vote and help decide whether #Lexiconga should have paid features in the future!

https://polls.lexicon.ga

Full Post: https://blog.lexicon.ga/post/633790865994891264/determine-the-future-of-lexiconga

I just noticed that somehow I broke public libraries on #Lexiconga with the sync fix I uploaded earlier... I'm not sure how, but I'm looking into it now.

Wow! Someone just donated $60 for my work on #Lexiconga! That's so amazing!! I'm so happy it's helpful to people other than just me! 😃

I just *finally* fixed an issue that's been a problem in #Lexiconga since last July that prevented words from syncing updates correctly between devices/browsers, and the cause was so stupid that I'm embarrassed I didn't fix it sooner.

Essentially, I was telling the program to check if a value existed, and if it *did* exist, that it should *not* use it. Oops. 🤦‍♂️

Anyway, I'm glad I finally got that taken care of! Extra thanks to the user who submitted an issue and got me to really look into it!

It looks like #Lexiconga needs an update with a more prominent warning for people that not creating an account and then clearing your browser's cache will delete all of your work 😬

I just stripped ads and online features out of #Lexiconga to put it on a #Dat site that you can use via the #Beaker Browser!

dat://5f7a8182205c24cc43f2f979f719fe65311566be3e88baa372f9df15cfe5dcba

If you seed the project with Beaker, then it can stay available online even while I'm not at work!

Whew, one of my conlangs got kind of messed up by the #Lexiconga 2.0 update, but only because I was abusing the markdown formatting in the pronunciation field in the old version, so I'm going through to fix all the pronunciation field entries along with updating word references to use the new reference auto-linking.

Unfortunately, this is also my biggest #conlang with more than 400 words, so I'm basically going in and making 400+ edits to fix each individual word... 😅

#conlanging #glossopoeia

I just uploaded new features and bug fixes for #Lexiconga (https://lexicon.ga)! There's custom alphabetical order, custom CSS, and more!

Check out the release notes for all the details:
https://github.com/Alamantus/Lexiconga/releases/tag/new-features-wave-1

(Hey, custom CSS means you can use #conscript fonts in your dictionary! Check this blog post to learn how to set it up: https://blog.lexicon.ga/post/186302976725/how-to-use-custom-fonts-on-lexiconga)

#conlanging #glossopoeia #constructedLangauge #dictionaries #tools

The rewrite of #Lexiconga is now live!

If you need an easy way to build a dictionary for your #conlang or you want to start quicly putting together words you want to keep track of, then check out Lexiconga! It's a lightweight, fast, and easy-to-use dictionary builder for #conlanging!

If you've been storing your #constructedLangauge in a spreadsheet, you owe it to yourself to import it into Lexiconga for a much nicer #glossopoeia experience with searching and sharing capabilities!

https://lexicon.ga

Oh dang, I just realized a serious issue that I need to figure out for #Lexiconga. If anyone can #help, I'd really appreciate it!

Lexiconga has been on http since it went online, and I'm gonna move to https when I launch the new version.
Problem: Browsers view http and https versions of domains as different websites with separate localStorage, which means after launch, anyone without an account will lose their dictionaries stored on the http site!

Any #ideas to help?? Please #boost!

#webdev #question

Oof, my "light-as-possible" rewrite of #Lexiconga will never be as light as the original version 😬 my lack of experience back then really made my code efficient... < 100kb minified between all the files.

I wonder if there's anything I can do to make the rewrite any smaller 😕 I've got a couple weeks before launch, so I might as well try things!

#webdev #javascript #code

Hey all, I'm planning on launching the new version of #Lexiconga July 1, and instead of using Google ads, I'm hoping to use ads from real people with real projects they want to promote. Check out this post if you want to work with me to advertise your cool thing for a discounted rate on a cool tool for making constructed languages!

https://blog.lexicon.ga/post/185341158814/advertisers-wanted

#conlanging #glossopoeia #advertising

Hey, does anyone know of a #FLOSS or otherwise generally good payment service alternative to #PayPal for setting up a subscription for a web app? I've got extra features I want to add to #Lexiconga, but they require extra server resources so I want to offer them with a subscription plan so I can pay for the extra resources.

Anyone know how to do that? Or should I just go with PayPal? #opinionsPlease

Boosts appreciated!

Other cool things I'm gonna add to #Lexiconga is an offline-only mode that'll load if you're offline (or if you prefer a fully client-side only experience), https (finally), and (eventually) a subscription for a bunch of really cool features that have been asked for in the past!

Talking about code is usually super boring, but I'm excited about my progress on the #Lexiconga rewrite, so fuck it.

It's been 3 weeks since I started on this version, and I've been able to structure the code in a much more manageable way while also adding new features I've wanted for a while, PLUS better offline-first/bad connection support! I'm working on public viewing now, and after a couple more features and new color themes(!), it should be ready to launch! 😄

#webdev

Here's an #introduction for all the newbies:

I'm a #webDeveloper (https://github.com/Alamantus) who makes random stuff like #Lexiconga, a tool for making #conlangs (http://lexicon.ga). I'm also a hobby game dev with stuff on #Itchio (https://alamantus.itch.io).

I also like #gameing and talking about #videoGames, #technology, #development, and sometimes my #dogs and other stuff. This is my main account—check my profile for my other topic-focused accounts!

I can answer #Mastodon ❓s if needed

#introductions

I had the devastating realization that rewriting #Lexiconga from the ground up would make it much bigger and probably slower and less good and I should have just worked on improving and expanding the code that's already there. That's like a year and a half of work wasted on no improvements to the platform that I already have in place!! 😫

#Introduction I'm Robbie Antenesse, a web developer who loves #linguistics and #conlanging. I've started learning several languages other than English but never had enough use to actually learn them fully. So instead, I integrate what little I learn into #conlangs in my spare time!

I also built #Lexiconga, a simple and fast lexicon/dictionary builder for conlangs!
Here are some that I've made:
• Zirka: http://zirka.ga
• Gobahai: http://lexicon.ga/74

Happy to be here!

Ugh, trying to switch from database-first to local-first has been a nightmare so far in #Lexiconga. It's introduced so many interesting problems, and it's gonna take forever to figure out how to handle them. :/