Features
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Completed:
- Totally free for hackers and readers. No need to signup to read
- Unlimited Bandwidth
- Quick and easy to get setup. spend more time doc’ing your hacks
- File storage and tracking so you can offer your users downloads. More info (HERE)
- “Steps” allows you to break a project into multiple steps with links to each one automatically created. More info (HERE)
- A store to sell your stuff. More info (HERE)
- A contact form option to protect your email address from spam. More info (HERE)
- Easy video embedding. More info (HERE)
- Subscribe to comments
- user avatars. add on from your profile
- Share buttons (share a page on popular networks like stumbleupon, digg, etc.)
- “Submit to” buttons (submit pages to sites like HackaDay, etc.). More info (HERE)
- “My Network Comments” view your comments made on any HackHut sites. More info (HERE)
- Import from other platforms (so far Blogger,Wordpress, Typepad, LiveJournal). More info (HERE)
- Stats tracking (Google Analytics). More info (HERE)
- Place to put personal site logo. More info (HERE)
- Ability to edit and delete your comment after you post it. More info (HERE)
- Ratings/voting system. More info (HERE)
- Homepage that lists all sites with posts
- Requested Hacks. submit or find ideas for hacks. More info (HERE)
- Button to view multi steps all on one page. Added to the bottom step links only.
- Improved “Sites on Hackhut” page with better sorting.
- An Android app. More info (HERE)
In progress:
- Image notes – (**Down the road) **Due to a limitation of the core software we use, this isn’t possible as of now. We submitted a trac request for the required changes but were basically told its not going to happen. Hopefully they’ll change their minds soon as the required changes could benefit many sites and open up the potential for many new features.
- New theme – (down the road)
Not planned:
- Sidebar contact form – (Create contact form on a page)
- Ability to be notified when a new post is made by a user – (Use RSS)
If you have ideas for the site please add them to the comments below.
This list should keep you busy for a while
If you want more suggestions you could make that [Feature Ideas] button at the top of the page a nice contrasting color… like green.
“Ability to edit and delete comments – (working on it)”
It seems working to me, although I only edited/deleted the staff comment on my initial post.
– Jordan
yeah you can edit all comments on your site as admin, but it would be nice if anyone who commented could edit or delete their comment, at least for 15 minutes or so in case they made a mistake or something
Agreed! Kind of like Digg.
Just wanted to comment on the new slogan, “You hack, we host”. Pretty cool. Just in case it’s not for everyone, how about randomizing it with a bunch of different cool slogans? I think it would keep it “fresh”
BTW, I installed a free app called Boxcar on my iPhone for RSS push notifications for Hackhut, and it works great!
hmm, not a bad idea.
Oh cool. sounds like a perfect way to stay updated
Ok, took care of that. I used the 4 best slogans (in my opinion) that people have suggested and made them appear at random.
Wow, quick work! I was messing around trying to add it to my site, taking videos of the nasty weather we are having, and generally messing around and you beat me to it! Looks great!
Also I added a nav menu button at the top of the page back to the main site. it only shows if your on another site in the network. I think it was fightcube that suggested that, but I forget
Cool, works like a charm! Yeah that was me… I couldn’t find that “-Return to the HackHut main page-” link for a while there.
That button could be bigger or it could be like a 555 chip or any kind of component…
More slogans:
Have more fun!
Not that other crap.
A radical new idea.
All day, every day.
More caffeine please!
Reverse engineering the world.
Learn something new today.
Hacknowledged!
What have you hacked today?
Here’s some PHP code to insert random slogans:
http://codesnipp.it/code/184
I just implemented it on my website:
http://www.FightCube.com
I was thinking that maybe a layout sort of like reddit might be cool.
or facebook. If it was like reddit style then people could up or down
vote their favorite hack. also, There needs to be a better way to show
the hack hut sites like badwolf. Maybe something like a tab at the top
that says “Huts” and has a dropdown menu of all the hackhut pages. If
we go reddit style then there can be many types of hack
categories-like home, car, silly, rainy day or snow day-you can
categorize them by project. These are just a few ideas i had. here is
a link to reddit -wwww.reddit.com. Check it out.
also, A big spot to log in at the top of the page would be good. It is way too tiny and in the middle of the page.
Jason
Good ideas! I like the vote up or down. It’s similar to what many sites have, just a “rating” system of some kind. It would actually be really cool to create something entirely NEW… instead of the same old thumbs up/down, 5 stars, number of votes, etc… but what?? How about a Hack-o-meter that shows the relative awexomeness of the post? The number of votes is actually hidden… and the votes just average out into a cool analog style meter. This would help to shield the vote number while the site is relatively small.
Right now the tag cloud kind of functions as a rating and page finder… but it’s one of those features on Digg that I never used, because I just went right for the sections I was interested in and looked at the best stuff. Hacking categories would be cool, but maybe they are based on tags so that your posts could pop up in multiple categories. So maybe you put all the tags you want in your posts, and then ALSO add a category tag.
I like the Hack-o-meter! we’ll see what happens
I have no idea how you would do it, but I’d be willing to work on the graphics for it. I’m guessing you just need a meter and a needle image. Then use AJAX or javascript to work the magic based on the rating value.
Some great ideas.
We’re working on a page that lists all sites in the best possible way as we speak
I added the login/logout button to the top, thanks for that idea.
The theme look will be figured out down the road, when we have a whole new theme built from scratch.
I’ll add the voting system idea to the list on this page. its a good one
I would like to suggest slightly bigger fonts for the top row of buttons. I have a 1280 wide screen and it’s a bit small for me. Most people have 1280 or higher.
Login/out button works! Easy update
ok I made them slightly bigger
Much appreciated!
I changed things around a bit up there to differentiate the menus
I think I like the LOG OUT button off to the right actually, because when I’m logged in I don’t want to be constantly reminded to LOG OUT. It’s like subliminal messaging, ya know? What if the SIGN IN BOX that’s on the right column said, “Welcome back FightCube!” you have XX new replies to comments, messages… etc. Logout?” Once you are logged in you should still be able to log out easy (i.e. Public Computers) but most of the time I’m on a private computer so I want to stay logged in. If I’m not logged in I do want to find it quickly though. We are definitely evolving
I agree. Keep the menus separated, the login on the right and the rest on the left. The info on messages ect is a great idea.
The “New Post” link deserves to be a dedicated button at the top of the page, for logged-in users
Hmm, I’m gonna have to disagree with you. the one on the sidebar is mostly for a slight convenience. Really people should go to their dashboards if they want to add/edit/etc. their posts. If anything there should be a dashboard button
I STRONGLY DISAGREE…This aspect of the site is frustrating, as well as getting to your dedicated page. It has taken me an hour to figure out how to do a new post. It is not intuitive, or easy. I request that this change is some way, and i am calling for other people to out in their 2 cents as well. This is supposed to be by the people, FOR the people.
Here’s the thing… since this site is built on WordPress, it uses wordpress nomenclature, like “dashboard” instead of “profile” or “control panel” or whatever… that’s the first issue. If you are not familiar with WordPress, you will not really know what the dashboard is for.
Then, when you find the also not so convenient dashboard link, and your dashboard opens, you have to find the My Sites link.
Whe exactly I have more than one site, is beyond me… but apparently I have a Hackhut dashboard and a Badwolf dashboard. Once you make the right choice to the travel to your personal site’s dashboard, you can then look around to find the New Post button.
The New Post button at the top right will get you started quickly, finally… or you can try to fiddle with the drop down menu on the post button to the left, and select NEW from it.
On Destructables, wether you are logged in or not, there is a nice YELLOW Submit button on the top right, once you click it you are guided to login or make your submission choice. It’s very easy.
On Youtube, there is a nice big yellow button for uploads. It really doesn’t get much easier.
Anyhoo, that’s the anatomy of the New Post… I just wish it was easier and more intuitive. Just my 2 cents.
ok. I see where you guys are coming from. I will figure something out and get it setup asap.
FYI fightcube, you see an extra dashboard because of a bug with the system early on. that does not happen for new users. it’s a consequence of being an early adopter
Ok done. That should give everyone what they need
It definitely helps and looks great
Now if there were only an easy way to get to a site I’m looking for. I would say my own site, BadWolf… but then you might say, just use the Dashboard 
So let’s say I would really like to get to Hanzo or Stryker’s sites. How do I do that if they haven’t posted in a while?
We’re working on that one. It is almost complete but there is a bug that isn’t sorting the sites by which one is updated the most recently. I have reached my coding abilities with it so I’ve asked someone better and who’s familiar with the code so far to help but they are very busy and I can’t force them to hurry so we’ll have to move at their pace. Sorry, I know this is a big one, I plan on having a button that says “Sites on HackHut” next to the “HackHut main site” button.
Oh we have finished this one. at least the basic version. That’s basically the limit on what we can do for list all sites with relevant info for now. We’ll have to wait for wordpress to get further along with development. They plan on adding features that allow for easier ways to search and find sites on a network. I can’t wait
It’s looking really cool! Hey I’m site admin for a day!
However, BadWolf Corp. site admin is BadWolf 
Oh there’s another bug! damn and I thought it was good.
Ok fixed. thanks for spotting that
This might be a nice rainy day add-on for writing easy to understand equations using a scripted language called LaTex:
http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/showthread.php?t=21380
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Mathematics
When I add the INSERT MORE TAG to my post, it doesn’t add the “Read More” text where I make the page break. I have to just let it break it up randomly to get the Read More link.
Do you mean for the the read more on the homepages? If so excerpt length is set to one standard to preserve the layout sorry.
Yes on the homepage, but if I want to cut it a little shorter let’s say, so that the break point is not after the first word in a new paragraph, if I add the INSERT MORE TAG, it’s supposed to add that READ MORE link at that area… no? Or is that only on our personal sites?
Hmm. I’ll have to look into this more. at the very least it should work that way on your site, maybe not the main site. Did you happen to add the read more tag farther in than where the default cutoff is? trying to figure what is going on
If farther in means up in the paragraph higher (less word count), then yes. I also tried it on our site and it doesn’t put the READ MORE link on the page… it’s just blank.
Ok try it now and let me know
The MORE TAG is working now as it should on the main hackhut site, and personal sites. Thanks!
[BUG] The MAIN HACKHUT PAGE button doesn’t show up when you are on the OTHER SITES page.
Its not a bug so much. The button says HackHut main Site, and the other sites page is on the main site so the code that decides what site you are on just knows its the main site. You can click the logo or the link in the sidebar, or the home button at the top.
I hear ya. I guess I’m getting used to using that MAIN HACKHUT SITE button so I’m looking for it. I guess in time we will see if the buttons changing around at the time proves to be useful or a distraction. So far it’s mostly useful for me
Where oh where did the STATS go???? Just when our site was blowing up, no more stats
Yeah sorry. Your sites popularity exposed a huge flaw in the stats system. It was actually making your site timeout for people. I already had began a switch over to a google analytics based solution and I was going to wait several days for everyone to get that up and running before dropping slimstats but then the timeout issues forced me to just shut it down. I should have posted about it but I have been flu like all day and didn’t get to it. read this: http://hackhut.com/2011/02/09/better-stats-system/
Once it’s installed (the widget), should everyone that’s part of a site (besides the admin) be able to see it?
Thats up to the site admin. he/she can choose who can see the widget. it’s a dashboard widget for the backend.
Gotcha, I see all that now… works great.
Is the Main Site page supposed to be showing the Sites on Hackhut? Just noticed it doing that last night.
yeah I set it that way yesterday cause some people are confused as to what we do when they come to the homepage. they sometimes think that we’re a hackaday style site when they see all the posts. I had planned on changing it to this way when it was suggested to create a directory of sites but was never sure if it was the right way. I figure we’ll see.
there is a page called “recent posts” that now displays all the aggregated posts from around the site.
simple but cool new feature. read about it here: http://hackhut.com/2011/02/19/new-feature-submit-to-buttons/
FYI: Newly edited or created posts seem to be making the entire site render in italics. Seems like this is tied to the edit comments feature, since I thought that was rendering your comment in italics for 15 minutes.
EDIT: I guess comments don’t render in italics… new posts seem to be doing it though.
hmmm. I am not seeing this behavior. do you mean your site or all of hackhut?
ok i’m seeing it. It has something to do with the new ratings system. ‘ll look into it and let you know
ok fixed it. My fault left a template tag open
Cool, I went to grab a screenshot of the phenomenon, after your first reply … and it was fixed
Some comments on the recent changes:
http://screencast.com/t/0yIqyaGHmY
It’s feeling like there is less and less space to actually showcase our own content.
I agree but it’s hard to balance the different needs. some people still were having a hard time distinguishing sites from one another.
I shrunk the padding before the post, that was absolutely wasted space. I also shrunk the page buttons at the top to save some more. As for the new title spot that one is getting good reviews from people who were confused before so I don’t want to lose that, but I did tighten it up a little as far as padding goes.
What do you think now?
I guess I didn’t think about people that don’t have the ability or desire to make a site logo. What you’ve done there is give them a logo
I like it, for them. For me though since I choose the custom logo route, I don’t want another plain jane logo above mine. I can just integrate that information into the logo, if necessary. And when you click on the logo it still brings you back to the individual’s site home page. Also I don’t care for the black line under the custom logo, can that be removed?
Ok black line is gone. and now the “site title” only shows if you have no logo.
Cool it’s looking good! On the individual posts within a site, the “site title” still appears with a logo though.
oops so it is. My fault I forgot to update the other files. all is fixed thanks for noticing.
No problem, thanks for fixing this so quickly.
not at all. Our goal here is to give our users what they want when possible.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=“You+obviously+have”+hackhut
stop spamming, you chump(s).
Sorry. I thought the people who made each of those sites would genuinely enjoy at least knowing about hackhut, some have even started sites here. I couldn’t find a contact form so I had to leave comments. I certainly don’t want to be thought of as a spammer, so I will not do it anymore.
yeah, there’s a fine line between benign promotion and systematic spamming. i do like the concept of your site (and hope it will put some small dent in the number of instructables articles i have to painfully view). and i also appreciate your desire to accelerate your site’s growth. however, imho, dropping cookie-cut advertisements into a bunch of articles’ comments is inconsistent with the ways of well respected sites. then again, if you don’t promote, how will you become known and respected in the first place? the less aggressive approach i guess is to get good projects on here and rely on the exposure (via hackaday, slashdot (?), etc) they generate.
also, i’m sorry about the ‘chump’ comment. attack ad hominem isn’t necessary.
no you were right. I deserved the “chumping”. I am having a hard time getting the site out there. we sponsored the 555 contest and had a mini contest of our own but our budget is small and places to advertise even smaller.
I was able to add the view all on one page feature to the multiple steps feature. It wasn’t easy, and we may be the only wordpress based site in the world to have it!
Also I added paging and sorting to the sites list
Any way we could purposely SET the thumbnail for a post? Right now it picks the first single image posted in your post (this excludes images in galleries and obviously videos). Sometimes I would think you’d only want to post a video or gallery, and then would want to specifically set the thumbnail that’s displayed. It would help get rid of all of those generic black and white thumbnails that say READ MORE on them.
absolutely. in the post editor screen, on the right, toward the bottom is the “set featured image” box. upload or choose an image from the library, and next to the “insert into post” button is the “set as featured image” link. Click that and close the popup and you are good to go. the system will look for a featured image first, then the first image in the post, fail those it will use the stock image. let me know that it works as expected if you can, just so I know.
Cool, thanks Paul that’s just what I wanted
One thing I think that may not be working with it though, is if I set the Featured Image, and then change it… it updates on My Site, but not when viewed through Recent Hacks. Separate database entries?
yeah separate entries. I thought it was supposed to update all elements of the post on the main site when a user updated them but I guess not. I’ll see about fixing it