diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 45d22ce..39d4a27 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ const fs = require('fs'); // For modifying and reading files
const express = require('express'); // For running a webserver in nodejs
const showdown = require('showdown') // For converting markdown to html on demand, https://showdownjs.com/
const crypto = require('crypto'); // For encrypting passwords, I use sha512
-// fromUnixTime creates a date object out of an integer
-// format is used to format a date object into a defined format eg yyyy-MM-dd
-// getUnixTime converts a date object into an integer (unix time)
-// find out more at https://date-fns.org/ \or docs: https://date-fns.org/docs/Getting-Started
-const { fromUnixTime, format, getUnixTime } = require("date-fns")
+// fromUnixTime(): Create a date from a Unix timestamp (in seconds). Decimal values will be discarded.
+// format(): Return the formatted date string in the given format. The result may vary by locale.
+// getUnixTime(): Get the seconds timestamp of the given date.
+// find out more at https://date-fns.org/ \or docs: https://date-fns.org/docs/Getting-Startedyyyyyyyy
+const { fromUnixTime, format, getUnixTime } = require("date-fns") // A date utility library
// There's only one possible argument, so we can just check if the user passed that one
// TODO I plan on adding more such as --help and --post so I should make this more robust at some point
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if (process.argv[2] == "--first-time") {
// Define the modules now so they are global
let users // contains a list of users, each user is an object containing username,prettyname,hash and description
-let posts // contains a list of posts,
+let posts // contains a list of posts,
let comments
let config
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ let converter = new showdown.Converter({
tables: true, // Enable support for tables syntax.
strikethrough: true, // Enable support for strikethrough: ~~text~~
tasklists: true, // Enable support for GitHub style tasklists. - [x] and - [ ]
- encodeEmails: true //Enable automatic obfuscation of email addresses. emails are encoded via character entities
+ encodeEmails: true, //Enable automatic obfuscation of email addresses. emails are encoded via character entities
+ headerLevelStart: 3, //Set starting level for the heading tags.
})
// The footer div is globale because it's a site wide, so define it here
@@ -109,20 +110,21 @@ function get_userID(username) {
return -1 // If user is not present, return -1
}
-// The configuration defines a date format using the date-fns syntax
+// The configuration defines a date format using the date-fns (a datetime library) syntax
+// eg "yyyy-MM-dd"
// this converts unix time (an integer) into a string that is formatted according to config.js
-// uses date-fns's fromUnixTime() and format()
+// uses date-fns's fromUnixTime() and format() functions
// returns the formatted date (string)
function unix_time_to_date_format(unix_time) {
date = fromUnixTime(unix_time)
formatted_date = format(date, config.date_format)
-
return formatted_date
}
// This is similar to the above function, however, instead of formatting to the users
// configuration, it formats to RFC-822 which is the date format used by RSS feeds
// eg "Mon, 23 May 2025 18:59:59 +0100"
+// accepts unix time (int)
// returns the formatted date (string)
function unix_time_to_rss_date(unix_time) {
date = fromUnixTime(unix_time)
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ function unix_time_to_rss_date(unix_time) {
// This function accepts a list of strings eg ["string1","string2,"string3"] (any length)
// then returns a string of them each pointing to a seperate url
-// eg "string1, string2, string3
+// eg "string1, string2, string3"
// this is so you can have a list of tags that each point to their individual tag page
// returns: string
function hyperlink_tags(tags) {
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ app.get("/", (req,res) => {
counter -= 1;
}
res.send(`${posts_div}
`);
-});
+}); // /
app.get("/user/:username", (req, res) => {
header_div = config.user_page_header
header_div = replace_format_indicators(header_div)
@@ -288,13 +290,13 @@ app.get("/user/:username", (req, res) => {
}
}
res.send(`${posts_div}
`);
-});
+}); // /user/:username
app.get("/post/:post_index", (req, res) => {
post_div = "";
let post = config.post_page_format;
post_div += replace_format_indicators(post, req.params.post_index);
res.send(`${post_div}
`);
-});
+}); // /post/:post_index
app.get("/tag/:tag", (req,res) => {
const tag = req.params.tag
let header_div = config.tag_page_header
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ app.get("/tag/:tag", (req,res) => {
};
};
res.send(`${page_content}
`);
-});
+}); // /tag/:tag
app.get("/post", (req,res) => {
res.send(`