syncostories / synco

Synco is a website for starting authors to publish their work and get it out there.

*Development on Synco has Ceased

Synco - v0.9.6

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What is Synco?

Synco is a website for writers to publish work online. We are currently in Alpha prerelease, but are soon to be in Beta stages. We take pride in having original code, but we are equally proud of using Firebase, owned by Google, and Fuse.js, which is a fantastic fuzzy search library. We also use smaller external libraries created by admins.

How Do I Start?

Just go onto https://synco.tk and sign up. It is free and easy to create stories, and just as easy to edit.

Upcoming and Beta Features:

• Pro Accounts
• Ability to Create and Star Stories Freely
• Accounts
• Admin Accounts
• Story Rating
• Age Appropriate Reccomendations
• Searching
• Advanced Profiles
• Private Story Drafts

Almost at Beta!

We've worked for a while now on a project called Synco, and it has flourished beyond are hopes and dreams. While we've closed the Dev Program, we are still hiring programmers and designers to help us make Synco even better.

If you have any interest in joining us here at the Synco Team, or you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at [email protected].

                         Our proud founders and owners are @TelOfLolth and @prealge.

synco's Issues

Posting Stories

You can't create new stories anymore. I see no error in the code, but obviously, it's either that or something with Firebase.

Icon System

Implementing a New Icon System
Hey, @prealge, I think it might be time to start using a new icon database. One that is already out there. Our current one, the one that you made, is fine and all, but either we're going to need to seriously update it, or we should consider my suggestion.

From,
@TelOfLolth

Admins

const admins can be .pushed to

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Enter admins.push("somebody") and check out the result

The Box for the Stories don't seem to show.

I noticed, @prealge , that the box for Apocalypse has disappeared. I can see in db.js that it looks like you tried to set up a sysem where it displays the stories from the DataBase, but this obviously doesn't work right now. Also, could you give me access to the FireBase.

Thanks,
@coffee-media

Saving Problem

When you type in an already published story, it automatically sets the cursor to the start It might have something to do with the following code.

document.getElementById("story-text-area").onkeyup = saveStory;

Using custom tags

You are using a <tag> HTML tag for your stories tags. You should be using <span>, <i>,<div> or another non-custom tag. Only use a custom tag if no other solution exists (e.g. TIAPP files <ticon> tags, used for icon class and meant to be fake). If there is a specific reason (like the one above) for this, close and comment this issue!

Security Major Issue

How to test

1. Open Synco and click create story
2. Open console and type in localStorage.name = "<whatever name>"
3. Click create, it will now post with the modified name

How to fix

firebase.auth().onAuthStateChanged(function (user) {
  setInterval(function () {
    if (firebase.auth().currentUser) {
      if (localStorage.name !== user.email.replace("@fakeemail.com", "")) {
        signout()
      }
    }
  }, 100)
})

@TelOfLolth and @prealge This is a major security issue, place this code at Line 20 of db.js

Security Rules

What are the JSON security rules for Synco? (The Rules tab on the DB)