Add Create Post Button to Left Bar

[metaspartan]

Adds a "Create Post" button to the left bar navigation. Basically extremely useful to be able to post easily.

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[metaspartan]

@maebeam @lazynina would be good to get opinions on this, kind of a must have for any desktop user?

[lazynina]

this doesn't stylistically match the left sidebar and I don't know that this is a necessity. Desktop users can create posts from the bitclout.com/browse and redirecting them to a different page doesn't seem to be the most effective solution.

If we were to add some ability to create a post from anywhere in the app, I would prefer that we open a modal so we don't take users out of their current place in the application. Additionally, I'd like to see this option in desktop only as we already have the + sign to create a post on mobile (or we remove that option from mobile).

@maebeam thoughts?

[metaspartan]

this doesn't stylistically match the left sidebar and I don't know that this is a necessity. Desktop users can create posts from the bitclout.com/browse and redirecting them to a different page doesn't seem to be the most effective solution.

If we were to add some ability to create a post from anywhere in the app, I would prefer that we open a modal so we don't take users out of their current place in the application. Additionally, I'd like to see this option in desktop only as we already have the + sign to create a post on mobile (or we remove that option from mobile).

@maebeam thoughts?

+1 to the modal idea for creating new posts outside of /browse, it is just a pain on desktop to have to click home each time which is small text in navigation. Easier certainly to hit a big button and less confusing to new users. We could make the color fit more into the theme that it is selected too rather than a bright blue and have it popup a modal.

[lazynina]

this doesn't stylistically match the left sidebar and I don't know that this is a necessity. Desktop users can create posts from the bitclout.com/browse and redirecting them to a different page doesn't seem to be the most effective solution.
If we were to add some ability to create a post from anywhere in the app, I would prefer that we open a modal so we don't take users out of their current place in the application. Additionally, I'd like to see this option in desktop only as we already have the + sign to create a post on mobile (or we remove that option from mobile).
@maebeam thoughts?

+1 to the modal idea for creating new posts outside of /browse, it is just a pain on desktop to have to click home each time which is small text in navigation. Easier certainly to hit a big button and less confusing to new users. We could make the color fit more into the theme that it is selected too rather than a bright blue and have it popup a modal.

I think having the color match the theme and having the button resized (it's bit large IMO) would help with this issue. I would still push for modal instead of directing to the "create post" page, which is a bit bare and unfriendly.

[iPaulPro]

It's a feature that people really like in BitClout+. Using the modal is actually not ideal because it's very easy to accidentally dismiss it and lose your draft.

People are constructing posts with a thousand or more characters and having a dedicated draft page is quite valuable.

It should certainly be a secondary button, as far as style.

[metaspartan]

It's a feature that people really like in BitClout+. Using the modal is actually not ideal because it's very easy to accidentally dismiss it and lose your draft.

People are constructing posts with a thousand or more characters and having a dedicated draft page is quite valuable.

It should certainly be a secondary button, as far as style.

Fixed up the styling good to go there, Yes I agree with you on that @iPaulPro to think about that more, accidentally dismissing the modal window would be such a pain if deep in a draft... So +1 to keeping it as separate page like it is

[metaspartan]

@lazynina @maebeam thoughts? Button now matches theme and is a bit more integrated looking