uncool

Prepare to be unimpressed.

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What is it

Uncool is a Vue plugin that allows copy and images to be updated on the fly.

Prereqs

• Must be using Vue CLI
• Must have initialized a Firebase Project that includes the following:
  • Firestore enabled
  • Storage bucket enabled and declared in Firebase config
  • Authentication enabled and Email/Password is enabled

Instructions

Install

$ npm install uncool --save

Include

In src/main.js:

import Vue from 'vue'
...
import * as uninitializedFirebase from 'firebase/app'
import 'firebase/auth'
import 'firebase/firestore'
import 'firebase/storage'

export const firebase = uninitializedFirebase.initializeApp(*firebase_config*)
...
// must be included after Firebase has been imported and initialized
import uncool from 'uncool'
Vue.use(uncool)
import 'uncool/src/style.sass' // styling to denote editable items

In src/App.vue, include the following import, component declaration, and addition to the template:

<script>
import { UncoolAdmin } from 'uncool' // <--- Import at the top of the javascript
export default {
  name: 'App',
  components: {
    'uncool-admin': UncoolAdmin, // <--- declare the component
  },
}
</script>

<template>
  <div id="app">
    <uncool-admin></uncool-admin> // <--- include in the template at the top
    ...
  </div>
</template>

If you would like to access the login page for uncool via url, in your router file, include the following route, using whatever path works for your site (here, we used /edit):

const routes = [
  ...
  {
    path: '/edit', // this can be whatever you need it to be
    name: 'UncoolAdmin', // this needs to be 'UncoolAdmin'
  },
  ...
]

In firestore.rules, include the following rules:

rules_version = '2';
service cloud.firestore {
  match /databases/{database}/documents {
    ...
    ... // Include from here...
    match /uncool/{uncoolId} {
      allow read: if true
      allow write: if exists(/databases/$(database)/documents/uncool_users/$(request.auth.uid))
    }
    match /uncool_users/{userId} {
      allow read: if userId == request.auth.uid;
    }
    ... // to here.
    ...
  }
}

Add authorized editor:

If you already know the User uid you would like to authorize, skip to 2.

1. Create user

• Go to the authentication tab in the Firebase console of your project.
• Since Email/Password authorization should already be enabled, click Add User.
• Choose an email and password you would like to use.
• Click Add user and you should see the new user appear on the list of users.
• Copy the User uid of the new user.

2. Add Uncool Editor

• Go to the database tab in the Firebase console of your project.
• Create a collection named uncool_users.
• When prompted to create a doc, as the uid, use the User uid you are authorizing.
• For the data, in the field, input role and as the value input EDITOR
• Save the data

How to use (as a developer):

In any Vue component, include the uncool directive on any element in the template to have it's content mutable by any authorized user.

Edit text example:

<template>
  <div class="hello">
    <div
     v-uncool='"a-unique-id"'
     > I serve as a placeholder unless no data is found in the database.
    </div> 
  </div>
</template>

Edit image example (be sure to include image on your directive):

<template>
  <div class="hello">
    <div
     style='height:400px;width:400px;'
     v-uncool.image='"a-unique-image-id"'
     >
    </div> 
  </div>
</template>

How to use (as an Uncool editor):

To acquire your Uncool editor authorization:

• Sign in:
  • press Cmd + u (or visit your uncool admin url).
  • enter username and password.
  • press login
• Edit element:
  • find an editable element which can be denoted in the following ways
    • a red EDIT in the upper right hand of the element
    • the cursor styling turns to context-menu
  • click on the editable element
  • edit innerHTML (or choose new img) of element and click save
  • changes should propogate
• Sign out (if you would like):
  • press Cmd + u (or visit your uncool admin url).
  • press logout

See, not that cool.