punk records
welcome to the punk records official documentation
i'm trying to keep this documentation consise , so you can read through it in 5 minutes and become an expert . lets get started
punk records uses a command line interface , meaning you type instead of clicking
to test your understanding of this concept , type 'i am entering a command' into the box below , then press enter
search
punk records is a portal into the internet ; aka a ' search bar '
if you want to look something up : just type it and press enter .
if you want to look up multiple things at the same time : type them out with each search separated by a comma , then press enter .
ex for making multiple searches :
kant , hagel , kant vs hagel ← will make three searches in seperate tabs
disclaimer : not all browsers support multiple simultaneous searches
search engine
the default search engine can be selected in the settings menu
you can also declare a search engine for a single search by prepending the search with the coresponding letter .
g = google
d = duckduckgo
y = youtube
w = wikipedia
ex if you wanted to look up mushroom on wikepedia :
w mushroom ← this will direct you to the wikipedia page on mushrooms
tip : you can make multiple searches with different engines by seperating each search with a comma , and prepending each search with the letter of the engine
theme
theme settings are based in CSS , so you can format colors in any way CSS understands
there are a few secret options in the theme menu
they come in the form of additional perameters for the existing settings . here are the syntaxes
color : ( main color ) ( link color ) ( input color )
background : ( background color or image link ) ( background image size settings ) ( image size settings again , use '' ( two quotes ) to omit ) ( background image position settings ) ( image position settings again )
font : ( font ) ( weight ) ( blending mode )
if you want to keep certain perameters the same , use '' ( two quotes ) as the perameter .
ex if you wanted black text, white input and to keep links the same :
type → color black '' white
tip : you can use '' to get the current theme settings ex : font '' '' '' would return your current font settings .
layout
similar to theme , layout changes the way punk records looks .
in an effort to keep dignified users from cluttering their workspace with useless content , layout allows you to remove elements from the interface .
login
you can login and create accounts using the command /l
without logging in , there is a limited amount of memory for you to save things , so the anonymous ( not logged in ) menu is focused more on being a search bar .
when logged in , commands lose their / prefix , and there are a few more commands available , at the moment : s & b ; are the single letter commands available when logged in .
one day i hope that : s , b , n , i , f will all be commands available to logged in users .
notebook
punk records has a nesting notebook function for logged in users
accessing it can be achieved using the command : n
once in the notebook menu , type anything to create a note with that title ; if the note already exists in your notebook , the note with that title will be opened instead
if you want to edit an existing note enter command : write ; then type the name of the note you wish to edit , or click on the body text of the note to start editing it
each note can have a : title , content , and subnotes ; to add a subnote , simply type the name of the main note and then type anything to create a subnote with that title .
setting punk records as your homepage
since it works as a search bar , punk records can be set to your browsers homepage .
certain browsers allow this by default , while others require a bit of work .
i'll try to provide some solutions for popular browsers here .
firefox allows you to set a custom homepage , but not a custom new tab page ( if that makes any sense ) . so to set punk records as your default page in firefox , you need an extension . there are a few on the mozilla plugins directory including one made by me .
looks like chrome is the same as firefox , so i'll make an extension one day , but for now : you will need to download a plugin .
for safari it looks like you can do it . open preferences , select general , then 'new tabs open with' . select 'homepage' and input 'https://xerelia.ca/punk' .
okay i guess there are a lot of browsers , but hopefully if you are using anything else you can figure it out .
pro tip : you can quickly access functions by adding perameters to the url in the form of https://xerelia.ca/punk/?c=command1_param1_param2~command2
this can be useful for creating bookmarks that lead to certain functions ie
ex : if i want to quickly view my bookmars i can set the url to https://xerelia.ca/punk/?c=b_list
privacy
punk records does not store passwords in plain text , nor is there any way for me to decypher users passwords .
through the backend , it is technically possible for me to view stored user data ( files notes etc ) , but i have absolutely no way of knowing what anyones password actually is .
since i cant see your passwords i presume hackers cannot either , but since i can see your saved data i presume hackers could see that if they really wanted to .
so at the moment , since i have not developed encryption on user inputed data , dont save any information you wouldnt want hackers or myself to see .
basically use any password you want , but dont use punk records to remember your passwords or your visa number or anything like that , yet .
i do plan on eventually encrypting everything , but for now only passwords are encrypted , the rest is stored securely on my server , although in plain text .
data is not shared or sold in any capacity , it is my goal to keep user data safe and private