Feature/Instagram-widget#67
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Looks awesome nice work!
Just a couple of small non-technical requests before merging:
- Document your decision - could you add a brief explanation to the PR description explaining why you chose Elfsight? Since we don't have formal docs, the PR description is a good place to capture this so future developers understand the reasoning.
- Link your ticket in the PR description
Good stuff Gladwyn
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Looks good to me! Nice work on this Gladwyn
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What does this PR do?
Implemented the instagram widget (elfsight) onto the home page. Currently has sliding effect, open to suggestions. '
The two instagram widgets I came across were sociablekit and elfisght which were both free options. Both widgets could generate grid formats without having to authenticate and sign in to SSA Instagram. I ultimately decided to use Elfsight as Sociablekit were causing issues where the widget would fail to load images when navigating back to the home page. The widget script was being injected via useEffect, however the widget itself didn't re-initialize properly. Also, free tier also had issues around refresh rate.
Elfsight was loads reliably without manual reinitialisation. It has a dashboard which can update layout without touching code. Easier to implement code without the requirement of useEffect.
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feature/,fix/,chore/,hotfix/)Linked Issues
Closes #56