So I am currently waiting for approval to my pull request but I thought I would post it now, because I can't wait for this to be added. For the last 4 hours I have written code to allow content creaters to see a word count and an estimated reading time. I saw the suggestion of using the NPM package 'reading-time'.

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Edit: Update

I now added a reading time when you open a post up.

Not So Technical

So what I did is edited the code to allow people to go to their settings on Busy.org and enable Word Count. By default this option is 'off'. But once the code is approved anyone can turn it 'on' in Settings.

Then on the line of the Select Image, there is an area telling you how many words you have written as well as an estimated reading time.

Technical

I added the settings wordCount to the user_metadata in settingsReducer.js. On the Settings page I added a radial form for enabling or disabling the Word Count.

I added in the Editor the FormattedMessage that shows the count of words and an estimated reading time. I used 'reading-time' and the templating system to render the text. I added a float right in Editor.less to move the Word Count element to the right side.

I also added the getWordCount reducer into the main reducers.js file.

I Got The Idea From

So I read the back logs and to dos on the github page for busy.org and decided this would be easy enough. Here is the original issue post. And here is the attached photo:

Thank You

I will post updates in the comments below.
Thanks for reading this. And as always, have a great time till I post again,
Kenny

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