allow dismissing instance load error

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Added ON DELETE to `most_recent_crawl` table, such that it can handle previously-crawled but now-dead instances.
 - You can now login to the admin view by clicking, not just by pressing enter.
-- Add handling for weirdly-formatted Friendica peers
+- Add handling for weirdly-formatted Friendica peers.
+- If the details of an instance fail to load, it's now easy to dismiss the error.
 
 ## [2.7.0 - 2018-08-18]
 

frontend/src/components/screens/AboutScreen.tsx

@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ const AboutScreen: React.FC = () => (
       . It works by crawling every instance it can find and aggregating statistics on communication between these.
     </p>
 
+    <p>
+      You can follow the project on{" "}
+      <a href="https://x0r.be/@fediversespace" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
+        Mastodon
+      </a>
+      .
+    </p>
+
+    <br />
     <H2>FAQ</H2>
 
     <H4>Why can't I see details about my instance?</H4>
@@ -44,6 +53,7 @@ const AboutScreen: React.FC = () => (
       to reflect that smaller instances can play a large role in a community.
     </p>
 
+    <br />
     <H2>Credits</H2>
 
     <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/fediverse_space/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">

frontend/src/components/screens/InstanceScreen.tsx

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class InstanceScreenImpl extends React.PureComponent<IInstanceScreenProps, IInst
     if (this.props.isLoadingInstanceDetails || this.state.isProcessingNeighbors || this.state.isLoadingLocalGraph) {
       content = this.renderLoadingState();
     } else if (this.props.instanceLoadError || this.state.localGraphLoadError || !this.props.instanceDetails) {
-      return (content = <ErrorState />);
+      content = <ErrorState />;
     } else if (this.props.instanceDetails.status.toLowerCase().indexOf("personal instance") > -1) {
       content = this.renderPersonalInstanceErrorState();
     } else if (this.props.instanceDetails.status.toLowerCase().indexOf("robots.txt") > -1) {