Latest changes, fixes and updates.

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• GET /api/projects matching now spans name, short_description, and full_description (case-insensitive), widening recall for detail-heavy listings.
• The endpoint reads ?q= first and falls back to ?search=, so either query param works — handy for search UIs that standardise on q.
• Length and content validation on the search term is unchanged, so existing 4xx behaviour is preserved.

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• Connect Printful with a store-scoped PRINTFUL_API_KEY and click Sync Printful products in the admin — your catalogue imports into the storefront as products with prices and variants (product_source: 'printful').
• Fulfilment runs inside the verified Stripe webhook: when a POD order is paid, the platform records the order, decrements stock, and submits a Printful v2 order from the buyer's shipping address — you never call Printful yourself.
• Safe by default: paid orders land in Printful as drafts you confirm manually. Flip PRINTFUL_AUTO_CONFIRM=true when you're ready to send them straight to production.
• Never silently lost: if Printful is unconfigured or a call fails, the order is still saved with a fulfillment_error so it surfaces in the admin Orders screen.
• Shipment tracking flows back via a Printful webhook at /api/webhooks/printful — the buyer gets a Track shipment link in their account.
• Full setup — token, sync, the paid-order flow, auto-confirm and tracking — is documented in Store & Fulfillment. Rides on the existing 0002_add_store_commerce.sql migration.

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• New account area with Orders, Cart and Addresses tabs — buyers can review past orders, edit their cart, and store shipping addresses for faster checkout.
• Save for later: move an item out of the active cart without deleting it, then push it back with Move to cart — line-item selection means the subtotal only counts what's actually selected for checkout.
• The You might also like recommendations now appear in both the cart drawer and the account cart, surfacing related products at the point of purchase.
• Builds on the existing store cart — no schema changes; saved items and addresses persist per shopper.

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• New interstitial placement alongside the top banner and catalog/detail cards — a centred modal with a cover image, headline, description, benefit bullets and a primary CTA.
• Respects the visitor: it's dismissible (with a clear "No thanks" opt-out) and shown once per session rather than on every page view.
• Wired through the same promotions system as the other placements, so the copy and CTA are editable in the admin and on the public /promote form.

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• Page number, category, pricing, sort and search now live in the URL and are server-rendered, so each state has a real, shareable, crawlable address.
• Pagination renders proper <a href> links that Googlebot can follow, and every page sets its own canonical tag; out-of-range pages return a 404 instead of an empty list.
• Category pages render all of their listings server-side and are self-canonical, while in-category sort and search still run instantly on the client.
• The sitemap now emits a real /categories/{slug} URL for every category that has a live listing, instead of pointing everything back at the homepage.
• Catalog queries are consolidated into a shared, cached data layer reused by the homepage, category pages and the projects API — no schema changes required.

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• Each sponsor row gets an Edit button that prefills the form and saves changes in place — the sponsor dialog was previously create-only.
• Wired straight to the existing sponsors API, so no backend or schema changes are needed.

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• Promotions are editable now: each row gets an Edit button that prefills the form and saves changes in place — the admin form was previously create-only.
• Two new optional copy fields — a short banner text (≤50 chars) and a longer catalog/detail text (≤100 chars) — let you tailor the message to where the ad runs.
• The fields surface in both the admin and the public /promote form, revealed based on the selected placement, and are validated and saved through the promotion APIs.
• Ads fall back to the listing's short description when a field is left empty, so existing promotions keep rendering unchanged.
• Backed by new banner_text / catalog_detail_text columns; run migration 0004_add_promotion_placement_text.sql to enable it.

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• New store format: set vertical: 'store' in platform.config.ts and turn on the store feature flag — the catalog, cards, detail pages and CTAs switch from "visit" to "buy".
• Image-forward product pages: a multi-image gallery next to a sticky buy box with price (and compare-at), rating, variant picker, quantity stepper, and Add to cart / Buy now.
• A persistent cart drawer (saved in the browser) with quantity controls, remove, subtotal, and a You might also like block that surfaces related products.
• A Commerce step in the submit & edit forms to set price, currency, inventory, product type and variants — money is entered in normal units and stored safely as minor units.
• Native one-time Stripe Checkout: prices are validated server-side, every sale is recorded as an order, and stock is decremented atomically on payment.
• A new admin Orders screen lists every sale with its status, total and line items.
• Backed by new commerce columns on the items table plus orders / order_items; run migration 0002_add_store_commerce.sql to enable it.

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• New Blog section in the admin: a searchable, filterable list of posts with row selection, bulk delete, and one-click duplicate.
• A Tiptap-powered rich-text editor with a full toolbar — headings, bold/italic/strikethrough, lists, quotes, code blocks, links, tables, and inline image upload.
• Edit dialog splits Content and Settings into tabs, with scheduling (draft, scheduled, published) and an optional featured image.
• Hand-written posts merge with the existing SEObot feed on the public /blog — local posts win on slug conflicts — and read-time is calculated automatically.
• Backed by a new blog_posts table with row-level security; run migration 0003_add_blog_posts.sql to enable it.

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• Every live post now appears in the sitemap at /blog/<slug>, with its featured image, using the same published/scheduled liveness gate as the public feed.
• Article pages emit BlogPosting JSON-LD (headline, dates, author, image, publisher) so they're eligible for rich results in search.
• Article pages moved from no-store to ISR (30-min revalidate), and the admin revalidates /blog and the affected post on create, update and delete — so changes go live immediately while crawlers still get a fast, cached page.

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• New Map view next to Grid, with clustered logo markers and a quick detail card per listing.
• Fullscreen globe experience: filter rail, live search, and dawn → day → dusk → night lighting that follows each visitor's local time.
• Submit & edit forms gain an optional Location section with address autocomplete that auto-fills city, country and coordinates (drag the pin to fine-tune).
• Admins choose the default look — flat map or globe, automatic or fixed lighting — in Design → Map.
• Fully optional: toggle it on in settings, add a Mapbox token, and you're live.

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• Add the "Featured on Directory Launch" badge to your homepage, then hit Verify.
• We check for a dofollow link back to us and unlock the Submit button once it's confirmed.

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• Redesigned the project page with a new ratings & reviews block and an improved screenshot gallery.
• Refreshed the dashboard, profile, settings, and submission & advertising flows.
• Polished the entire admin panel and fixed several dark-mode contrast issues.

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• The admin Theme tab grew into a full Design panel — colors and typography now sit alongside layout controls.
• Toggle the logo and cover image independently for catalog cards and the item page: text-only, logo-only, image-only, or the full treatment.
• Turning the image on switches cards to a vertical, cover-on-top layout — the cover is pulled straight from the project's first screenshot, with a graceful fallback when none exists.
• A live card preview in the panel reflects every toggle before you hit save, and changes apply across the site instantly.
• The submission form now adapts to your choices — contributors are only asked to upload the media you actually use.

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• Redesigned color rows with proper swatches and aligned light/dark columns, replacing the cramped raw inputs.
• Fixed the active-tab highlight that wasn't tracking after the Base UI migration.
• Added subtle microanimations — staggered card reveals and tactile button feedback.

What's changed?

• No more empty gaps: Every banner block (title, description, learn-more link, CTA, dismiss) only renders when its admin field is filled — empty fields no longer leave blank spaces.
• Strikethrough pricing: Add an optional original price (shown struck-through next to the CTA) and a savings note (e.g. "Save 20% — early adopter price") to highlight a discount.
• Editable trigger button: The homepage button that opens the popup can now be renamed from the admin panel.
• Fixed dark-mode popup: The popup now matches the site background color exactly, and its backdrop dims dark instead of washing out white in dark themes.

What's changed?

• Shape-stable skeletons: The homepage catalog, category pages, and every admin section now render placeholders that match the real cards and rows — no more blank screens or generic grey blocks while data loads.
• Sliding active indicator: Clicking a sidebar item smoothly glides the highlight from the old item to the new one, instead of snapping.
• Instant page titles: The new section's heading and its action buttons appear the moment you click — before the content finishes loading — so navigation never feels stalled.
• Consistent everywhere: Listings, Categories, Users, Sponsors, Promotions, and the Dashboard all share the same polished loading state.
• Respects reduced motion: All animations automatically turn off when the OS "reduce motion" setting is enabled.

What's changed?

• All 17 interactive primitives (Dialog, Select, Dropdown Menu, Popover, Tooltip, Alert Dialog, Sheet, Tabs, Checkbox, Switch, Collapsible, Scroll Area, and more) now run on Base UI under the hood.
• The component API stayed the same, so nothing changed in how pages are built — the upgrade is entirely internal.
• Polymorphic composition (rendering a button as a link, etc.) now uses Base UI's render mechanism instead of the old asChild slot.
• Removed all legacy Radix dependencies, trimming the bundle and consolidating on a single, actively maintained primitive library.
• Accessibility (focus management, keyboard navigation, ARIA) follows Base UI's WAI-ARIA patterns across every overlay and form control.

What's new?

• Dialogs, popovers, menus, selects, and tooltips now animate in and out with smooth, interruptible transitions.
• Checkboxes pop on toggle, switches glide, and tabs slide their active highlight between options.
• Cards lift gently on hover, and directory grids fade in with a staggered entrance.
• Buttons have a light press feedback for a more tactile feel.
• Every animation respects the system "reduce motion" setting, so it stays accessible for everyone.

What's fixed?

• Header blur no longer flickers: opening a dropdown previously reset the page scroll state, which briefly removed the sticky header's background blur and let content show through. The header now keeps its state while a menu is open.
• Filter and analytics dropdowns open downward: selects now consistently drop down from their input instead of overlaying the trigger, matching expected behavior in both the directory filters and the admin dashboard.
• General consistency pass on overlay positioning and animation timing across the app.

• Supabase connection: Centralized environment handling in a single lib/supabase/env.ts and refactored the client so every API route validates configuration the same way — a fresh clone fails loudly on missing keys instead of breaking silently.
• Project guardrails: Added a pre-commit hook (lint-staged), /verify and /check-console commands, Cursor rules for API routes, components and the Supabase layer, Copilot and Claude instructions, and an AGENTS.md architecture overview — so AI assistants follow the codebase's conventions when you customize it.

• Reviews & comments: Expanded the comment system on project detail pages into richer reviews, with reworked comment API handling.
• Screenshot uploader: Overhauled the screenshot upload component used across submission and admin forms.

Reliability work on monetization and the admin area, with several smaller fixes folded in.

What's changed?

• Sold-out placements: The promotions API checks placement availability and the UI reflects sold-out slots, so a placement can't be oversold.
• Discount coupons: Added coupon configuration for promotion checkout.
• Upload rate limiting: Tightened rate limits on uploads to guard against abuse.
• Live theme editor: Theme changes broadcast via a CustomEvent, so edits apply across the app instantly.
• Fixes & polish: Hardened the payment webhook and auth-callback routes, clearer admin API error handling, and a new DirectoryLaunch badge with logo and preview assets.

• Demo mode: A configurable demo mode bypasses authentication and admin checks so anyone can explore the app safely.
• Demo banner: The admin header and sidebar adjust their positioning to a dynamic banner height via CSS variables.
• Collapsed logo: The logo supports an icon-only mode for the collapsed sidebar.

• Charts: Revenue and visits charts now include a previous-period comparison.
• Time range: Replaced tabs with a select for choosing the reporting window.
• Layout: Minimum chart heights and improved spacing for a cleaner dashboard.

Marketing and growth surfaces got more robust, with graceful fallbacks when there's no real data yet.

• Social proof: Admin-selectable avatars with automatic fallback avatars when no real users exist yet.
• Ad banner: Reworked the ad banner and social-proof styling with configurable ad text, link, and icon.
• AutoSubmit: Refactored the AutoSubmit feature onto a centralized, typed configuration.
• SEO & docs: The sitemap now uses screenshots for image data; README and quick-start docs improved.

• AI descriptions: One-click AI-generated descriptions during project submission.
• Category suggestions: AI suggests the most relevant categories for a listing.
• CSV prep helper: A built-in LLM prompt helps you shape data for the CSV importer.
• Provider config: New environment settings to plug in your AI provider, plus i18n locale detection in middleware.

• Paid promotions: Pricing plans and ad placements with promotion subscriptions.
• CSV import: Bulk-import listings straight from the admin panel.
• Sponsor emails: Email templates updated to include sponsor information.

• Spheres: Organize categories into spheres, managed in the admin with cross-sphere drag-and-drop.
• Auto logos: Logo.dev integration fetches listing logos by domain, with graceful placeholders.
• Theme-aware logo: Simplified logo rendering with an SVG and better accessibility.
• Options & cleanup: Optional payment-redirect, email-override, and analytics settings; removed unused vote stats.

The core directory experience came together in one big push.

What's included?

• Listings & detail pages: Rich project detail pages with screenshots and expandable descriptions.
• Category browsing: Categories show only live apps, with live app counts.
• Member dashboard: Dashboard and profile pages with breadcrumb navigation, bookmarks, ratings, comments, and votes.
• Blog: Articles with an automatic table of contents and injected CTA blocks.
• Cleanup: Removed legacy auth scaffolding and winner-badge components; tightened API route security.

• Starting point: Built on a battle-tested directory codebase, restructured as a reusable boilerplate.
• Configuration: All 27 environment variables documented in .env.example.