Corrective Release - User Social Links, admin extensions redesign, stability fixes, and localization polish.

• Editor: Replaced the legacy sceditor with StackEdit for all rich content editing fields in the following areas:
  • Admin News: /admin/news (create and edit news articles).
  • Store Product Creation: /store/create (main product body/description).
  • Store Product Update: /store/{name}/update (new version description/release notes).
  • Admin Product Edit: /admin/products/{id}/edit (main product body/description).
• Editor: Enhanced public news display (/news/{id}) to now correctly render Markdown content using marked.js and DOMPurify, ensuring new StackEdit-generated content is beautifully displayed.
• Editor: Enhanced store product display (/store/{name}) to correctly render Markdown for main product details (o_valuer) and product file descriptions (in versions tab) using marked.js and DOMPurify.

• Add: Introduced inline editing functionality for the main product Topic Body directly from the /store/{name} public page.
  • Access: Available to product publishers and site administrators.
  • Editor: Utilizes StackEdit for a seamless Markdown editing experience.
  • UX: Features AJAX-based saving with real-time feedback (Saving..., Saved!) without page reload.
  • UI: "Edit Topic" button integrated into the product's action menu for quick access.
• Add: Introduced inline editing functionality for the main product Details (Description) (o_valuer) directly from the /store/{name} public page.
  • Access: Available to product publishers and site administrators.
  • Editor: Utilizes StackEdit for a seamless Markdown editing experience.
  • UX: Features AJAX-based saving with real-time feedback (Saving..., Saved!) without page reload.
  • UI: "Edit Product" button integrated into the Details tab for direct content modification.
• Fix: Improved topic retrieval logic in StoreController for the /store/{name} page to ensure the associated forum topic is correctly fetched, enabling the inline editing functionality where applicable.

• Add: Added new translation keys (saving, saved, topic_updated) across all 9 supported languages to support the new inline editing features.

• Add: Introduced a new Social Links section in the user settings (/settings/social).
• Add: Support for 10 major platforms: Facebook, Twitter (X), Vkontakte, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Threads, Reddit, GitHub, and ADStn.
• Add: Brand-specific icons and colors for every platform, including a high-fidelity integration for the ADStn community platform.
• Add: Smart URL normalization engine that clean-validates handles and URLs into standardized profile links.
• Improvement: Integrated the social links widget into the member profile hub, positioned elegantly below the badges section.
• i18n: Fully localized platform names and social settings labels across all 9 supported languages.

• Improvement: Standardized the Floating Label behavior across the Social Links settings (/settings/social), Registration (Verification Code), and Order Request creation pages (/orders/create) by enforcing the active class on themed form inputs for a more consistent and polished UI.
• Improvement: Overhauled the Forum Categories admin interface (/admin/forum/categories) with a "Superdesign" aesthetic, featuring glassmorphic headers, modern card layouts, and refined CRUD modals.
• Improvement: Modernized the Directory Categories admin interface (/admin/directory/categories) with a matching glassmorphic design, hierarchical visual cues, and improved table layouts.
• Improvement: Redesigned the Plugins admin page (/admin/plugins) into a modern extension hub with a hero header, live stats, responsive management cards, reusable changelog/delete modals, and lazy-loaded previews.
• Improvement: Enhanced the Plugin Deletion Workflow by implementing a client-side safety check that intercepts the deletion modal for active plugins. It now displays a localized warning and hides the delete action until the plugin is deactivated, ensuring a safer management experience across all 9 supported languages.
• Improvement: Redesigned the Themes admin page (/admin/themes) with the same Duralux-aligned visual system, including a hero header, status chips, richer preview cards, clearer activation/update actions, and responsive gallery behavior.
• Improvement: Redesigned the Reports admin page (/admin/reports) into a dedicated moderation hub with a hero header, moderation stats, modern report cards, clearer reporter/target actions, and a responsive review queue while preserving the existing review and delete flows.
• Improvement: Enhanced the visual hierarchy of the Add Category buttons on management pages, using high-contrast "pop" colors (Warning/Primary) to distinguish them from the background.
• Architecture: Introduced shared admin partials for the new extension management shell and report-specific moderation styles so Plugins, Themes, and Reports stay visually consistent without duplicating heavy UI markup.
• i18n: Added missing translation keys for category lists, descriptions, placeholder text, plugin/theme management labels, report moderation copy, extension stats, modal content, and action feedback across all 9 supported languages.

• Fix: Resolved Integrity constraint violation when creating or updating Forum and Directory categories without a description by enforcing default empty strings in AdminController.
• Fix: Created a repair migration to make txt and metakeywords columns nullable for f_cat and directory_cat tables.
• Refactor: Simplified storeNews logic in the Admin panel to remove redundant input handling.
• Fix: Standardized translation key usage in deleteDirectoryCategory.
• Fix: Corrected the plugin deletion flow so success is only reported when deletion actually returns true; active or blocked plugins now surface a translated error message instead of a false success notice.
• Fix: Resolved the Reported Content Removed false state on /admin/reports for Order Requests and reported request publishers by unifying report type handling for both current and legacy report flows (6/99 and 701/702).
• Improvement: Refactored admin report target resolution into a centralized controller path, reducing scattered per-row lookup logic and improving consistency for Directory, Forum, News, Store, Knowledgebase, Ads, Orders, and User reports.

• Improvement: Replaced technical placeholders (confirm_suspend) with descriptive, human-readable confirmation messages across all 9 supported languages.
• Improvement: Removed remaining visible English fallback copy from the Plugins and Themes admin pages so extension management now follows the active locale more consistently.
• Improvement: Added localized moderation copy for the redesigned Reports admin experience, including queue descriptions and reviewed-state labels across all 9 supported languages.
• Policy: Updated technical documentation (Agents.md) with new safety guidelines for AI agents regarding terminal command execution.

• Fix: Implemented robust character encoding detection and conversion in LinkPreviewService to resolve "strange symbols" (mojibake) in community link previews, especially for sites missing charset headers or using legacy encodings (Windows-1256, ISO-8859-6).
• Improvement: LinkPreviewService now explicitly hints UTF-8 to DOMDocument using pseudo-XML declarations, preventing default fallback to Latin-1 for Arabic content.
• Refactor: Unified website metadata extraction in DirectoryController (fetchMetadata) by integrating the improved LinkPreviewService, ensuring consistent title, description, and keyword retrieval while reducing code duplication.
• Add: Added keyword (meta keywords) extraction support to LinkPreviewService to maintain feature parity across discovery modules.

Patch Release - Version consistency, installer metadata fixes, and update flow polish.

• Fix: Centralized the MYADS runtime version in one support class so the updater, installer, middleware, and seed data all use the same source of truth.
• Fix: Corrected version writes that could previously store inconsistent values like 4.0.0 or 4.1.3 inside the options table.
• Fix: Updated installer and upgrade UI copy so fresh installs and upgrades now consistently display v4.2.1.
• Improvement: Version-check caching is now scoped to the active version number, so patch upgrades do not wait on a stale cache key before syncing the database version.
• Tests: Refreshed maintenance/update coverage to validate the new version baseline and update flow behavior.
• Fix: Resolved missing sidebar icons for Directory, Order Requests, News, and Advertising on some v4.2.1 sites after Git-based uploads where older asset caches or stale svg-loader.js files were still being served.
• Improvement: Added theme-level fallback symbols and styling for the affected sidebar icons so they now render consistently in both Light and Dark modes even when public theme assets are not fully refreshed yet.

• Improvement: Overhauled the profile editing page (/profile/edit) with a modern "Superdesign" layout, featuring unified float-label inputs, rounded styling, and categorized sections.
• Improvement: Refined the avatar and cover photo upload mechanics on the profile editor to display as native floating action buttons over the preview layout instead of generic separate boxes.
• Fix: Resolved an alignment and styling issue mapping over input[type="email"] fields in the default theme that caused them to appear unstyled globally; they now use consistent inputmode="email" mapping to inherit the platform's standard input styling.
• Fix: Fixed a visual bug in the password fields where placeholder text explicitly overlapped with floating active labels.

Feature Release - Community feed overhaul, profile hub privacy, admin ACL, and platform integrations.

• Add: Introduced a new Community Stats Charts section in the Admin Dashboard (/admin).
• Add: 30-Day Activity Visualization: Two new interactive line charts (Chart.js) visualizing trends over the last 30 days.
  • Posts Chart: Tracks new content by type — Text Posts, Link Posts, Gallery Posts, Forum Topics, Store Products, Order Requests, and News Articles.
  • Engagement Chart: Tracks community interactions — Forum Comments, Store Comments, Order Comments, Directory Comments, Forum Reactions, Store Reactions, and New Member Follows.
• Add: Reaction Counters Widget: A new horizontal stats bar below the charts showing total counts for all 8 reaction types: Like, Love, Dislike, Funny, Wow, Sad, Angry, and Happy.
• Add: Support for the Dislike reaction type in both timeline charts and total counters.
• i18n: Added comprehensive translation keys for all 15+ new chart labels and categories across Arabic and English.
• Architecture: Implemented a performant backend query logic in AdminController.index using DB::raw and FROM_UNIXTIME for grouped daily stats across disparate tables (status, f_coment, options, like).
• UI/UX: Refined chart containers with fixed heights (350px) to prevent layout jumping and ensure consistency with the Duralux admin theme.

• Add: Implemented a new Advanced Filter System for admin inventory pages: /admin/banners, /admin/links, /admin/smart-ads, and /admin/visits.
• Add: Multiple filter fields based on data type (text, date, number, dropdown select) for comprehensive search capabilities.
• Add: Support for AND/OR logic to combine filters, allowing for more precise data retrieval.
• Add: "Apply Filter" and "Reset" buttons for easy management of filter settings.
• Add: Display of results count after filtering to provide immediate feedback on search outcomes.
• Add: User preference saving for filter settings, ensuring that preferred filters are retained across sessions.
• Improvement: Standardized UI components, CSS styles, JavaScript functionality, data structure, and responsive behavior across all affected admin inventory pages.
• i18n: Added new translation keys for all filter-related labels and messages across all 9 supported languages.
• Tests: Added AdminInventoryFiltersTest to cover functional testing of the new filter system, including saved preferences and AND/OR logic.

• Add: Introduced a dedicated Security admin area at /admin/security with a new ACL module, Duralux sidebar entry, main settings page, IP ban management, member session audit log, and admin password confirmation flow.
• Add: Added centralized SecuritySettings backed by options (o_type = security_settings) for link/domain blacklists, cooldowns, registration caps, login throttling, admin reconfirmation, private message encryption, and public member IDs.
• Add: Added SecurityPolicyService, LocalUrlSafetyInspector, and SecurityThrottleService to enforce local URL safety rules and per-member cooldowns across registration, login, posts, comments, forum topics, private messages, link previews, and banner/link/smart/visit ads.
• Add: Added global BlockBannedIp and TrackMemberSecuritySession middleware plus the security_ip_bans and security_member_sessions tables for whole-site IP blocking and revocable member session tracking.
• Add: Added users.public_uid with backward-compatible public shortcut routing so /u/id/{id} can redirect toward canonical public IDs when enabled.
• Add: Added optional at-rest encryption for newly created private messages using enc: payloads and Laravel Crypt, while keeping legacy plaintext messages readable.
• Improvement: Private message URLs now use encrypted conversation identifiers on messages/{id} while legacy numeric links remain compatible.
• Improvement: Mixed legacy/private-message threads now show a lightweight in-thread notice when newer encrypted messages begin, so both participants can clearly distinguish the encrypted section.
• Fix: Header and sidebar avatar/profile shortcuts now respect public_member_ids_enabled and switch to public short-profile identifiers immediately.
• i18n: Added security/admin translation keys across all 9 supported languages.
• Tests: Added SecuritySuiteFeatureTest covering security ACL access, admin password confirmation middleware, private message encryption, and public profile shortcut identifiers.

• Add: Introduced a hard safety layer for test execution using .env.testing, database/testing.sqlite, and TestingSafetyGuard so automated tests can no longer touch the live MySQL database.
• Add: Added php artisan myads:update:preflight and UpdateSafetyService to verify the active database connection, writable update paths, pending migrations, and destructive operations before any upgrade is allowed to continue.
• Improvement: The admin updater now blocks execution unless the operator confirms that both the database and files were backed up, and it runs maintenance mode plus migrate --force / optimize:clear only after safety checks pass.
• Docs: Added a dedicated Git upgrade guide and strengthened installation/upgrade documentation with explicit backup requirements and warnings against migrate:fresh, db:wipe, and non-isolated test runs.

• Add: Introduced a full Promoted Posts system for community activity, allowing members to promote eligible posts they own from /portal using PTS.
• Add: Added a dedicated member flow from the post settings menu to /ads/posts/{status}/promote, including campaign setup, smart quote preview, points affordability checks, and launch confirmation.
• Add: Added status_promotions, StatusPromotion, StatusPromotionService, StatusPromotionPricingService, and StatusPromotionSettings to support campaign storage, smart pricing, delivery pacing, progress tracking, and admin-configurable limits.
• Add: Added member and admin management pages for promoted posts, including /ads/posts, /admin/ads/posts, and /admin/ads/posts/settings, with integration into the existing ads ACL module.
• Add: Promoted posts now appear inside /portal?filter=all alongside organic activity with a visible Ad label, pacing controls, non-adjacent insertion rules, and per-viewer cooldown protection.
• Improvement: Added support for promotion objectives based on views, comments, reactions, or campaign duration in days, with smart PTS pricing and delivery-cap calculations.
• Improvement: Added campaign progress monitoring for members and administrators, including active, completed, expired, paused, and budget_capped statuses plus owner notifications for campaign milestones.
• Fix: Resolved AJAX quote loading on the promoted-post setup page so campaign pricing works correctly even when MYADS is installed in a subdirectory such as /myads.
• Fix: Resolved infinite-scroll loading on /portal so additional community posts continue loading correctly when follow-up pagination URLs are generated from subdirectory or mixed-base paths.
• i18n: Added promoted-post translation coverage across all 9 supported languages for member flows, admin settings, statuses, notifications, and pricing labels.
• Tests: Added feature coverage for promoted-post purchase rules, quote validation, feed injection, budget-capped campaigns, admin settings, member dashboards, and portal follow-up page loading.

• Add: Implemented a comprehensive Sitemap Privacy Suite that enforces author privacy and forum visibility rules across the search engine index.
• Add: Integrated visible() scope for Topics and Users, ensuring "Private" and "Followers-only" content is excluded from guest crawlers.
• Add: Added a dedicated Forum Category Section to the sitemap to improve SEO discoverability for public boards.
• Add: Automated exclusion of restricted forum topics belonging to members-only or moderator-only categories.
• Improvement: Hardened SitemapController with schema-safe queries and robust date parsing for legacy timestamps.

• Fix: Resolved an issue in the Admin Panel (/admin/users) where verified users (ucheck) were incorrectly displayed as Admins in the Role column and filter.
• Add: Introduced sortable columns in the Admin Users table (Username, Role, Connection Status, Points) with persistent sorting via pagination.
• Add: Added a visual verification badge () next to verified usernames in the Admin Users list.

• Add: Advanced Plugin & Theme management system with a secure thumbnail delivery route.
• Add: Real-time update checking via GitHub API, featuring version badges and "Update Now" links.
• Add: Interactive Changelog Modal that fetches and displays release notes directly from GitHub.
• Add: Support for Thumbnails in the admin panel (checks plugin.json/theme.json or falls back to screenshot.png).
• Add: Compatibility locking using the new min_myads metadata field to ensure system stability.
• Security: Deletion of active plugins or themes is now restricted to prevent system breakage.
• Architecture: Standardized plugins/ and themes/ directory tracking in Git while keeping contents ignored.
• Dev Resources: Created comprehensive PLUGIN_GUIDE.md and THEME_GUIDE.md for third-party developers.
• i18n: Added new translation keys for plugin/theme management across all 9 supported languages.

• Add: Introduced a new Badges Hub (/badges) featuring a premium responsive grid for browsing all community achievements.
• Add: Implemented 12 brand-new unlockable badges across various categories:
  • Community Activity: Night Owl (late-night posting), Social Butterfly (follow count), Point Millionaire (wealth milestone).
  • Marketplace & Directory: Marketplace Collector (store additions), Directory Guru (site listings), Knowledge Contributor (wiki articles).
  • Orders System: Order Pioneer (first request), Best Helper (winning offers), Top Bidder (participation), Highly Rated (5-star feedback).
  • Forum: Forum Veteran (topic count), Helpful Member (replies), Topic Starter (diversity), Expert Moderator (moderation actions).
• Add: Integrated Visual Progress Tracking with animated progress bars and status tags (Locked/Unlocked) for every badge.
• Add: Enhanced Badge Icons using a curated set of FontAwesome 6 icons specifically matched to each achievement.
• Improvement: Rebuilt the Badge Showcase on member profiles to support the new dynamic icons and localized badge names.
• Architecture: Hardened GamificationService with silent error handling and automatic activity triggers across Store, Directory, Orders, and Forum modules.
• i18n: Fully localized all badge titles, descriptions, and hub interfaces across all 9 supported languages.
• Fix: Resolved an issue where the Highly Rated badge was not- Fix: Corrected misspelled v_visited and implemented surfing progress recording in GamificationService.

• Fix: Added error and validation feedback to order creation page for better debugging.
• Fix: Corrected reaction type in Status model to align with ReactionController (Type 6).
• Fix: Separated order social comments (order_comment) from bids (o_order) in CommentController to fix broken counters.
• Fix: (Systemic) Database encoding transition to utf8mb4 to support Arabic content.

• Fix: Resolved progress tracking for the Active Surfer badge by implementing visit recording and correcting a typo in the criteria query.
• UI/UX: Implemented a modern "Badges Hub" header with dynamic gradients, RTL support, and mobile-responsive layouts.

• Improvement: Conducted a full synchronization of all translation files with the English master (lang/en/messages.php).
• Fix: Repaired missing or broken translation keys for Arabic, German, Spanish, Persian, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Turkish.
• i18n: Standardized the localization architecture, ensuring consistent PHP array formatting across all language packs.
• Fix: Corrected RTL layout issues in the Badges Hub and Profile sections for better alignment in Arabic and Persian modes.

• Add: Introduced a standalone Order Request System for website owners to hire service providers (developers, designers, writers).
• Add: Automatic social integration where new order requests are published as interactive cards in the Community Feed.
• Add: Dedicated browsing and creation interfaces for order requests, supporting category filtering and budget tracking.
• Add: Direct messaging integration from order request cards to facilitate quick communication between owners and providers.
• Add: Engagement Enhancements: Implemented advanced sorting (Newest, Most Active, Highest Rated), "Best Offer" selection by owners, and a mutual rating system for orders and participants.
• Gamification: Integrated with PointLedgerService to award PTS for posting orders, bidding, and winning the "Best Offer" selection.
• Management: Added order closure functionality for owners and site administrators, with automated information notifications.

• Fix: Resolved an issue where news posts appeared on the profile page of the admin who created them; news now strictly appears only in the Community Portal feed (/portal).
• Fix: Resolved 500 Internal Server Error when posting news by fixing missing statu and img database columns.
• Add: News articles are now automatically posted to the Community Portal feed (/portal) upon creation.
• Add: News articles in the portal now display uploaded images dynamically with a default cover fallback.
• Improvement: Updated FeedService to rank current news articles by recency and engagement.
• Improvement: News articles are now searchable via the community portal search bar.

• Add: Introduced a centralized SEO engine for public pages, unifying titles, descriptions, canonical tags, robots directives, Open Graph, Twitter cards, and structured data output.
• Add: Added a full /admin/seo suite with Dashboard, Settings, Head Meta, Rules, and Indexing screens for managing and auditing search visibility.
• Add: Added local SEO analytics with charts for page views, unique visitors, bot hits, top scopes, and top content pages.
• Add: Added optional Google Analytics 4 integration through a GA4 Measurement ID with safe injection on public indexable pages only.
• Improvement: robots.txt is now managed dynamically from the admin panel instead of blocking indexing site-wide, with full support for multi-site APP_URL configurations.
• Improvement: sitemap.xml now respects lastmod, skips noindex content, and stays aligned with published public resources using absolute URLs.
• Fix: Resolved 500 Internal Server Error on the SEO Indexing admin page by naming the dynamic robots route.
• Fix: Hardened SitemapController and SeoAuditService with robust try-catch blocks and V420SchemaService to prevent 500 errors during database instability or incomplete upgrades.
• Improvement: Standardized RobotsTxtService for consistent, dynamic sitemap URL generation across all server environments.
• i18n: Added SEO translation keys across all 9 supported languages and removed hardcoded SEO admin strings.

• Add: Expanded POST /status/create to support text, link, gallery, and repost publishing flows while remaining compatible with legacy s_type inputs.
• Add: Added URL preview fetching via POST /status/link-preview, optional Directory saves from the same composer flow, and automatic duplicate suppression so generated Directory statuses no longer appear twice in /portal?filter=all.
• Add: Added multi-image gallery publishing with support for up to 10 images per post, persisted through forum_attachments while preserving legacy image_post compatibility.
• Add: Added quote reposts backed by status_reposts, repost counters in activity cards, and repost notifications to original authors.
• Improvement: Refactored gallery posts to store attachments in public/upload/ and decoupled them from forum moderation logic (Pin/Lock).
• Improvement: Redesigned the gallery view (/t{id}) into a premium responsive image grid and simplified the editor for non-forum gallery posts.
• Improvement: Reworked /portal?filter=all around a hybrid ranking model that blends recency, follows, author affinity, content affinity, social proof, reactions, comments, reposts, capped view boosts, and diversity penalties with a 5-minute cache.
• Improvement: Kept /portal?filter=me chronological for followed accounts and the current member while excluding duplicated directory statuses from the ranked feed.
• Improvement: Activity cards now render link previews, galleries, repost embeds, repost counts, and quote repost actions more consistently across supported content types.
• Standardization: Unified post and comment deletion into a single, robust 'in-place' confirmation system across all platform modules (Forum, Store, Directory, Orders).
• UI/UX: Replaced inconsistent native browser confirmation dialogs with premium theme-integrated confirmation boxes that replace content in-place for a seamless experience.
• Architecture: Centralized deletion logic in master.blade.php with support for type-specific API routing and dynamic container targeting.

• Feature: Transformed the legacy Knowledgebase into a collaborative Wiki-style system with a dedicated creation flow for missing articles.
• Add: Integrated StackEdit for a premium, Markdown-first editing experience with real-time preview and full-screen support.
• Add: Implemented a high-performance AJAX Preview System that allows side-by-side review of historical and pending article versions.
• Improvement: Optimized the Wiki layout for RTL (Right-to-Left) languages, ensuring the preview area and sidebar are correctly aligned.
• Architecture: Integrated marked.js and DOMPurify for secure client-side Markdown rendering and XSS prevention.
• Fix: Resolved UI issues where the site header overlapped with the StackEdit editor using dynamic JavaScript-based positioning.
• i18n: Added new translation keys for the StackEdit editor across all 9 supported languages.

• Add: Added server-side @mentions extraction and storage through status_mentions for both posts and comments, including member notifications without self-notify behavior.
• Add: Added GET /mentions/users?q= lookup support for composer/autocomplete integrations and filtered it through member privacy rules.
• Improvement: Unified text formatting for community posts and comments so hashtags, safe links, Markdown, and mentions now flow through shared formatter services instead of Blade regex fragments.

• Add: Added /settings/privacy with per-member controls for profile, about, photos, followers, following, points history, direct messages, mentions, reposts, and online status visibility.
• Improvement: Enforced the new privacy rules across profile tabs, SEO profile descriptions, direct messaging, mention delivery, repost delivery, and profile navigation visibility.
• Add: Added badge showcase management via /settings/badges, badge display on profile pages, and a refreshed points history ledger on /history.
• Improvement: Rebuilt profile About Me around users.sig, upgraded /u/{username}?tab=photos, and refreshed /history toward a more profile-hub style layout.
• Add: Introduced point_transactions, badges, user_badges, badge_showcase, quests, and quest_progress with seeded v1 milestones and daily/weekly quests for posts, comments, reactions, reposts, and follow growth.

• Add: Introduced a new Premium Quests Page (/quests) with a high-fidelity "MyAds_Default_Theme" design, featuring fluid animations and entrance effects.
• Add: Implemented 5 brand-new repeatable quests: New Connections (Follows), Forum Starter (Topics), Web Explorer (Directory), Tool Collector (Store), and Service Helper (Order Bids).
• Improvement: Enhanced the Daily Quests Sidebar Widget with a prominent "All Quests" button and a direct "History" link for improved user navigation.
• Architecture: Integrated quest event hooks across ProfileController, ForumController, StoreController, DirectoryController, AuthController, and CommentController.
• Maintenance: Built a centralized repairQuestData service and a dedicated migration (2026_03_26_040000_fix_legacy_quest_icons.php) to permanently correct icon mappings and target counts.
• Automation: Quest data repair is now automatically triggered during System Installations, Dashboard Updates, and through the Admin Maintenance "Repair Database" tool.
• i18n: Fully localized all new quest strings and widget actions across all 9 supported languages.

• Add: Introduced Forum Category Visibility Controls, allowing administrators to restrict access to specific categories and their topics based on user roles (Everyone, Registered Members, or Moderators/Admins only).
• Add: Implemented Safe Category Deletion with mandatory topic migration. Administrators must now select a target category to move existing topics to before a category can be deleted, preventing accidental data loss.
• i18n: Added comprehensive translation keys for visibility settings and deletion migration flows across all supported languages.
• Fix: Resolved 500 Internal Server Error when updating forum categories by refactoring AdminController.php to use a secure whitelisted input flow for model updates.
• Add: Integrated a premium searchable FontAwesome 6 Icon Picker in the forum category admin panel, replacing the legacy static dropdown with a dynamic, real-time preview component.
• Add: Massive expansion of the available icon set, featuring over 250+ curated FontAwesome 6 icons across categories like Places, Transport, Digital, and Brands (including user-requested icons like PlayStation, Bilibili, and Satellite).
• Improvement: Standardized the icon selector to follow the Duralux Admin design pattern (hstack, gap-3), providing interactive previews and better alignment inside the selection box.
• i18n: Added missing select_icon translation keys for all supported locales to ensure a localized interface for the new icon picker.
• Add: Dedicated SEO Sidebar Section, moving all search-related tools (Dashboard, Settings, Head Meta, Rules, Indexing) into a standalone menu for better organization.

• Add: Added /admin/admins CRUD for site administrators with full-access and module-scoped permissions backed by site_admins.
• Improvement: Centralized admin authorization through AdminAccessService, updated AdminMiddleware, and wired admin navigation visibility to module-based access rules.
• Security: Locked user_id=1 as the default super-admin, preventing scoped admins from managing administrators and preventing super-admin removal.
• Add: Permanent Admin Maintenance Dashboard (/admin/maintenance) for cache clearing, database migrations, and table optimization (Repair & Optimize) directly from the browser.
• Add: Integrated "System Maintenance" link into the admin sidebar under the "Options" menu for quick system recovery.
• Delete: Safely removed the temporary maintenance.php web utility after successful integration into the secure admin panel.
• Improvement: Switched forum category pages /f{id} from infinite-scroll loading to standard HTML pagination with 20 topics per page.

• Add: Expanded the platform's widget system with new dynamic components for the Community Portal and Member Profiles.
• Add: Latest Orders: A new sidebar widget that fetches and displays the 5 most recent service requests from the marketplace with live categorization and budget tracking.
• Add: Badge Showcase: A personalized widget for authenticated members that renders their manually selected and showcased achievements directly in the sidebar.
• Add: Daily Quests: An interactive gamification widget that tracks and displays real-time progress for daily milestones (Posts, Comments, Reactions, Visits) with visual progress bars.
• Standardization: Unified the Portal Sidebar widget ecosystem, ensuring all "Latest Content" blocks (Topics, News, Products, Sites, Orders) follow a consistent design pattern and localized title management.
• Improvement: Updated the Admin Widget management interface to support the new v4.2.0 widget types and unified the selection dropdown with localized labels.
• i18n: Added comprehensive translation keys for all new widget labels and states in both English and Arabic.

• Fix: Repaired corrupted v4.2.0 locale entries and ensured the new community, privacy, badge, quest, mention, repost, and admin ACL keys are present across all 9 shipped locales.
• Fix: Added centralized v4.2.0 schema detection with graceful fallback handling so missing upgrade tables such as site_admins, user_privacy_settings, and status_link_previews no longer trigger 500 errors on /portal, profile pages, forum topic cards, sidebars, and other authenticated surfaces.
• Fix: Hardened /portal activity cards and repost embeds against legacy feed rows whose author account no longer exists, so missing users now fall back to translated placeholders instead of triggering Blade 500 errors.
• Fix: Settings and admin pages that depend on incomplete v4.2.0 tables now render upgrade notices and block writes with friendly translated messages instead of crashing, while public reads continue in compatibility mode where possible.
• Fix: Resolved a critical syntax error in AdminController@validatedBannerSize that caused 500 errors across several admin panel surfaces.
• Add: Manual .env loader in bootstrap/app.php to ensure correct configuration loading in restrictive hosting environments.
• Add: Added a dedicated repair migration for the March 23, 2026 social feed extension schema and new fallback-focused feature coverage for incomplete-upgrade scenarios.
• Add: Added feature coverage for social publishing, mention privacy, profile privacy enforcement, badge showcase limits, admin ACL, portal feed deduplication and chronology, forum pagination, and v4.2.0 translation key coverage.
• Validation: Verified updated PHP files with php -l, confirmed the new routes during route inspection, and ran the dedicated V420* feature test suite successfully.

• Add: Introduced a robust Product Suspension System. Administrators can now suspend specific products, hiding them from the public store index and search results while maintaining access for owners and admins.
• Add: High-visibility Suspension Notice displayed on the product page for owners and administrators to clearly identify the product status.
• Add: Status Badges for suspended products in store preview cards for an improved administrative workflow.
• Add: Automated Update Notifications. The system now automatically publishes a community feed post whenever a product owner updates their product version, increasing visibility for new releases.
• i18n: Added comprehensive translation keys for product suspension and update labels across all 9 supported languages.
• Architecture: Overrode the visible scope in the Product model to seamlessly integrate with HasPrivacy while enforcing new suspension visibility rules.

• Add: Introduced a premium "Superdesign" card layout for directory and forum activities, featuring high-fidelity visuals, shadow depth, and localized RTL support.
• Add: Implemented a Persistent Image System that stores website banners in the database, providing returning users with an instant visual experience without waiting for background fetches.
• Add: Introduced Asynchronous Lazy Loading for directory images using the Intersection Observer API and a dedicated AJAX endpoint, significantly reducing initial page load times and bandwidth.
• Improvement: Implemented a "Stale-While-Revalidate" logic for directory images; the system displays the stored image immediately while revalidating and updating it in the background if a change is detected.
• Add: Enhanced Broken Link Detection with automatic 404 status persistence, displaying a specialized alert icon and preventing redundant external fetches for dead links.
• Standardization: Unified directory image fallbacks and placeholders across the Community Feed, Website Directory, and Member Profiles.

Patch Release - Embed delivery, routing, and Smart Ads reliability fixes.

• Fix: Root .htaccess now preserves dynamic Laravel embed endpoints such as /embed/smart.js, /embed/banner.js, and /embed/link.js under subdirectory installs, preventing Apache 404 errors before requests reach Laravel.
• Fix: Smart, banner, and link short-code loaders now use safer slot-based injection instead of chained document.write calls, improving compatibility when ads are embedded on external websites.
• Fix: Legacy ad-serving endpoints (bn.php, link.php, and smart.php) now support safer targeted rendering near the copied embed script without changing their public URLs.
• Improvement: Smart Ads code pages continue to expose the same public snippets while generating more reliable loader behavior behind the scenes.

• Fix: Smart Native Ad image and title are now fully clickable, matching the existing "Visit Sponsor" button behavior.
• Fix: Smart ad analysis now normalizes UTF-8 metadata more safely for Arabic and other non-Latin landing pages that declare charset inside HTML meta tags.
• Fix: Long Smart Ads URL fields and extracted source images are now handled more safely, reducing save-time failures on very long landing-page metadata.
• Improvement: Smart Native Ad images are now fully responsive, preventing cropping regardless of the uploaded image dimensions.
• Improvement: Banner, link, smart, and fallback ad output now keeps centered placement more consistently across third-party websites.

• Improvement: Completely redesigned to use a Sitemap Index Protocol instead of a single giant XML file.
• Improvement: Sitemap is now generated dynamically using XML streaming and database chunking (10,000 URLs per file), which prevents memory exhaustion on large websites and complies with search engine limits.
• Add: Custom dynamic pages (/page/{slug}) are now automatically indexed inside their own sub-sitemap.
• Fix: Generating the sitemap via the admin panel automatically purges any leftover static public/sitemap.xml file so the high-performance streamed version takes over seamlessly.

Patch Release - RTL, Smart Ads, and ad code fixes.

• Fix: Fixed a bug where the profile page (/u/{username}) content disappears to the far right on mobile devices when switching to RTL mode.
• Fix: Resolved an infinite scrolling bug on Community, Directory, Forum, and Profile pages where the loader occasionally stopped fetching older posts.
• Fix: Fixed an AJAX parsing error on infinite scroll and other API endpoints caused by UTF-8 BOM encodings in language files.

• Fix: Smart Ads code page (/ads/smart/code) now shows a direct built-in preview of the latest active owned smart ad instead of relying on the live loader response.
• Fix: Smart ad serving (smart.php) now tries eligible ads from other members first, then falls back to the publisher's own smart ad when no external campaign matches.
• Fix: Self-fallback smart ads no longer award points, consume nsmart, or record impression/click tracking when the publisher's own ad is shown as a fallback.
• Improvement: Added clearer Smart Ads code page messaging and empty-state translations across all shipped languages.

• Fix: Responsive text ads served from /l_code now open ad clicks in a new browser tab.

• Improvement: Redesigned the store product create page (/store/create) and product update page (/store/{name}/update) into a clearer shared editor layout with stronger card hierarchy and a reusable file source picker.
• Improvement: Store file delivery now uses a unified ZIP Upload / Direct Link switcher with a single linkzip submission contract, clearer upload feedback, and safer reusable frontend logic.
• Fix: Product updates now redirect back to the product detail page after publishing instead of staying on the update form.
• Fix: Product detail pages now surface success flash messages after creating or updating a store product.
• Fix: The product create page keeps the SCEditor experience on textarea#editor1, preserving rich content submission for the main topic body.
• Improvement: Product update pages now show file version history inside a collapsible card instead of mixing it directly into the edit form.

• Improvement: Rebuilt the store product page (/store/{name}) into a stronger product shell with clearer hierarchy, publisher summary, stat tiles, and a single actions menu.
• Add: Product pages now support inline reporting for the product and its publisher, while owners and admins can manage the same page from the new actions menu.
• Fix: Deleting a product from its detail page now redirects back to /store with a visible success flash, while the existing JSON delete response remains compatible with current JavaScript clients.
• Improvement: Rebuilt the shared knowledgebase experience across /kb/{name}, /kb/{name}:{article}, /edk/{name}:{article}, /pgk/{name}:{article}, /hkd/{name}:{article}, and /kb/{name}?st={name} with a unified product-linked shell and clearer review/editor layouts.
• Add: Knowledgebase topics now support inline reporting for the topic itself and for the current topic publisher, with guest-authored topics hiding publisher report actions automatically.
• Add: Admin reports now recognize a dedicated Knowledgebase report type and link directly back to the current KB topic preview.

Patch Release - Store enhancements, UI, RTL, and translation fixes.

• Add: Product creators can now choose between uploading a ZIP file or providing a direct external download link.
• Add: Optional cover image and price updates on the product edit page (/store/{name}/update).
• Add: Full product editing capabilities from the Admin panel (/admin/products/{id}/edit).
• Add: Admin product suspension system (suspend/unsuspend) with automatic notifications sent to product owners.
• Add: File version history and download preview in the Admin product edit view.

• Add: Added new translation keys for Store external links and Admin product management across all 9 languages.
• Add: Fully translated strings for Responsive 2 embed code formats across all 9 languages.
• Fix: Removed hardcoded English strings from /b_code and /l_code pages.
• Improvement: Clarified point earning sentences (referrals, exchange visits, ad impressions) in Arabic and English translations.

• Fix: Fixed critical RTL layout bug where margin-left: auto caused main content limits to clip beyond the right edge on desktop views.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where /forum category sections disappeared completely on mobile devices in both RTL and LTR orientations.
• Fix: Corrected javascript sidebar toggler layout calculation in RTL mode to prevent horizontal sliding content jumps.

• Fix: Resolved 500 Internal Server Error on /l_code triggered by an undefined $responsive2Preview variable preventing the link codes page from loading.

Feature Release - Notification center refresh, forum topic flow fixes, and test coverage improvements.

• Fix: Fresh installs from Git now auto-create .env before the first full bootstrap so installer requests no longer start with missing environment configuration.
• Fix: Installer bootstrap now generates a unique APP_KEY during fresh setup instead of relying on the shared example key.
• Fix: CSRF exclusions now explicitly cover both install and install/* routes to prevent 419 Page Expired during setup.
• Fix: Default session and cache fallbacks now use file instead of database, so /install no longer depends on Laravel system tables before migrations run.
• Fix: Legacy upgrades from v3.2.x now repair missing forum schema pieces such as f_cat.ordercat, forum moderation tables, and related compatibility columns so /forum and new admin forum pages no longer fail with 500 after upgrade.

• Improvement: Redesigned /notification into a clearer notification center with a summary card, stronger unread highlighting, and a cleaner notification feed.
• Add: Added a red unread count badge above the notification button in the desktop header.
• Add: Added a red unread count badge above the notification button in the mobile floaty bar.
• Improvement: Mark all as read now updates visible unread indicators and counters immediately across the header, mobile bar, and notification page.
• Improvement: Reworked notification item rendering into reusable partials so initial page load and AJAX-loaded items share the same markup.

• Improvement: Replaced classic pagination on /notification with infinite scroll loading while scrolling down.
• Add: GET /notification now returns JSON for AJAX requests with html and next_page_url.
• Improvement: POST /notification/mark-all-read now returns a clearer AJAX response with success and unread_count.
• Fix: Preserved existing read behavior so notifications are marked as read only when opened or when mark all as read is used.

• Fix: Topic creation now redirects directly to the newly created topic page.
• Fix: Topic update now redirects back to the topic page even when category input is missing, using a safe fallback path.
• Fix: Attachments uploaded during topic updates now remain visible on the topic page.
• Fix: Topic pages now use the standard comment container selector consistently.
• Fix: Forum comment store flow continues to return HTML correctly for AJAX usage without forcing a full page reload.
• Fix: Knowledgebase routes now accept legacy store names that contain hyphens, so links مثل /kb/Web-Designing no longer return 404.
• Fix: Legacy listing pages /b_list, /l_list, and /v_list now submit real delete forms directly instead of relying on outdated modal triggers, so ad and visit deletion works again.

• Improvement: Redesigned the forum category sidebar on /f{id} so it now follows the stronger card language used in the website directory sidebar while staying consistent with the forum theme.
• Improvement: Forum category cards now show the category icon, title, short description, and a topic count pill, with a clearer active state for the currently opened section.
• Improvement: Sidebar category data is now prepared in the controller instead of querying categories directly inside the Blade view.
• Improvement: Topic counts in the forum sidebar are now precomputed from active topics only, avoiding repeated queries inside the sidebar loop.

• Improvement: Refined the default theme Blade templates for the login and registration pages.
• Add: Social login buttons for Facebook and Google now appear directly inside the login form when providers are configured.
• Add: Social login buttons were also added to the registration page for a smoother sign-up flow.
• Fix: Social auth actions are now shown conditionally based on available environment configuration instead of rendering empty placeholders.
• Improvement: Social login buttons now adapt their width automatically when only one provider is enabled.

• Fix: Resolved the profile follow action error on /profile/{id}/follow by storing the required time_t value in the like table instead of attempting to write to a non-existent legacy date field.

• Fix: Community posts loaded later via infinite scroll now keep their comment, react, and share actions working correctly on /portal and profile activity tabs.
• Improvement: Activity comment buttons now use a shared delegated frontend handler instead of per-post inline script blocks, so dynamically injected posts behave like the initial page render.
• Improvement: Activity post react and share menus now use dedicated activity-menu toggles instead of relying on the global dropdown initializer that only handled the first render reliably.
• Fix: Reaction user lists in community posts now open correctly on hover again, with matching positioning fixes for both LTR and RTL layouts.
• Improvement: Infinite scroll rendering now supports registered post-render callbacks instead of a single overwrite-prone hook, keeping directory and activity feed hydration compatible.

• Add: Introduced a new Smart Feed algorithm for /portal?filter=all that ranks posts based on weighted signals: recency, views, reactions, and comments.
• Improvement: Post ranking now gives a massive boost to fresh content (especially posts from the last 1-6 hours) using a high-base power decay formula.
• Add: Added Social Proof boosts (+10 points) when a user's followed contacts have commented on a post.
• Add: Added Following boosts (+20 points) for posts authored by users the viewer follows.
• Improvement: Smart feed results are cached for 5 minutes, significantly improving page load performance while maintaining a dynamic discovery experience.

• Improvement: Refined the default theme directory banners on /directory, /cat/{id}, and /directory/{id} with a more balanced layout, cleaner content width, and a stronger background treatment based on the existing site theme.
• Improvement: Repositioned the Visit Site button inside directory listing cards so it now appears under the title and description instead of competing with the card header.
• Improvement: Redesigned directory-listing-stats-detail on the directory detail page into clearer responsive stat tiles for visits, reactions, and comments.
• Improvement: Simplified the directory detail hero so the new stat ribbon becomes the primary visual metrics block without changing directory functionality.

• Fix: The Home Page ad slot from /admin/site-ads now renders on the public landing page / instead of remaining defined in admin only.
• Fix: The Topic ad slot now appears across supported standalone content detail pages, including forum topics, store product pages, and directory detail pages.
• Fix: The Footer ad slot now renders once at the bottom of all public non-admin pages that use the main site layout.
• Improvement: The landing page now overrides footer ad placement so the Footer slot appears above the landing footer without duplicating the ad block.
• Improvement: Site ad rendering now uses the shared ad partial consistently for the new placements, preserving the existing hide-when-empty behavior.

• Fix: Banner size values are now normalized to canonical WxH formats across storage, edit forms, and ad serving, so legacy values like 468, 728, 300, and 160 continue to work without hiding eligible ads.
• Fix: User and admin banner edit pages now expose the same canonical size options, and banner moderation notifications now redirect to the current /ads/banners/{id}/edit flow.
• Add: bn.php now records banner impressions and avoids serving the same banner repeatedly to the same visitor on the same publisher during the configured repeat window.
• Improvement: When all matching banners are blocked by the repeat window, banner serving now falls back to the default placement instead of reusing the same advertiser immediately.
• Add: Admin settings now include a configurable banner repeat-window duration for repeat-avoidance behavior.

• Add: Introduced a full Smart Ads campaign system with dedicated nsmart credits, user management pages under /ads/smart, a smart embed code page, and a new smart.php serving endpoint.
• Add: Smart campaigns now analyze the advertiser landing page to extract headline, description, image, and topic keywords automatically, while also supporting manual country and device targeting.
• Add: Smart ad delivery now supports contextual matching using page metadata and viewport/device signals from the embed code, plus admin-wide management and configurable point-to-credit conversion.
• Fix: Smart ad reporting, /state compatibility, and click/impression drill-downs now work through the current smart campaign flow, including report?smart_ad={id} support.
• Improvement: Smart Ads translations now follow the active locale across user pages, admin pages, embed output, and all shipped languages instead of falling back to English.

• Improvement: /b_code now defaults to a shorter legacy-style quick snippet while keeping Advanced Code for token-aware and responsive delivery.
• Add: Banner Responsive 2 was added to /b_code as an advanced smart placement that detects the slot size and serves the closest legal banner format automatically.
• Improvement: Banner Responsive 2 now renders with a lighter native-style chrome and a compact Ads by {site} label instead of the earlier heavier overlay treatment.
• Add: /l_code now includes Responsive 2 with both direct quick code and smarter width-aware code, plus adaptive compact, stacked, and wide layouts on link.php.
• Improvement: Responsive 2 tabs in both /b_code and /l_code now carry a visible beta badge to signal the new experimental format.

• Add: /home now includes a dedicated Smart Ads stats card, summary panel, smart credit balance, and direct shortcuts for list, create, code, and stats actions.
• Add: Point conversion on /home now supports converting points into Smart Ads credits directly from the existing dashboard form.
• Fix: The Smart Ads stat card now keeps its background correctly in RTL mode by using the same mirrored background variable flow as the other dashboard cards.
• Improvement: Smart Ads action buttons on /home now match the existing dashboard button palette and sizing, so they stay visually consistent in both LTR and RTL.

• Add: Added centralized locale_direction() and is_locale_rtl() helpers so visual direction now follows the active Laravel locale consistently.
• Improvement: Top-level HTML lang, dir, data-dir, and direction classes now render from the active locale across the public theme, auth layout, admin layout, installer pages, visits pages, and the Laravel welcome page.
• Add: Persian (fa) now renders as a full RTL language alongside Arabic.
• Fix: Existing ?lang switching behavior remains intact while still updating rendered page direction, session locale, and language cookie correctly.

• Add: Added dedicated RTL override stylesheets for the default light theme, default dark theme, and the Duralux admin theme.
• Fix: Shared dropdown positioning now mirrors left/right offsets correctly in RTL, preventing message and notification dropdowns from being clipped off-screen.
• Fix: Frontend RTL spacing now better aligns section banners, form controls, dropdowns, compact sidebar items, and general left/right utility behavior.
• Fix: /home top dashboard stat cards now mirror only their background artwork in RTL without flipping text, numbers, or icons.
• Fix: /forum forum category icons and titles now have improved spacing and padding in both RTL and LTR for the redesigned forum tables.
• Fix: Sidebar content-grid translation logic now respects RTL so desktop navigation and chat offsets stay visually balanced.

• Add: Added Duralux admin RTL shell overrides for header, breadcrumbs, dropdowns, and navigation alignment.
• Fix: Admin header and page container now anchor from the right in RTL, including correct minimenu collapsed widths.
• Fix: Admin sidebar collapse and expand behavior now matches LTR more closely in RTL, including toggler visibility and container expansion.

• Add: Added notification center feature tests covering page rendering, AJAX pagination, and mark all as read behavior.
• Add: Added a dedicated feature test to verify profile follow requests create a valid timestamped follow record without database insert errors.
• Add: Added a dedicated feature test covering the redesigned forum category sidebar, including category ordering, active state, and topic count rendering.
• Add: Added a dedicated feature test covering Home Page, Topic, and Footer site ad slot rendering across public pages, dashboard pages, and admin pages.
• Add: Added locale direction feature tests covering English, Arabic, Persian, admin pages, installer pages, visits pages, and ?lang session/cookie persistence.
• Improvement: Feature test coverage now includes forum topic flow fixes, forum sidebar rendering, and notification center behavior.

Patch Release — Installer resilience & shared hosting compatibility fixes.

• Fix: Auto-create .env from .env.example if missing on fresh install (index.php).
• Fix: Auto-create required storage/ subdirectories on first run (index.php).
• Fix: Remove stale storage/installed marker during fresh install.
• Fix: Added storage/installed to .gitignore to prevent shipping with repo.
• Fix: Handle MissingAppKeyException gracefully — auto-generates APP_KEY and redirects to /install (bootstrap/app.php).
• Fix: Default APP_KEY added to .env.example to prevent crash before installer runs.
• Fix: Enable APP_DEBUG=true in .env.example for error visibility during install; automatically disabled after install completes.
• Fix: Exclude install/* routes from CSRF verification to prevent 419 Page Expired errors during setup (bootstrap/app.php).
• Fix: Missing directory table creation added to database migrations and processMigrate() method.

• Fix: Status model — null pointer crash in getGroupedReactionsAttribute() when reaction option doesn't exist.
• Fix: All Status model $appends accessors (date_formatted, reactions_count, comments_count, grouped_reactions) wrapped in try-catch to prevent cascading failures.
• Fix: PortalController — replaced CONVERT(... USING utf8mb4) raw SQL with standard LIKE queries for MySQL compatibility on free hosting.
• Fix: DirectoryController::index() — separated categories from activities into independent try-catch blocks so categories still display when activities query fails.
• Fix: DirectoryController::show() — reject non-numeric IDs with 404 (prevents /directory/store and /directory/ads from crashing).
• Fix: DirectoryController::store() — wrapped in try-catch with error message fallback.
• Fix: DirectoryController::category() — wrapped in try-catch for resilience.
• Fix: AdminController::index() — wrapped GitHub API call and stats queries in try-catch to prevent dashboard crash on restricted hosting.
• Fix: Directory model — added date to $fillable array (was silently dropped on create).
• Fix: InstallerController::finish() — disable APP_DEBUG after installation for security.

Major Release — Complete rewrite from plain PHP to the Laravel framework.

• Rewrite: Complete migration from plain PHP to Laravel 12 framework (MVC architecture).
• Add: Blade templating engine replacing raw PHP templates (172 old templates → organized Blade views).
• Add: Eloquent ORM with 27 models replacing raw SQL queries.
• Add: 25 dedicated controllers replacing 31 standalone request handlers and 38 PHP files.
• Add: Proper routing system (routes/web.php) replacing direct PHP file access.
• Add: Middleware system (AdminMiddleware, SetLocale, UpdateUserOnline, CheckSystemVersion, InstallerGuard).
• Add: CSRF protection on all forms via Laravel middleware.
• Add: Database migrations and seeders for structured schema management.

• Add: Duralux admin panel theme (Bootstrap 5) replacing the old admin panel templates.
• Improvement: Modern landing page inspired by Google AdSense with animated sections, scroll-reveal effects, and stats counters.
• Add: Dark mode / Light mode toggle across the entire application.
• Add: RTL (Right-to-Left) support for Arabic language.
• Improvement: Responsive design across all pages (desktop, tablet, mobile).
• Add: Theme system — support for multiple switchable themes from the admin panel.

• Add: Laravel authentication system (login, register, logout, remember me).
• Improvement: Support for logging in via Email or Username automatically.
• Add: Social login via Google and Facebook OAuth.
• Add: Mandatory Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy agreement on registration.
• Add: CAPTCHA verification on registration to prevent bots.
• Improvement: Password hashing using bcrypt (Laravel Hash facade).
• Delete: Insecure wasp.gq share and login integration removed.

• Improvement: Complete translation system rewrite using Laravel's localization architecture.
• Add: 9 Languages fully translated: English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Persian, Turkish, German, and Italian.
• Add: Dynamic Language Discovery — system automatically detects and adds new language folders to the UI.
• Add: Language management from the admin panel (sync, edit terms, export).
• Add: Dynamic locale switching via SetLocale middleware with session and cookie persistence.

• Improvement: Complete admin dashboard redesign with Duralux theme.
• Add: Admin Header Controls: Language switcher dropdown and "Back to Site" button for quick navigation.
• Add: Admin product management page (grid layout, view/delete products).
• Add: Admin emoji management (add/delete custom emojis).
• Add: Admin navigation menu management (add, edit, delete, reorder menus).
• Add: Admin widget management (create, edit, delete sidebar widgets with positioning).
• Add: Admin language management (add/edit/delete translation languages and terms).
• Add: Admin reports management page.
• Add: Admin news management page.
• Add: Admin knowledgebase management.
• Add: Admin cookie notice settings (enable/disable, colors, position).
• Add: Admin system settings page (site name, description, maintenance mode).
• Add: Admin theme management (switch between installed themes).
• Improvement: Admin stats page with detailed analytics.
• Improvement: Admin user management with profile editing.

• Add: Market Categories filtering (Script, Templates, Plugins) — click a category to filter products.
• Add: Live product counts per category replacing "SOON" badges.
• Add: "All Products" reset button when category filter is active.
• Improvement: Product cards with seller profile links and category display.

• Add: Static Privacy Policy page (/privacy) — fully translated (EN/AR).
• Add: Static Terms & Conditions page (/terms) — fully translated (EN/AR).
• Add: GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent banner with admin-customizable settings (colors, position, enable/disable).

• Add: Plugin architecture — install, activate, deactivate, and delete plugins from the admin panel.
• Add: Plugin file upload and auto-discovery system.

• Add: Dedicated promote page for Banner Ads, Text Ads, Link Ads, and Exchange Visits.
• Improvement: Ad creation and management with point-based pricing.

• Add: Configurable portal widgets system (sidebar left, sidebar right, content area).
• Add: Admin widget form for creating custom HTML/content widgets.
• Improvement: Portal page with dynamic widget rendering.

• Improvement: Community posts with Blade templates and proper MVC structure.
• Improvement: Comment system with emoji support.
• Improvement: Reaction system (like, love, dislike, etc.).
• Improvement: Forum topics and categories with admin-manageable ordering.
• Add: Forum moderation system (pin, lock topics).
• Add: Global and category-specific forum moderators.
• Add: Forum file attachments support.

• Improvement: Site directory with categorized listings.
• Add: Admin directory category management (add, edit, delete, reorder).

• Improvement: Private messaging system with real-time chat refresh.
• Improvement: Notification system for ads, follows, reactions, and comments.

• Add: Sitemap generation with SitemapController.
• Add: News section with admin management.
• Improvement: User profile pages with follow/unfollow, posts, and activity tabs.
• Improvement: Visit exchange system with proper tracking.
• Add: Referral system improvements.
• Delete: Legacy wasp.php integration.
• Update: Font Awesome, Bootstrap, and all frontend libraries to latest versions.

• Fix: Multiple security bugs.
• Delete: Share and login from wasp.gq
• Add: Share via telegram
• Add: Added <nav> to divide posts in the member's profile
• Add: Friends page (following from both sides)
• Improvement: Multi-language system
• Fix: Update system to the latest version
• Fix: Multiple page issue in the forum
• Improvement: Visit Exchange System
• Add: Auto-copy feature when clicking on text boxes in b_code.php, l_code.php and r_code.php pages
• Improvement: message list
• Add: notifications when ads are blocked, enabled, or removed
• Add: a copy link button for community posts
• Add: The ability to publish works in the store in exchange for points (PTS).
• Improvement: UI and security in state and template files

• Improvement: Site directory
• Update: privacy policy
• Fix: Error in advertisement manager template
• Improvement: admin_nav & admin_home template
• Addition: Follow all posts or posts from those you follow in the community
• Improvement: Private message template
• Improvement: Community posts and images template
• Fix: Bugs and vulnerabilities
• Addition: The ability to arrange forum categories
• Added: Description of forum categories

• Fix: security bugs.
• Added: PTS History.
• Fix: Syntax error in language files.
• Fix: Error in site directory notifications.
• Added: Button to report ads.
• Improve the template /follow.php
• Change: Twitter logo
• Update: Font Awesome library to version v6.4.2
• Improvement: The appearance of forum topics in the portal

• Fix: Message template and add reloadChat() to even see incoming messages without resorting to reloading the page.
• Fix: Wrongly translated dates.
• Improvement: List of ad banners.
• Fix: Error with writing editor in store knowledge base.
• Fix: Error when a white page appears when entering a non-existent member page.
• Fix: The problem of entering a member profile whose name consists of numbers only.
• Add: Earn points by posting in the community and participating in posts and comments.
• Add: Stats Box widgets.
• Fix: Problem showing posts.

• Add: French language
• fix: some bugs

• Improvement: multi-language
• Fix: Some errors in templates
• Add: Number of views for text ads

• Addition: Find out who interacted with the posts in the community
• Fix: Some errors in templates

• Fix: Error on product update page
• Addition: The ability to change the user's password from the admin panel
• Fix: Error in the number of posts by the user on his personal page
• Fix: Some errors in templates
• FIX: Error editing ads when activating manager mode
• Fix: Error showing some components about visitors assigned to members (such as: the number of points and the edit box for posts)
• Improvement: Multilingualism
• Fix: Error calculating the number of incoming notifications and messages
• Addition: The option to block educational links from members and visitors to the site
• Improvement: Posts from plugin codes
• Fix: Error in admin panel when long links or long names appear
• Add: The ability to add footer ads.
• Add: human verification code when registering a new account
• Add: Widgets (suggested users) can be controlled from the admin panel widgets page

• [Update] : in general appearance (updated all templates and updated Bootstrap library to v4.4.1
• [Add] : Publish text posts
• [Addition] : The system for interacting with publications (👍❤️👎☺️😄😮😡😢)
• [Delete] : Sharing posts between members to be rebuilt again in future versions
• [Improvement] : posting images within the community and removing the (beta) tag
• [Improvement] : the store, adding sections and deleting the (beta) tag
• [Improvement] : notifications and messages system
• [Improvement] : the community comments system and adding the ability to comment on links
• [Update] : Forum and Website Directory
• [Update] : User's personal page
• [Update] : Sitemap and rebuilding

• Fix : A problem with responsive ad banners appearing
• Various fixes and script preparation for the transition to the 3rd generation

• Fix some bugs during installation
• Some minor tweaks

• Fix : the problem of editing posts.
• Fix : multiple pages.
• Improve : the appearance of posts.
• Addition: Automatic update of the latest "myads" updates.