# Changelog

## 2025-12-24
- Reworked the domain model into a single forum tree (category/forum types) with parent/child hierarchy and threads restricted to forum nodes.
- Updated API Platform resources, filters, migrations, and JSON format support.
- Added shared i18n: Symfony serves PO-based translations via `/api/i18n/{locale}` and React consumes them.
- Refactored the React UI to browse forums, show sub-forums, and post threads only in forum nodes.
- Added Apache rewrite rules for Symfony routing.
- Added ACP forum management with CRUD, parent selection, drag-based ordering, and expand/collapse controls.
- Added reorder endpoint and position handling for forum sorting per parent.
- Improved ACP UX: iconized action buttons, category/forum badges, and responsive layout tweaks.
- Added JWT username payload fix and increased token TTL to 24h.
- Added frontend load-time indicator in the footer.
- Added settings entity + migration for version/build metadata and synced version/build to composer.json.
- Added `/api/version` endpoint returning version and build.
- Refactored settings storage to key/value rows for version/build metadata.
- Added indexes to speed up forum tree queries (parent ordering and type filters).
- Added settings-driven accent color and API filter for settings key lookup.
- Added settings-backed theme dropdown (auto/light/dark) and dark-mode styling tweaks.
- Added settings key/value storage and `/api/version` for version/build in the UI footer.
- Added system font stack to remove external font requests.
- Improved ACP drag-and-drop hover reordering and visual drop target feedback.
- Hardened ACP access so admin tools require authentication.
- Updated the home page to render the forum tree with ACP-style rows and icons.

## 2025-12-26
- Replaced the Symfony backend with a fresh Laravel app in `api/`.
- Added Fortify + Sanctum, API routes, and controllers for forums/threads/posts/settings/version.
- Added Laravel migrations for forums, threads, posts, and settings (seeded with version/build/accent).
- Added Laravel i18n endpoint backed by JSON translation files.
- Updated frontend auth/register flow to work with Laravel tokens.

## 2025-12-29
- Merged the React app into the Laravel codebase under `resources/js`.
- Moved the Laravel app to the repo root and removed the separate `api/` and `frontend/` folders.
- Serve the SPA shell via Blade with Vite-managed React assets.
- Dropped Tailwind tooling to keep the frontend Bootstrap-only.
- Replaced the default Laravel README with a forum placeholder.
- Updated ACP forum tools with accent-tinted buttons and larger action spacing.
- Defaulted the ACP forum tree to collapsed on page load.
- Improved ACP create/edit dialog copy based on forum vs category and hid type selection during creation.

## 2025-12-30
- Added soft deletes with audit metadata (deleted_at/deleted_by) for forums, threads, and posts.
- Ensured API listings and ACP forum tree omit soft-deleted records by default.
- Added thread seeding for forum test data.
- Enforced category-only roots for forums (API validation, UI, and database constraint).
- Added portal header with phpBB-style breadcrumb + quick links, plus notifications/messages + user menu.
- Replaced the home page with a portal-style layout and latest posts list.
- Added a dedicated board index page with phpBB-like sections and per-category collapse toggles.
- Persisted board index collapse state per user via user_settings (DB + API + client cache).
- Added category view rendering for subcategories in ForumView.
- Updated thread list UI (icons, spacing) and New topic button styling in ForumView.
- Added ACP per-category quick-create buttons for child categories and forums.
- Removed the legacy navbar and cleaned up related styling.
- Added ACP general settings for forum name, theme, accents, and logo (no reload required).
- Added admin-only upload endpoints and ACP UI for logos and favicons.
- Applied forum branding, theme defaults, accents, logos, and favicon links in the SPA header.