In which James talks about recent changes to the site, once again copy/pastes a change-log, and talks about upcoming coding-related things on the horizon.

Hi all,
Time for another report from your friendly neighborhood Seneschal with the latest ins and outs related to the site.

Deployed Code Changes

Below is a list of most of the code check-ins done to the site since my last report. This is a non-exhaustive, automatically generated list, and does not contain code changes that have not yet been deployed to the main website, nor does it list code changes that are outside the scope of the main website.

Here are some highlights:

1. GFX Society
2. GDPR compliancy
3. Possessions item upgrade code
4. ACC Extensions revamp
5. Internal framework and library updates
6. Send site-generated e-mails as originating from a darkjedibrotherhood.com e-mail address to decrease the chance of our e-mails getting tagged as spam
7. Various bug fixes and misc changes

James Entar:
      Feature: Hybrid Factions
      GFX Society initial logic
      CS: Fix aspects and feats pulling character name from current dossier rather than CS/snapshot metadata
      CS: Fix wizard displaying linguistics level instead of lore level in lore explanation paragraph
      Update Kallisto for new Google export format
      Color competition label by status
      Treat Rogue members that are in a position as 'not rogue' for the purpose of hiding e-mail addresses
      Possessions: Item Upgrade feature
      Reflect Item Upgrade wording on Item Research pages
      Tag Telegram broadcast with unit
      Add unit icon to news items
      Show item aspect type on admin listing page
      Allow VOICE staff to create/manage Faction NPCs
      Re-introduce search on inventory management pages
      Prevent duplicate ACC reminders after staff posts
      Fix a typo
      Fix 500 error when trying to clone a competition with unexpected metadata
      Show a warning if CS metadata is out of date when creating snapshots, submitting/responding to ACC challenges, or submitting fiction entries
      Change unit performance report competition date cutoff
      Fix Kallisto still considering banned members as list subscribers and trying to get them removed
      Add line break to Markdown cheat sheet
      CS: Show warning when selecting/browsing feats that require skills/powers that don't have any points put into them
      Regererate ItemPrototype slug on name change
      Allow showing subunit leaders on leadership section of unit page
      Show staff mailing list addresses on DC page
      CSS fix
      Add link to wiki for 'cs out of date' warning
      Fix ACC start-of-battle post not scheduling a reminder mail
      Regenerate Faction slug/url after faction name change
      Escape quotes in og:title meta property
      Add breadcrumbs to competition administration pages
      Update upstream libraries
      Upgrade framework to Rails 5.1.5
      Fix deprecation warnings due to framework update
      Fix CS strong parameters issue due to framework update
      Change forced association reloading to new method (framework deprecation)
      Fix some queries being generated incorrectly (framework deprecation)
      Fix gaming match validaton being overly strict (framework deprecation)
      Fix SA exams not saving due to Strong Params (framework deprecation)
      Don't show inactive house QUAs on clan pages
      Kallisto fixes for Ruby 2.5
      Change member distribution policy for recruited members to follow the distribution policy of the recruiter's root unit rather than recruiter's actual unit
      Fix CS preview pulling name from dossier/npc record instead of CS record
      Update text on 'email not working' alert to refer to MAA instead of RM
      Fix bugs introduced by Rails 5.1 upgrade
      Fix ACC battles refusing to start
      Refactor unit statistics report
      Add job vacancy board
      Disable summit access to unit performance reports
      Hide Telegram join links unless logged in
      Add competition types to unit stats report
      Update probation display to respect tolling mechanism
      Add withdrawn comps to 'unsubmitted' count
      Fix ambiguous column in query
      Fix incorrect path when throwing error on extension requests
      Fix unit statistics report limit
      Fix SCL/Regent staff being unable to access entities that have no defined owner, such as the NPC Armory
      Allow updating item aspects to public
      Implement 'A solid 5/7' trophy
      Set up permissions for Social Media Tribune
      Regression: fix removing Docents from courses; Add inverse-of relations to work around Rails 5 bug
      Guide people towards the Advancement Survey if they haven't taken it yet
      Show recruitment link info on signups overview
      Prep GFX Society Launch
      Minor fixes; fix bonus CI
      Let the site know about position term limits
      Add recruiter to post-ToI-transfer e-mail
      Tighten security a bit
      Swap CS wizard steps around
      Add some more meta keywords
      Add a column to Mav stats report
      Expand ACC post comments by default once a battle is judged
      ACC: Advantage scoring feature
      GDPR changes
      Small stylesheet fix
      Fix join form
      Disable organizer and co-organizer credits for container competitions
      Update P:MAA permissions
      Refactor CS/Possessions gender placeholders
      Add some dev documentation helper stuff
      Update gender selector
      Fix Herald comp emails not CCing Herald staff
      Disable Avantage again for some ACC score categories
      Reorder the Admin homepage a bit
      Prep incoming e-mail webhook
      Email relay feature
      Switch CS and ACC mails over to new sender format
      Don't keep retrying to relay spammy mails
      Migrate the rest of the mailers
      Revamp ACC Extension system to work through the site instead of e-mails
      Remove deprecated ACC routes
      Remove public-facing mentions of Prestige
      Add missing warbanner category to gfx request overview
      Temporarily disable PvO/PvE portal (maintenance)
      Revert "Temporarily disable PvO/PvE portal (maintenance)"
      Fix ACC post preview not working due to still pointing to a removed URL route
      Add "Bob Ross Fan" Trophy
      Sort trophies by recent when clicking on trophy notification
      Fix snapshot listing not working when an associated ACC battle or competition is deleted
      Shrink big images in Markdown content to fit container
      Add ability to hide competition prompts until a competition starts
      SA admin backend tweaks and tools
      Add additional statistics to SA course admin
      Improve competition participation overview filters
      Accidentally a submit button

On the Horizon

This section provides some sneak previews of upcoming site changes and the larger things on the Seneschal Office's todo-list in various stages of completion, in no particular order.

1. The big "When we get to it" list
   Random small or less small things the Seneschal office tackles when they have spare time. Feel free to mail/message me with any suggestions for this list.

   • Update CSS and templates to Bootstrap 4
   • Order and/or path specific 'aliases' for Titles
   • Better monitoring and automated restarting for various processes, such as the FIST-bot
   • Look at the 'relevant to me' filter on competition page, which still contains hold-overs from the time when we had Independent Houses
   • Extended filters for the dossier DJB history listing page
   • Look at default ordering/sorting of items in containers and/or clan OOBs
   • Another round of library/framework updates

2. Distant Future
   Assorted items that are being considered for implementation in the future. These likely require input from other offices before development can start

   • "Easy-start" Character Sheet generator for first-time users. This should allow generating a CS based on a set of templates after answering a few simple questions. Users can then use the generated sheet as-is, or open it in the regular editor and go from there.
   • Recruitment Incentive System
   • Re-work the way Paths and Orders work
   • New Trophies, and possibly adding additional credit rewards to existing Trophies
   • Promotion Points™

3. Random Bug fixes and Things That Come Up™
   A wild Dark Council member appeared. It uses Feature Request!
   [FIGHT][ITEM][PKMN][RUN]

Closing

Once more, lots of fixes and additions, and even more interesting things to come. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to e-mail me, Telegram me, or throw in a comment.

James L. Entar
Seneschal of the Brotherhood