v2022.9.1 - Stable Release

This release v2022.9.1 contains all the updates that have been made since v2021.11.28 - Stable Release early this year.

Overall this project has been using continuous integration, so new features are being rolled out constantly. I've taken a good bit of care to make sure nothing is breaking. However, there have been a few larger upgrades and improvements, so I wanted to get another official stable release out that users can feel confident working from.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Updated the project to use PHP 8
• Updated the project to use Laravel 9
• Converted locally stored asset uploads to use S3 object storage.
• Added "next events" button for dynamically paging forward on mobile.
• Re-designed the layout of most pages to use a flex-based grid layout that better uses the available screen.
• Re-designed the keyword tags page layout and content.
• Improved the layout of the search results page.
• Refactored remaining routes that were not using slugs to use them.
• Added enhanced data to the headers to improve search results and return site events on google.
• Added a blacklist for sites that you want to exclude from the sitemap and enhanced data.
• Improved sitemap generation.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed issues with thread creation
• Fixed issues with uploading via drop zone

UPCOMING

• Notifications to entity contacts to increase engagement.
• Add in way to relate entity to audio sources (Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Youtube) and players that can be staticly or dynamically populated.
• Add method to embed content on other pages, improve sharing.
• Fleshing out the site API.
• Additional stats on the admin side.