Routes and Features

Routes and Features

Core Content Routes

/

homepage with dynamic latest feed, latest journal, and music cards.

/feed

• list/search/paginate feed posts from data/feed/*.txt
• create visibility depends on admin or allowedPages containing feed
• writes derived index.toml
• @mentions in BBCode are highlighted client-side for notification-aware feed posts

Related:

• /feed/create
• /feed/edit
• /feed/posts/{id}

/feed/posts/{id}

• single-post thread view for a feed item
• logged-in users can reply with BBCode and image uploads
• reply edit/delete is allowed for the reply author, admins, the original post owner, or accounts with allowedPages containing comments
• replies persist under data/feed/replies/{postId}.json

/journal

• list/search/paginate journal posts from data/journal/*.txt
• create visibility depends on admin or allowedPages containing journal
• published journal bodies are trusted HTML
• preview/edit flows support draft files and optional FORMAT:html

Related:

• /journal/create
• /journal/create/preview
• /journal/edit
• /journal/edit/preview
• /journal/posts/{id}

/guestbook

• list entries from data/guestbook/*.txt
• one-post-per-IP gate via data/guestbook/ip_index.json
• owner/admin edit and delete flow

Related:

• /guestbook/create
• /guestbook/edit

/music

• builds album grids from data/music/frdg3/*.json and data/music/cactile/*.json
• songs reference data/audio/*
• integrates with the shared mini player

/gallery

• paginated listing of data/images/*
• admin delete actions call /api/gallery/delete

/bookmarks

• server-rendered bookmark listing for logged-in users
• client-side localStorage enhancement for anonymous users
• supports feed, journal, and newsletter bookmark ids

/settings

• UI shell only
• persistence handled by /api/settings
• includes theme/glow settings and mobile-friendly-view preference
• shows a Discord linking action for logged-in users and disables it once discordUserId is already linked

Account Routes

/account

currently just redirects:

• logged in -> /
• logged out -> /account/login

/account/login

• secure session config
• CSRF protection
• login throttling via data/accounts/login_attempts.json
• reads data/accounts/accounts.json
• sets session user payload and is_admin cookie
• users with mustResetPassword are redirected into the password-change flow before using the rest of the site

/account/logout

destroys session and auth cookies, then redirects back to login.

/account/create

admin-only account creation flow that writes to data/accounts/accounts.json.

• can seed discordUserId
• can grant comments permission
• newly created accounts are flagged with mustResetPassword
• if a Discord id is provided, it asks the local toast bot to DM the invite credentials
• if that DM fails, the account is still created and the UI now shows the bot's concrete failure reason instead of a generic HTTP 500

/account/change-password and /account/password

both update the current user password hash in accounts.json.

• first-login forced password reset lands here via ?first_login=1

/account/link-discord

• logged-in-only Discord linking flow
• validates the Discord user id, checks uniqueness across accounts, and asks the local toast bot to verify the member is in the server
• stores discordUserId on the account and assigns the Discord registered role through the bot

/account/admin

not covered in the older references, but very real.

• admin-only account directory
• reads all accounts and renders permission badges
• links to per-account edit page

/account/admin/edit

• admin-only account editor
• supports rename, display-name change, permission changes, reset password, and delete
• preserves unknown extra account fields through an editable JSON object field
• blocks deleting the currently logged-in account
• includes comments as a grantable allowedPages permission
• password resets now preserve the account and flip mustResetPassword back on

Helpers live in account/admin/helpers.php.

Email / Newsletter Routes

/email

contact page wrapper.

/email/newsletter

archive page for published newsletter HTML files in data/newsletter/*.html.

• newsletter cards can be bookmarked like feed/journal entries

Related:

• /email/newsletter/create
• /email/newsletter/create/preview
• /email/newsletter/preview
• /email/newsletter/release/{id}

Mailing-list status wrappers:

• /email/mailinglist/subscribe
• /email/mailinglist/unsubscribe
• /email/mailinglist/invalid
• /email/mailinglist/error

Other Public Routes

/discord

simple wrapper page for the Discord community entry point.

/merch

simple wrapper page for merch links/content.

/others

misc landing page for routes that do not fit elsewhere.

Subroutes:

• /others/mdpaste
• /others/off-topic-archive
• /others/toast-discord-bot
• /others/fridge-builds-websites
• /others/frdgbeats
• /others/frdgbeats/wiki

/others/mdpaste

standalone markdown paste service for sharing notes without exposing a whole vault.

• accepts pasted markdown or client-loaded .md / .txt files
• live previews markdown before publishing
• supports normal markdown images plus Obsidian-style ![[image.png]] embeds that point at /data/images
• optional hard-break mode keeps single line breaks in formatted paragraphs
• POST /others/mdpaste/ writes temporary paste JSON under data/mdpaste
• optional password mode encrypts the markdown with AES-256-GCM before storage
• shared links render from /others/mdpaste/s/{pasteId}
• pastes expire after 30 days

/others/off-topic-archive

frontend archive viewer backed by data/etc/off-topic-archive.json.

/others/toast-discord-bot

UI shell for toast bot status, controls, and stream playback.

/others/toast-discord-bot/messages

• admin-only DM inbox/sender for toast
• reads tracked DM history, resolves linked website usernames to Discord ids, and can send outbound DMs through the local bot service

/others/fridge-builds-websites

wrapper/marketing page for custom website work. this exists in code even though the older docs mostly ignored it.

/others/frdgbeats

browser-based mini DAW inspired by simplified FL Studio workflows.

• Web Audio transport with BPM, play/stop, idle-stop panic, record arm, global master volume, waveform scope, and a small level meter
• editable project names
• new project menu can start a blank Untitled project or load starter .frdgbeats presets from /others/frdgbeats/presets/, including essential genre templates for house, hip-hop, pop songwriting, synthwave, orchestral sketching, and game loops
• load demos menu lists .frdgbeats files from /others/frdgbeats/demos/
• channel rack with rename, recolor, mute/solo/remove, up to 128 global pattern slots per instrument with project-wide selectable 16/32-column grids, volume/pan, and add-channel support
• piano roll edits the selected instrument's part inside the selected global pattern, places notes on pointer-down with whole/half/quarter snap starts, lets newly placed notes follow vertical pointer movement until release, lets existing notes drag horizontally between snapped positions, previews newly placed notes until pointer release, shows two octaves per octave-page selector, supports octave up/down buttons for the selected global pattern, supports chromatic piano-key rows, and stores multiple note events plus configurable snapped hold length, vertical-drag slide notes from resize handles, right-click note deletion, and middle-click velocity per note
• keyboard-to-piano input follows the FL-style Z/S/X/D/C... and Q/2/W/3/E... layout with extra British QWERTY keys for a wider playable range; held keys sustain until released and preview the selected instrument without starting transport, while Space toggles play/pause outside text fields
• piano roll playback previews only the selected instrument and active pattern, while playlist playback follows the full arrangement
• playlist view uses FL-style generic track lanes with bars across the top, starts at 4 bars, can grow to 128 bars, has per-bar delete buttons, uses a non-empty-pattern dropdown plus one draggable pattern chip, places global pattern clips that trigger all instrument parts for that pattern, accepts dropped external audio files as embedded audio clips, supports right-click pattern/audio clip deletion, bar numbers start playback from that bar, and per-bar loop toggles can define a highlighted loop range
• mixer view adds modular per-channel Web Audio effects loaded from /others/frdgbeats/effects/; effect definitions register their own params, presets, node chains, optional custom GUIs, and injected CSS, with minimizable effect cards plus custom delay, reverb, distortion with cabinet voicing, bitcrush, compressor, limiter, flanger, phaser, chorus, instrument pitch shift, sample-only speed/tempo sync, and draggable graph EQ examples with optional precision sliders
• automate view adds per-channel, per-pattern automation lanes for channel volume/pan plus numeric synth and effect params; lanes are saved in .frdgbeats files, can be enabled/cleared/removed, and support stepped or smooth values drawn across the selected pattern's 16/32-step grid
• each channel can use a modular synth from /others/frdgbeats/synths/, a sample instrument, or a parsed SoundFont preset bank
• synth instruments register VST-style Web Audio voices with saved params, injected CSS, fixed 4:3 graphical synth-tab interfaces, tagged preset banks ([BA], [FX], [LD], [PD], [PL], [SY], and [SQ] where supported), and bundled Wave Oscillator, Analog Mono, Chip Stack, Glass FM, and Nebula Table wavetable examples with vertical drag controls
• sample instruments can use bundled files from /others/frdgbeats/samples/ or a custom upload with a loading popup, one-shot/loop/reverse playback, and a keep-duration toggle for pitch-shifted sample notes; keep-duration renders high-quality Rubber Band pitch buffers in a worker when available and falls back to the classic shifter if wasm cannot load, plus a zoomable, horizontally scrollable waveform tab for graphical start/end trimming, playback tracking, and right-click per-note sample zones
• default SoundFont playback loads from /others/frdgbeats/soundfonts/Roland_SC-55.sf2 when no user file is selected; SoundFont channels include independent bank dropdowns populated from /others/frdgbeats/soundfonts/, and imported .sf2 files are parsed client-side into preset/sample zones for playback, including a toolbar menu to set all SoundFont channels to a bundled bank or a custom upload
• .frdgbeats project files remain JSON and can embed imported sample files, dropped playlist audio clips, plus the active imported SoundFont bank as base64 assets for portable demos/projects
• imports .mid/.midi as full project replacements with 32-column global pattern clips, SoundFont channels mapped from MIDI programs, and pitch-bend slides converted to slide notes; imports .frdgbeats project files into the full app state; project/MIDI imports show modal status with a percentage readout
• exports .frdgbeats, .mid, and rendered .wav files client-side with modal status and percentage readouts; WAV renders process each channel through its enabled mixer effect chain before encoding
• import/export actions are grouped into popover menus with short descriptions
• save/load uses browser localStorage and preserves embedded project assets plus bundled sample/SoundFont URLs where present

/others/frdgbeats/wiki

user-facing frdgBeats documentation rendered from Markdown files in /others/frdgbeats/wiki/.

• uses a local wiki renderer with ordered sidebar links from _Sidebar.md
• internal wiki links stay scoped to /others/frdgbeats/wiki/?page=...
• markdown image placeholders render as screenshot callout boxes, using alt text to describe the screenshots that still need to be captured
• includes beginner docs for quick start, interface layout, projects/files, channel rack, piano roll, playlist, instruments, samples/SoundFonts, mixer effects, automation, import/export, keyboard shortcuts, troubleshooting, glossary, and .frdgbeats data contracts

Formatting / Examples / Errors

• /formatting
• /formatting/example_page
• /error/403
• /error/404
• /error/50x
• /error/wip