Laravel IO 2.0

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This is a general overview of all the features that the new laravel.io website will have. We'll use this as an overview to check for things missing and to check off features which are completed.

Initial development is being handled by the core team to ensure that the conventions / vision are established. Should one feel like contributing in some way to the completion of this list, definitely comment first on the individual task.

General

• Document coding conventions (Development: document conventions #12)
• Decide on workflow for assets management and design tools (Design: documented workflow #11)
• Add Mandrill for email transaction (Add Mandrill for email. #24)
• Add soft deletes to everything (Add soft deletes to everything. #25)
• Automate database backups (Automate database backups. #26)
• Add maintenance page (Design: maintenance / offline page #28)
• Add google analytics (Add google analytics #29)
• Add hosted by FortRabbit (Design: add hosted by FortRabbit #36)
• Contributors: create contributors page (Contributors: create contributors page #42)
• Contact: enable contact (Contact: enable contact #43)
• Add Laravel Weekly Subscription Form (Add Laravel Weekly Subscription Form #45)

Homepage

• list featured blogs and forum posts (Design: home page #22)
• define the site (Home Page: define the site #23)

Users

• Enable Github authentication
• Add user profile page (User Profile: fill with forum posts and articles #18)
• Add dashboard with subscribed forum threads (Dashboard: show user's subscribed forum threads #20)
• Hide profile of banned user (User Profile: hide profile of banned user #44)

IRC

• properly segment out pre auth and post auth chat (Chat: properly segment out pre auth and post auth chat #47)
• Design chat page (Design: chat page #31)

Articles

• Allow users to create articles (Articles: enable users to create them #3)
• Add RSS feed (Articles: add RSS feed #5)
• Allow admins to lock articles (Articles: allow admins to lock them #6)
• Integrate tagging system (Articles: enable them to be tagged #7)
• Add Markdown editor (Articles: add markdown editor #8)
• Enable comments (Articles: enable comments #9)
• Decide which stats should be kept (Articles: keep basic stats on articles #21)
• Design (Design: articles #34)
• Add Laravel version indicator (Articles: add Laravel version indicator #39)

Forums

• Determine starting sections (Forums: determine starting sections #48)
• Add Markdown editor to posts (Forum: add markdown editor to forum #13)
• Stress test and optimize (Forum: stress test and optimize #15)
• Allow users to subscribe to topics (Forum: allow users to subscribe to topics #19)
• Design (Design: forums #32)
• Create initial post explaining the site (Forum: create initial post explaining the site #37)
• Old Forums: prepare for hibernation (Old Forums: put it into hibernate #1)
• Old Forums: move them to an archive url (Old Forums: move them to an archive url #41)

Pastebin

• Create initial foundation (Paste: create initial foundation #17)
• Design (Design: pastes #33)

Launch

• Change all caching / sessions to memcached (Launch: change all caching / sessions to memcached #46)
• Last minute double-check of all sql queries loaded per page (Launch: Last minute double-check of all sql queries loaded per page. #27)
• Browser test / site responsiveness test (Design: browser test / site responsiveness test #30)
• Upgrade hosting (Hosting: upgrade hosting #35)
• Send mailer (Launch: send mailer #40)
• Write article that explains the site (Articles: write article that explains the site #38)