- Add database migration to create unique `slug` column for users table
- Implement profile routes (`/profiles`, `/profiles/:slug`) with views for:
• listing verified user profiles with avatars, song/playlist counts
• individual profile pages showing user's songs, playlists, liked items
- Add helper functions in `users.js`, `songs.js`, `playlists.js`, and `social.js`
to support public visibility filtering and profile data enrichment
- Enhance now-playing overlay UI with:
• vinyl sleeve animation (sleeve + record peeking behind cover)
• clickable creator info to open profile page if slug exists
• track row click to jump directly to a song in the queue
- Update CSS for profiles grid, detail creator links, and overlay styling
- Add "Profiles" link to header navigation
This enables a full user profile system with vanity URLs and improves the
music player experience with visual polish and direct navigation.
- Introduce a full-screen "Now Playing" overlay modal with left (cover/creator) and right (track list/controls) panels
- Add CSS styles for animated cyan-themed overlay, track list, progress bar, and equalizer visualizer
- Integrate new `now-playing.js` module and update layout to include it
- Refactor playlist action buttons to include a "Now Playing" reopen button that appears when playback starts
- Dispatch `briTunes:queue` event on queue initialization for external UI synchronization
- Add `avatar_path` column to users table via migration 008
- Integrate `cropperjs` and `sharp` for avatar upload, cropping (600×600), and PNG conversion
- Serve avatars at `/media/avatars` with static caching; expose `/static/vendor/cropperjs`
- Add avatar management UI in account settings with modal cropping workflow
- Display creator avatars on song/playlist detail pages (fallback to initial)
- Implement generic image lightbox (`lightbox.js`) for cover art with zoom animations and keyboard support
- Refactor song/playlist detail views to use responsive layout and lightbox-enabled covers
- Add database tables for song/playlist likes and favorites
- Create `social` service with toggle functions and enrichment helpers
- Implement `/api/:type/:id/(like|favorite)` routes with CSRF protection
- Add like/favorite buttons to player, song lists, playlists, and cards
- Support guest → login redirect via `data-require-login`
- Inject CSRF token into layout for JS API requests
- Display playlist creator name on public and admin playlist views
- Add shuffle playback button for playlists in player UI
- Implement drag-and-drop reordering for playlist tracks with visual feedback
- Improve email verification UX: redirect pending users to verify page with resend option
- Simplify admin routes by removing redundant role checks (user-based filtering already handled)
- Adjust featured playlist count and add "show all" links on home page
- Introduce `songUploadSchema` for flexible uploads where title/artist are optional
- Add `extractAudioMetadata()` to parse ID3/Vorbis tags and embedded cover art from uploaded files
- Merge form values with extracted metadata, falling back to filename-derived title if needed
- Automatically write embedded cover art to `media/covers/` when no manual cover is uploaded
- Update song form UI to indicate optional fields and tag-based fallback behavior
- Switch JSON rendering in partials from `<%-` (unescaped) to `<%=`, improving safety
Brian Fertig