TechTroop

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented here. The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and releases follow Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

Added

• Added distinct blurred-backdrop error-alert and functional content modal treatments to the modern Platform ADMIN reference, with accessible interaction contracts and separate source-only implementation-package routes.
• Added a complete Platform ADMIN design handoff with modular CSS, full standalone HTML examples and route-specific implementation instructions for all 20 existing ADMIN routes and states, including the new Growth + retention and Financial operations dashboards plus a canonical sidebar/mobile-shell reference.
• Added an unlinked, noindex modern application-interface reference that preserves the complete existing component catalog while introducing a calmer app-focused visual system, a structured implementation manifest, an integrated mini-app mockup, and full-height open and closed ticket-detail drawer concepts.
• Added a dedicated, accessible 404 experience using TechTroop’s plain-language error guidance, reassurance, and safe Home or Back actions.
• Added an unlinked, noindex presentation-language studio with narrative, slide-master, image-placeholder, table, typography, data, proof, accessibility, production, downloadable business and professional conversation decks, and GPT handoff guidance.
• Added an unlinked, noindex social-media language reference with audience-balanced strategy, ratio-based graphic systems, campaign and imagery guidance, proof governance, accessible production rules, and copyable CSS and JSON handoffs.
• Added an unlinked, noindex design-system reference for translating the site’s visual language into the TechTroop application.
• Added an unlinked application-interface reference covering global controls, identity, business, professional, ticket, chat, and modal patterns.
• Added copyable CSS sources and machine-readable design and application manifests to make both hidden references usable as future AI implementation handoffs.
• Added a concise landing-page statement of TechTroop’s purpose, direction, and operating principles for businesses and IT professionals.
• Added authentication, password-recovery, verification-code email, placement notification, error-message, invalid-link, and 404 patterns to the application-interface reference and machine-readable implementation handoff.
• Added a dedicated application form-control reference covering fields, custom choices, combined input/action outlines, uploads, scheduling, validation, submission states, and responsive behavior.
• Added breadcrumb and role-aware mobile-navigation patterns to complete the initial application re-theme reference before implementation begins.
• Repository governance, contribution, security, and community-health documentation.
• Continuous integration, dependency updates, and semantic release automation.
• Docker-based continuous integration aligned with the local development workflow.

Changed

• Removed the overlapping mobile borders between the cookie illustration cell and the action row so their shared edge renders as one line.
• Aligned both application form headers and actions with their business-yellow and professional-violet role colors, shared counter typography, consistent layout, and one universal orange private-beta status marker with concise audience-first labels; standardized visible business CTAs as “Build an IT team” in business yellow and preserved professional CTAs in professional violet.
• Excluded pages marked sitemap: false from the hand-authored page sitemap.
• Excluded the POST-only form receiver from GET-based link checks and kept hidden reference pages free of public discovery metadata.
• Updated the Ruby JSON dependency to 2.21.2 or newer to address CVE-2026-71847.
• Replaced the default Jekyll metadata description with TechTroop-specific copy.
• Redesigned the marketing experience around TechTroop’s curated private beta, flexible IT team model, and business-controlled support relationships.
• Expanded the original newsletter and countdown landing experience with conversational access flows and clear private-beta onboarding expectations.
• Restyled cookie consent to match the new visual system and made visitor choices easier to understand, revisit, and change.
• Added equal business and IT-professional calls to action throughout the core marketing story.
• Restored the June 1, 2027 launch countdown as a compact opening-page strip.
• Versioned front-end assets to prevent stale styles and refined the cookie consent panel’s spacing, alignment, and preview behavior.
• Separated paired path actions with a visual gutter, aligned the journey divider to that center gutter, and softened their hover movement.
• Added a six-step IT-professional application prototype covering expertise, certifications, résumé, availability, client fit, and working style.
• Made the launch countdown a persistent rail beneath the sticky site header.
• Connected both approved application flows to a dedicated Cloudflare Worker with visible Turnstile verification, honeypot protection, destination-locked email delivery, private 30-day résumé storage, and confirmed-success reset modals.
• Restored the existing MailerLite newsletter signup in a responsive band above the footer divider.
• Added an optional public Credly profile to IT-professional applications, with domain validation and explicit applicant-provided verification labeling.
• Expanded both marketplace paths with practical AI needs and expertise, including readiness, policy, security hardening, integrations, and MCP deployments.
• Unified the newsletter email and Subscribe button under one accessible focus outline.
• Corrected final-step navigation, aligned consent controls with the form checkbox language, and replaced raw Turnstile configuration errors with controlled guidance.
• Replaced free-form professional time zones with a concise continental U.S. selector and clarified the location field as the applicant’s home base.
• Widened and respaced footer navigation columns to prevent wrapped links from feeling compressed.
• Moved contact into a direct home-page section and redesigned the privacy and terms pages around the site’s typography, color system, and sticky launch countdown.
• Brought the Cookie Policy into the same branded legal-page system with direct access to cookie preferences.
• Reframed the combined acceptable-use and disclaimer page with the shared legal-page design, clearer context, and direct issue reporting.
• Added three required follow-up date and time options to both applications and replaced free-form professional availability with structured availability windows.