🎉 We Did It! 🎉
Team Midnite's web project is complete. Here’s a look back at what was built, improved, and fixed along the way:
🚀 Major Features & Milestones
- Job & Team Application System (with Discord webhook integration)
- Premier Email Request & Management
- Admin Dashboard with stats for applications, reports, and appeals
- Expandable help sections for user clarity
- Custom modals and UI improvements for a modern look
- Centralized Discord webhook configuration
- Security: Input validation, XSS prevention, and safe email/Discord ID handling
- Reset tools for application counters and data
- Direct links for managing emails and support
🛠️ Change Log
- Added: Discord webhook username field to show team name in notifications
- Added: Help modals for Discord User ID in application forms
- Added: Premier email request and admin management button
- Improved: Application form flow and UI/UX (field order, help, modals)
- Improved: Centralized webhook config for easier updates
- Fixed: Application counter reset logic for fresh starts
- Fixed: Stream assets alert (removed once resolved)
- Fixed: Email/Discord ID validation and instructions
- Removed: Old/unused alerts and confusing instructions
🆕 Recent Updates (2025)
- Added: Discord-style and Twitch-style service outage notices for database/account downtime, with custom moon icon for Team Midnite branding.
- Improved: Social media icon styling for Discord and Twitter—matching color, rotation, and hover effects in both nav and footer.
- Centralized: Discord webhook configuration for reports and job applications, making updates easier and more secure.
- Added: Red alert box for reporting/appeals downtime, instructing users to submit reports via email when web forms are down.
🐞 Bugs & Issues Squashed
- Clarified Discord notifications for team apps
- Helped users who forgot Application IDs
- Resolved confusion around Discord User ID entry
- Reset and cleaned up application data as needed
🐟 The Great Database Crisis of April 19th, 2025
- Incident: Major database outage impacting user logins, applications, and live stream status updates.
- Fix: Restored database connectivity, improved error handling, and implemented backup/restore procedures.
- Prevention: Enhanced logging, monitoring, and automated recovery scripts to prevent future crises.
- Result: Only test data was lost; no critical user data affected. Site stability improved for all Team Midnite services.
🙌 Huge Thanks!
A massive thank you to WhovianWarrior for making sure our database was brought back from the brink during the Great Database Crisis of April 19th, 2025. Your expertise and quick action saved the day!