🎉 We Did It! 🎉
Team Midnite: Multi-Community Platform Milestone
From Alaska to New England to Hawaii, Team Midnite's platform has grown into a true multi-community hub. Here's a look at what we've accomplished together—through late nights, teamwork, and a relentless drive to make something awesome for streamers and viewers alike.
🌎 What We Built
- Multi-Community Support: Seamless switching and branding for Alaska, New England, and Hawaii—each with custom headers, rosters, and about pages.
- Application System: Community-specific application forms, Discord webhook integration, and admin review tools for Alaska, New England, and Hawaii.
- Leadership & Admin Panels: Secure, role-based dashboards for managing members, leadership accounts, and applications—including a custom Hawaii Leadership Panel with password reset and account creation.
- Community Roster: Unified, filterable roster page showing all members by community, with Twitch links, locations, and profile pics.
- Live Streamer Sorting: Real-time viewer counts, live status, and sidebar sorting for active streamers.
- SEO & Meta: Custom meta tags and Open Graph/Twitter cards for every community page.
- Security: Hashed passwords, session management, and admin-only actions for sensitive features.
- Bulk Tools: SQL scripts and admin tools for mass member management and troubleshooting.
- UI/UX: Modern, consistent design with dropdowns, modals, icons, and responsive layouts across all communities.
- Iterative Collaboration: Countless tweaks, bugfixes, and improvements based on real feedback and teamwork.
🆕 Recent Highlights (2025)
- Hawaii Community Launch: Full integration with its own application, Discord, admin, and leadership panel.
- Leadership Account Security: Hashed passwords, account creation, and password reset tools for Hawaii leadership.
- Admin Dashboard Upgrades: Clearer stats, separate boxes for each community, and improved application tracking.
- Service Status: Real-time status for Alaska, New England, and Hawaii—plus admin dashboard integration.
- SEO Polish: Meta tags, Open Graph, and Twitter Card for all major community pages.
- UI/UX Polish: Expanded panels, better mobile support, and more intuitive navigation.
- Discord Role Assignment Bot: Secure, admin-only API for assigning Discord roles based on application approvals. Integrated with the admin panel and runs 24/7 with pm2.
- Community Live Status Bot: Automated posting of live streamer updates to Discord channels for each community, with message cleanup, embeds, and force/manual checks. Runs 24/7 with pm2.
- pm2 Process Management: Both bots now run under pm2, auto-restart on server reboot, and can be managed independently of the terminal.
- Error Handling & Debugging: Improved error handling, debug logging (now easily toggled), and friendlier user/admin messages.
- Database & Application Resets: Tools and SQL for resetting application IDs and handling duplicate entries gracefully.
🤝 Collaboration & Resilience
- Frequent feedback, screenshots, and real-world testing from the team and community.
- Rapid bugfixes, feature requests, and UI/UX improvements—sometimes live, always with care.
- Security and privacy always top of mind, with clear error messages and safe admin tools.
- Special thanks to WhovianWarrior for database heroics and to MidniteGG for leadership and vision.
🐟 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.
🙌 Thank You, Team!
Huge thanks to everyone who contributed ideas, code, feedback, and support. This project is proof of what a dedicated, creative, and resilient team can do. Here's to the next chapter!