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Okay! Wow! Its been nearly 2 months since I wrote a blog update for this system.
We have pushed out influence as a beta product, and will be pushing it out to get feedback from real users over the next month.
Our campaign software Map was also used by a real campaign for the first time, and we have some great feedback to incorporate into the system.
What We've Built Since August
Here's a quick rundown of everything we've committed to the codebase over the past three months:
Influence App - Major Launch
- Complete UI Overhaul: Built an entirely new user interface and user system from the ground up
- Response Wall: Developed a comprehensive response wall system where elected officials can respond to campaigns, including verified response system with QR codes and verify buttons
- Campaign Management: Created new system for creating campaigns from the main site dashboard with campaign cover photos and phone numbers
- Social Features: Added social share buttons and site info improvements
- Geocoding Enhancements: Implemented automatic scanning of NocoDB locations to build geo-locations, plus premium Mapbox option for better street address matching
- User Management: Built password updater for users/admins and improved overall user management
- Network Integration: Integrated Influence into the Changemaker network
- Monitoring & Maintenance: Added health check utility, logger, metrics, backup, and SMTP toggle scripts
Map App - Production Ready
- Map Cuts Feature: Built a comprehensive "cuts" system for dividing territories, including assignment workflows, print views, and spatial data handling
- Public Shifts: Implemented new public shifts system for volunteer coordination
- Performance: Optimized loading for maps with 1000+ locations and improved shift loading speeds
- Admin Improvements: Major refactor of admin.js into readable, maintainable files, plus new NocoDB admin section with database search
- Temp Users: Enhanced temporary user system with proper access controls and limited data sending
- Data Tools: Added CSV import reporting and ListMonk synchronization
- UI/UX: Standardized z-indexes, updated pop-ups, fixed menu bugs, and improved cut overlays
- CORS & Auth: Fixed authentication, lockouts, and CORS for local dev access
Infrastructure & DevOps
- Documentation: Updated MkDocs documentation with search functionality
- Build System: Improved build-nocodb script to migrate data and auto-input URLs to .env
- Docker: Cleaned up docker-compose configuration and fixed container duplication issues
- Configuration: Updated homepage configs, Cloudflare tunnel settings, and general system configs
The velocity has been incredible - we went from concept to production with Influence in just a few weeks, and Map has evolved into a robust campaigning tool that's battle-tested in real elections. Looking forward to incorporating user feedback and continuing to iterate!