Dreamwidth.org: Pre-Launch

Dreamwidth is now launched!

This page details the main coding projects that were initially considered vital to the launch of Dreamwidth.org. The owners decided that the site had become stable enough to warrant removing the beta label, and it was removed on 2011 April 30. This list has not been fully checked against features that have since been implemented, and is out of date. Dreamwidth.org: Launch timeline is the list of things that must be done at each step.

It should be noted that the projects listed here are only those which are connected to the code. There are other launch-based projects that need to be considered, but these are outside the scope of this document. There are also many minor bugs which must be completed by launch - this is just the "big projects".

Project WTF Front-end - PARTLY DONE

Bugzilla items: Bug #195: Project WTF Front-end

Description of project: These are all the remaining fixes for the split from Friend into Access/Subscribe.

Headed by: xb95

Status: In progress.

Separate OpenID Identities

Bugzilla items: Bug #90, Bug #312

Description of project: Allowing OpenID users (without verified email addresses) to be treated differently from anonymous users.

Headed by: xb95

Status: Unknown.

Making profile and icons customisable - PARTLY DONE

Bugzilla items: Bug #123: fold more pages into user-space

Description of project: Make profile and icons pages part of the journal, so they can come under S2 styles, though keep site style as default.

Headed by: xb95, afuna

Status: Icons now moved to /icons, styles stuff still needs doing.

New logged-in homepage - PARTLY DONE

Bugzilla items: Bug #445: New logged-in homepage

Description of project: Creating the new version of the homepage you see when logged in.

Headed by: xb95

Status: First version created. Plan is to make the modules so you can add or remove them and move them around.

Linking accounts

Bugzilla items: Bug #190: Handling imported comments (link DW to OpenID), Bug #188: Link accounts, Bug #189: See who is linked to who, Bug #191: Take ownership of feeds

Description of project: Allow a full Dreamwidth account to "take ownership" of their OpenID account, linking the two together. Allow accounts to link to secondary accounts. Allow accounts to link to a syndicated feed of their own website.

Headed by: xb95

Status: Unknown.

Pingbacks/trackbacks

Bugzilla items: Bug #270: Pingbacks

Description of project: Implement a pingback/trackback feature.

Headed by: Unknown.

Status: Unknown.

Importer edits

Bugzilla items: Bug #500

Description of project: Make the importer recognise edits to entries and handle them sensibly.

Headed by: Unknown.

Status: Unknown.

Accessibility

Bugzilla items: Bug #919: Make forms work for screenreader users, Bug #424: Registration page, Bug #1016: Create page

Description of project: The remaining accessibility issues, including making forms accessible to screenreader users, such as on the manage circle page.

Headed by: Unknown.

Status: Unknown.

Gmail - DONE

Bugzilla items: Bug #421: Fix Gmail threading on comment emails

Description of project: Make Gmail thread emails sensibly.

Headed by: Unknown.

Status: Done.

Buying stuff

Bugzilla items: Bug #215: Implement v-gifts, Bug #216: Implement renames

Description of project: Allow people to buy v-gifts and rename tokens.

Headed by: Unknown.

Status: Unknown.

Suggestions generator - DONE

Bugzilla items: Bug #224: Implement suggestions generator

Description of project: Allow people to make suggestions through a user-friendly form. Allow admins to manage the suggestions queue.

Headed by: Unknown.

Status: Done.

Cross-site friendspage reading

Bugzilla items: Bug #710

Description of project: The one we've all been waiting for!

Headed by: Unknown.

Status: Unknown.

Custom 404 pages - DONE

Bugzilla items: Bug #612

Description of project: Make pretty custom 404 pages.

Headed by: Unknown.

Status: Resolved.