Florida Statute Hub — every condo, co-op & HOA law in plain English
Launched a public reference at soshiny.com/florida covering all 128 sections of Florida Chapter 718 (Condominium Act), 719 (Cooperative Act), and 720 (Homeowners’ Association Act). Each section gets its own page with a plain-English summary, the official source link, the full statutory text in a collapsible block, related sections in the same chapter, prev/next navigation, and a Frequently-Asked-Questions block (with HOA-specific answers acknowledging that Chapter 720 disputes go to civil court, not DBPR). Pillar hub has a client-side search across every section, three chapter cards, and a curated 'most-referenced statutes' strip. Board members and homeowners googling a specific statute (e.g. 'florida statute 718.112') will now find a SoShiny page at the top of the results.
Features library + dedicated landing pages
Built a real CMS for product features. The 22 features on the homepage marquee are now managed through a new Admin → Features area: edit the icon, title, card copy, and order without touching code. Each feature also gets its own deep landing page at soshiny.com/features/{slug} with hero image, demo video, full overview, benefits grid, how-it-works steps, related industries, and a CTA — published one at a time as content gets written. Drafts keep their homepage card but their landing page shows a friendly 'Coming soon' and stays out of the sitemap, so Google never sees thin pages.
Author profiles + a real SEO panel on the blog editor
Every SoShiny team member can now have a real author profile — display name, avatar, bio, job title, LinkedIn, and X handle. Each author gets a public landing page at soshiny.com/author/{slug} showing their bio and every post they've written, complete with Person structured data so Google can attribute articles to a real human (E-E-A-T). Blog posts now show a proper byline with avatar and a link to the author's profile, both on the index and on individual post pages. The post editor got a full SEO & social panel: separate SEO title (≤70 chars + live counter), SEO description (≤170 + live counter), focus keywords, social-share image override, tags, and a live Google search-result preview that updates as you type. Author picker is a dropdown of your team instead of free text. Authors are managed in the new Admin → Authors area.
SEO-friendly media library
The Media library got a major upgrade. Every image now carries alt text, a title, a caption, and dimensions. A live SEO score flags generic filenames (IMG_1234, Screenshot…), too-short/long names, and missing alt text. Click any tile to open a detail editor with a Google-ready SEO panel, quick Copy <img> tag and Copy markdown buttons, a Used-in list showing every post / industry page / changelog entry that references the image, and an SEO-friendly filename rename that automatically updates all references across the site so nothing breaks. A red dot on the tile and a running 'X of Y have alt text' counter at the top keep gaps visible.
Privacy Policy and Terms of Service are live
Published our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service at soshiny.com/privacy.php and soshiny.com/terms.php. Both are linked from the footer of every page, and signup now requires an explicit checkbox agreement before an association can be created. We also added our Daytona Beach address and contact info to the site footer and structured data so search engines can show them in knowledge panels.
The SoShiny blog is live
We launched a blog at soshiny.com/blog — guides, tips, and product news for running condos, HOAs, marinas, campgrounds, RV parks, and 55+ communities. Behind the scenes, the marketing site is now managed through a new admin CMS: write and publish blog posts with a rich-text editor, manage a reusable image library, and edit the by-industry landing pages — no code required.
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May 28, 2026
Landing pages for every kind of community
SoShiny now has dedicated pages for the communities it serves — condos & co-ops, HOAs, marinas, RV parks, campgrounds, and 55+ communities. Each one speaks to that community's real workflows and questions, with the same every-feature-on-every-plan platform behind it. A new 'By industry' section on the home page and footer links tie them all together.
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May 28, 2026
Drag to reorder your community photos
Boards can now set the exact order community photos appear on the public site. On the Media page, drag any photo to a new spot — the order saves automatically and is reflected in the public gallery (and the lobby/lightbox). New uploads land at the end so they're easy to place.
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May 28, 2026
Community photos open in a lightbox you can arrow through
On a community's public site, clicking a photo in the Community Photos gallery now opens it in a full-screen lightbox instead of jumping to a bare image page. Use the on-screen arrows or your keyboard's left/right arrow keys to move between photos, Esc or the backdrop to close, and a counter shows your place in the set.
SoShiny.com is live
soshiny.com is now serving from its own Hostinger environment with its own database, its own success@soshiny.com mailbox, and its own super admin. Hero lede refreshed to spotlight the full feature lineup (community website, rules, documents, announcements, lobby TV, work orders, architectural review, electronic signatures, committees, events, employees, member and renter directory), and Lobby Announcement TV moves up into the marquee feature grid alongside Email Broadcasts.
Vehicle Registry — every car, truck, RV, and golf cart on the property
A proper registry for every vehicle parked on the property. Members register their own from their profile (✈️ My travel schedule sits next to 🚗 My vehicles); board admins and property managers see and edit the whole lot from /dashboard/vehicles.php. Each vehicle captures plate + state, year / make / model / color, kind (car, truck, SUV, motorcycle, RV, trailer, golf cart, other), parking choice (assigned spot, general parking, or off-site), and a board-assigned sticker number with issue date. Two printable PDF-style views: a per-vehicle parking pass (laminate-ready, identifies the car as authorized) and a 'wrong car in the lot' warning notice the board fills in on the fly with the offending plate. A print-ready list of every active vehicle in the association is one click away.
Who's Away — unit travel schedule for management and the board
A digital housekeeping board so management knows who's out of town, especially during snowbird season, hurricane prep, and scheduled maintenance. Residents add their own travel ranges from their profile (✈️ My travel schedule), and property managers + board admins can enter on their behalf from the new /dashboard/whos-away.php. Each absence captures the start/end dates (end-date optional for open-ended trips), kind (short trip / snowbird / vacant / authorized worker access), emergency contact, who's authorized to enter, pet on premises, vehicle left on site, and an encrypted-at-rest key location. A one-click Emergency view prints a sorted list of every currently-away unit with all the contact details — the page managers hit before a hurricane or water shutoff. Broadcast email now has a Who's Away filter so boards can send 'we're shutting off water Thursday' to people who are actually home, or 'building impact incoming' to people who are away. Work-order and concerns forms warn when the chosen unit is currently away. Snowbird auto-prompt: returning snowbirds get a 'Heading south again this year?' card on their profile that clones last year's range one year forward. PRIVACY: Who's Away is hard-coded to property management and board roles. It does not appear on the Lobby TV, the public community landing, the community directory, or any broadcast preview — and the permission is not configurable, by design. Every key-location read is individually audit-logged.
Custom-domain sign-in page now wears your community's branding
Associations on a custom domain (e.g. bellaircondos.com) now get a fully branded sign-in page. Visitors who go to bellaircondos.com/login.php see the community's logo above the sign-in card and its hero image as the full-page background, with a navy gradient overlay for legibility. The page title and headline read 'Sign in to <association name>'. A '← Back to <association>' link below the form returns to the community's landing. The SoShiny marketing nav (Features / Pricing / FAQ / Get started) is hidden on custom-domain visits — only the 'Powered by SoShiny' credit in the footer links back to the platform.
Amenity bookings now post to the community calendar — open or private
When a member books an amenity (clubhouse, pool deck, BBQ area, etc.) they pick whether the gathering is 'Open to members' or a 'Private event / party'. As soon as the booking is approved (or instantly if the amenity allows auto-approval), an event is added to the community calendar so neighbors can see the space is reserved. Open events show the purpose so people can join; private events only show 'reserved — private event' so the space isn't accidentally double-booked. Denying or cancelling a booking automatically removes the event.
PDF signing — place your saved signature on any uploaded PDF
Any member can now sign uploaded PDF documents directly in the portal. Click Sign on a PDF row to open the signing page: the full document renders via PDF.js, you pick a saved signature (or draw a new one), click to place it on any page, and the document is baked client-side by pdf-lib before being saved as a signed copy. Signed copies are stored separately so the original is never modified.
Platform messages — SoShiny team can push banners to association dashboards
Super admins can now post messages directly to any association's dashboard from the admin panel. Messages appear as a navy banner labeled "From SoShiny" at the top of every dashboard page. Each message can target all members or board-only roles, carry an optional expiry date, and be paused or deleted at any time.
Board meeting agenda builder — agendas, resolutions, notices, and proof of notice
Board members and managers can now build and manage full board meeting agendas. Propose agenda items throughout the month, approve or table them, and attach resolutions with per-member yes/no/abstain votes. Print-ready outputs match Florida statute requirements: Proof of Notice Affidavit (§718.112), Notice of Board Meeting (with Zoom/Google Meet info), numbered Agenda, and a Resolution record with individual vote tallies.
Board notes — log calls, emails, and conversations per member or unit
Board admins and managers can now log private notes on any unit or member. Notes are tagged by type (📞 Call, 📧 Email, 💬 Text, 🤝 In person, 📋 General), include a backdatable date field, and support full edit and delete. A 📋 icon with note count appears on each occupant row in the unit detail page and on every member row in the directory — click to open the notes log. Notes are never visible to residents.
Assign rental and real estate agents to units
Board admins can now link a rental/property management agent or real estate agent to any unit. Agent contacts are stored association-wide so the same agent can be linked to multiple units without re-entering their info. The unit detail page shows a new Agents card with dropdowns for each agent type, and an inline form lets you add a brand-new agent on the spot without leaving the page.
In-app help center
A help center is now built into the dashboard. Every page has a ? button in the top bar and a Help link at the bottom of the sidebar. The help viewer has a searchable sidebar with topics grouped by category, and shows role-appropriate content — a resident only sees topics relevant to residents, while board admins see everything. Topics include getting started, directory privacy, changing your password, announcements, events, marketplace, concerns, architectural review requests, documents, legal reference, and more. The system is designed to grow over time.
Residents can opt out of the member directory
Unit owners and renters can now hide themselves from the resident directory without involving the board. A new 'Directory privacy' checkbox in Settings > Your account lets you opt out with one click. Other residents won't see your name, unit, email, or phone in the directory — but the board and management can always see your information for community management purposes. Board and management roles don't get the toggle since their presence in the directory is part of their community role.
Lobby TV PIN kiosk login — no more sharing the token URL
The Lobby TV now has a proper PIN-based login screen at /tv. Enter your community ID (the slug, e.g. 'bellair') and your 4–10 digit PIN, and you get a bookmarkable URL you can load on any TV or kiosk browser. The PIN is managed by the board admin in Settings > Lobby TV — it's randomized on first setup and can be changed any time. The kiosk is rate-limited: 10 wrong PIN attempts from one IP locks out that IP for 15 minutes. Legacy token-based URLs still work if you have one bookmarked. The TV display also gained infinite scroll (content loops seamlessly instead of jumping), a 10-minute page refresh, a high-visibility footer CTA pointing residents to the portal, and copyright.
Legal reference — Florida HOA and condo statutes, searchable in-app
A new Legal page (balance-scale icon in the sidebar, under Resources) gives every signed-in member access to Florida's HOA and condo statutes — chapters 718 (condominiums), 719 (cooperatives), 720 (HOAs), and 553 (building codes). FULLTEXT search across all 232 statutes, plus filters for chapter, what it applies to, and category. For statutes with full text loaded in-app, click Expand to read it right there. For the rest, the Official site button opens the Florida Legislature's page directly. Board admins can import additional states or update the statute list via the admin panel (Admin > Legal import, CSV format).
Marketplace — buy, sell, and give away within your community
Residents can now post items for sale, free giveaways, or wanted ads directly in the community marketplace at /dashboard/marketplace.php. Each listing has a title, category (Furniture, Appliances, Electronics, Clothing, Vehicles, Real estate, Services, Free, and more), price (or 'Free'), description, and an optional photo. Listings default to active and can be marked sold or removed by the poster. Board admins can remove any listing. Active listings appear on the Lobby TV in the third column and are counted on the dashboard home tile. The category set and moderation settings can be extended by the board.
Birth and death notices as announcement types
Two new announcement types — Birth notice and Death notice — let the board share community life events with residents who want to know. They have their own distinct badge colors and are categorized separately so residents can filter or ignore them. Like all announcements, the audience can be scoped (all residents, owners only, board only).
Per-unit photo gallery + document archiving
Each unit now has its own media gallery — floor plan images, interior photos, renovation before/after shots — managed from the unit detail page (/dashboard/unit.php). Images are scoped to the unit, board-only by default, and served through the secure file gatekeeper. Separately, documents can now be archived (soft-deleted) instead of permanently removed. Archived documents stay in the database and can be restored by a board admin, but they don't appear in the regular document listing. Useful for superseded rules, old insurance certificates, or past floor plans you want to keep but not surface.
Formal violation workflow — issue notices, track cures, print official letters
Board admins and property managers can now record formal violations (noise, parking, pets, unauthorized modifications, and more), cite the specific governing-document rule, and link the violating unit and resident. From the violation detail page, issue any of four notice types: Warning, Cure Notice (with a deadline), Fine Notice (with a dollar amount), or Hearing Notice. Each notice pre-populates a legally-shaped letter body that you can edit freely before saving. Every saved notice appears in a timeline and generates a print-ready letter: association letterhead (logo + address), recipient, rule citation, due date or fine amount callout, body text, and a signature block. The print page auto-fires the browser print dialog. Violations also integrate into the Concerns workflow — a new 'Convert to Violation' button on any concern detail page pre-fills the violation form. Fine amounts are captured for the record; fine payment tracking is wired in once the billing module ships.
Saved signatures — reuse your signature on future forms (private to you)
After signing any form, you can now tick 'Save this signature to my account for future forms' (with an optional label like 'My signature' or 'Initials'). Next time you file a form, a new ⭐ Saved tab appears on the signature pad with your saved signatures — pick one and you're done. Strictly private: only the owner can see and use their saved signatures. Even board admins can't see them. Manage (delete) them from the new 'My signatures' card on your profile. Each form submission still embeds its own copy of the signature image, so deleting a saved signature doesn't invalidate forms you've already signed.
Configurable permissions dashboard — board sets who sees what
Board admins can now configure exactly which role is required to access each feature. A new Permissions page (board-admin only) shows a matrix: rows are features, columns are roles. Pick the minimum role for each feature and save. Features you can configure include: viewing meeting minutes, viewing work orders (read-only), viewing violations (read-only), viewing the employee roster, viewing insurance records, the full resident directory, submitting concerns, and submitting ARC requests. Management-write actions (creating work orders, issuing violation notices, editing employees) are always restricted to board/management roles and are not configurable. Changes take effect immediately and are per-association — you're not changing settings for any other community. If you haven't customized a feature, it falls back to a sensible default. Custom overrides are labeled 'custom' in the matrix so you always know what you've changed.
Work orders — post a resident announcement when status changes
When a board admin updates a work order status, an optional 'Post an announcement' section now appears in the status form. Tick the checkbox to expand it, pick the audience (All residents, Owners only, Renters only, or Board only), and write the announcement body. The title auto-fills based on the new status — 'Work completed: [title]' when marking done, 'In progress: [title]' when starting work — but you can change it to anything. Handy for closing the loop with residents: when the pool pump is finally fixed or the elevator comes back online, one status change both updates the work order and notifies residents without a second trip to the announcements page.
Electronic signatures on forms — E-SIGN / Florida UETA compliant
Every form that carries legal weight (guest registration, amenity reservation, estoppel request, hurricane prep) now requires an electronic signature before it can be submitted. Three sign methods are offered side-by-side: ✍️ type your name (rendered in a cursive font), draw with your finger or mouse on an HTML5 canvas, or upload a PNG/JPG of an existing signature. Required consent checkbox cites the federal E-SIGN Act and Florida's Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Audit trail captured automatically on submit: IP address, timestamp, user agent, and a SHA-256 hash of the form payload — if anyone edits the form later, the hash mismatches and a tampering warning appears next to the signature. The signature renders both in the on-screen detail view and on the printable permit (drawn/uploaded images are embedded inline). Note: not legal advice — confirm with your counsel before relying on this for binding contracts.
Forms library expanded — 8 new types + Bellair-card guest form
Guest registration now matches the official Bellair Registration Card (10/2025) — Name, full address, total in party + names of all others, Car license (make / color / plate / state), Owner / Family / Guest-of-Owner / Tenant / Guest-of-Tenant radio, house-rules-acknowledged checkbox (required), and Emergency contact (name + phone) fieldset. Eight new form types alongside: 🔧 Maintenance request (issue kind + urgency + access instructions), 🐕 Pet registration (species + breed + weight + vaccinations + emergency vet), 🚗 Resident vehicle registration (permanent, distinct from temp parking), 🔨 Contractor / work notice (dates + hours + access), 🎉 Amenity reservation (clubhouse / pool deck / BBQ pits with deposit acknowledgement), 🌪️ Hurricane prep checklist (storm name + staying vs evacuating + a 9-item checklist), ☎️ Emergency contact submission (who to call if you're unreachable), 📨 Estoppel / sale request (title companies for closings). All print as permits with the big confirmation code. On unit pages the form launchers are now inline text links instead of big cards.
Meeting minutes, maintenance-to-WO, and forgot-password rate limiting
Three things shipped together. (1) Board meeting minutes: a new Minutes page in the dashboard lets the board record official meeting minutes with a rich-text editor (Quill), attendee list, meeting type (Regular / Special / Annual / Executive Session), and date. All members can read; only board admins and property managers can create or edit. (2) Maintenance request → Work Order: when a member files a maintenance request form, board admins now see a 'Convert to Work Order' button on the submission detail that pre-fills the work order title, priority, description, location, and access instructions from the form payload. (3) IP rate limiting on the forgot-password page: the page now caps at 5 reset-link requests per IP address per hour and returns a clear error if exceeded. Previously there was no per-IP cap — an attacker could spam unlimited reset emails from a single connection.
Forms: guest registration, parking pass, move-in/out, key requests
New 📝 Forms page at /dashboard/forms.php. Residents pick a form type, fill it out, and get an instant printable permit with a unique confirmation code (e.g. AB72-9XKM) — no waiting for board approval. Five form types to start: 👋 Guest registration, 🅿️ Temp parking pass, 📦 Move-in notice, 📤 Move-out notice, 🔑 Key/fob request. Each form prints as a tilted-letterhead permit with the big confirmation code, valid-from/through dates, vehicle plate or guest name, and your unit. Board sees the full log + can revoke any permit (with optional reason). On the unit detail page, a Forms section shows recent submissions and quick-launch tiles for each form type. New form types are a one-line ENUM addition for the future.
ARC → Work Order, nav tidy-up, cleaner member edit
Approved (or any) ARC request can be promoted to a Work Order with one click — same pattern as concerns. Use it when the HOA needs to inspect after completion or do related work on the common area. The WO is pre-filled with the ARC's title, body, and unit, and back-links via source_arc_id; the ARC detail page shows a 'Linked work orders' card listing every WO spawned from it. The WO header also shows a 🏗 'from ARC #N' badge for the reverse link. Sidebar: Events moved up under Announcements (used to sit below Documents/Rules). Directory: when editing a single member, the Board + Residents listing below the form is now hidden — replaced by a 'Back to directory' button so the page isn't scroll-heavy.
Concerns can now say who or what they're about + cite rules
The Submit-a-concern form has a new optional 'Who or what is this about?' section with three pickers: a type-ahead member search ('the loud party was at John in 412'), a unit dropdown ('happened in Unit 217'), and a rule citation chip widget ('violates rule 3.4 No barbecues on balconies, type to filter by number or keyword, click chips to remove'). On the concern's detail page the targets surface in a warning-yellow card visible only to the board and the submitter — the person named never sees they were named. Foundation for proper rule-violation tracking down the line.
Architectural review + global search + insurance tracker + settings bug fix
Three new tools and a critical bug fix:
🏗 Architectural Review at /dashboard/arc.php — owners submit requests to change anything exterior (paint, dish, deck, windows, landscaping) with category, dates, contractor info, estimated cost. Board reviews with a thread, approves / denies / approves-with-conditions, and the submitter gets an email when the decision lands.
🔎 Global search box in the top bar — one search hits rules, documents, announcements, events, concerns, ARC requests, and members. Click any result to open it directly. Honors access controls (board-only docs hide from non-managers, members see only their own concerns + ARC).
📋 Insurance + COIs at /dashboard/insurance.php — track the association's policies and contractor certificates of insurance. Status badges color-code by expiry: expired (red), 30 days (yellow), 90 days (blue), beyond (green). Optional link to the actual PDF on file.
🛡 BUG FIX: editing the Association profile (name / slug / address) used to also wipe the Landing content (vision, about, amenities, contact info, social links) because both forms posted to the same handler that overwrote every column. Each form now scopes its update to its own field set.
Storage breakdown — see where your space is going (Drive-style)
Click the 💾 Storage widget at the top of the dashboard to open a new breakdown page. Headline shows total used / quota with a Drive-style stacked bar split by category — Documents, Photos & inline images, Member headshots, Logo & branding, Other. Below that, each category gets its own card with the 50 largest files (name, size, upload date) and a Manage link to the page where you can delete them. Documents and branding files link directly to their viewer so you can preview before deciding. Makes cleaning up much easier than scrolling through the document or media list trying to find the big ones.
Storage quota tracking — 1 GB free + $5/mo per extra GB
Every association now gets 1 GB of file storage free. A 💾 Storage widget at the top of the dashboard (managers only) shows current usage as a colored progress bar that turns yellow at 75% and red at 95%. Documents, media, and inline-image uploads check the quota before saving and refuse with a friendly message when an upload would put you over — no silent disk fill. The widget includes a 'Need more? $5/mo per extra GB · Contact us' link that emails success@soshiny.com. Super admin can grant paid GB to any association via /admin/associations.php (edit form → Storage section) until self-serve checkout exists.
Employees — track owner-employees, contractors, and volunteers
New Employees page at /dashboard/employees.php for the board to track anyone the association pays or relies on. Independent of role and owner status — an owner can also be the maintenance person, a board member can be an unpaid volunteer, a contractor can be on retainer. Each record: job title, type (Employee / Contractor / Volunteer), pay type (Hourly / Salary / Flat / Unpaid), start/end dates, status, and notes. The directory's Owner / Renter column now shows a small 💼 'job title' chip next to the owner badge when the person also has an active employment record. The user's own profile page gets a 💼 Your employment card showing what the board has on file (read-only).
Click any announcement or event to open the detail view, print it individually
Every announcement and upcoming event on the dashboard (and on the Announcements / Events full listings) now leads with a colored Month / Day calendar tile and is clickable end-to-end. Clicking opens a detail page with the full title, audience, timestamps, body, and a 🖨 Print button. Single announcements print via /dashboard/announcement-print.php with the date tile + letterhead on top; single events print via /dashboard/events-print.php?id=N (recurring series also list their next 12 occurrences in both the screen view and the printout). The Upcoming events column on the dashboard gets its own 🖨 Print link in the header that prints the next 60 days of events.
Dashboard refresh + suggestion edit button + filter-aware rule print
Dashboard tiles are now a 4-across grid with a colored icon, label, and big tabular-numeral count on each card — twelve tiles in total. Pending rule suggestions moved off the Rules tile into its own dedicated 🚩 tile that gets an orange left-edge when anything is awaiting review. New Board & mgmt tile shows the headcount and jumps straight to the Board section of the directory. Concerns tile gets the same orange edge when something's open. Above the tiles the page now shows a live local clock and date that ticks every 30s — same JS also drives the morning/afternoon/evening greeting from your browser's clock so 3:30 PM EDT reads correctly. Sidebar also gets a 🌐 Public site link that opens /<your-slug>/ in a new tab. Rule suggestions queue gets a dedicated ✏️ Edit button alongside Approve/Reject so cleaning up wording no longer requires going through the Approve form. The Print button on Rules is now context-aware: if you've searched or filtered by source, it becomes 'Print results' and prints only what's on screen. Suggestions queue also gets its own Print button.
Announcements: schedule + auto-expiry, deactivate moved to edit form
When you post an announcement you can now set a Start posting at time (defaults to now — schedule something for next Monday morning if you want) and pick how long it stays up: 1 day / 1 week / 2 weeks / 1 month / 3 months / pick a specific date / never expires. Members only see live announcements. The Announcements page header has a 'Show all' toggle so managers can review scheduled + expired posts; live posts also show a small 'expires Mar 14' hint, and the card visibly dims once expired. Directory's Deactivate button moved out of the listing rows and is now next to Save on the member edit form — fewer click targets per row and harder to misclick on the wrong row.
Work Orders + per-member documents + nav cleanup
New /dashboard/work-orders.php for admin-only operational tickets: open / in-progress / blocked / completed / closed, with priority, location, unit, assignee (board / PM), contractor (from your Contacts), cost estimate + actual, due date, and a full timeline that interleaves status changes with free-text notes. Concerns now have a 'Convert to Work Order' button that pre-fills a new WO from the concern's text and back-links them — you can see all WOs spawned from a concern right at the top of its detail page. Documents now accept an optional 'Attach to member' value alongside the existing 'Attach to unit' — a lease, an appointment letter, or any other paperwork tied to a specific person surfaces on their profile under My documents. Communications was renamed to Announcements and moved up near the top of the sidebar.
Board officer titles + contacts overhaul + rule-suggestion edits
Board members + property managers can now hold an officer title (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Secretary-Treasurer, or Director). The title shows on the directory and "Meet your board" landing section in canonical order — President first. It's display-only; admin capabilities still flow from the role. Contacts page is now a single flat list (no more per-category sections) with two new print buttons: contacts-only, and contacts + board members & managers. Admins can also now edit a pending rule suggestion's wording before approving — a new Save edits (keep pending) button lets you clean up text without committing yes/no. Dashboard event count now correctly includes recurring occurrences (a weekly meeting seeded back in March still shows on the tile).
Dashboard refresh + printable event lists
Dashboard now opens onto a two-column layout — Recent announcements on the left, Upcoming events on the right — so the board can scan both at a glance. The stat tiles got a working Units link (to /dashboard/units.php), an accurate member count that includes pending residents, and three new tiles: Events (with upcoming count), Concerns (with open-count badge), and FAQs. The Events page also got Print buttons for Today / This week / This month — clean print-ready lists grouped by day, audience-scoped, with the association's letterhead and copyright footer.
Rules: flag for board review
Managers can now flag any rule for board review with an optional note ("conflicts with bylaw 5.2", "language needs updating", etc.). Flagged rules carry a red "Needs review" badge in the listing and a banner on the rule's detail page. One click to clear the flag once handled.
Compose documents inline + print any rule or document
Documents page now has a Compose button alongside Upload — write the document directly in a rich-text editor (headings, bold/italic, lists, blockquotes, inline images) instead of uploading a Word or PDF file. Every composed document and every rule now has a Print button that opens a clean print-friendly view and triggers the browser's print dialog, so save-as-PDF and paper copies work cleanly. Print-all-rules-in-number-order is also available from the Rules header.
Units: annual HOA and garage assessment amounts
Each unit now tracks an annual HOA assessment and an annual garage assessment (separate, since not every unit has a garage). Visible on the unit detail page header and editable on the unit form. CSV import accepts two new optional columns (annual_hoa_assessment, annual_garage_assessment).
Personal headshots + about-me bios
Every signed-in user can now visit /dashboard/profile.php to upload a headshot (PNG, JPG, or WEBP, 4 MB max) and write a short bio. Headshots show up next to your name in the directory, on board-member cards on the community landing page, and at the bottom of the sidebar where you click to edit. Bios appear under your role badge on the public landing for board members who've opted into showing on it.
Contacts directory: emergency lines, utilities, and recommended contractors
New /dashboard/contacts.php (manager-only) lets the board list emergency and non-emergency phone numbers, utility providers, and suggested contractors by trade. Items marked public render on the community landing in an "Important numbers" section. Contractors carry an auto-disclaimer that the association doesn't guarantee their work. The Settings page's Main email and Main phone fields are now labeled clearly (they were always there, just buried as "public contact").
Vision statement on the public landing + FAQ CSV import
Settings has a new Vision Statement field that renders prominently above the About section on the public landing. FAQ now supports CSV bulk-import (question, answer, optional sort_order) and shows when each FAQ was last updated.
Units: CSV bulk import + garage / parking spot tracking
Register dozens of units at once from a spreadsheet — required column is unit_number, plus optional type, bedrooms, baths, square_footage, ownership_percent, garage_number, parking_spot, and notes. Re-importing the same unit_number updates instead of duplicating. Garage and parking-spot fields acknowledge that those numbers often differ from the unit number (your unit 421 might have garage 64). Locations also picked up an optional category field so garages, event spaces, and amenities don't all sit in one bucket.
Concerns: complaints, compliments, and suggestions
Any signed-in member (resident or renter) can submit a concern — complaint, compliment, or suggestion — with an optional anonymity toggle. The board sees an inbox with status filters (open/new/in-progress/resolved/closed) and a counter banner for items awaiting attention. Each concern has a discussion thread with regular replies plus board-only internal notes. Resolved concerns can carry a resolution summary that's emailed to the submitter.
Co-owners, tenants, and per-unit documents
Each registered unit now tracks every person living in it — primary owner, co-owners, and tenants — independent of the single-string unit_number on a user record. Managers can add/edit/remove occupants from a unit detail page (/dashboard/unit.php) and upload documents scoped to that specific unit (rental agreements, deeds, insurance certificates). The new "Unit only" access level on documents means a rental agreement is visible only to the people listed on that unit plus the board.
Building locations: curate the spaces in your property
Managers can now add named locations (Clubhouse, Pool deck, Roof terrace, …) at /dashboard/locations.php, with optional descriptions and an active/inactive flag. The Events form auto-suggests from this list while still accepting free-text. The locations table is also the foundation for the maintenance work-order flow we're building next.
Members can suggest rules; board approves with a final adoption date
Any signed-in member (resident or renter) can submit a rule suggestion via a new form on the Rules page. The board sees a banner alert and a counter badge when suggestions are pending. Approving opens an editable inline form with all the suggestion's fields plus an adoption date — submit and it becomes a real rule with that date as the effective date. The suggester is emailed on either decision (approve or reject, with optional note).
Recurring events: weekly board meetings, monthly socials, etc.
Events now have a Repeats option (daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, or none) plus an optional repeats-until date. Series are stored as a single row; occurrences are computed at display time and shown both on the dashboard listing and on the public community landing — no need to re-create a meeting every Tuesday.
Per-association activity log for the board
New /dashboard/activity.php page (board members, board admins, and property managers only) shows every audit event scoped to your association — who added a rule, deleted a document, posted an announcement, etc. Filter by action, actor, or date. When a SoShiny admin signs in as a user to help with support, the activity log makes that visible with a small "via SoShiny support" tag on the actor.
Document categories you can manage
Document uploads now use a curated category dropdown (Bylaws, Minutes, Insurance, Forms, Renters, General by default). Board users can rename categories — and the rename propagates to every existing document tagged with the old label — or add and delete categories from a Manage page accessible right from the upload form.
Send invitations and password resets from the admin panel
On /admin/users.php, leave the password field blank when creating a user and they'll get an emailed invitation with a link to set their own password (status starts as pending; first password set promotes them to active). Each existing user row now also has a Reset button that emails them a one-hour reset link. Welcome and invitation emails read "from your association" instead of generically from SoShiny.
SoShiny is live in production
https://soshiny.com is now serving the real SoShiny stack — marketing site, signup, login, board dashboards, super-admin panel, public community landings, the works. Real SMTP is wired (success@soshiny.com via smtp.hostinger.com:465), so password reset, signup notifications, and the contact form all send actual email instead of writing to a log file.
Events calendar — board meetings, socials, work parties
New /dashboard/events.php page (board admins create/edit/delete; signed-in members see read-only). Each event has title, start + optional end, location, description, and audience (Public / Members / Board). Public events render in an Upcoming events section on the community landing, with a calendar-tile date format. Past/upcoming + audience filters in the dashboard listing.
Embedded map on community landing
When a board admin saves a real address on /dashboard/settings.php, we geocode it via Photon and store latitude/longitude. The /{slug}/ landing then renders an OpenStreetMap iframe centered on the property — no API key, no fees. The address-only "View on map →" link still works as a fallback.
Social links in the landing footer
Five new fields on /dashboard/settings.php: Website, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter, Nextdoor. Each one renders as an inline-SVG icon in the landing footer when set. Empty fields render nothing. URLs auto-prefix with https:// if the board pasted just a domain.
Meet your board, public documents, and View-on-map link
Three more sections on the public landing: (1) Meet your board — auto-listed from active board roles, shown as first-name-plus-last-initial cards with role badges; (2) Documents & forms — anything in /dashboard/documents.php with access_level=public, served via the new /public-document.php gatekeeper; (3) View on map — link in the hero address that opens the property location in Google Maps.
FAQ + contact form on the public landing
Added FAQ section and a real contact form to /{slug}/. Boards manage FAQs at /dashboard/faq.php (Q + A, sort order, edit/delete). Contact form is CSRF-protected, has a hidden honeypot field for spam, validates name + email + min 10-char message, and emails the association's contact_email (or admin_email fallback) via the existing send_mail() pipeline. Submission audit-logged.
Public landing page is now a real community website
Added five content sections to /{slug}/: hero banner image, formatted About paragraph (Quill), Amenities list (one per line, two-column grid), public photo gallery (auto-pulled from media with visibility=public), and Contact info card (email + phone). All editable on /dashboard/settings.php (board admin only). Sections render only when content exists, so nothing looks empty if a board hasn't filled it in yet.
Board admins can customize their community URL slug
/dashboard/settings.php has a new Slug field that controls /{slug}/ — the public-landing URL. Format-validated (a-z, 0-9, hyphens), uniqueness-checked across all associations, and audit-logged when changed. Comes with a clear warning that changing breaks any existing bookmarks.
Public announcements feed on the community landing
Announcements posted with audience=all now render on the public /{slug}/ landing page — eight most recent, with type badge, date, author, and a 360-char excerpt. Board-only or owners-only announcements stay private.
Per-association public landing page at /{slug}/
Each association now gets a public, branded community page at https://soshiny.com/{slug}/ — name, address, logo, primary-color accent, and a sign-in CTA. Opt-in via Settings → Show public landing page (default off). Logo upload is also now in the Settings form (PNG/JPG/SVG/WEBP, max 1MB). Real paths like /dashboard/, /admin/, /login.php, /assets/ all take precedence so the rewrite never collides.
Real address autocomplete (Photon/OSM)
Type a partial street address on /signup.php, /admin/associations.php (edit), or /dashboard/settings.php and see a dropdown of real places. Click one to auto-fill street, city, state/province, ZIP, and country. Powered by Photon (komoot.io) — free, no API key, OpenStreetMap data. ZIP-only lookup is still wired as a fallback.
Per-unit details (bedrooms, baths, sqft, ownership %, type)
New units table keyed by (association_id, unit_number). Edit-member form on /dashboard/directory.php now has a Unit details section that upserts the unit row when you save. Properties belong to the unit so two members in the same unit share them.
ZIP / postal-code auto-fill
Type a US ZIP or Canadian postal code on /signup.php, /admin/associations.php (edit), or /dashboard/settings.php and the city + state/province auto-populate. Powered by Zippopotam.us — free, no API key. Manual entry still works for international addresses or if the API is unreachable.
Super admins can edit any user
/admin/users.php now has an Edit button on every row — full edit form for name, email, phone, role, association, unit, status, owner flag. Email-uniqueness check; self-lockout guard prevents super admins from demoting or deactivating their own account.
Public changelog launched
This page. Every meaningful change to SoShiny is logged here, categorized, and dated.
Signup detail view for super admins
Each pending signup row has a 'View' button that opens a clean detail card with full address, contact info (with mailto: + tel: links), submitted timestamp, and inline approve/reject buttons.
Structured address fields with US/Canadian state datalist
Replaced the freeform address input on /admin/associations.php, /dashboard/settings.php, and /signup.php with separate Street / City / State-Province / ZIP-Postal / Country fields. Type-ahead datalist lists every US state and Canadian province; free text still allowed for international.
Edit any association from the super-admin panel
/admin/associations.php now has an Edit button on every row — lets super admins update name, slug, address, plan, status, and primary color. Slug uniqueness enforced; audit-logged on save.
Rules CSV import + downloadable template
Board admins can bulk-import rules via CSV at /dashboard/search.php?action=import. Required columns: title, body. Optional: rule_number, category, source, effective_date. Unknown categories auto-create. Template available at ?download=template.
WYSIWYG editor + image upload on rules
/dashboard/search.php?action=new now has a Quill 2.0.2 editor for rule bodies. Toolbar includes formatting, lists, links, and an image button that uploads directly into the rule via /dashboard/upload-image.php (board admin only, MIME whitelist, 8MB cap, served via the existing file gatekeeper).
Rule categories with management UI + effective dates
Categories are now first-class — create / list / delete via /dashboard/search.php?action=categories. The new and edit-rule forms use a category dropdown (with an 'Add new' link). Each rule also has an effective_date input.
Activity log viewer for super admins
/admin/activity.php — paginated audit log (50/page) with filters for association, action, actor, and since-date. Pulls every audit event across every tenant. Linked from the audit-events stat tile on /admin/.
Committees with chairs and members
New /dashboard/committees.php — board admins can create committees (e.g. Rules, Beautification, Architectural Review), add or remove members, designate a chair (auto-demotes prior chair), and delete the whole committee. Committee count is a clickable stat tile on the dashboard.
Member directory: edit + CSV bulk import
Board admins can now edit any member (name, unit, role, email, phone, owner status, status) and bulk-import a roster via CSV. Sort is a proper alphanumeric natural sort — 101, 101A, 102, B2 in the right order. Owners-only filter.
Phase 1 launched
Multi-tenant SaaS for condo and HOA associations. Public marketing site, board dashboard, super-admin panel, full design system, 11-table schema with audit log, file uploads with secure gatekeeper, CSRF + login throttling, role-based access. Initial 6 dashboard pages: home, documents, rules, directory, communications, media, settings.
