Changelog

Added encrypted PIN-protected vault ('/secret') for sensitive photos and documents. Items inside Secret Locker are strictly hidden from standard library views until unlocked.

Connect and share albums with friends and family using a unique 6-digit Join PIN (e.g. 849201). Connected members can view and upload photos directly into shared albums.

Added Web App Manifest & Service Worker PWA support with 1-click 'Install App' button for native-like app experience on iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows.

Search your vault by natural descriptions ('sunset at beach', 'tax invoice receipt'), auto-generated scene tags (#Sunset, #Beach, #Pet, #Portrait), extracted OCR text, and recognized person names.

Automatic face detection and clustering. Dedicated '/people' dashboard showing face avatars, photo counts, and customizable person names.

Added real-time local clock ticker, Open-Meteo geolocation weather display (temperature + condition icons), and time-aware welcome greeting in the app header.

Protected Super Admin accounts with immunity guards, added Staff/Moderator creation modal, and expanded platform analytics suite at '/admin'.

Wired Google Authentication ('Continue with Google') allowing instant 1-click access to private vaults with automatic account creation.

Integrated OpenStreetMap & Leaflet interactive map with custom location pins showing photo locations across North America and worldwide.

Provisioned default 50 GB free cloud storage quota for all accounts including primary user lamottesteven2@gmail.com.

Added custom Cloudflare edge caching headers for sub-100ms global asset loading speeds across desktop and mobile devices.

Optimized mobile sidebar toggle state to prevent unwanted flashing or re-opening during navigation across app pages.

Replaced profile presets with 10 high-resolution animal avatars (Cute Panda, Red Panda, Kitten, Puppy, Fox, Koala, Penguin, Lion, Owl, Tiger).

Generate personal FTP access keys and export 1-click Cyberduck (.duck) connection profiles for FileZilla, WinSCP, Transmit, and mobile FTP apps.

Resolved black square video thumbnails by implementing #t=0.5 timestamp seeking and metadata pre-rendering across all grid cards.

Enforced AES-256 cloud object encryption with Ghostline Digital's strict zero-data-sales privacy commitment.

Added a dedicated system health page monitoring Cloudflare R2, Neon PostgreSQL, FTPS, and WebP engine latencies.

Redesigned Account Settings into a high-density 2-column grid layout with User UID display (#LMN-8942) and EULA modal.

Implemented on-the-fly WebP thumbnail processing, shrinking 10MB camera photo payloads to ~25KB.

Integrated custom Service Worker caching media responses for instant 0ms repeat loading.

Migrated storage architecture to private Cloudflare R2 buckets with multi-region redundancy.

Added multi-select capabilities to download assets as a single ZIP archive or batch add to albums.