Settings — hero banner upload now actually saves
Uploading a hero banner image via Settings was silently failing — the file got written to disk but the database column was never updated, so the page reloaded without the banner. The form submission now writes the new hero path properly.
Help link in the sidebar is clickable again
The 'Help' link at the bottom of the sidebar (and the admin Sign-out link too) was being silently swallowed by an invisible scroll-hint overlay sitting on top of it. Clicks now register correctly whether the hint is visible or not.
Storage breakdown shows real names + a funny 404 page
The storage breakdown page now lists each file by its title (e.g. '2026 Bylaws.pdf' instead of the UUID filename) for documents and media, with the raw filename underneath. Clicking a document used to return 'Bad request' because the URL was missing the type parameter — fixed in both the storage page and the My documents card on profile (now correctly /dashboard/file.php?type=document&id=N). Also added a friendly 404 page — when a URL doesn't exist, you get a tiny HOA Violation Notice card with a randomized joke instead of Apache's default page.
Picking a board office auto-promotes the role
Before: setting a board office on a member whose role was Resident or Renter silently dropped the office (since offices only apply to board roles). The form gave no feedback, which is exactly how Polly and John ended up appearing not to save. Now: picking any board office on a resident or renter auto-promotes them to Board member (least-privilege board role), and the success flash spells out what happened. Property managers keep their existing role.
Board landing + directory now include pending members
Imported residents come in with status=pending until they sign in for the first time, but the 'Meet your board' landing section and the dashboard Board card were both filtering for status=active only — so a board member like Scott Bender (imported, marked as Director, set to show on the public landing) was being hidden. Fixed: both views now include everyone except status=inactive. Same fix applied to the Print contacts + board view.
Rules page now lists all rules, not just search hits
Visiting /dashboard/search.php with no search term used to show "No rules on file yet" even when hundreds of rules were imported. Now the page defaults to a most-recent listing (200 rows), and search narrows it down. Imports were always landing in the database correctly — just invisible until you typed a query.
Landing page silently failing on public-announcement query
The announcements query on /landing.php joined the users table (for author names) but selected `id` unqualified. Both tables have an `id` column, so MySQL threw an ambiguity error and the page died — visitors saw a 302 to /login.php instead of the community page. Qualified the column names. Public announcements feed now renders correctly.
Dashboard 'Units' tile now counts actual registered units
Was reading the static unit_count capacity from association settings. Now counts distinct unit numbers across active + pending members — matches what you actually see in /dashboard/directory.php.
Board admins can actually add members now
Two issues — labeled the action "+ Add member" instead of "+ Invite", and fixed a real bug where new users were created with status=pending which silently rejected them at login. They now start as status=active and can sign in immediately with the password you set or the auto-generated one we email them.
Geocoding now runs on first save when lat/lon is missing
Previously the geocode-on-save check only fired when an address field changed, so associations with an existing address but no stored coordinates never got geocoded — and their map section stayed hidden. The check now also triggers when latitude or longitude is empty, so simply hitting Save once will populate coordinates and reveal the map.
Hero CTA contrast over video
Inverted the hero overlay so the darkest pixels sit where copy lives (was backwards). Orange CTA now has a subtle white inner ring + drop shadow so its silhouette holds against any video frame. Ghost button bumped to a stronger frosted-glass treatment.
Nav button text now stays white on orange
The site-nav anchor color rule was overriding button text color. Scoped it to :not(.btn) so primary buttons keep their white-on-orange treatment regardless of context.
Pricing calculator field can be cleared during typing
Clearing the unit-count input no longer snaps the value back to 50. Empty state is allowed mid-typing; on blur the field falls back to 50 only if it's still empty or invalid.
Fixed
May 9, 2026
Pinned every PDO connection to UTC
Discovered during password reset testing — MAMP MySQL ran in EDT while PHP defaulted to UTC, causing 1-hour reset tokens to look already-expired. db.php now sets time_zone='+00:00' on every connection so PHP's time() and MySQL's NOW() agree.