Public Poker1.com development checklist

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Note: Mike Caro is sharing this development checklist with our Poker1 family of friends and visitors.

It allows you to quickly see the enhancements, fixes, and features that are planned and which ones have been completed. These lists are likely to grow.

✔ Completed tasks are green with a check mark.

→ In-progress tasks are blue with an arrow.

     Waiting tasks are red.

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✔Poker1 task list:

Pending and completed enhancements, fixes, and features

PHASE 1a (before P1 official opening)…

✔ Entered 2012-12-25 / Completed 2012-12-25
Freeze feature enhancements until after Poker1 official opening of Phase 1a

✔ Entered 2012-12-28 / Completed 2012-12-29
Create public P1 development checklist (this one)

✔ Entered 2012-12-28 / Completed 2012-12-29
Put link to this checklist in a publicly accessible location so our Poker1 family can see what’s coming in current and future development phases

✔ Entered 2013-01-01 / Completed 2013-01-04
Revise Poker1 theme, with all functionality and familiar navigation positions remaining in place. This will be plugged in on opening day. Going live with this theme soon is currently being considered, because minor format glitches may occur if installed on opening day, as previously planned. This theme may (or may not) appear at any time, while most menu pages wait to be designed in harmony with it and any live problems are resolved. UPDATE: This theme went live 2013-10-04, on the day it was completed. It introduced fatal formatting problems and we immediately reverted to the previous theme, pending emergency programming. Then the new theme, with only minor glitches remaining, was reintroduced half an hour later.

✔ Entered 2013-01-05 / Completed 2013-01-05
Fix Poker1 library on left sidebar so that it lists choices alphabetically. This should be a simple plug-in setting. NOTE: The setting was already correctly configured, but the plug-in needed to be reinitialized.

✔ Entered 2013-01-04 / Completed 2013-01-05
Fix minor graphic glitches introduced by switch to revised P1 theme. These include byline bullet spacing, sidebar widget formatting, home page heading tweaks, and much more. NOTE: The bullet and byline problem required replacing 11,472 live database instances (by automated search/replace) of consecutive div-strong-em tags with ‘div style=”display: inline;”‘ followed by the strong-em tags. The behavior of positioning the text below the bullet is likely a result of a new stricter HTML5 implementation in the revised theme. Previously, this wasn’t an issue and “inline” was the default state. There are, no doubt, remaining formatting adjustments to be made, but the obvious ones have been handled, thus this task has been marked as completed.

✔ Entered 2013-01-04 / Completed 2013-01-08
Make adjustments to P1 header required to harmonize with completed, but not deployed, updated theme. Settled on dark blue to pale blue gradient (top to bottom) flowing into header from surrounding background, which will stay through Phase 1a opening. This design might be revisited in future phases. NOTE: The right side of the header is reserved for banner ads and/or P1 links and announcements. This will be done as a separate task.

✔ Entered 2013-01-08 / Completed 2013-01-08
Fix glitch with right sidebar search widget that had long input text disappearing beneath the icon before beginning to scroll left on some browsers

✔ Entered 2013-01-08 / Completed 2013-01-09
Enhance formatting of category headings and page number navigation above archive lists summoned through Poker1 library on the left sidebar. UPDATE: Heading design completed. Navigation design still pending. UPDATE: Redesign of page navigation for entries by category through Poker1 library completed. The design was simplified from a more elaborate one with gradient and rounded boxes that was deemed out of harmony with the new theme.

✔ Entered 2012-12-28 / Completed 2013-01-13
Create and open newly designed Index tab page in harmony with latest home page look

✔ Entered 2013-01-13 / Completed 2013-01-13
Fix major glitch in display of “Poker1 backstage” right sidebar box. This looks as intended on the latest versions of Chrome and Safari, but is badly mangled on Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera. Theory: Relative positioning of the check-mark graphic and linked heading are causing a conflict. NOTE: Opted for simplified HTML that includes most of the previous design. The code gymnastics were not being uniformly interpreted by various browsers. Sidebar item “Poker1 backstage” now works as intended and has been tested with the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari.

✔ Entered 2013-01-14 / Completed 2013-01-15
Fine tune Poker1 home page appearance and simplify coding so it can be used as a template for other pages with minimal changes.

✔ Entered 2013-01-15 / Completed 2013-01-15
Change plug-in functionality for recent comments on right sidebar, allowing author avatars. NOTE: Installed “WP-recent comments” plug-in by MG12, making slight customization. More changes to the underlying PHP code might be a future P1 task.

✔ Entered 2013-02-08 / Completed 2013-02-10
Update “Contact us” entry (accessible from the bottom of every page), automating it to include a message form, rather than instructions to send an email. Link new store page (currently — at date of this entry — under development and not publicly accessible), subpages, and product pages to the revised “Contact us” entry, so submitting questions and feedback about the store is easier for shoppers.

✔ Entered 2013-02-10 / Completed 2013-02-11
Create new specially designed entry that is filed in all Poker1 categories and serves as graceful pointer to last entry in Poker1 library requests. This makes it clear that there are no more entries, suggests other search methods, and prevents empty lists from displaying error messages.

✔ Entered 2012-12-28 / Completed 2013-03-29
Create and open newly designed Store tab page in harmony with latest home page look. (This was a very long-lasting task, during which other Poker1 development was postponed.)

✔ Entered 2013-04-01 / Completed 2013-04-02
Create three message or advertising regions that appear at the top, middle, and bottom of each post. These should not appear on pages or posts in the “Poker1 store,” “No more entries,” or “Special information” categories.

✔ Entered 2013-04-02 / Completed 2013-04-02
Add “Links” tab to main top menu and create proxy page.

✔ Entered 2013-04-04 / Completed 2013-04-04
Create standalone “Mike Caro Services” entry, duplicating the text found on the main Poker1 store page (#p1services). This will be used for some links, including ones from inserted messages and ads.

✔ Entered 2013-04-04 / Completed 2013-04-04
Fix mangled formatting of central results from search box (previously moved to left sidebar, from right sidebar). Make it the same as results returned by Poker1 library category search.

✔ Entered 2013-04-05 / Completed 2013-04-05
Modify the “Contact us” form and include “captcha” test to discourage automated spam crawlers from pretending to be legitimate Poker1 visitors.

✔ Entered 2013-04-04 / Completed 2013-04-07
Fix issue with category information overlapping page footer at the bottom of entries that don’t allow comments

✔ Entered 2013-04-09 / Completed 2013-04-09
Reorganize top menu tabs, adding “Links” and shifting “Zone 2″ development to Phase 1b, at earliest. NOTE: A non-functional Links tab was added several days before the “Entered” date. The Zone 2 decision was made because many subsections are not scheduled until after Phase 1a and removing the others from immediate development will expedite the Poker1 official opening. The Zone 2 tab was deactivated for now.

✔ Entered 2012-12-28 / Completed 2013-04-11
Update to latest version of forum software

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Create and open newly designed Life tab page in harmony with latest home page look

     Entered 2013-01-08/ Pending — not started
Create regions in header for banners and/or P1 links and announcements

     Entered 2013-01-08/ Pending — not started
Create regions in sidebars and text areas of entries for banners and/or P1 links and announcements

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Create and open newly designed News tab page in harmony with latest home page look

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Create and open newly designed Poker tab page in harmony with latest home page look

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Create and open newly designed Predict tab page in harmony with latest home page look

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Create and open newly designed Talk tab page in harmony with latest home page look

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Add 11 new text entries to appear at official opening of Phase 1a

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Add two new “1-minute audios” on poker to appear at official opening of Phase 1a

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Add 40 (approximately) remaining poker statistics tables from old Poker1 site, reformatted for the new P1

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Add 3 new Mike Caro blog entries in preparation for regular additions

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Change 9 links (including 6 photos) on home page in preparation for regular entry additions and rotation

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Add first poker links and commentary to News tab page

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Add first non-poker links and commentary to News tab page

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Create pages listing links for quick access to sites that Mike Caro recommends, with a small starting selection and descriptions

     Entered 2012-12-31 / Pending — not started
Update poker dictionary with latest files from Michael Wiesenberg

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Disable and/or remove all unused plug-ins employed or tested during development

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Make certain cache is activated and operating correctly at official opening. (Note: cache is sometimes disabled during development.)

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Conduct a final, thorough test for consistency and functionality with latest versions (and likeliest older versions) of all five major browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari)

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Remove (or use for in-house purposes) all banner and advertising place holders intended to be sold to sponsors in Phase 2

     Entered 2013-01-04 / Pending — not started
Update all entries linked to at the bottom of each P1 page or entry

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — final task in this subphase (1a)
Declare Poker1 open with home-page headline announcement

PHASE 1b (after P1 official opening)…

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Create and make available first free poker videos. These are in addition to the tells videos, which are already available.

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Create and make available first free non-poker videos

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Create and open newly designed Zone 2 tab page in harmony with latest home page look

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Complete the press package and add to Zone 2

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Update customized Poker1 WordPress version in offline development mirror site

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Reverse the older/newer comments links below entries. This isn’t likely to be a problem yet, since 100 comments, with their replies, are currently allowed on the same page. We will dial back this number to 10 or so when this glitch is fixed.

     Entered 2012-12-31 / Pending — not started
Add converted HTML5 versions of poker tells videos and code so that they play these, if browser supported, otherwise fall through to flash versions. If a browser cannot support either, advise visitor to update.

     Entered 2013-01-09 / Pending — not started
If feasible, implement method (probably using AJAX) of keeping the Poker1 header, sidebars, and footer static while changing only the center stage content area. This would be used mainly for entry selections from the Poker1 library, search, indexes, and top tabs. Check thoroughly for side effects interfering with cache, refresh, plug-ins, and other functionality before committing to this feature. This task could be implemented, postponed, or abandoned after feasibility study is completed.

FUTURE PHASES…

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Begin development of online poker training software for Poker1

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Begin development of online life-strategy training software for Poker1

     Entered 2012-12-28 / Pending — not started
Begin development of Mike Caro University of Poker enrollment courses at Poker1

FINISHED PHASES…

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