# Blog v1+ — Backlog

**Status:** Backlog (post v1.0)
**Owner:** Daedalus (frontend) + Socrates (backend)
**Approver:** Matt

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## Article Page Rebuild ⭐ (Frontend)

Medium-style article template matching the new index aesthetic.

- [ ] Rebuild `blog_article.html.j2` to match new CSS tokens
- [ ] Reading progress bar (red line at top, like Medium)
- [ ] Estimated read time in article header
- [ ] Article-specific typography (larger body text, comfortable line length)
- [ ] Prev/next navigation at bottom
- [ ] Social share links (Twitter/X, LinkedIn) — no tracking pixels

**Effort:** Medium | **Priority:** High

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## Search Without Fuse.js (Frontend)

Current search requires Fuse.js CDN. Alternatives:

- [ ] **Option A:** Pre-build JSON search index at build time, use simple substring match
- [ ] **Option B:** Use database-backed search via API
- [ ] **Option C:** Keep Fuse.js, add to deployment bundle as local copy

**Effort:** Low | **Priority:** Medium

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## Author Byline & Avatar (Frontend)

- [ ] Add author section to article headers
- [ ] Avatar image support
- [ ] "Written by" attribution

**Effort:** Low | **Priority:** Low

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## Related Posts (Frontend)

- [ ] End of article: "More from HoffDesk" section
- [ ] Same-category posts
- [ ] Algorithm: last 5 posts in same category, exclude current

**Effort:** Medium | **Priority:** Low

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## Sitemap & SEO Enhancements

- [x] `sitemap.xml.j2` exists (Socrates, Phase 3)
- [ ] Add canonical URLs to all pages
- [ ] Open Graph images for sharing (og:image)
- [ ] Twitter card meta tags

**Effort:** Low | **Priority:** Medium

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## Draft/Scheduled Publishing (Backend)

- [ ] Draft posts visible only to admin
- [ ] Schedule publish date/time
- [ ] Email/push notification on publish (future)

**Effort:** Medium | **Priority:** Medium

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## Static Generation (Builder Script)

- [x] `builder.py` exists (Socrates, Phase 3)
- [ ] Verify full static export workflow
- [ ] Add `--drafts` flag to include draft posts in export
- [ ] Add `--future` flag to include scheduled posts

**Effort:** Low | **Priority:** Medium

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## Analytics (Privacy-First)

- [ ] Optional: self-hosted Plausible Analytics
- [ ] Or: simple hit counter per post (SQLite)
- [ ] No Google Analytics, no third-party tracking

**Effort:** Medium | **Priority:** Low

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## Comments (Future)

- [ ] Self-hosted comment system (e.g., Remark42,Isso)
- [ ] Or: Telegram comment integration
- [ ] Anti-spam measures

**Effort:** High | **Priority:** Low

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## Newsletter (Future)

- [ ] RSS-to-email via blog.bot or self-hosted
- [ ] Substack migration path
- [ ] Email verification flow

**Effort:** High | **Priority:** Low

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## Nice-to-Have Polish

- [ ] Custom 404 page
- [ ] Custom 500 page with error details (dev) / generic message (prod)
- [ ] Cookie consent banner (GDPR) — if EU traffic expected
- [ ] AMP pages for Google indexing
- [ ] Dark mode toggle (user preference)

**Effort:** Low | **Priority:** Low

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## Tech Debt

- [ ] Move all hardcoded URLs to config (base_url)
- [ ] Document template inheritance hierarchy
- [ ] Add CSS custom properties for all colors (already done ✅)
- [ ] Add responsive image srcsets (sizes: 400w, 800w, 1200w)

**Effort:** Medium | **Priority:** Medium