Until now the 'gamification' feature flag did nothing: it had no row in
app_settings, the admin couldn't toggle it, awardXP/awardCoins ignored
it, and the CSS only hid three dashboard widgets — XP bars in textbooks
stayed visible regardless.
Phase 1 closes every hole.
Backend (source of truth):
• migration 029 seeds feature_gamification_enabled=1
• new isGamificationEnabled() helper in gamification/_shared.js with a
30s cache + invalidateGamificationCache() for instant admin toggles
• awardXP / awardCoins / updateStreak / unlockAchievement /
checkAchievements all bail out when the flag is off
• /api/gamification/* and /api/shop/* (user routes) return 404 when
disabled; admin routes remain open so the switch itself is reachable
• adminController.updateFeatures gains 'gamification' in the allow-list
and invalidates the cache on flip
Frontend:
• LS.isGamificationEnabled() (synchronous, populated by loadFeatures)
so xp.js + applyCosmetics can bail without a round-trip
• xp.js load/add/flush become no-ops when the flag is off
• applyCosmetics skips the round-trip when off
• CSS .no-gamification rule expanded to cover .hero-xp-badge, .po-xp,
.xp-card, .xp-bar, #frames-section, and a universal [data-gamified]
hook for future blocks
Textbooks (Variant 2 of the plan):
• backend/scripts/wrap_textbook_xp.py — idempotent script that adds
data-gamified to 167 XP tags across 63 textbook files (chapters +
hubs, all subjects/grades). Single CSS rule now hides everything.
Verified end-to-end: with the flag off, awardXP/awardCoins write nothing;
flipping back restores normal behavior.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Shop items of type 'frame' now render a real avatar-sized preview with
the frame's CSS applied (instead of a generic lucide icon) so buyers
see exactly what they're paying for. Title items get a tag-shaped
preview in their color. The avatar-frames section above the shop also
shows the user's actual avatar inside the frame circles, not 'LS' text.
Sidebar nav-avatar now:
• renders the uploaded avatar_url instead of always showing initials
(LS.initPage + new LS.refreshNavAvatar helper)
• picks up frame CSS on every page via applyCosmetics — previously
only dashboard.html applied it
• repaints immediately after picking/deleting an avatar preset
(avPickPreset / avDelete now call LS.setUser + LS.refreshNavAvatar)
Backend getMyActive resolves avatar_frame to {id, css} for both
gamification frames ('fire', 'crown', ...) and shop-purchased frames
('shop_<id>'), so the client doesn't need a second round-trip to
look up the CSS.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add js/sidebar.js: generates full sidebar HTML into #app-sidebar,
handles role-based visibility, active link (with prefix matching),
toggle wiring, collapsed state, board/features/notif init
- Replace <aside class="sidebar">...</aside> with <aside id="app-sidebar">
across all 35 standard-layout pages via scripts/apply-sidebar.js
- Add notifications.js to 5 pages that were missing it
- Fix api.js initPage(): skip toggle re-wiring if data-sb-wired set,
fix active link selector .sb-item → .sb-link
- Remove stale sbl-*/nav-admin/btn-upload-nav getElementById calls
that crashed after sidebar replacement (lab, classes, collection,
crossword, hangman, knowledge-map, library, pet, profile)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Maxim Dolgolyov