# Roadmap — Thinulaka Uttamachara 2026

- [x] Stage 1: Visual foundation, bilingual (SI default / EN), all public pages
- [x] Award fields: 10 official fields (names, order, descriptions, criteria) supplied by organizer — English is draft translation pending review
- [x] Common evaluation principles: full 12 principles from organizer document on categories + eligibility pages — English is draft translation pending review; principles still DRAFT until organizer approves
- [x] Stage 2: Lovable Cloud enabled (database, storage, auth)
- [x] Stage 3: Six-step online application per the organizer's document — unique reference number, private evidence uploads (JPG/PNG/WEBP/PDF, 10MB, private store), accidental double submission refused within 24 hours
- [ ] Stage 3b: Bot / rate protection on nominations; status check by reference plus a second secret; privacy policy page
- [ ] Stage 4: Admin dashboard (roles, content editing SI/EN, draft/publish, categories, honorees, news, gallery, contact, SEO)
- [ ] Stage 5: Nomination management (statuses, notes, export, secure docs)
- [x] Official logo: received from organizer via chat, embedded in header, hero, footer and favicon (admin-side replace still pending Stage 4)
- [x] Award emblem featured on the home page in a dedicated showcase panel, and in the hero on the right side with gold rings, glow and slow float
- [x] Lovable Cloud enabled: organizer logins (email/password + Google), profiles, roles, saved biographies
- [x] AI tribute biography: /tribute drafts a respectful Sinhala tribute biography from the honoree's service details (optional English), role-gated, every draft saved and approvable
- [x] Chairman message: Sinhala/English toggle button + clean print format with signature (route /chairman-message, A4 print styles)
- [x] Top nav: only Home/Categories/About/Gallery/Contact; News under About; Nomination under Contact; chairman-message link at very top of home
- [ ] Grant the first organizer account its role — organizer signs up at /auth and sends their email
- [ ] Stage 6: Security testing, subdomain uttamachara.thinulaka.com
- [x] Nomination form mobile-friendly reading + printing
- [x] Nomination form: clicking "නාමයෝජනා ඉදිරිපත් කරන්න" shows the complete form, fillable online, with the details downloadable — re-verified end to end
- [ ] Home page right side: award picture replaces the logo there — generated placeholder in use until the organizer supplies a real photo of the actual award
- [x] Award fields page: an AI-generated picture for each of the 10 fields, alternating sides on desktop, full picture on phones — all AI illustrations, organizer approval pending before treating them as final
- [x] Home page right side: gold award and a diamond-and-gem award crossfade every 7s, switchable by two dots — both AI illustrations, organizer approval / real award photo still pending
- [x] Home page pillars: ගෞරවය / කෘතඥතාව / මනුෂ්‍යත්වය in three separate embossed plaques, each with its own AI picture, words embossed in white
- [x] Home page order: the three pillar plaques now sit above the chairman's photo and message section
- [x] Home page chairman section: the "සුභාසිංශනය කියවන්න" button is now a gold sliding line "ජාතියේ හෘදයාංගම උත්තමාචාරය ළඟදීම..." (still opens the message page)
- [x] Home page: the six-step application form now appears below the chairman's message section; birth year replaces age (no unapproved age limit); draft saving only for signed-in accounts