Updates this week (February 7-14) - Congregation Hub Blog

Website CMS Overhaul

Converted the Website CMS from Vue/Inertia to Livewire/Blade — major architectural shift for the website editor section, simplifying the stack
Live Preview system — added real-time previews for home, about, custom pages, location, contact, schedule, footer, and leadership pages, with navbar and footer visible in previews
Switched live preview rendering from CSS zoom to iframe srcdoc for better fidelity
Auto-clear website cache when CMS content changes so edits are reflected immediately

Launched the congregationhub-website app and congregationhub-themes-blade package — both repos were initialized this week
Built out the default theme with templates for home, about, sermons, events, and ministries pages
Added a premium theme with full feature parity to the default
Premium theme option added to the theme selector in the admin
Data transformers for sermons, ministries, and events with query param/filter forwarding

Support Ticketing System — full ticketing system with admin management, email notifications for ticket lifecycle (created, replied, resolved), and "Need Help" buttons throughout the app
Ministries Feature — standalone Ministries with full CRUD, Inertia/Vue admin pages, and API endpoints
Sermon Sub-Pages API — new API endpoints with filtering and pagination for sermon content
Events API — new endpoints for events data, document links, and editor improvements
Admin Prayer Requests — new Livewire data table for managing prayer requests with inline editing, mobile-friendly cards, and quick create

Fixed prayer SMS not delivering to recipients in production
Fixed comments appearing on wrong posts due to duplicate HTML IDs
Fixed blank screen when navigating to Website section via Turbo
Fixed login page "Use Password Instead" button not working with Turbo
Fixed calendar image uploads to use S3/Vultr with immediate image removal
Fixed Tiptap editor — added Livewire sync, wire:ignore, and debounced preview
Fixed homepage action links to resolve preset URLs and handle external links correctly
Fixed sermon series API to prioritize series with images

DaisyUI 5 fieldset pattern — updated all form inputs across the app to the new component pattern
Reorganized website navigation: added About section, renamed About to "Plan Your Visit"
Removed max-width constraint from top navigation bar
Auto-archive announcements after 7 days