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Anyone can view and engage.\n\n**Private side:** Invite-only forum for shop talk, technique sharing, and industry discussions.\n\nThe name comes from tattoo culture - a \"guest spot\" is when a traveling artist works at another shop. It captures the collaborative, welcoming spirit we're building here.\n\n## Status\n\n🚧 **Alpha Development** - Basic functionality working. Core features implemented, advanced features in progress.\n\nSee [DESIGN.md](DESIGN.md) for the complete design document and [TODO.md](TODO.md) for current development status.\n\n## Current Features\n\n### ✅ Implemented\n- **Public feed** at `/guest-spot` with grid layout\n- **Post creation** using Discourse's native composer with auto-generated titles\n- **Artist profiles** at `/guest-spot/user/:username` showing all their posts\n- **Individual post pages** at `/guest-spot/post/:id`\n- **Native Discourse Topics** as the data layer (leverages existing features)\n\n### 🚧 In Progress\n- Pinned posts with carousel UI\n- Comment management controls\n- Multiple images per post\n\n### 📋 Planned\n- **Invite tree system** (lobste.rs style) for quality curation\n- **Artist controls** - pin posts, manage comments, mute users\n- **Community moderation** - voting on comments, auto-hide threshold\n- **Private forum** completely separate from public profiles\n\n## Architecture\n\nThis plugin takes a **Discourse-native approach**:\n- Uses Discourse Topics (in a special \"Public Feed\" category) instead of custom database tables\n- Leverages Discourse's built-in commenting, permissions, and moderation tools\n- Extends Discourse's composer and routing for a custom UI\n- Reuses Discourse's image upload and S3 integration\n\nThis approach means:\n- Less custom code to maintain\n- Better integration with existing Discourse features\n- Familiar admin controls for site operators\n- Easier to extend and customize\n\n## Installation\n\n1. Add to your `app.yml`:\n```yaml\nhooks:\n  after_code:\n    - exec:\n        cd: $home/plugins\n        cmd:\n          - git clone https://github.com/ducks/discourse-guest-spot.git\n```\n\n2. Rebuild your container:\n```bash\n./launcher rebuild app\n```\n\n3. Create test data (optional):\n```bash\n./launcher enter app\ncd /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-guest-spot\nrails runner scripts/create-test-data.rb\n```\n\n## Development\n\nThe plugin follows standard Discourse plugin structure:\n\n- `plugin.rb` - Main plugin configuration\n- `app/` - Rails backend (controllers, models, serializers)\n- `assets/javascripts/discourse/` - Ember.js frontend (routes, templates, components)\n- `config/locales/` - Translation strings\n- `lib/` - Shared Ruby code and helpers\n\nSee [CLAUDE.md](CLAUDE.md) for coding patterns and conventions used in this project.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fducks%2Fdiscourse-guest-spot","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fducks%2Fdiscourse-guest-spot","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fducks%2Fdiscourse-guest-spot/lists"}