Public pages & domain live
- About page with founder story and company values
- Privacy Policy and Terms of Service published
- Public roadmap showing all planned features
- Blog launched with first post
- Help Center with FAQs and contact info
- SSL certificate activated — scrabl.com now loads over HTTPS
- HTTPS redirect via .htaccess for all visitors
Waitlist system & email verification
- Full waitlist flow — signup, verification code, confirmation
- Branded verification emails with dark+gold design
- MongoDB Atlas integration for waitlist storage
- Switched from Gmail SMTP to Resend HTTP API
- Domain verified for sending from noreply@scrabl.com
- Admin notification on every new signup
- Backend deployed on Render with auto-deploy from GitHub
Network & connectivity fixes
- Forced IPv4 DNS resolution to fix MongoDB and SMTP on Nigerian networks
- CORS configured for scrabl.com, www.scrabl.com, and localhost
- MongoDB connection string switched from SRV to standard format
- Fixed emailService.js syntax error (missing template literal)