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📜 PrimordialWoW — Official Development Changelog

Status: Alpha / Pre-Launch
Revision: v0.9.4
Target Architecture: AzerothCore standalone core model

🛡️ Core Infrastructure & Installer Completion 🛡️

Database Pipeline Optimization: Successfully cleared database connection blocks by bypassing legacy XAMPP bundles in favor of a clean, standalone MySQL/MariaDB server instance managed via HeidiSQL.

Database Layout Schema Import: Resolved fatal application crashes on the index home view (server_news missing tables error) by successfully initializing and execution mapping scripts for the official SQL layout file dumps directly into the sahtout_site schema layout.

Installer Pass-Through: Successfully bypassed the Phase 5 network blocking layer by temporarily deactivating the automated outgoing SMTP mailer configuration, clearing the installation check workflow, and moving safely into the final operational server state.

📧 Secure Mail Routing Integration

PHPMailer Namespace Collision Patch: Discovered and repaired a core code typo on line 22 of the server registration workflow (register.php) where duplicate namespace shortcuts threw fatal runtime exceptions (PHPMailerPHPMailerPHPMailer not found).

Manual Library Dependency Mapping: Injected explicit require_once file loader calls directly linking Exception.php, PHPMailer.php, and SMTP.php inside the web root tracking index, successfully initializing third-party mailing packages without the need for Composer utilities.

Free Google SMTP Relay Framework: Successfully mapped standard encrypted data transmissions over Port 587 using modern TLS protocol wrappers. Secured lines by provisioning a 16-character isolated Google App Password, allowing free registration and recovery mail to route through primordialwownetwork@gmail.com.

🗄️ Identity Access & Security Privileges

Database User Records Synchronization: Patched a standard structural registration loop block by routing first-time player logins onto the web landing page to force automated row creation across separate database architectures (acore_auth to sahtout_site.user_currencies).

Web Portal Elevation: Manually adjusted primary key index accounts to role = admin permissions via HeidiSQL data grids, successfully granting total structural configuration access to the centralized admin suite path (/admin).

In-Game GM Credentials Invalidation: Cleaned up dangerous multi-row database duplication errors inside the acore_auth.account_access mapping layers. Granted clean global Security Level 3 (Administrator) privileges exclusively to internal deployment identities using network realm mappings (RealmID = -1).

Web Data Throughput Upgrade: Extended data upload size limits within the standalone environment configurations (php.ini) from legacy low bounds up to 40M thresholds for upload_max_filesize and post_max_size, granting the power to upload dense media, patches, and upscaled server branding items.

🎨 Website Theme, Aesthetics & Layout Calibration

Volcanic Cataclysm Motif Overlay: Completely rewrote the global stylesheet grid architectures (index.php style frames) to transition the home template into a dark gaming landscape accented by deep volcanic black backgrounds, intense ember drift particle movements, burning red gradients, and golden yellow highlight tones.

Top Navigation Panel Re-Skin: Swapped out the old gold header border formats inside includes/header.php to drop in dark charcoal canvas button bars built with custom geometric clip-path armor plates.

Thick Blazing Fire Hover Glow: Designed a heavy, stacked multi-layered shadow hover tracking script (box-shadow configurations utilizing dense 5px, 8px, and 12px border spreads). Buttons now emit an ultra-intense, thick radial dark orange and yellow aura bloom when hovered over.

Component Realignment: Fixed broad HTML syntax layout conflicts where floating </style> tags broke responsive wrappers. Constrained image grids and YouTube embed components to uniform boundaries to cure layout overflow artifacts.

Obsidian Download Button Rescale: Stripped away light pastel pink layout styles on the secondary button systems (.btn-iron). Remapped them to a volcanic iron design with intense dark orange labels that seamlessly transition to brilliant yellow highlights on hover.

WotLK Project Identity Branding: Commissioned and implemented an upscaled, high-definition centered shield badge balancing the Helm of Domination with integrated icy frost blue textures, framed neatly by custom side-by-side "PW" initials matching your site's exact color profile.