AFRICAN PI NETWORK COMMUNITY

1. User Account and Registration

• User registration and username creation
• Email and phone registration
• Secure password creation and confirmation
• Login, logout and persistent sessions
• Account security, settings and recovery
• Profile and profile-picture management

2. Email Verification and Account Communication

• Registration confirmation
• Password reset OTP
• Password-change confirmation
• Security and platform notifications
• Branded responsive email templates

3. Password Recovery

• Email-based recovery with secure OTP
• Five-minute OTP validity and countdown
• Single-use OTP and incorrect-code detection
• Attempt protection and 24-hour restriction after five failed attempts
• Secure password replacement and confirmation

4. User Profile

• Photograph, username, name, phone and email
• Personal information and profile editing
• Privacy, security, notification and account settings
• Profile visibility controlled by user preferences

5. Privacy Settings

• Profile, picture and contact visibility
• Online/activity visibility and contact permissions
• Search, group, content, status and post visibility
• Restrictions enforced by the platform

6. User Search

• Username and phone-number search
• Profile discovery
• Start a conversation from search
• Results respect privacy settings

7. One-to-One Chat

• Text, emoji, voice note and media messages
• Replies, reactions, timestamps and delivery status
• Notifications and conversation settings
• Persistent message storage

8. Real-Time Messaging

• Automatic recipient and conversation updates
• Unread indicators and timestamps
• Graceful connection handling
• Automatic reconnection when connectivity returns

9. Chat List

• Profile picture, name and last message
• Activity time, unread count and message indicators
• Voice-note and media indicators
• Chronological movement after recent activity

10. Message Replies

• Original message reference
• Response and visual identification
• Sender information where appropriate

11. Message Reactions

• Multiple emoji reaction types
• Reaction display and counts
• Add or remove reactions

12. Emoji Support

• Emoji insertion, reactions and picker
• Touchscreen and desktop support

13. Voice Notes

• Record, cancel, lock and send
• Play, pause, resume and playback progress
• Duration and timestamps
• Available in individual and group conversations

14. Hands-Free Voice Recording

• Lock-to-record and swipe-up interaction
• Convenient mobile recording without holding the button

15. Voice Calling

• Start, receive, accept, reject and end calls
• Mute, speaker and Bluetooth controls where supported
• Timer, connection status and caller information
• Failure notifications and reconnection handling

16. Video Calling

• Receive, accept, reject and end video calls
• Camera, microphone and audio controls
• Identification, timer, status and error handling

17. Voice-to-Video Call Switching

• Switch from voice to video where browser and device support it

18. Call Experience

• Waiting, ringing, connecting and connected states
• Caller image, status, duration and controls

19. Groups

• Names, images, descriptions and members
• Administrators, roles, privacy and notifications
• Text, voice notes, reactions, replies and calls

20. Group Membership

• Join requests, approval and rejection
• Member lists, roles, permissions and removal
• Group privacy controls

21. Channels

• Channel name, image, description and members
• Administrators, permissions, content and notifications
• Join requests and channel settings

22. Administrator Approval

• Review pending group and channel requests
• Approve or reject requests
• Manage membership and permissions

23. Group Voice and Video Communication

• Group voice and video calls where supported
• Participant, microphone, camera and call controls

24. Status and Social Posts

• Photos, written content, voice notes and media
• Attribution, timestamps, visibility and interactions

25. Marketplace and Business Content

• Promote products, services, businesses, offers and ventures
• Descriptions, photos, voice descriptions and attribution
• Visibility, timestamps and social interactions

26. Notifications

• Messages, replies, reactions and invitations
• Join requests, calls, security and system notifications
• In-app and browser/PWA notifications where supported

27. Notification Settings

• Message, group, call and post notifications
• Sound, visibility and conversation muting controls

28. Individual Chat Settings

• Mute, notification, privacy and media preferences
• Block, report and conversation controls

29. Group Settings

• Manage group information, image, description and members
• Administrators, requests, permissions, notifications and privacy

30. Channel Settings

• Manage channel information, members, roles and permissions
• Membership requests, notifications, privacy and content

31. Persistent Login

• Sessions remain after closing the browser, PWA or device
• Logout and security controls end sessions appropriately

32. PWA Installation

• Install prompt, icon and standalone mode
• Mobile navigation, manifest, service worker and caching
• Offline-aware app-like experience

33. Offline and Network Handling

• Online/offline status and automatic reconnection
• WebSocket recovery and unsent-content preservation
• Loading states, errors and safe PWA caching

34. Security

• Authentication, hashing, sessions, CSRF and secure cookies
• Access control, privacy, uploads, rate limiting and OTP protection
• Admin and WebSocket authorization
• Production configuration and security logging

35. Administration Portal

• Dedicated administrator experience
• Admin login: /admin/login
• Dashboard: /admin/dashboard

36. Admin Dashboard

• Users, active users, groups and channels
• Requests, posts, reports, notifications and analytics
• Platform activity and system status

37. User Management

• View, search, filter and review users
• Manage status and permissions
• Handle reports and problematic accounts by policy

38. Group Management

• Create, edit and manage groups and settings
• Review requests, members and administrators

39. Channel Management

• Create, edit and manage channels and settings
• Review requests, members and administrators

40. Content Management

• Manage posts, marketplace content and reported content
• Moderation actions respect privacy and authorization

41. Reporting and Moderation

• Report users, messages, groups, channels and posts
• Review reports and take appropriate action

42. Admin Notification Management

• Pending actions, requests, reports and security events
• Important administrative alerts

43. Admin Search and Filtering

• Search and filter users, groups, channels and requests
• Reports, posts, marketplace content and records

44. Admin Permissions

• Role-based protection for administrative operations
• Group and channel roles receive appropriate permissions
• Platform administrators have broader control

45. Admin Audit and Security

• Record user, group, channel and membership actions
• Moderation, account and security changes support accountability

46. Responsive Experience

• Smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers
• Compact mobile experience and optimized larger-screen layout

47. Accessibility

• Accessible forms, labels, keyboard navigation and focus states
• Contrast, dialogs, screen-reader support and clear errors

48. Application Updates

• Continuous development without re-registration
• Accounts, conversations, groups, settings and posts persist

49. Data Persistence

• Accounts, profiles, messages and conversations
• Media metadata, memberships, posts, notifications and settings
• Calls and administrative records

50. Professional User Experience

• Feedback for authentication, registration, OTP and passwords
• Delivery, uploads, calls and membership feedback
• Loading, empty, error, confirmation and success states

51. Platform Identity

• Consistent identity across login, messaging and profiles
• Groups, channels, status, marketplace and calls
• PWA, email and administration branding

52. Overall Platform Experience

• Communication: messaging, channels, voice notes and calls
• Social: profiles, status, posts, reactions and replies
• Community: groups, membership and administrators
• Business: marketplace and service promotion
• Security: authentication, OTP, privacy and administration
• Convenience: PWA, notifications, real-time and offline awareness

AfricanParrot-Messenger is designed as a complete social communication and community platform, rather than only a messaging application.

53. AI-Powered Features

• Smart Reply suggestions in one-to-one chat, generated from recent conversation context
• "Catch me up" AI summaries for group and channel conversations
• AI writing assistance for marketplace listing captions
• Built-in AfricanParrot Assistant — an AI chat partner any member can message like a regular contact
• Per-user toggles for every AI feature, plus a platform-wide AI availability indicator
• Fully graceful degradation: if the AI provider is unset, rate-limited, out of quota, or briefly down, every other feature in the app keeps working normally with no crashes or blocked flows

54. Editable Username and Phone Number

• Members can change their username and/or phone number from Settings
• Global uniqueness enforced — a taken username is rejected immediately with a clear message
• Automatic notification to every direct-message contact when a member changes their username or phone number, so contacts are never confused by a sudden identity change
• All changes are recorded in the security audit log

55. Open Discovery and Connection

• Any registered member can search for and start a conversation with any other registered member by username or phone number
• Search results still respect each member's individual privacy settings
• No duplicate usernames are ever possible platform-wide, enforced at both the form and database level

56. Environment-Driven Admin Credentials

• The production admin dashboard login is sourced from secure Render environment variables, never hard-coded
• Optional environment toggle to keep the live admin password permanently in sync with the configured environment variable
• Fully isolated from the separate local-development admin account used for offline testing, so neither can affect the other