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Current Status (May 27, 2026)

✅ v2 Fully Deployed — MongoDB backend live on production

The site completed a full backend migration from a hardcoded static Express app (v1) to a MongoDB-backed API with a board management dashboard (v2). Frontend is visually identical to v1 — no public-facing changes.

What Changed in v2

All previously hardcoded data (board members, events, gallery, minutes, sponsors) now lives in MongoDB and is editable via the /manage dashboard
Board members can log in at /manage using their @deafmissoula.org email address
First login forces a password change; forgot-password flow sends reset link via email
Dashboard supports drag-and-drop reordering for Minutes and Board Members tabs
Image/file uploads go to a persistent Docker volume (mcdi-uploads-data)
MongoDB runs in a separate container (mcdi-mongo-data volume)

Board Member Accounts

All four board members are seeded with accounts. Passwords are set via the /manage dashboard or the welcome email flow. On first login each member is forced to set their own password.

Name	Email	Position
Rita Brandborg	rita.brandborg@deafmissoula.org	President
Skyla Wilson	skyla.wilson@deafmissoula.org	Vice President
Tessa Williams	tessa.williams@deafmissoula.org	Secretary
Aubz M	aubz.m@deafmissoula.org	Treasurer

Admin fallback: admin@deafmissoula.org (password in stack.env → ADMIN_PASSWORD)

Current Deployment

Production server: 10.4.0.205 (WireGuard VPN)
Site path: /home/chaulmark/websites/deafmissoula.org/
Containers: deafmissoulaorg-app-1 (port 801) + deafmissoulaorg-mongodb-1
Git branch: main (v2), v1 tag = last hardcoded version

Next Steps

Onboard remaining board members (Skyla, Tessa, Aubz) once Rita demo is confirmed successful
Change default stack.env passwords from placeholders to strong values
Update events in dashboard when new meetings are scheduled (no more code changes needed for content updates)
Minutes PDFs: new PDFs go in client/public/minutes/ (git commit + deploy) OR upload via dashboard (no deploy needed)

Deployment Command

ssh chaulmark@10.4.0.205
cd ~/websites/deafmissoula.org
git pull origin main
docker compose down && docker compose up -d --build

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