The number exists — every install that opts into sharing reports its screen count, and
the collector has been keeping them since it went live. Nothing read them back out.
GET /api/public/stats returns the aggregate: total screens and how many installs they
came from. The landing page shows it under the hero and stays silent otherwise — hidden
until a number arrives, so a self-hosted instance (where the route does not exist) and a
brand-new one (where the count is zero) show nothing rather than an empty frame or a "0".
Gated on TELEMETRY_COLLECTOR, the same flag as the collector, and the gate is doing real
work here: without it, any anonymous visitor could read a private instance's screen count
off its own landing page. Only the deployment that gathers the numbers may state them, and
there the figure is a sum across every reporting install, so it discloses nothing about any
one of them. Verified with the flag unset: both routes 404.
Cached for five minutes. This sits on a public page and the number moves in hours, so a
scraper in a loop costs one query per interval rather than one per request.
Both endpoints moved out of server.js into routes/telemetry-collector.js as an injectable
factory. They were inline and therefore untestable — an unauthenticated endpoint anyone on
the internet can POST to, and the one that decides what a public page claims, with no test
between them. Now covered: the upsert really updates (an install reporting daily must not
become 365 rows and get counted 365 times), malformed and hostile bodies are refused
without reaching the table, the aggregate carries no per-install detail, and the cache
holds.
1676/1676 pass.
- Add "Integrations" to the top nav on the landing page and all 17 SEO pages
(targeted at the nav Compare→Sign-In boundary; breadcrumbs untouched).
- Contextually cross-link the 6 integration spokes from the what-is and
open-source guides (YouTube/RSS/Weather/Google Slides/Canva/Power BI) — each
spoke now has 5 inbound links instead of hub-only.
- Remove the public "Status" footer link to /api/status from landing.html
(endpoint stays for the admin panel + healthcheck; just not advertised).
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* feat(seo): enable IndexNow (key file + submission script)
Instant re-crawl pings to Bing/Yandex/Seznam/Naver on content changes (Google ignores IndexNow
but uses the same sitemap). Hosts the ownership key at frontend/<key>.txt (served at
https://screentinker.com/<key>.txt) and adds scripts/indexnow-submit.sh which POSTs the sitemap
URLs to api.indexnow.org (DRY_RUN=1 to preview). Run after a content deploy / from CI.
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* feat(seo): landing-page optimization pass (schema fixes, FAQ, content depth, CWV)
From a 3-way SEO audit (technical / structured-data / content). Highest-value fixes:
Structured data (penalty risk + rich results):
- REMOVE the fabricated aggregateRating (4.8/50) from SoftwareApplication — no visible reviews
on the page = a "spammy structured markup" risk. Replace loose Offers with a proper AggregateOffer
+ publisher + image/screenshot.
- Add a VISIBLE FAQ section (10 Q&As) so the FAQPage schema finally has on-page content (it shipped
4 Q&As with no visible counterpart — a mismatch); expand the FAQPage JSON-LD to mirror all 10.
- Add a WebSite entity block; add YouTube to Organization sameAs + a description.
- Fix the guides/compare BreadcrumbList position-2 target (dead /#features -> /).
Content / keywords / IA:
- Hero + Features subtitle rewritten to surface "digital signage software" / "digital signage CMS"
/ "self-host" / "free" above the fold.
- New "How It Works" (3-step) and "Use Cases / Industries" (8 verticals) sections for snippet +
long-tail intent. Platform tiles (Android TV / Fire TV / Raspberry Pi) now link to their guides.
- FAQ answers add keyword-rich internal links to the guides + compare pages.
Technical / Core Web Vitals:
- Lazy-load the YouTube iframe (loading=lazy + youtube-nocookie + explicit width/height) — the top
LCP/TBT win on mobile.
- Title 84->~60 chars (keyword-front), meta description ~178->~156 + CTA.
- <div> footer -> <footer> landmark; favicon sizes (192+512).
- sitemap.xml: add <lastmod> to all 10 URLs.
All JSON-LD validated (4 blocks parse; single H1; no fabricated data).
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* feat(seo): open-source/what-is pillars, Xibo+Anthias compares, integrations hub [#177]
Competitor-SEO gap-fill from the Yodeck/ScreenCloud/OptiSigns/Xibo teardowns.
11 new static pages + sitemap/landing/README wiring. All match the existing
seo-page.css template; BreadcrumbList on every page, FAQPage (visible-backed)
on guides + integration spokes. No fabricated ratings.
Pillar guides:
- guides/open-source-digital-signage.html (head term "open source digital signage")
- guides/what-is-digital-signage.html (TOFU definitional pillar + FAQ)
Comparisons (the open-source SERP Xibo/Anthias own):
- compare/xibo-alternative.html (wedge: every ScreenTinker player free vs Xibo's paid Android/Tizen/webOS licences; no free plan)
- compare/anthias-alternative.html (wedge: fleet + video walls + multi-platform vs one-Pi-one-screen)
Integrations (OptiSigns' top tactic — one page per app):
- integrations/index.html hub
- google-slides / canva / power-bi (honestly framed as the universal Webpage widget, with the X-Frame-Options / publish-vs-edit-URL caveat + Power BI public-data warning)
- youtube / rss / weather (native widgets)
Wiring:
- sitemap.xml +11 URLs (lastmod 2026-07-13)
- landing.html Resources grid: 6 new cards (open-source, what-is, vs Xibo, vs Anthias, integrations hub)
- README.md: keyword-rich open-source/self-hosted intro + platform list + guide links (GitHub-SERP asset)
- docs/seo-directory-listings.md: off-repo G2/Capterra/AlternativeTo/awesome-selfhosted/fingoweb submission checklist + reusable kit
Validated: all JSON-LD parses, canonicals match paths, 0 broken internal links, sitemap well-formed (21 URLs).
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- Comparison table (landing + the 3 compare pages): correct cells against each
vendor's current pricing/docs (verified June 2026). Delete the inaccurate
Platforms, Content Designer, and Hardware Lock-in rows; relabel "Remote
Control" to "Live screen view + remote key presses" with an Android/permission
caveat; fix Video Wall, Kiosk, Free tier, White Label and remote cells for
Yodeck, ScreenCloud and OptiSigns. Add an "as of June 2026 / report errors"
footnote with a GitHub issues link.
- Compare pages: drop the false "supports more platforms than X" claims; correct
Yodeck (Windows/ChromeOS, web player, kiosk), OptiSigns (free tier, video wall,
white label, remote); add the same footnote + caveat.
- Mobile fix: .screenshot img now has max-width:100% / height:auto / display:block
so the dashboard preview no longer distorts on phones (no desktop effect).
- CSS bug: restore the dropped @media (max-width:768px) wrapper (braces were
102 { vs 103 }) so the mobile overrides stop leaking to desktop.
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The "Custom" tier on the public pricing page was misrendering as a
better-than-Free tier: headline "Custom", price "Free", "Unlimited
devices/storage", "Get Started" button. Root cause is in DB data,
not markup - the 'enterprise' plan row has price_monthly=0 and
max_devices/storage=-1, and the dynamic render in landing.html maps
those to "Free" + "Unlimited" with the wrong CTA.
Fix: filter the 'enterprise' plan out of the public landing render
(client-side, in landing.html only) and replace it with a hardcoded
Enterprise / Custom marketing card whose Contact Us button opens a
new lead-capture modal.
The DB row itself stays - it is actively used elsewhere:
- auth.js: first user in SELF_HOSTED=true mode is assigned to it
- settings.js: white-label feature is gated on enterprise plan
- 1 user (the dev account) is currently assigned to it
- /api/subscription/plans is also consumed by billing.js, settings.js,
admin.js (logged-in surfaces); they keep getting the full plan list.
The filter is scoped to landing.html's render only.
The in-app billing page renders the same plan with the same cosmetic
bug; that's a logged-in admin surface, out of scope for this commit.
Other 4 cards (Free, Starter, Pro, Business) unchanged.
Frontend (landing.html):
- Filter 'enterprise' from public render
- Hardcoded Enterprise / Custom card. Uses .price class with "Let's
talk" + empty .yearly spacer to match Free card's vertical baseline
so the feature list aligns with the paid cards' baselines.
- Modal markup, CSS (mirrored from frontend/css/main.css conventions
since landing.html doesn't import main.css), and inline JS for
open/close/submit/escape/background-click.
- Honeypot field: hidden 'fax_number' input (off-screen + aria-hidden
+ tabindex=-1). Picked over the obvious 'website' name to catch
mid-tier bots that explicitly skip the well-known honeypot names.
Backend (new server/routes/contact.js):
- POST /api/contact/enterprise, public (unauthenticated)
- Rate limited 5/min/IP+path via the existing rateLimit middleware
- Honeypot check: populated fax_number returns 200 silently, no email
- Server-side validation: required fields, email format, screens
1-100000, multi_tenant in {single,multi}, hosting in {hosted,self,
unsure}. Length caps prevent textarea-bomb abuse.
- Sends via existing services/email.js (Microsoft Graph) to
dan@bytetinker.net from the support@screentinker.com Graph sender.
- Log lines: "[contact] enterprise inquiry from EMAIL (COMPANY)
delivered" or "[contact] honeypot triggered from IP; dropping".
Wired in server.js alongside other public routes (before requireAuth).
Build-time tests passed locally:
- Module loads, server boots clean
- Validation: missing fields, bad email, bad multi_tenant, bad
hosting, screens out of range - all return 400 with the right
error message
- Honeypot: populated fax_number returns 200 success, no email sent,
log line confirms drop
- Rate limit: kicks in at 6th request within a minute as expected
- Real end-to-end send: one test submission delivered to
dan@bytetinker.net via Graph (subject "[ScreenTinker] Enterprise
inquiry: ScreenTinker Build Verification", body formatted with all
fields). GRAPH_DEV_RESTRICT_TO was temporarily widened to include
the recipient for the test and restored to dw5304@gmail.com
immediately after.
- Card render order verified against live API: Free (outline,
Get Started) | Starter | Pro (featured, Most Popular badge) |
Business | Enterprise / Custom (Contact Us -> modal).
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Old invite replaced with current permanent invite across README,
landing page, and anywhere else it appeared.
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The Pro plan is \$99/mo flat, so 15 devices for a year = \$1,188. The
landing page's compare table mistakenly showed \$989, which would imply
\$82.42/mo and contradicts every other place the price is quoted (the
comparison pages, the demo video, the pricing cards).
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Landing page (frontend/landing.html):
- Title now includes "Self-Hosted" for that keyword
- Description appended "MIT licensed."
- Keywords aligned to spec (digital signage raspberry pi, digital
signage android tv, video wall software, kiosk software, etc.)
- SoftwareApplication JSON-LD: added applicationSubCategory
"DigitalSignage", license URL, refreshed description
- Image alt text + og:image:alt + twitter:image:alt now include
"open-source digital signage"
- New Resources section above the CTA with 6 cards linking to all
new guides and comparison pages
- Footer rewritten as a 5-column grid (Brand / Guides / Compare /
Project / Legal) with the new internal links
New SEO pages, all dark-themed, mobile-responsive, ASCII-only:
- frontend/css/seo-page.css (shared nav/footer/article/table styles)
- frontend/compare/yodeck-alternative.html
- frontend/compare/screencloud-alternative.html
- frontend/compare/optisigns-alternative.html
- frontend/guides/raspberry-pi-digital-signage.html
- frontend/guides/digital-signage-android-tv.html
- frontend/guides/self-hosted-digital-signage.html
Each new page has unique title/description/canonical, OG and Twitter
card tags, BreadcrumbList JSON-LD, single h1, proper h2/h3 nesting,
visible breadcrumb, comparison table or step-by-step ordered list,
"Related guides" cross-link block, and a CTA.
Sitemap (frontend/sitemap.xml): added all 6 new URLs with appropriate
priority (0.8 for compare pages, 0.9 for guides). Existing landing
(1.0) and legal pages preserved.
Robots (frontend/robots.txt): allow /compare/ and /guides/, disallow
/player (was previously allowed by mistake).
Server (server/server.js): added explicit GET /sitemap.xml and
GET /robots.txt routes ahead of the static middleware so the
Content-Type is guaranteed.
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- README + landing page footer now link to the community Discord
- Landing page feature grid gains Playlists, Directory Board,
Offline Resilience, and Mobile Dashboard cards; Scheduling and
Self-Hosted copy updated to mention group-level schedules and
the DISABLE_REGISTRATION env var
- Structured data featureList expanded to match; Organization
sameAs now includes Discord
- README feature list clarifies scheduling precedence, mobile
responsiveness scope, and the auth/IDOR/XSS audit work
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- Retarget primary keywords ("open-source", "CMS") in title, description,
OG/Twitter tags and hero h1
- Swap OG/Twitter image from icon-512 to dashboard-preview.png with
width/height/alt metadata
- Add GitHub link in nav (icon), hero (secondary btn), footer, and a
new Open Source callout section
- Wrap content in <main> landmark; add width/height on screenshot for
CLS; add third-party license page to sitemap; Organization schema
sameAs now points to the GitHub repo
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Swaps the live-app iframe for a static PNG of the Displays view.
Faster load, no auth flash, looks sharp.
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Removes the far-right floating position; Sign In sits in the nav
cluster alongside the CTA instead of pinned to the viewport edge.
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Sign In now lives outside the nav-links cluster with margin-left:auto,
pinning it to the top-right corner with visible separation from the
primary CTA.
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Pixel 8 Pro portrait (~412px) was clipping Sign In because logo + both
buttons overflowed. Hide logo text below 420px, shorten 'Start Free Trial'
to 'Try Free' on mobile, nowrap nav-links with tighter padding.
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Previously hidden behind the primary CTA; now shows alongside it with
tighter padding on small screens.
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Login view:
- Remove `margin-left: calc(-1 * var(--sidebar-width))` from the
centering wrapper. It was a hack to compensate for the sidebar
offset, but app.js already zeros the app margin on the login
route. On mobile this was pushing the login card ~240px off
the left edge of the viewport.
- Use min-height + padding so the card breathes on short screens.
- Drop inline font-size:11px on the support-token input so the
global .input 16px mobile rule applies (iOS focus-zoom prevention).
app.js:
- Hide the mobile hamburger button on the login route; it has no
function there since the sidebar is already hidden.
Landing page:
- Scope the old blanket `.nav-links { display: none }` to hide only
the section anchors + secondary Sign In button, so the primary
"Start Free Trial" CTA stays visible on mobile.
- Wrap the 5-column Compare table in a horizontal-scroll container
and set min-width:560px so it scrolls instead of overflowing
the page.
- Add min-height:44px to .btn on mobile, tighten section padding
to 16px (from 24px) so content doesn't feel cramped against
the viewport edge.
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ScreenTinker - open source digital signage management software.
MIT License, all features included, no license gates.
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