RECORDGOD/WOWPLATTER_DEEPDIVE.md

WowPlatter admin — mega deep-dive & reorganise (2026-06-24)

Deeper companion to WOWPLATTER_MIGRATION_AUDIT.md (page-level, 2026-06-22). That one decided cream-vs-bloat; this one refreshes status (a lot shipped since), drops to tab + button (AJAX action) level, and proposes a clean RecordGod information architecture to replace WowPlatter's sprawl.

The thesis: WowPlatter is everything bolted to WordPress because that's the cage John was in. RecordGod runs on metal/Postgres and uses WP only as a dumb, secure storefront skin (the bridge). So the rule for every feature below is not "port it" — it's "what is this actually for, and is it still needed once the data lives locally?" Internal disc_* mirror lookups + the local image store make whole subsystems (per-row API calls, image downloaders, enrichment harvesters) evaporate, not migrate.

Surface measured: ~40 admin pages · ~90 tabs · 460 distinct AJAX actions. Legend: ✅ COVERED (built in RecordGod) · 🟡 PARTIAL · 🔜 TODO (cream, not yet) · ❌ DROP (rejected, with reason).

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A. ALREADY COVERED ✅ (built since the first audit — the bandaid is half off)

WowPlatter area	RecordGod now
Dashboard	/admin dashboard — counts, stock value, sales tiles, quick actions, lazy charts
Inventory list/edit/bulk	/admin Inventory — table, search, inline edit, delete, bulk actions, add-item
Import (bulk stock-in)	Intake (3-source) — internal mirror lookup + Discogs collection folders + Google Sheet (service account); one _stage() core, enrich-on-demand, skip-existing
Sales / POS	/pos — register, tender/change, split, layby, discounts, history, settings
Receipts + payments	server-rendered print/email receipts + Square Terminal wired
Shipping	AusPost own-rates table + /shop/shipping/quote (no API, no paid WP plugin)
Search / Navigator	Store→Rack→Crate→Item drill-down, Collections CRUD, Reorganize backend, locator
Crates / Store map	virtual crates + rack map nav
Customers	customer table + Woo customer sync (unified CRM) + POS picker + edit
Wantlist	table + public "request a record" intake + admin nav
Reports	/admin/reports workbench (date×dim×metric)
Connect (vault)	Fernet vault + tests: discogs/woo/dealgod/square/mail/google/bridge_key
Staff	accounts + roles + time clock
3D Virtual Store	Three.js store, 3 rooms render
Gig Guide	lives in DealGod (/api/gigs), consumed via API
Storefront	/shop API + WP bridge (SSR pages, on-the-fly Woo product, order webhook)
Audio (storefront)	per-track previews, jog/seek, Apple-ID (country-scoped) + dead-YouTube check

Beyond WowPlatter (net-new in RecordGod): DealGod price-intel join, store-intel dossiers, the WP bridge itself, internal enrich-on-demand that grows the mirror, the 3-source intake.

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B. THE DEEP MAP — every page/tab, what it does, status

STOCK group

• Dashboard dashboard.php — at-a-glance + Top-Performers(30d). ✅ (add the best-sellers widget — small).
• Inventory inventory/{main,list,form,bulk,meta-catalog,discogs-marketplace,ebay-marketplace,ebay/*} — list/form/bulk ✅. meta-catalog = Facebook product feed (fb×12 actions) → 🔜 fold into Ads/Meta. discogs-marketplace = list/manage Discogs Marketplace inventory → 🔜 (wanted). ebay* = ❌ (not used).
• Import import/{main,other,reference-conversion} — paste IDs/catnos/barcodes → match → create stock; reference-conversion = catno/identifier→release_id. ✅ superseded by Intake (matching is now local against disc_release/disc_release_identifier). Keep a "paste a list of IDs/barcodes" box as a 4th Intake source — 🔜 small.
• Print / Labels print.php + label-designer.php — thermal price labels + template designer. 🔜 cream, still missing. Reuse PriceGod/rfid-daemon print path; templates first, visual designer later.
• Analyse analyse.php (analyze×4) — find dupes / missing data / anomalies = stock hygiene. 🔜 → build as the "Heal" sweep (scan inventory for missing artist/label/cover → backfill from mirror; dry-run first). The genuinely good idea salvaged from the old import engine.
• Search search.php + panes — Scanner / Returns / Reorganize / Collections / Stock-Finder. ✅ backend; 🔜 finish Scanner (scan-to-slot), Returns, Reorganize walkthrough UIs.
• Wiki wiki.php — per-release wiki lookup/editor. ❌ DROP — built before the local data centre; enwiki/Discogs/ MusicBrainz lookups + the notes field cover it.

SELL group

• Sales sales/* — POS engine. ✅.
• Customers customers.php — CRM: Overview/Sales/Loyalty/Wantlist/Mailing/Messages/Info per customer. 🟡 table+sync done; 🔜 the customer record page (history, wants, contact, mailing prefs). Messages tab = ❌ (see Messaging).
• Wantlist wantlist.php — who-wants-what → buy signals + notify-on-arrival. 🟡 capture done; 🔜 intake-match + notify (match incoming stock to wants).
• Loyalty loyalty-{users,reports,settings} — points/tiers/rewards. 🔜 migrate data+UI but keep INACTIVE (needs work).
• Inbox / Messaging messaging-settings.php + channels/ (Beeper/WhatsApp bridge) — ❌ DROP in-app; messaging stays external (email/socials). Note: /admin/inbox already runs hello@ mail externally.

STOREFRONT group

• Pages pages.php — storefront builder: General/Sales/Header/Welcome/FAQ/SEO/URL/Placeholder. 🟡 /builder exists; 🔜 fold content bits (welcome/FAQ/SEO/header copy) in.
• Profile Editor profile-editor.php — customer-facing account editing. 🔜 LATER (storefront not far enough).
• Audio audio.php — MusicBrainz / Streaming&Harvester / Beatport BPM-Key / Reports. 🟡 storefront previews + Apple-ID done. 🔜 internalize enrichment: local MusicBrainz (Ultra) + enwiki + Discogs instead of API keys; KEEP Apple-ID (country-preserving JSON) + previews + Beatport. ⭐ needs its own page-by-page pass. reports/audio.php = ❌ (pipeline tooling).
• Virtual Store virtual/{main,builder,editor,tools,store-view,store-view-analytics,audio-tab} — 3D store view ✅; editor (rack/crate placement) 🔜 build inside RecordGod; analytics 🟡; builder(release page) overlaps /builder.

GROW group

• Ads ads/{summary,meta,google} + ads-admin-display.php (fb×12) — post ads to Meta + manage listings. 🔜 migrate as Meta API post + Discogs-marketplace management (not used yet, but wanted in record-store software).
• Beatport beatport-match.php (bp×14) — BPM/Key matcher (Search / Work Queue) via extension. 🔜 migrate (valuable for the dance catalog).
• Reports reports/* + sales/reports.php — sales/stock/audio analytics. ✅ core; deepen per need.
• Gig Guide gig-guide.php (gi×7) — ✅ in DealGod, consumed via API.
• Blagginate blagginate.php (blagginate×29!) — YouTube-cookie tracklist/metadata scraper. ❌ DROP (29 actions of rope; PriceGod plan already cut it).

SYSTEM / INTEGRATIONS group

• Connect connect/{main,auspost,dealgod,discogs,ebay,facebook,google,google-service,listenbrainz,mail,recaptcha,serp,square,database,extra} (test×15) — the credential hub. ✅ vault + discogs/woo/dealgod/square/mail/google; 🔜 add auspost/facebook as Ads/Shipping need them; ebay/listenbrainz/serp/recaptcha = ❌ unless used.
• Database database/{export,import,files,locate,transients} (backup×6) — WP backup/restore/transient tools. ❌ mostly (RecordGod has pg_dump sync refresh.sh); locate overlaps the navigator (already ✅).
• System / Tools / Settings system.php, tools/{debug,logging,shortcodes,wpcli} (wpcli×7), settings/{general,performance,endpoints}, endpoints.php — WP plumbing. ❌ drop the WP-specific bits; General settings (currency/tax/store info) 🟡 → some already in POS settings, finish there. RecordGod has its own /admin System health panel ✅.
• AI ai-tabs/{main,agent,chatbot,connect,prompts} — chatbot/agent. ❌ DEFER (side quest, not the seller loop).
• Sound sound.php — the 2nd menu root (SOUND), audio-side landing. 🟡 = the Audio group above.

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C. THE REORGANISE — RecordGod's clean IA (5 groups, not 2 roots + 40 pages)

WowPlatter grew organically into ~40 flat-ish pages. RecordGod should expose 5 task-based groups. Proposed nav (✅=there, 🔜=to add):

STOCK      Dashboard ✅ · Inventory ✅ · Intake ✅ · Search/Navigator ✅ · Crates ✅ · Labels 🔜 · Heal 🔜
SELL       Register/POS ✅ · Orders ✅ · Customers 🟡 · Wantlist 🟡 · Loyalty 🔜(inactive)
STOREFRONT Builder/Pages 🟡 · 3D Store ✅(+editor 🔜) · Audio/Previews 🟡 · (served via WP bridge ✅)
GROW       Ads — Meta + Discogs marketplace 🔜 · Beatport 🔜 · Reports ✅
SYSTEM     Connections ✅ · Staff ✅ · Shipping ✅ · System health ✅ · Sync ✅

Old → new collapse:

• Import + reference-conversion + meta-catalog-matching → Intake (+ a paste-IDs source).
• Wiki + Audio-enrichment-via-API + Blagginate + Analyse-missing-data → one local enrich/Heal path (mirror + MusicBrainz/enwiki).
• Database tools + System + Tools + Settings/endpoints → System health + Sync (pg_dump), drop WP plumbing.
• Messaging + Inbox + channels → external (email/socials), not in-app.
• eBay (marketplace/inventory/orders/connect) → dropped entirely.
• 2 menu roots (WowPlatter / SOUND) → SOUND folds into STOREFRONT › Audio.

Net drop count: Blagginate(29) + AI(5 tabs) + eBay(~3 pages,6 actions) + Wiki + Messaging/channels + Audio-Reports + WP system/tools/database plumbing ≈ a third of the 460 actions vanish, because they were WordPress survival gear or pre-data-centre enrichment.

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D. REFRESHED BUILD ORDER (what's actually left)

1. Heal sweep (Analyse, salvaged) — scan stock for missing artist/label/cover → backfill from mirror; dry-run first.
2. Labels / Print — templates + price-label print (reuse PriceGod/daemon).
3. Customers record page (history/wants/contact/mailing).
4. Wantlist intake-match + notify-on-arrival.
5. Finish Search UIs (Scanner / Returns / Reorganize walkthrough).
6. Audio internalization review+build (local MB/enwiki; keep Apple-ID + previews + Beatport).
7. Ads — Meta post + Discogs-marketplace management (+ meta-catalog feed).
8. Beatport BPM/Key.
9. 3D scene editor (rack/crate placement in-app).
10. Pages content → /builder · Dashboard best-sellers widget · Loyalty (migrate, inactive).

DROP: Wiki · Messaging/Inbox/channels · Blagginate · AI chatbot · Audio-Reports · eBay · WP system/tools/database plumbing. LATER: Profile Editor.