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sulthan 4229c179b0 rebrand: MangaBM → BookmarkManager, add novel library support (#15)
Two intertwined changes — the rebrand and the novel library were developed on
the same branch because the novel UI plumbing is part of the new "Bookmark
Manager" wordmark in the web shell.

## What it does

- **Rebrand**: MangaBM → BookmarkManager across the Go module, compose stack,
  env vars, Traefik hostnames, container/image names, userscript storage
  prefixes (`mangabm:cache` → `bmgr:manga:cache`, `mangabm:queue` → `bmgr:manga:queue`),
  and docs.
- **Novel library**: same backend, two libraries. New `kind` column splits
  bookmarks into `manga` / `novel`; PUT validates it. Two userscripts:
  - `manga-bookmark.user.js` — unchanged behaviour, just stamps its own `kind`.
  - `novel-bookmark.user.js` — separate Violentmonkey install with adapters
    for **novelfull.com** (polled via headless browser — Cloudflare JS
    challenge) and **lightnovelworld.net** (polled via plain TLS).
- **Web UI**: library switch on the app shell. Login art, libswitch, and
  novel-site colours from the Cinder design snapshot.

## Plumbing

- `addedColumns` ALTER for `kind` runs on first start after upgrade; every
  pre-existing row is backfilled to `'manga'`. No manual SQL, no down-time.
- `ALLOWED_ORIGINS` gains the two novel sites.
- New `NOVEL_USERSCRIPT_PATH` env (default `/userscript/novel-bookmark.user.js`),
  bindmounted alongside the manga script.
- Traefik router names `mangabm*` → `bmapi*` / `bmweb*`.

## Test status

- `go test ./...` — green
- `node --test userscript/test/logic.test.js` — 34 pass
- `node --test userscript/test/novel-logic.test.js` — 11 pass
- `node --check` on both userscripts — clean

## Notes for the redeploy

.env keys were renamed (`MANGA_API_HOST` → `BOOKMARK_API_HOST`,
`MANGA_WEB_HOST` → `BOOKMARK_WEB_HOST`). Update DNS / Traefik labels on the
prod override before pulling, otherwise the public hostnames go dark.
See the redeploy instructions I'll post next to this PR.

Reviewed-on: #15
Co-authored-by: Sulthan Zaki <sultankiki05@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: Sulthan Zaki <sultankiki05@gmail.com>
2026-08-06 03:58:23 +07:00

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Product

Platform

web

Users

Single user (self-hosted, no accounts, no multi-user planned). Reads manga on asurascans.com and demonicscans.org primarily via Bromite on mobile, also checks/updates from a desktop browser. The web UI is the cross-device view into progress captured by the userscript while reading.

Product Purpose

Tracks read-progress ("last chapter read") per manga series across two otherwise-unrelated manga sites that each have their own separate localStorage. A Go backend unifies bookmarks into one store; the web UI is a password-gated browser view of that store for reviewing, favouriting, correcting, or removing bookmarks, and jumping back into a series to continue reading. A background poller also refreshes each series' latest-published-chapter so the list can flag "NEW" without the user visiting the site.

Positioning

Not a public reading tracker or social app — a private, self-hosted sync layer purpose-built for two specific scraped sites, with no server-side account system (single bearer token + one password-gated session).

Operating Context

  • Primary reading device: Bromite (mobile Chromium), where a userscript captures progress automatically.
  • Web UI is a secondary surface: checking list state, correcting a wrong chapter number, removing dead bookmarks, jumping to "continue reading."
  • Manga cover art and titles come from the source sites' og:image/og:title — real content, not placeholders.
  • List order is driven by updated_at, which moves only on real reading progress (not favouriting, not a newly detected chapter) — a UI constraint the redesign must not break.

Capabilities and Constraints

  • Two tabs: All / Favourites. Search-filter by title (client-side, filter.js).
  • Card actions: continue (opens source site), toggle favourite, manual chapter override, delete (with confirm).
  • "Continue reading" horizontal strip for recently-progressed series.
  • htmx-driven partial updates (card re-render on favourite/chapter/delete), no client-side framework/build step — templates are Go html/template, go:embed-ed.
  • Mobile-first is a hard functional constraint (primary device is a phone), not just a starting breakpoint.

Brand Commitments

  • Name: BookmarkManager.
  • Dark-first is binding: current dark-by-default / light-follows-system-preference behavior must be preserved as a design constraint, not just a starting default, because reading happens at night.

Evidence on Hand

  • Live templates/CSS at backend/templates/*.html, backend/static/style.css — current implemented UI, functional but not yet treated as an intentional design system.
  • No logo, screenshots, or marketing copy exist; none should be fabricated.

Product Principles

  • Dark-first, night-reading-optimized — never regress to a light-default or high-glare surface.
  • Mobile is the primary target; desktop is an enhancement, not the design center.
  • Progress data integrity over visual flourish: updated_at/list-ordering behavior is a correctness constraint the UI must respect, not decorate over.
  • No accounts, no multi-tenant chrome — the whole product is for one reader.
  • Prefer native platform affordances (system dark/light, native touch targets) over custom widgetry — this is a lean self-hosted tool, not a product to demo.

Accessibility & Inclusion

Explicit personal requirement: optimized for low-light/night reading — minimize glare and eye strain (true dark surfaces, restrained brightness/contrast on accents, no jarring pure-white flashes), beyond generic touch-target/contrast compliance.