Changelog

What's new and improved in Creator Vault

April 3, 2026v1.6.0New Feature

Watermarks, Founder Permissions & Featured Toggle

Preview images and videos now display a watermark overlay to protect creator content
Right-click and download disabled on preview media
Founder role now inherits all admin and creator permissions automatically
Removed test purchase button from product pages
Featured toggle restyled with purple theme and better spacing
Green buyer badge replaces the old blue one

April 3, 2026v1.5.0New Feature

Notifications, Unified Badges & Logo Redesign

Full notification system — bell icon in navbar with unread count
Get notified on sales, new followers, badge changes, and reviews
Notification preferences with toggle switches in Account settings
Unified badge system across the entire site using a single UserBadges component
Founder = gold star, Admin = purple star, Creator = blue star, Buyer = green pill
Badges stack left-to-right in power order on profiles
Redesigned spark logo with tapered rays
Deploy overlay shows 'Updating Creator Vault' when the site is redeploying
Removed Sound FX category from navbar and browse
Navbar search bar expanded, right-side items pulled closer

April 3, 2026v1.4.0New Feature

Admin User Search & Management Panel

New Search Users button on the admin dock with a draggable window
Search all users by name, username, or email
User detail view with profile info, stats, and earnings
Change user roles (Buyer/Creator/Admin) from the admin panel
Toggle Founder badge on/off for any user
Ban/unban users with reason directly from the panel
All applicable badges shown per user in search results
Page auto-refreshes when admin updates a user's badges

April 3, 2026v1.3.0New Feature

Creator Role Flow, Confetti & Buyer Badge

PayPal connect now upgrades Buyer to Creator with instant token reissue
Dashboard sidebar shows 'Become a Creator' card for buyer users
Confetti celebration effect on successful purchases
First purchase notification toast for new buyers
Buyer badge (green pill) appears on profiles with purchases
Founder badge (gold star) for isOwner users on profiles
PayPal email validation requires valid email format

April 3, 2026v1.2.0Improvement

Analytics Fix & Test Purchase Exclusion

Test purchases no longer inflate creator analytics and stats
Sales by Day chart shows clean empty state when no data
Reduced chart bar height for better proportions

April 1, 2026v1.1.0Improvement

Cloudflare R2 & Live Deployment

Deployed to cvault.shop via Railway
Cloudflare R2 integration for file storage
S3 client configured for R2 compatibility
Railway.toml setup for proper build and deploy pipeline
Database migrations run at deploy time

March 2026v1.0.0New Feature

Initial Launch

Full digital marketplace for video editors
PayPal checkout with 20% platform fee
Creator dashboards with analytics, earnings charts, and payouts
Product upload with software detection (DaVinci, After Effects, Premiere)
Shopping cart with multi-product checkout
User profiles with follow system and suggested users
Theme customization with accent colors and 3D particle backgrounds
Admin panel with draggable macOS-style windows
Product approval system with admin notes
Review and rating system
Announcement system
Ban system with leak protection and download logging
JWT authentication with access/refresh tokens

Watermarks, Founder Permissions & Featured Toggle

Preview images and videos now display a watermark overlay to protect creator content

Right-click and download disabled on preview media

Founder role now inherits all admin and creator permissions automatically

Removed test purchase button from product pages

Featured toggle restyled with purple theme and better spacing

Green buyer badge replaces the old blue one

Notifications, Unified Badges & Logo Redesign

Full notification system — bell icon in navbar with unread count

Get notified on sales, new followers, badge changes, and reviews

Notification preferences with toggle switches in Account settings

Unified badge system across the entire site using a single UserBadges component

Founder = gold star, Admin = purple star, Creator = blue star, Buyer = green pill

Badges stack left-to-right in power order on profiles

Redesigned spark logo with tapered rays

Deploy overlay shows 'Updating Creator Vault' when the site is redeploying

Removed Sound FX category from navbar and browse

Navbar search bar expanded, right-side items pulled closer

Admin User Search & Management Panel

New Search Users button on the admin dock with a draggable window

Search all users by name, username, or email

User detail view with profile info, stats, and earnings

Change user roles (Buyer/Creator/Admin) from the admin panel

Toggle Founder badge on/off for any user

Ban/unban users with reason directly from the panel

All applicable badges shown per user in search results

Page auto-refreshes when admin updates a user's badges

Creator Role Flow, Confetti & Buyer Badge

PayPal connect now upgrades Buyer to Creator with instant token reissue

Dashboard sidebar shows 'Become a Creator' card for buyer users

Confetti celebration effect on successful purchases

First purchase notification toast for new buyers

Buyer badge (green pill) appears on profiles with purchases

Founder badge (gold star) for isOwner users on profiles

PayPal email validation requires valid email format

Initial Launch

Full digital marketplace for video editors

PayPal checkout with 20% platform fee

Creator dashboards with analytics, earnings charts, and payouts

Product upload with software detection (DaVinci, After Effects, Premiere)

Shopping cart with multi-product checkout

User profiles with follow system and suggested users

Theme customization with accent colors and 3D particle backgrounds

Admin panel with draggable macOS-style windows

Product approval system with admin notes

Review and rating system

Announcement system

Ban system with leak protection and download logging

JWT authentication with access/refresh tokens