Upcoming Features — Back-Office (v1.1+)

This page covers the back-office (Vue 3 admin panel) post-MVP roadmap only. Features planned for development after the v1.0 MVP is complete (~18 weeks from now). Priorities may change based on Product Owner decisions and business needs.

Overview

Once the back-office v1.0 MVP is delivered, the following features will be prioritized for the admin panel. Version labels (v1.1, v2) represent per-capability maturity stages, not a single global release train. Product Owners will sequence delivery by business value and readiness.

v1.1 Features — Phase 6 (Sprints 10-13, ~8 weeks)

Priority: HighDescription: Scheduled publishing/unpublishing and a full audit trail for content actions.Planned Features:
  • Scheduled publication (future date/time picker on publish action)
  • Scheduled unpublication (content expiration)
  • Audit trail: who published/modified what, when
  • Audit history view in Settings (filterable table)
Spec Sections: 5.3 (editorial workflows v1.1)Estimated Effort: ~2 weeks
Priority: HighDescription: Tools to maintain and improve search relevance over time.Planned Features:
  • Synonym dictionary per locale
  • “No-results queries” dashboard
  • Per-language analyzer configuration (stopwords, stemmers)
  • Result boosting by recency or category
Spec Sections: 5.4 (search v1.1)Estimated Effort: ~2 weeks
Priority: MediumDescription: Enhanced media management with tags, collections, and improved search.Planned Features:
  • Tags on media items
  • Image collections (named groups for reuse)
  • Media library search and filters (name, tag, type, date)
  • Improved Unlayer picker integration (surface collections and tags)
Spec Sections: 5.5 (media v1.1)Estimated Effort: ~2 weeks
Priority: MediumDescription: Complete the theme variations system with save/import/export capabilities.Planned Features:
  • Save variation as new entry (“Save As” in token editor)
  • Import/export variations as JSON
  • Shared variations across tenant sites
  • Full draft/publish workflow for variations
Spec Sections: 5.7.3 (theming admin UX)Estimated Effort: ~2 weeks

v2 Features — Future Phases

Priority: MediumDescription: Advanced governance with configurable workflow states and approvals.Planned Features:
  • Custom workflow states: Draft → In Review → Approved → Scheduled → Published
  • Configurable approvals per site/channel
  • Flexible role mapping (Author needs Editor/Admin review)
  • Content governance windows (content freezes)
Spec Sections: 5.3 (workflows v2)Estimated Effort: 6-8 weeks
Priority: LowDescription: Expand media library to full Digital Asset Management including documents.Planned Features:
  • Document support (PDF, Word, Excel)
  • Document metadata and preview
  • Document libraries on websites
  • Advanced features (expiry dates, duplicate detection, quotas)
Spec Sections: 5.5 (media v3)Estimated Effort: 8-10 weeks
Priority: LowDescription: Multi-site hierarchy with sub-websites and cross-channel publishing.Planned Features:
  • Sub-websites inheriting parent theme
  • Independent domain/sub-domain or sub-path modes
  • Channel system (website, mobile app, RSS, newsletter)
  • Per-article channel targeting
  • Content sharing between sites
Spec Sections: 4.8 (multi-sites)Estimated Effort: 10-12 weeks
Priority: LowDescription: Wildcard/regex redirect rules and redirect analytics.Planned Features:
  • Redirect rules with wildcards and regex
  • Redirect analytics (traffic to redirected URLs)
  • Integration with sitemaps and SEO tools
Spec Sections: 5.6 (redirects v2)Estimated Effort: 3-4 weeks

v1.5 — Integration & Automation

Priority: MediumDescription: Event-driven webhooks consumed by n8n automation platform.Planned Features:
  • Webhooks for lifecycle events (publish, update, delete, upload)
  • Shared n8n instance for standard workflows
  • Client-connected n8n instances for custom needs
  • Candidate flows: auto-post to social media, AI newsletter generation, AI media moderation
Spec Sections: 5.10 (integration & automation)Estimated Effort: 6-8 weeks

Under Consideration (v3+)

Status: Research PhaseDescription: Generate pages or microsites from natural language prompts or visual references.Considerations:
  • Requires mature API contracts, block system, and design tokens
  • Human validation remains mandatory
  • Exploration beyond v3
Spec Sections: 6.3
Status: Research PhaseDescription: Alternative GraphQL API alongside existing REST API.Considerations:
  • Client demand assessment needed
  • Maintenance overhead vs flexibility gains

Estimated Timeline

PhaseFeaturesEstimated Effort
v1.1 (Phase 6)Scheduling, Search Governance, proto-DAM, Variations~8 weeks
v1.5Webhooks & n8n~6-8 weeks
v2Advanced Workflows, Search v2, Full DAM, Sub-sites~30-38 weeks
Timelines are estimates. Beyond v1.0, Product Owners will sequence delivery by business value and readiness.