# JQC Features Site
Single-page, modern site for LT Services' JQC program. Numbered sections; each
topic shows title only until clicked, then expands to reveal text, links,
photos, or videos.
Stack: **Flask + MySQL + Gunicorn + systemd + Nginx** on Ubuntu 24.04.
```
app.py Flask app + Section/Topic/DemoRequest models + routes
admin.py /admin panel (content CRUD, audit log, demo inbox)
mailer.py stdlib SMTP notifications (best-effort, threaded)
config.py env-driven config (DB, demo booking, SMTP)
schema.sql MySQL DDL + seed content (safe to re-run)
add_demo.sql additive migration: demo_request table
templates/index.html
templates/demo.html booking form (+ demo_thanks.html)
static/css/style.css
static/js/main.js accordion expand/collapse
gunicorn.conf.py
deploy/jqc-features.service
deploy/nginx.conf
.env.example
```
---
## Deploy
### 1. Database (run once)
```bash
sudo mysql < schema.sql
sudo mysql -e "CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS 'jqc_features'@'127.0.0.1' IDENTIFIED BY 'CHANGE_ME';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON jqc_features.* TO 'jqc_features'@'127.0.0.1';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
```
`schema.sql` is idempotent — re-running updates seed content in place, never
duplicates rows.
### 2. Code
```bash
sudo useradd -r -s /usr/sbin/nologin jqcweb # service account
sudo mkdir -p /opt/jqc-features
sudo rsync -a ./ /opt/jqc-features/ # copy project here
cd /opt/jqc-features
sudo python3 -m venv venv
sudo ./venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
sudo cp .env.example .env # then edit .env with the real DB_PASSWORD
sudo chown -R jqcweb:jqcweb /opt/jqc-features
```
### 3. Service (systemd — separate from DB step)
```bash
sudo cp deploy/jqc-features.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now jqc-features
sudo systemctl status jqc-features # confirm active (running)
curl -s http://127.0.0.1:8000/healthz # -> {"status":"ok"}
```
### 4. Nginx
```bash
# edit server_name in deploy/nginx.conf first
sudo cp deploy/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/jqc-features
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/jqc-features /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx
# TLS:
sudo certbot --nginx -d features.ltservicesinc.com
```
---
## Adding photos, videos, or links to a topic
Content lives in the `topic` table. No code change needed — update rows, then
the page picks them up on next load.
Text only (default):
```sql
UPDATE topic SET body_html='
New copy with bold.
'
WHERE slug='comprehensive-checklists';
```
Add a photo:
```sql
UPDATE topic SET media_type='image',
media_url='/static/img/checklist.jpg',
media_caption='Timestamped inspection photo'
WHERE slug='comprehensive-checklists';
```
(Put the file in `static/img/` — create the folder — or use any absolute URL,
e.g. a Cloudflare R2 link.)
Add an uploaded video:
```sql
UPDATE topic SET media_type='video', media_url='/static/vid/demo.mp4'
WHERE slug='real-time-issue-tracking';
```
Embed a YouTube clip:
```sql
UPDATE topic SET media_type='embed',
media_url='https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID'
WHERE slug='notifications-and-qr-access';
```
Add a button link (works alongside any media):
```sql
UPDATE topic SET link_url='https://jqc.ltservicesinc.com',
link_label='Open the portal'
WHERE slug='shared-inspector-access';
```
`media_type` values: `none`, `image`, `video`, `embed`.
## Add a whole new section or topic
```sql
INSERT INTO section (num,title,subtitle,sort_order)
VALUES (5,'New Section','Optional subtitle',50);
INSERT INTO topic (section_id,slug,title,body_html,media_type,sort_order)
VALUES ((SELECT id FROM section WHERE num=5),
'my-new-topic','My New Topic','Content.
','none',10);
```
Sections order by `sort_order`; topics order by `sort_order` within a section.
---
## Admin panel (browser editing)
Instead of SQL, edit content at **`/admin`**. Single admin account, session login,
CSRF-protected forms, and every create/update/delete is written to `audit_log`.
### One-time setup
1. **Already-deployed DB?** add the audit table and the publish column:
```bash
sudo mysql < add_admin.sql # audit_log (admin panel)
sudo mysql < add_publish.sql # topic.is_published (draft/publish)
```
(New deploys skip this — `schema.sql` already includes both.)
2. Set these in `/opt/jqc-features/.env`:
```bash
SECRET_KEY=$(python3 -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(32))")
ADMIN_USERNAME=admin
ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH=
SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=1 # keep 1 in production (HTTPS)
```
Generate the password hash (never store the plaintext):
```bash
./venv/bin/python -c "from werkzeug.security import generate_password_hash as g; print(g('YOUR_PASSWORD'))"
```
3. Install the new dependency and restart:
```bash
sudo ./venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
sudo systemctl restart jqc-features
```
Then visit `https://your-domain/admin`, sign in, and manage content.
### What you can do
- **Dashboard** — every section with its topics; edit or delete inline.
**Drag the ⠿ handles** to reorder topics within a section, or reorder whole
sections; the new order saves instantly (no page reload).
- **Publish / Unpublish** — each topic has a one-click toggle, and a Published
checkbox on its edit form. Drafts show a `draft` badge and are hidden from the
public site. A section whose topics are all drafts is hidden entirely.
- **Add / edit topic** — section, title, slug (auto if blank), a **rich-text
body editor** (bold/italic/underline, H2/H3, lists, blockquote, links — no HTML
knowledge needed), media (image / video / embed) + caption, an optional link
button, and sort order.
- **Add / edit section** — number (`§NN`, unique), title, subtitle, sort order.
- Deleting a section cascades to its topics (with a confirm prompt).
- **Audit log** (`/admin/audit`, "Audit" in the nav) — read-only view of every
change, newest first, filterable by action and type, paginated 50/page. Times
are UTC.
The editor (Quill 2 + quill-table-better) and drag library (SortableJS) are
**vendored locally** under `static/vendor/` — no CDN dependency, so they work on a
locked-down server and survive a strict CSP. The body toolbar supports **inline
images** and **tables** with **drag-to-resize columns/rows** and a floating cell
menu for **alignment, borders and background** (merge/split too). Images are
uploaded via `POST /admin/upload` — the file is stored under `static/uploads/`
and referenced by URL, so the database stays small (no base64). Rich-text HTML is
sanitized on save (`bleach` + `tinycss2` CSS sanitizer): a tag allowlist covers
images and tables, and inline `style` is filtered to a small CSS-property allowlist
(width/alignment/border/background) so a paste can't inject markup, `javascript:`,
`data:`, or dangerous CSS into the public page. If the editor ever fails to load,
the body field degrades to a plain textarea — a save never wipes content.
`static/uploads/` must be writable by the app user (`jqc`) in production:
`sudo -u jqc mkdir -p static/uploads`. Uploaded files are gitignored.
### Notes
- `SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=1` means the login cookie only sends over HTTPS. For a
quick plain-HTTP test on the box, set it to `0` — never in production.
- `SECRET_KEY` must be stable and secret; changing it logs everyone out.
- `WTF_CSRF_TIME_LIMIT` blank keeps a token valid for the whole session, so a
long edit never 400s on save; set an integer (seconds) to re-enable expiry.
- The admin routes live under `/admin`; the public page and `schema.sql` SQL
workflow above still work unchanged.
---
## Brute-force protection (fail2ban)
Every login attempt is written to `logs/auth.log` (rotating, 1 MB × 5) with the
real client IP:
```
2026-07-22 12:00:00,123 jqc.auth WARNING FAILED LOGIN user=admin from 203.0.113.5
2026-07-22 12:00:05,456 jqc.auth INFO LOGIN OK user=admin from 203.0.113.5
```
The real IP comes from `ProxyFix` reading nginx's `X-Forwarded-For` (gunicorn
binds 127.0.0.1, so the header can't be spoofed from outside). Config ships in
`deploy/fail2ban/`.
### Install
```bash
sudo apt-get install -y fail2ban
sudo cp deploy/fail2ban/filter.d/jqc-admin.conf /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/
sudo cp deploy/fail2ban/jail.d/jqc-admin.local /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/
# edit logpath in the jail file if your app dir differs from /home/jqc/jqc_features
sudo systemctl enable --now fail2ban
sudo systemctl restart fail2ban
```
Default policy: **5 failures in 10 min → 1 h ban** (`maxretry`/`findtime`/`bantime`
in the jail file).
### Verify
```bash
# regex matches the log lines:
sudo fail2ban-regex logs/auth.log deploy/fail2ban/filter.d/jqc-admin.conf
# jail is live:
sudo fail2ban-client status jqc-admin
```
`fail2ban-regex` should report matches equal to the number of `FAILED LOGIN`
lines. `status` shows currently banned IPs.
### Scope note
This jail bans credential-guessing that reaches the password check (a real
browser session with a valid CSRF token). Dumb bots that POST without a CSRF
token get an HTTP 400 and never reach the check — they can't guess a password
anyway. To also throttle those, add an nginx `limit_req` on `/admin/login`.
---
## Demo appointments
The **Request a demo** button at the bottom of the public page opens `/demo`, a
booking form: name, company, email, phone, preferred date + time slot, and a
message. Valid submissions are stored in `demo_request` and the owner is
emailed; the customer gets a confirmation copy.
```bash
sudo mysql < add_demo.sql # existing databases only; schema.sql has it too
```
Then set in `.env` and restart (`sudo systemctl restart jqc-features`):
```
DEMO_NOTIFY_EMAIL=info@ltservicesinc.com
SMTP_HOST=smtp.yourprovider.com
SMTP_PORT=587
SMTP_USER=notifications@ltservicesinc.com
SMTP_PASSWORD=...
MAIL_FROM=notifications@ltservicesinc.com
DEMO_TIMEZONE_LABEL=Eastern Time
```
Bookable hours default to 08:00–16:30 in 30-minute slots, weekdays, up to 90
days ahead (`DEMO_HOUR_START`, `DEMO_HOUR_END`, `DEMO_SLOT_MINUTES`,
`DEMO_MAX_DAYS_AHEAD`). A slot already taken by a non-cancelled request can't be
booked twice.
**Mail is best-effort:** it goes out on a background thread *after* the request
is saved, and a failure is logged rather than shown to the visitor. With
`SMTP_HOST` blank no mail is sent at all — requests still appear in the admin
panel, so nothing is ever lost.
Manage them at **`/admin/demos`**: open requests first, filter by status
(`new` / `scheduled` / `done` / `cancelled`), set a status or delete. The nav
badge counts unhandled ones. Every action is written to the audit log under the
`demo` type.