Type: New Feature
Priority: P4
What: Register a service worker, add offline support, enable add-to-homescreen with app-like experience. Full native app is a much larger effort; PWA delivers 80% of the value at a fraction of the cost.
Who benefits: All mobile users.
Why: manifest.json already exists but no service worker is registered. This is a medium-effort upgrade with high perceived value for mobile-first communities.
Complexity: Medium
Patrick Bass
@mobieus
Shipped (2026-05-29, commit 9da45d3a).
Full PWA upgrade with offline support. Three new/changed assets:
Patrick Bass /manifest.json (was 404; now exists). Mobieus-branded: name+short_name "Mobieus", start_url /, display: standalone, full icon set including maskable 192/512 variants, plus three app shortcuts (Feed, Messages, Notifications)./sw.js rewritten. Cache version v50-2026-05-29-mobieus-pwa-offline. Strategy:/offline.html./css/, /js/, /assets/, /fonts/, /img/, /icons/, /favicon.ico, /apple-touch-icon.png, /manifest.json) → cache-first with network fallback./api/, /rss/, /sse/, /admin/, /sw.js — those always hit the network./offline.html (new). Standalone branded fallback page with auto-reload on the online window event. Works in both light and dark color schemes.SW registration was already wired in layouts/base.php:619, so no template change was needed for activation — every page now bootstraps the SW on window.load.
Result: members can install Mobieus to their home screen (Android Chrome will prompt; iOS Safari users can Share → Add to Home Screen). Pages they have visited recently still load when the network drops; everything else shows the offline page that auto-reloads when connectivity returns.
Patrick Bass
@mobieus
Glad you're here. Reading, posting, and browsing all work on mobile. A few power-user tools — the image editor and the bulk file uploader — are easier on a larger screen, so feel free to jump over to a desktop for those.