Changelog and readme

Author: alexweissman

CHANGELOG.md

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 - Wrapper class Notification for sending emails, other notifications to users
 - Remove username requirement for password reset.  It is more likely that an attacker would know the user's username, than the user themselves.  For the next version, we can try to implement some real multi-factor authentication.
 - When a user creates another user, they don't need to set a password.  Instead, an email is sent out to the new user, with a token allowing them to set their own password.
-- Admins can manually generate a password reset request for another user, or directly change the user's password.
+- Admins can manually generate a password reset request for another user, or directly change the user's password.
+
+## v0.3.0
+
+### Autoloading with Composer
+
+http://www.userfrosting.com/navigating/#composer
+
+### Front Controllers and the Slim Microframework
+
+http://www.userfrosting.com/navigating/#slim
+
+### MVC Architecture
+
+http://www.userfrosting.com/navigating/#structure
+
+### Templating with Twig
+
+http://www.userfrosting.com/navigating/#twig
+
+### Theming
+
+http://www.userfrosting.com/components/#theming
+
+### Plugins
+
+http://www.userfrosting.com/components/#plugins
+
+## Libraries
+
+- URL Routing and micro-framework: [Slim](http://www.slimframework.com/)
+- Templating: [Twig](http://twig.sensiolabs.org/)

README.md

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-# UserFrosting v0.3.1 (development)
+# UserFrosting v0.3.1
 
 http://www.userfrosting.com
 
@@ -14,7 +14,66 @@ Copyright (c) 2015, free to use in personal and commercial software as per the [
 
 UserFrosting is a secure, modern user management system written in PHP and built on top of the [Slim Microframework](http://www.slimframework.com/) and the [Twig](http://twig.sensiolabs.org/) templating engine.
 
-## Migrating from UF's classic data model to Eloquent:
+## Installation
+
+Please see our [installation guide](http://www.userfrosting.com/installation/).
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+If you are having trouble installing UserFrosting, please read our [troubleshooting guide](http://www.userfrosting.com/troubleshooting) first!
+
+If you are generally confused about the structure and layout of the code, or it doesn't look like the kind of PHP code that you're used to, please read [Navigating UserFrosting](http://www.userfrosting.com/navigating).  
+
+If you want a good tour of the code base, we recommend going through our [tutorials](http://www.userfrosting.com/tutorials).
+
+## Features
+
+#### Login page
+![Login page](/screenshots/login.png "Login page")
+#### Dashboard (thanks to [Start Bootstrap](http://startbootstrap.com))
+![Admin dashboard](/screenshots/dashboard.png "Admin dashboard")
+#### User list page
+![User list](/screenshots/users.png "User list page")
+#### Create/update user dialog with validation
+![Create/update user user](/screenshots/update_user.png "Create/update user dialog")
+#### Group management
+![Group management](/screenshots/groups.png "Group management page")
+#### Site settings
+![Site settings](/screenshots/site_settings.png "Site settings page")
+
+## Mission Objectives
+
+UserFrosting seeks to balance modern programming principles, like DRY and MVC, with a shallow learning curve for new developers.  Our goals are to:
+
+- Create a fully-functioning user management script that can be set up in just a few minutes
+- Make it easy for users to quickly adapt the code for their needs
+- Introduce novice developers to best practices such as separation of concerns and DRY programming
+- Introduce novice developers to modern constructs such as front-end controllers, RESTful URLs, namespacing, and object-oriented modeling
+- Build on existing, widely used server- and client-side components
+- Clean, consistent, and well-documented code
+
+## What's new in 0.3.1
+
+- Improved initialization routine as middleware
+- Implemented "remember me" for persistent sessions - see https://github.com/gbirke/rememberme
+- Converted page templates to inheritance architecture, using Twig `extends`
+- Start using the `.twig` extension for template files
+- All content is now part of a theme, and site can be configured so that one theme is the default theme for unauthenticated users
+- User session stored via `user_id`, rather than the entire User object
+- UserFrosting now uses Laravel's [Eloquent](http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/eloquent#introduction) as the data layer
+- Cleaned up some of the per-page Javascript, refactoring repetitive code
+- Implement server-side pagination
+- Upgrade to Tablesorter v2.23.4
+- Switch from DateJS to momentjs
+- Switch to jQueryValidation from FormValidation
+- Implement basic interface for modifying group authorization rules
+- User events - timestamps for things like sign-in, sign-up, password reset, etc are now stored in a `user_event` table
+- Wrapper class Notification for sending emails, other notifications to users
+- Remove username requirement for password reset.  It is more likely that an attacker would know the user's username, than the user themselves.  For the next version, we can try to implement some real multi-factor authentication.
+- When a user creates another user, they don't need to set a password.  Instead, an email is sent out to the new user, with a token allowing them to set their own password.
+- Admins can manually generate a password reset request for another user, or directly change the user's password.
+
+### Migrating from UF's classic data model to Eloquent:
 
 ```
 // Instead of...
@@ -47,40 +106,11 @@ $users = User::all();                    // If you want an Eloquent Collection o
 $users = User::all()->getDictionary();   // If you want an array of User objects (indexed by id)
 ```
 
-## What's new in 0.3.0
-
-### Autoloading with Composer
-
-http://www.userfrosting.com/navigating/#composer
-
-### Front Controllers and the Slim Microframework
-
-http://www.userfrosting.com/navigating/#slim
-
-### MVC Architecture
-
-http://www.userfrosting.com/navigating/#structure
-
-### Templating with Twig
-
-http://www.userfrosting.com/navigating/#twig
-
-### Theming
-
-http://www.userfrosting.com/components/#theming
-
-### Plugins
-
-http://www.userfrosting.com/components/#plugins
-
-## Libraries
+[Complete change log](CHANGELOG.md)
 
-- URL Routing and micro-framework: [Slim](http://www.slimframework.com/)
-- Templating: [Twig](http://twig.sensiolabs.org/)
-- Data Model: [Eloquent](http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/eloquent#introduction)
 
 ## Why UserFrosting?
 
 This project grew out of a need for a simple user management system for my tutoring business, [Bloomington Tutors](https://bloomingtontutors.com).  I wanted something that I could develop rapidly and easily customize for the needs of my business.  Since my [prior web development experience](http://alexanderweissman.com/projects/) was in pure PHP, I decided to go with the PHP-based UserCake system.
 
-Over time I modified and expanded the codebase, turning it into the UserFrosting project.  This latest version (0.3.0) represents a major break from the original architecture of UserCake.  We now use a fully object-oriented data model and a front controller for URL routing.
+Over time I modified and expanded the codebase, turning it into the UserFrosting project.  Starting with version 0.3.0, UserFrosting represents a major break from the original architecture of UserCake.  We now use a fully object-oriented data model and a front controller for URL routing.