dewedev/DOCUMENTATION_INDEX.md

Documentation Index

Last Updated: October 22, 2025

This document provides an overview of all project documentation and their purposes.

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📚 Core Documentation

PROJECT_ROADMAP.md 🎯

Purpose: High-level project vision, roadmap, and strategic planning
Audience: Project leads, stakeholders
Contains:

• Vision and goals
• Current status (8 active tools)
• Completed features (Markdown Editor, SEO, tool consolidation)
• Future phases (Diagram Tool, PRO tier, monetization)
• Success metrics and growth strategy

Status: ✅ Updated (Oct 22, 2025)

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TODO.md ✅

Purpose: Detailed task list with checkboxes for tracking progress
Audience: Developers, project managers
Contains:

• Phase 1: Foundation & Monetization (✅ Mostly complete)
• Phase 2: Content Expansion (✅ Markdown Editor done)
• Phase 3: Monetization Backend (Planned)
• Quick wins and metrics to track

Status: ✅ Updated (Oct 22, 2025)

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🛠️ Technical Guides

EDITOR_TOOL_GUIDE.md 📖

Purpose: Comprehensive guide for building new editor tools
Audience: Developers
Contains:

• Consistent UX patterns
• Input methods (Create/URL/Paste/Open)
• Data loss prevention
• Export patterns
• Code examples

Status: ✅ Active reference

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EDITOR_CHECKLIST.md ☑️

Purpose: Quality checklist for new tools
Audience: Developers, QA
Contains:

• Feature completeness checklist
• UX consistency checks
• Testing requirements
• Documentation requirements

Status: ✅ Active reference

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FEATURE_TOGGLE_GUIDE.md 🎛️

Purpose: Guide for implementing feature toggles
Audience: Developers
Contains:

• Feature flag patterns
• PRO tier features
• A/B testing setup
• Configuration management

Status: ✅ Active reference

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💰 Monetization Documentation

ADSENSE_REVISED_STRATEGY.md 📊

Purpose: Current AdSense implementation strategy
Audience: Project leads, developers
Contains:

• Clean homepage strategy (no ads)
• Tool pages monetization (3 desktop ads, 1 mobile)
• Revenue projections
• Implementation details
• This is the ACTIVE strategy

Status: ✅ Current strategy

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ADSENSE_SETUP_GUIDE.md 🔧

Purpose: Step-by-step AdSense setup instructions
Audience: Developers, admins
Contains:

• Account setup steps
• Ad unit creation
• Code implementation
• Testing procedures

Status: ✅ Active guide

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ADSENSE_STRATEGY.md 📝

Purpose: Original AdSense strategy (with homepage ads)
Audience: Reference only
Contains:

• Alternative strategy with homepage ads
• Comparison with revised strategy
• NOT the current strategy

Status: ⚠️ Reference only (superseded by REVISED)

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BACKEND_REQUIREMENTS.md 🖥️

Purpose: Backend requirements for PRO tier
Audience: Backend developers
Contains:

• Authentication system
• Payment integration
• CORS proxy service
• Database schema
• API endpoints

Status: 📅 Future reference (Phase 3)

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🔍 SEO Documentation

SEO_IMPROVEMENT_PLAN.md 🚀

Purpose: Comprehensive SEO strategy and implementation guide
Audience: Developers, marketers
Contains:

• Priority 1: Critical improvements (✅ DONE)
  • Sitemap updates
  • FAQ schema
  • Breadcrumb schema
  • Internal linking
• Priority 2-6: Ongoing improvements
• Long-term strategy
• Expected results

Status: ✅ Partially complete (Priority 1 done)

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📖 User Documentation

README.md 📄

Purpose: Project overview and setup instructions
Audience: Developers, contributors
Contains:

• Project description
• Installation instructions
• Development setup
• Deployment guide

Status: ✅ Active

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🗑️ Removed Documentation

The following documents were removed as they were redundant or completed:

• ❌ MARKDOWN_EDITOR_TASKS.md - Merged into TODO.md
• ❌ MARKDOWN_EDITOR_PLAN.md - Merged into PROJECT_ROADMAP.md
• ❌ MARKDOWN_EDITOR_ANALYSIS.md - No longer needed (completed)
• ❌ NEXT_TASK_RECOMMENDATION.md - Outdated (Markdown Editor done)
• ❌ SEO_FIX_GUIDE.md - Merged into SEO_IMPROVEMENT_PLAN.md
• ❌ SEO_QUICK_WINS.md - Merged into SEO_IMPROVEMENT_PLAN.md
• ❌ ADVANCED_URL_FETCH_FIXES.md - Completed, no longer needed
• ❌ CORS_AND_IMPROVEMENTS.md - Completed, no longer needed

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🎯 Quick Reference

What to Read First:

1. PROJECT_ROADMAP.md - Understand the vision
2. TODO.md - See what's next
3. EDITOR_TOOL_GUIDE.md - Learn the patterns

Building a New Tool:

1. Read EDITOR_TOOL_GUIDE.md
2. Follow EDITOR_CHECKLIST.md
3. Update TODO.md when done

Implementing AdSense:

1. Read ADSENSE_REVISED_STRATEGY.md (current strategy)
2. Follow ADSENSE_SETUP_GUIDE.md
3. Ignore ADSENSE_STRATEGY.md (old strategy)

SEO Improvements:

1. Check SEO_IMPROVEMENT_PLAN.md
2. Priority 1 is ✅ DONE
3. Work on Priority 2-6 as needed

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📊 Current Project Status

✅ Completed (October 22, 2025):

• 8 Active Tools (Markdown Editor, Object Editor, Table Editor, Invoice Editor, URL/Base64/Beautifier/Diff/Text Length)
• Tool Consolidation (Merged JSON, Serialize, CSV-JSON into main editors)
• SEO Optimization (FAQ schema, breadcrumbs, internal linking, sitemap)
• Related Tools (Recommendations on each tool page)
• Custom 404 Page (With tool suggestions)
• Ad Infrastructure (Placeholder ads ready)

⏳ In Progress:

• AdSense Approval (Awaiting Google review)

📅 Next Up:

• Diagram Tool (After AdSense approval)
• PRO Tier (Backend, auth, payment)
• More Small Tools (Hash, UUID, Timestamp, Color, etc.)

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🔄 Document Maintenance

When to Update:

• PROJECT_ROADMAP.md: When completing major phases or changing strategy
• TODO.md: Mark tasks as done, add new tasks
• SEO_IMPROVEMENT_PLAN.md: After implementing SEO improvements
• ADSENSE_REVISED_STRATEGY.md: When changing ad strategy or getting new data

Archive Policy:

• Completed task-specific docs → Delete
• Outdated strategies → Keep for reference, mark as "Reference Only"
• Active guides → Keep updated

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Single Source of Truth: PROJECT_ROADMAP.md + TODO.md
Everything else: Supporting documentation