✈️ SkyFlashes Admin Portal

🎯 Vision & Mission

Mission Statement

SkyFlashes delivers fast, accurate, and insightful aviation news for enthusiasts, industry professionals, and curious travelers. We cut through the noise to bring you what matters in commercial aviation.

Core Values

• Speed: Breaking news delivered within hours of events
• Accuracy: Every fact verified before publication
• Accessibility: Complex aviation topics explained for all readers
• Community: Building a hub for aviation enthusiasts worldwide

Year 1 Targets

Competitive Position

Main Competitor: Simple Flying (14M monthly pageviews, Valnet-owned)

📅 Launch Timeline

📊 Current Status

⚙️ Ayden's Work Procedures

Daily Workflow

1. Morning Check: Review pending tasks, check for breaking aviation news
2. Content Creation: Draft articles, update existing content
3. Technical Tasks: Site improvements, plugin updates, SEO
4. Evening Update: Update this admin portal with progress

Article Publishing Process

1. Research topic & verify facts (sources: Simple Flying, Aviation Week, airline press releases)
2. Draft article in local workspace (/root/.openclaw/workspace/)
3. Transfer to server via SSH: scp -P 65002 article.html u534133961@145.79.25.166:/home/u534133961/
4. Publish via WP-CLI: wp post create --post_title='Title' --post_category=2 --post_status=publish
5. Update content if needed: wp post update --post_content="$(cat article.html)"
6. Add featured image: wp media import '' --post_id= --featured_image
7. Clear cache: wp cache flush && wp litespeed-purge all

Image Sources (Copyright-Free)

• Wikimedia Commons: Primary source — use API to get direct URLs
• Unsplash: High-quality generic aviation images
• Pexels: Free stock photos
• Pixabay: CC0 licensed images

SSH Connection

sshpass -p 'f@DVqZu9midA9MP' ssh -p 65002 u534133961@145.79.25.166
cd domains/skyflashes.com/public_html

Memory & Documentation

• Long-term memory: MEMORY.md — curated learnings, decisions
• Daily notes: memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md — raw session logs
• Project hub: projects/skyflashes.md — detailed project info
• This portal: domains/admin.skyflashes.com/public_html/index.html

📋 Pending & Future Tasks

Immediate (Day 2 — Feb 26)

• ⚠️ Featured images for 5 articles — URLs identified, need to run imports
• 🔲 Logo design (Mahimantha — Canva)
• 🔲 GA4 setup & configuration
• 🔲 Google Search Console verification

This Week

• 🔲 Homepage layout matching Simple Flying style
• 🔲 Social accounts: @SkyFlashes (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook)
• 🔲 Newsletter setup (Buttondown free tier)
• 🔲 Discord server creation
• 🔲 Publish 5-7 more articles

Month 1 Goals

• Publish 20+ articles total
• Apply for Google AdSense
• Build email list (newsletter signup)
• Establish social media presence
• Submit to Google News (after 10+ articles)

Future Features

• 📝 Community forum (Discord integration or standalone)
• 📝 Video content (YouTube channel)
• 📝 Podcast ("SkyFlashes Weekly" aviation news roundup)
• 📝 Job board (aviation careers)
• 📝 Flight deals section

🔐 Access & Credentials

Server Access

Domain & Hosting

WordPress Admin