content restore was already enabled, so the last step was completing
file restorartion if there was a file archive uploaded
now that this has been added, full site restore from backup archives now
works.
Removed email settings from settings.json and moved them to the .env
file to use Laravel's mailer functionality.
references to the old mailer has been removed from settings.json,
data sorting class and the settings template file
the front end script has also been updated to accomodate different
message types, starting with a test message so members can make sure the
settings defined in the .env are working
when sorting tags on a fresh install, a fatal error happens when the tag
array is empty because it looks for a var that doesn't exist yet. that's
been patched
the settings json file was still referencing the old version of the base
theme, so it was crashing because it doesn't exist anymore. updating it
to the new theme name clears this error
added some labels to login and set up forms for better accesibility and
clarity about what info is being requested.
found a bug in setting where the site would error out if it can't find
the correct config files instead of going to set up, so when config
files aren't present, it loads template files to continue to process.
still thinking about a better fix for this
also discovered that the init files needed for a fresh install had been
removed, so those are back in place
