Cookiemonsters

Imported from the pre-Redmine CookieMonsters TODO during the 2026-08-29 migration.

Original priority: P0 — Core stability and finish current features

• HIGH PRIORITY — make the member's own profile look like the profile other members actually see, and reorganize personal media under My Gallery:
  • when a signed-in member opens their own profile, render the normal member-facing profile presentation first so they can see what eligible other members see; owner-only management controls may appear as small contextual actions but must not replace/distort the real profile layout;
  • remove the current oversized Upload a screenshot panel from the main profile/My Corner view; upload should not consume roughly half the content area or visually dominate the profile;
  • organize personal media under one coherent top-level My Gallery hub with visual folder/album cards rather than an admin-style list;
  • initial first-level entries under My Gallery should include Screenshots, a normal personal-photo branch (final friendly label can be My Photos / Personal photos rather than awkwardly repeating My Gallery), and a default My Animals folder;
  • use My Animals instead of My Pets so the default folder naturally fits cats, dogs, horses and any other animals;
  • My Animals is permanently SFW-only: never show or allow an NSFW / 18+ choice when creating the default My Animals folder, creating child folders beneath it, or uploading/moving media into that branch;
  • enforce the My Animals SFW-only rule server-side as well as in the UI: crafted API requests must not be able to set NSFW metadata on the folder, its descendants or media stored there;
  • animal-related sexual/NSFW content is prohibited on CookieMonsters rather than merely hidden behind the adult-content gate; moderation must be able to remove it, and content must not become valid by moving it into another NSFW Gallery folder;
  • Screenshots remains the game-specific branch and every screenshot upload still requires a game from the shared game catalog (plus the normal Other fallback);
  • normal personal Gallery photos (cat/horse/travel/food/garden/everyday-life etc.) do not require a game and are stored in the selected personal Gallery folder;
  • members can create as many additional personal Gallery folders as they want and later nested child folders according to the existing Gallery hierarchy/access model;
  • add a small, tasteful upload icon/button beside/inside My Gallery instead of a giant inline form; clicking it opens a dedicated Upload page/flow;
  • on Upload, first choose the destination/type clearly: at minimum Screenshot or My Gallery / personal photo;
  • if Screenshot is chosen, require game selection and route the image into Screenshots with the existing screenshot/community-feed semantics;
  • if My Gallery / personal photo is chosen, do not show/require game; instead let the member choose a personal Gallery destination such as My Animals or another custom folder;
  • optionally let the member create a new Gallery folder from the Upload flow without losing already selected files, while keeping the flow simple and soft;
  • every new personal Gallery folder remains SFW by default;
  • when an eligible adult with account NSFW enabled deliberately marks a Gallery folder NSFW / 18+, make that state very clear to the owner before saving and whenever managing/viewing it, using a strong but tasteful NSFW / 18+ badge/label rather than subtle metadata;
  • NSFW must never be preselected; require an explicit choice/confirmation so a folder cannot accidentally become adult;
  • the owner's clear NSFW badge is management UI only and must not leak folder existence/title/cover/count to viewers who are not allowed to discover it; existing age gate, quick-SFW mode, access rules, blocks and protected-media authorization remain authoritative;
  • screenshots may live visually under the My Gallery umbrella, but keep screenshot game metadata/community Screenshot feed behaviour distinct from ordinary Gallery-photo data in the backend rather than merging the models blindly;
  • preserve the existing Gallery access scopes, comments/reactions, protected-media rules and folder inheritance for personal photos;
  • the default My Animals folder must not publish anything automatically; it starts empty and follows normal safe Gallery visibility defaults until the owner deliberately changes access;
  • final desktop/mobile treatment should keep profile first, media second, management third: seeing yourself as others see you is the primary experience, folders/images are easy to browse, and create/upload/edit actions stay compact.

CM-TODO-ID:7a2d3da981c8cc1ac583

Future notes, acceptance criteria and status changes belong in this Redmine issue.