# Component Implementation Plan for Tercul Platform

This document outlines a prioritized plan for implementing the missing components identified in the component analysis.

## Phase 1: Critical UI Components

### Rich Text Editor
**Priority: High**
**Target folder:** `components/ui/rich-text-editor.tsx`

This component is essential for blog post creation/editing and content management.

Features to implement:
- Basic formatting (bold, italic, underline)
- Headings (h1-h6)
- Lists (ordered, unordered)
- Links
- Image embedding
- Markdown support
- Preview mode

Implementation approach:
1. Evaluate existing libraries (TipTap, Slate, etc.)
2. Implement with shadcn UI styling
3. Create toolbar component
4. Add content parser/renderer
5. Implement preview functionality

### Stat Card
**Priority: High**
**Target folder:** `components/ui/stat-card.tsx`

Needed for dashboard statistics display.

Features to implement:
- Title and description
- Value display
- Icon support
- Trend indicator (up/down)
- Comparison to previous period
- Loading state

Implementation approach:
1. Extract from Dashboard.tsx
2. Create standardized component
3. Support theme variants
4. Add animation options

### Empty State
**Priority: High**
**Target folder:** `components/ui/empty-state.tsx`

Used throughout the application to show when data is missing.

Features to implement:
- Icon display
- Title and description
- Optional action button
- Customizable appearance
- Size variants

Implementation approach:
1. Extract patterns from existing pages
2. Create standardized component
3. Support different contexts (empty list, no search results, etc.)

### Tag Input
**Priority: High**
**Target folder:** `components/ui/tag-input.tsx`

Used for blog post tags, work metadata, and filtering.

Features to implement:
- Add tags by typing
- Tag selection from existing options
- Tag removal
- Validation
- Limit maximum tags

Implementation approach:
1. Extract from BlogCreate.tsx
2. Create reusable component
3. Add autocomplete functionality
4. Support controlled and uncontrolled modes

## Phase 2: Dashboard Components

### Data Table with Actions
**Priority: High**
**Target folder:** `components/dashboard/data-table.tsx`

Core component for all dashboard management pages.

Features to implement:
- Sortable columns
- Filtering
- Pagination
- Row selection
- Action menu
- Bulk actions
- Loading states
- Empty states

Implementation approach:
1. Extend shadcn table components
2. Add consistent action patterns
3. Implement with shadcn styling
4. Create reusable filters

### Dashboard Header
**Priority: Medium**
**Target folder:** `components/dashboard/dashboard-header.tsx`

Consistent header for all dashboard pages.

Features to implement:
- Title and description
- Action buttons
- Breadcrumbs
- Back navigation
- Quick filters

Implementation approach:
1. Extract patterns from existing dashboard pages
2. Create standardized component
3. Support different contexts and permissions

### Activity Feed
**Priority: Medium**
**Target folder:** `components/dashboard/activity-feed.tsx`

For showing recent activity in the dashboard.

Features to implement:
- Activity items with icons
- User attribution
- Timestamp
- Activity types
- Loading state
- Empty state

Implementation approach:
1. Design consistent item layout
2. Support different activity types
3. Implement virtual scrolling for performance

## Phase 3: User Experience Components

### Comment Thread
**Priority: Medium**
**Target folder:** `components/comment/comment-thread.tsx`

For discussions on works, blog posts, etc.

Features to implement:
- Nested comments
- User information
- Timestamps
- Voting/liking
- Reply functionality
- Moderation tools
- Loading states

Implementation approach:
1. Design threaded comments UI
2. Handle nested data structure
3. Add moderation capabilities based on user role

### User Profile Card
**Priority: Medium**
**Target folder:** `components/user/profile-card.tsx`

For displaying user information consistently.

Features to implement:
- Avatar
- User name and handle
- Role badge
- Stats summary
- Action buttons
- Size variants

Implementation approach:
1. Extract patterns from Profile.tsx
2. Create standardized component
3. Support different contexts (dashboard, comments, etc.)

### Work Preview
**Priority: Medium**
**Target folder:** `components/work/work-preview.tsx`

For consistent display of works in lists and grids.

Features to implement:
- Title and author
- Publication info
- Tags
- Preview snippet
- Action menu
- Size variants

Implementation approach:
1. Standardize from WorkCard component
2. Add variants for different contexts
3. Support loading and error states

## Phase 4: Editorial Components

### Publication Scheduler
**Priority: Medium**
**Target folder:** `components/blog/publication-scheduler.tsx`

For scheduling content publication.

Features to implement:
- Date and time selection
- Time zone handling
- Preview of scheduled time
- Status indicator

Implementation approach:
1. Create date/time picker with validation
2. Add status visualization
3. Handle scheduling logic

### Work Editor
**Priority: High**
**Target folder:** `components/work/work-editor.tsx`

For creating and editing literary works.

Features to implement:
- Line-numbered text editing
- Syntax highlighting for poetry
- Metadata editor
- Translation alignment
- Version comparison

Implementation approach:
1. Create specialized text editor
2. Add line numbering and navigation
3. Implement metadata form
4. Support translations

### Author Editor
**Priority: Medium**
**Target folder:** `components/author/author-editor.tsx`

For creating and editing author profiles.

Features to implement:
- Author details form
- Timeline event management
- Works association
- Image upload

Implementation approach:
1. Create form component
2. Add timeline event editor
3. Implement work selection
4. Add image upload and cropping

## Phase 5: Advanced UI Components

### Timeline
**Priority: Low**
**Target folder:** `components/ui/timeline.tsx`

For displaying chronological events.

Features to implement:
- Vertical/horizontal layout
- Event nodes
- Connectors
- Date display
- Interactive events

Implementation approach:
1. Create base timeline component
2. Add event rendering
3. Support interactive features

### File Uploader
**Priority: Medium**
**Target folder:** `components/ui/file-uploader.tsx`

For uploading images and documents.

Features to implement:
- Drag and drop
- File selection
- Progress indicator
- Preview
- Validation
- Error handling

Implementation approach:
1. Create upload component
2. Add drag-drop functionality
3. Implement preview rendering
4. Add validation and error handling

### Comparison Slider
**Priority: Low**
**Target folder:** `components/ui/comparison-slider.tsx`

For comparing translations or versions.

Features to implement:
- Side-by-side view
- Draggable divider
- Synchronized scrolling
- Highlighting differences

Implementation approach:
1. Create slider component
2. Implement dragging behavior
3. Add content synchronization

## Implementation Timeline

### Week 1: Critical UI Components
- Rich Text Editor
- Stat Card
- Empty State
- Tag Input

### Week 2: Dashboard Components
- Data Table with Actions
- Dashboard Header
- Work Preview standardization

### Week 3: User Experience Components
- Comment Thread
- User Profile Card
- Publication Scheduler

### Week 4: Editorial Components
- Work Editor
- Author Editor
- File Uploader

### Week 5: Advanced UI Components
- Timeline
- Comparison Slider
- Remaining UI improvements