After a few hours of laborious work, I finally sorted through my notes and compiled everything into a bunch of project checklists.
I've put everything else on hold for now (and fortunately I'm in a position in my life where I can do that), so I'm putting in 10-12 hours of work on the revamp a day.
Master Checklist
Top Header
4. Live -- 9/17
-- a. Placeholder for Streams -- 9/17
-- b. Stream List @ Live -- 9/17
-- c. People Viewing (copy) -- 9/17
5. Notifications
-- a. Games Area
-- b. Site Announcements
-- c. [ PM System Placeholder ]
6. Watchbar
-- a. Setup Database
-- b. Style & Navigation
-- c. [ Placeholder for Tools ]
7. Categorical Navigation
-- a. Setup Page Database
-- b. Categorize Forums
-- c. Add in other pages
-- d. Cache Lists
-- e. Setup Top Header via Caches
8. Import Quicklinks
9. Left Links (Login, etc)
10. Placement Scripts
-- a. Setup JS for placement actions
-- b. Apply to Favorite Forums
-- c. Setup tools for Watchbar
-- d. Watchbar Caching
Staff
1. Setup Databases -- 8/31
1.5. Organize/Sort current tools -- 8/31
2. Import Tools -- 8/31
3. Assign Permissions to all tools and functions -- 8/31
4. Insert permission assignments into databases. -- 8/31
5. Create Masks based on Positions and Permissions -- 9/1
6. Assign Masks to Staff Members
7. Install Permissions Caching Script & Cache current lists
8. Set all updater scripts to update dependent database entries and caches.
9. Make scripts (inc -- host tools) & functions check permissions system (inc -- grants)
10. Setup Granting CP / Add [+Grant] to admin SM tools
11. Setup Recruiter CP
-- a. Plans of Action
-- b. Blocks
-- c. Block Claiming
-- d. Proof Submission
Forums Checklist
1. Finish Main Template (Background grads, bottom blue, OP stuff, dates, ad spaces, css issues)
2. Pull out Template from post stuff
3. Dynamic resizing on long user names (and set limits) -- 9/19